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Stagljar Lab In the News
Links to articles commenting on our recently published discoveries and success.
The Croatian President visits the Stagljar lab
Igor with the Croatian President, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
Read more here.
back to topIgor has been awarded the Zdravko Lorkovic Plaque for outstanding contributions to biology by the Croatian Biological Society
Igor with the Zdravko Lorkovic Plaque
Read more here.
back to topDr. Punit Saraon has been awarded a CIHR postdoctoral fellowship, to work on MaMTH-based screening for small molecule inhibitors of EGFR variants in lung cancer
Punit with his Notice of Award
Read more here.
back to topFormer postdoc Julia Petschnigg and Igor win University of Toronto Innovator of the Year, 2015, for Mammalian Membrane Two-Hybrid (MaMTH) technology
Inventor of the Year award
Read more here.
back to topIgor has been named a corresponding member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Left - Certificate; Top right - Professor Zvonko Kusicis congratulates Igor Stagljar at the Croatian Academy of Sciences
and Arts; Bottom right - Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Read the whole story on the Faculty of Medicine website.
back to topNature Methods paper describing the development and power of the MaMTH technology
Our recent Nature Methods paper describing the development and power of the MaMTH technology:
“This technology gives us a new tool to examine membrane proteins in their natural environment of the human cell,” said Igor Stagljar, a professor in the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research. “As well, it’s sensitive enough to detect minor changes upon introduction of drugs, so it should prove useful in the development of therapeutics, particularly for cancer and neurological diseases.”back to top
"Igor Stagljar dances with ABC transporters, step forward to cure cancer"
Crown, the Croatian World Network, reports on the achievements of the Stagljar Lab with research into the ABC transport system, 2013.
Excerpt:
"ABC transporter proteins act as cellular gatekeepers by retaining nutrients and expelling toxins from the cell. If these proteins are not working properly, it can cause a number of diseases including: cystic fibrosis, age-related macular degeneration, Tangier disease, and Dubin-Johnson syndrome. ABC proteins can also cause cancer cells to reject chemotherapy drugs which makes treatment less effective."
Read the whole article on Crown, the Croatian World Network site.
back to topHow disease-related proteins work; a "truly momentous" discovery
Discoveries at the Stagljar Lab were reported in the U of T News online magazine, July 2013
From the article:
Professor Igor Stagljar ... and his team have developed the first road map for an important group of proteins known as ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter proteins.
"Our discovery shows how ABC transporter proteins affect cancer and other diseases, and this knowledge can help us develop better, more targeted drugs," said Stagljar. "This is truly momentous."
Read the whole article on the UofT News site.
back to top"Croatian Born Molecular Biologist Works Hard and Plays Hard in Canada"
Dr. Igor Stagljar on the cover of Canadian Immigrant Magazine, September 2012
Igor Stagljar was interviewed for the success cover story article “The Scientist to Watch” that appeared in the September 2012 edition of the Canadian Immigrant magazine. Download the printed article as a PDF or read online on CanadianImmigrant.ca
back to top“Innovative Science & Path to a Cure”
Interview with Dr. Igor Stagljar for the Madog in Motion Radio
http://madog.ca/madoginmotion/?p=681
http://www.news.utoronto.ca/health-and-medicine/research-promising-for-cystic.html (2008)
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/67712.php (2007)
About the 2009 Science Signaling paper in the Croatian News (Dec 19, 2010): http://www.hrt.hr/index.php?...
A research highlight regarding the Science Signaling paper in Nature Chemical Biology (2010) PDF
About CCBR (2010) PDF
About Igor in the Croatia Airlines in flight magazine (2009) PDF
About Igor's move to Canada from the Swiss newspaper Beobachter (2005) PDF
About the research in the Stagljar lab from The Scientist (2008) PDF
Article about The Donnelly Centre in the U of T Medicine Bulletin (2010) PDF
From the Canadian Press regarding the discovery in the field of Cystic Fibrosis (2008) PDF
From the Swiis Innovation Promotion Agency (2005) PDF
The experts talk about protein interactions - from Genome Technology (2007) PDF
back to topMovies from the Stagljar Lab
Igor Stagljar at Hrvatska Uzivo on Dec 8, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6dILUCAx9g
One day in the Stagljar lab. Filmed by maestro Matt Chuk, a graduate student in the Stagljar lab. Nov-7-2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc9Wl3GcaDk
About Igor Stagljar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moA40SH-czA
