Scientist
Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Canada
Dr. R. Wilder Scott is a Scientist at the Sunnybrook Research Institute Holland Bone and Joint Program and assistant professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto. He completed his post-doctoral training at the University of British Columbia School of Biomedical Engineering in Vancouver. There, he characterized a cell of origin for synovial sarcoma and the sarcomagenic transformation. His current research is focused around mesenchymal cell biology and spans a variety of contexts from embryonic development to the, thus far inevitable, degeneration associated with aging. Dr. Scott is particularly interested in the fate and function of adult mesenchymal progenitor cells in normal musculoskeletal tissue renewal but also their contribution to regeneration following injury. In this context, he recently identified a unique progenitor subset responsible for regenerating the myotendinous junction.
