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Dr. Zhenya Ivakine is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Toronto, affiliated with the Genetics & Genome Biology Program at Sick Kids Hospital. His research focuses on the application of gene editing and genome engineering technologies to uncover disease pathogenesis and develop therapeutic strategies for rare inherited disorders. His work includes functional genomics approaches to understand the consequences of coding variants in disease-causing genes and the generation of humanized animal models of genetic diseases. His notable research areas include Muscular Dystrophy, Niemann Pick Disease Type C, and Cystic Fibrosis, utilizing cutting-edge methods in cell and molecular biology, gene therapy, and CRISPR/Cas systems. Dr. Ivakine has collaborated with leading scientists in the field, contributing to significant advancements in modeling genetic disorders and understanding their underlying mechanisms.
Hospital for Sick Children • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead research on genetic disease therapies and the development of animal models.
Department of Sociology