Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Graduate Students
Natalina Becke, BSc (PhD Candidate)
Ellis Chartley, BSc (PhD Student)
Lia Reynolds, BSc (PhD Student)
Makenna Rennie, BSc (MSc Student)
Bianca Laraccia, BSc (MBS.BMED, co-supervised with Bettina Kalisch)
Undergraduate Trainees & Visiting Researchers
Aikoo Yieshabelle, BSc in Neuroscience, Undergraduate Research Project (University of Guelph)
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Former Graduate Students & Research Associates
2023/25 - Ananya Aneja, MSc (BIOM, co-supervised with Jonathan LaMarre)
2020/25 - Jennifer Holborn, PhD2019/25 - Begüm Alural, Postdoctoral Researcher (co-supervised with Nina Jones, now at Mass General Hospital)
2023/24 - Tiana Gluscevic, MBIOT
2018/22 - Alicia Walczyk-Mooradally, PhD (now Manager, Health Economics and Outcomes Research at Eversana)
2018/22 - Tristen Hewitt, PhD (now PDF at University of Helsinki Neuroscience Center)
2018/21 - Yamna Rizwan, MSc (Psychology, co-supervised with Elena Choleris, now Scientist II at BenchSci)
Former Undergraduate Research Trainees
2026 - Macee Popowich (Internship in Biological Science)
2025/26 - Kaliyana Benisty (Internship in Biological Science, Undergraduate Research Project)
2025/26 - Gabriel Masutti (Undergraduate Research Project)
2025/26 - Allyson Pinnock (Undergraduate Research Project)
2025 - Raquel Mandel (Internship in Biological Science)
2025 - Léna Voukotitch (Visiting Researcher Internship, École des Bio-Industries, Cergy, France)
2025 - Himain Perera (Co-op Internship, Carleton University)
2024/25 - Andra Popa (Undergraduate Research Project)
2024/25 - Vanessa Read (Undergraduate Research Project)
2024/25 - Marissa Pasqualino (Undergraduate Research Project)
2024 - María Paula Cadena Malaver (Mitacs Globalink Research Internship)
2024 - Zhi-Xian (Andrea) Cui (Internship in Biological Science, McMaster University)
2023/24 - Ellis Chartley (Undergraduate Research Project, NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award)
2023/24 - Lia Reynolds (Undergraduate Research Project, CBS Summer Assistantship Research Award)
2023/24 - Allison Carter (Undergraduate Research Project)
2023/24 - Erin Anderson (Undergraduate Research Project)
2023/24 - Jamie McBride (Undergraduate Research Project)
2023/24 - Adina Borenstein (Undergraduate Research Project)
2023 - Malwina Belinska (Mitacs Globalink Research Internship)
2023 - Shyue Yiing (Hazel) Kuar (Undergraduate Research Project)
2023 - Thea Moubarak (Undergraduate Research Project)
2022 - Irene González García (Visiting Scholar, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain)
2022 - Stephanie Gröschl (Mitacs Globalink Research Internship)
2021/22 - Joyce Ang (Undergraduate Research Project)
2021/22 - Xavier Rutherford (Undergraduate Research Project)
2021/22 - Kendra Loedige (Undergraduate Research Project)
2020/21 - Cara Aitchison (Undergraduate Research Project, NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award)
2020/21 - Claire Gage (Undergraduate Research Project)
2020/21 - Joyce Ang (Internship in Biological Science, Research Volunteer)
2020/21 - Emma Proud (Undergraduate Research Project)
2020 - Claire Gage (CIBC Undergraduate Assistantship in Cancer Biology)
2019/20 - Jordyn Beda (Undergraduate Research Project)
2019/20 - Samana Sopariwala (Undergraduate Research Project)
2019 - Cara Aitchison (NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award)
2019 - Amanda Martins De-Sa Shmuel (Undergraduate Research Project)
2018/19 - Catherine Meng (Undergraduate Research Project)
2018/19 - Samantha Riddell (Undergraduate Research Project)
2018 - Jennifer Holborn (Undergraduate Research Project & URA)
2018 - Victoria Schenkel (Undergraduate Research Project)