Current Research

My current focus is on determining the in vivo osteogenic potential of HUCPVCs in rats for bone tissue engineering.

Background

• Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering Minor - University of Toronto 4th year thesis: " Detection and Quantification of Notch using a Capillary Electrophoresis Immunoassay". Supervisor: Prof. Julie Audet

Awards and Scholarships

• Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering (CSChE) Chemical Engineering Local Section Scholarship, 2006.
• University of Toronto Excellence Award, undergraduate summer research award, 2006.
• St. Michael's Hospital Foundation Scholarship, 2006.

Publications

• Brown R, Matta R, Audet J. "Sub-millisecond sampling and quantification of fluorescent proteins in single cells". 2007 Stem Cell Network Annual General Meeting, Toronto, November 2007 (Presentation and Abstract)
• Matta R, Audet J. "Detection and Quantification of Notch using a Capillary Electrophoresis Immunoassay". CHE499 Thesis, 67 pages. April 2007.
• Matta R, Brown R, Audet J. "Optimizing the Single Cell Capillary Electrophoresis Assay". 2006 Undergraduate Engineering Research Day, Toronto, August 17, 2006. (Presentation)

Personal Interests

Basketball, Volleyball, volunteering, and Saturday morning cartoons.