James Ellis

Biography

2010 - present: Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto 2008 - 2010: Scientific Co-Director, Ontario Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Facility 2001-  2009: Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto 2000 - present: Senior Scientist, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto 1996 - 2000: Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular & Medical Genetics, University of Toronto 1994 - 2000: Scientist, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto 1990 - 1994: Postdoctoral Fellowship at National Institute for Medical Research, London, U.K. Supervisor: Dr. Frank Grosveld 1985 - 1990: PhD at Mount Sinai Hospital and Department of Medical Genetics, University of Toronto. Supervisor: Dr. Alan Bernstein 1980 - 1984: B.Sc. Honours at Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University

Research Interest

Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cell reprogramming to model human disease Epigenetics of retrovirus and lentivirus vectors in stem cells