Milestones

2020

Eman Khatib-Massalha- awarded the Lady Anne Chain Memorial Prize at the FGS Graduation Ceremony, 2020

2019

The Rappaport prize for excellence in Biomedical Research for a senior researcher (The Rappaport Foundation, Israel) (March)

The European Hematology Association  (EHA) David Grimwade Award (24th annual EHA congress, the Netherlands) (June)

2018

Daily Onset of Light and Darkness Differentially Controls Hematopoietic Stem Cell Differentiation and Maintenance (Cell Stem Cell).

2016

Distinct bone marrow blood vessels differentially regulate haematopoiesis (Nature).

2015

PAR1 signaling regulates the retention and recruitment of EPCR-expressing bone marrow hematopoietic stem cells (Nature Medicine).

2014

Beutler Grant Award (The Ernest and Bonnie Beutler Research Program of Excellence in Genomic Medicine).

2012

Identification of a rare myeloid population in the bone marrow that preserves hematopoietic stem cells (Nature Immunology).

2011

SDF-1 secretion by bone marrow stromal cells is mediated via cell contact mechanisms (Nature Immunology).

2010

The Ham-Wasserman Lecture Award (American Society of Hematology).

2008

McCulloch & Till Lecture and Award (International Society of Experimental Hematology).

2007

Cathecolamines (neurotransmitters) regulate human stem cell migration and development (Nature Immunology).

2006

Involvement of Osteoclasts in clinical stem cell mobilization (Nature Medicine).

2005

Regulation of SDF-1 levels by bone marrow stromal cells directing human stem cell trafficking (Nature Immunology).

2002

The SDF-1/CXCR4 axis is required for clinical human stem cell mobilization (Nature Immunology).

1999

The SDF-1/CXCR4 axis is essential for normal human stem cell homing and engraftment (Science).

1994

Identification of human cancer stem cells (Leukemia-initiating) using functional pre-clinical model of immune-deficient mice (Nature, together with Dr. John Dick, Toronto).

1992

Establishment of a functional pre-clinical model of immune-deficient mice for normal human stem cells (Science, together with Dr. John Dick, Toronto).