Gordon M. Keller

Gordon M. Keller is a Canadian scientist recognized for his research on applying developmental biology findings to in vitro pluripotent stem cell differentiation.

He is currently a Senior Scientist at the Ontario Cancer Institute, a Professor at the University of Toronto and the director of the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine.

In 2007, Keller returned to Canada to assume his current role and established his laboratory at the MaRS Centre/Toronto Medical Discovery Tower.

[2] In 2016, Keller co-founded Toronto-based BlueRock Therapeutics with Lorenz Studer for the development of iPSC-derived cells for clinical transplantation.

[2] He serves on the Scientific Advisory Boards of the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine and Stemgent, and is also a founding member and past president (2005-2006) of the International Society for Stem Cell Research.

Embryonic stem cell derived cardiomyocytes published by the Keller group in FASEB 2010