Dr. Graham Macleod
Senior Research Associate
Raised: New Glasgow, Nova Scotia 🇨🇦
Education: B.Sc. (University of Toronto at Mississauga), Ph.D (University of Toronto, Department of Cell & Systems Biology).
Scientific Interests: Glioblastoma, Genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screening, Proteomics, Protein Phosphatases, DNA Damage
Pastimes: Hiking, Travel, Hockey, Baseball
Yun Kim
Research Technician
Raised: Daegu, Korea 🇰🇷
Education: B.Sc. and M.Sc. (Yeungnam University, Korea)
Scientific Interests: Mouse pathophysiology, disease modelling, antibody production
Pastimes: Baking, watching movies, foodie and pilates
Sichun Lin
Research Technician
Raised: Gongan, Hubei, China 🇨🇳
Education: B.Sc. (Hubei University, China), B.Sc. (University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus) , M.Sc. (McMaster University)
Scientific Interests: Essential genes, telomeres, DNA damages, and signalling pathways
Pastimes: Watching ATP tennis, and PGA golf
Dr. Rony Chidiac
Post-doctoral Fellow
Raised: Bcharri, Lebanon 🇱🇧
Education: B.Sc. and M.Sc. (Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon), PhD (University of Montreal)
Scientific Interests: Cell signalling, stem cells and regenerative medicine, developmental biology, proteomics
Pastimes: Nature photography, hiking, watching movies, eating and drinking beer
Milena Kosic
Graduate Student
Raised: Mississauga, Ontario 🇨🇦
Education: B.Sc (University of Toronto), M.Sc (Université de Montréal)
Scientific Interests: cell signalling, cancer, stem cells neuroscience
Pastimes: cooking, travelling, reading, design and architecture
Dr. Maira Pedroso De Almeida
Post-doctoral Fellow
Raised: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 🇧🇷
Education: B.Sc. (Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil), M.Sc. (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil), Ph.D. (Iowa State University, USA).
Scientific Interests: Genome engineering, developmental genetics and brain tumorigenesis.
Pastimes: Watching soccer, running and reading.
Dr. Pierre Thibeault
Post-doctoral Fellow
Raised: Welland, Ontario 🇨🇦
Education: B.Sc. (Brock University), Ph.D. (University of Western Ontario)
Scientific Interests: G-protein-coupled receptors, protein structure, receptor signalling and signal regulation, molecular pharmacology, vascular physiology and pharmacology
Pastimes: Listening to music and podcasts, crochet, reading, watching scary movies
Fatemeh Molaei
Graduate Student
Raised: Kuwait & Iran 🇮🇷
Education: B.Sc. (Shahid Chamran University of Ahwaz), M.Sc. (Mashhad University of Medical Sciences)
Scientific Interests: Cell signalling, cancer biology, CRISPR-Cas9 genome-wide screens, cancer therapy
Pastimes: Watching movies, gym, travelling
Lillian Kim
Graduate Student
Raised: Anyang, Korea 🇰🇷
Education: B.Sc. (University of Toronto)
Scientific interests: Cancer biology, cell signalling pathways, drug discovery
Pastimes: Listening to music, running, watching movies
Sarah Moldaver
Graduate Student
Raised: Toronto, Ontario 🇨🇦
Education: B.Sc. (University of Toronto)
Scientific Interests: Cell signalling, cancer biology and stem cell biology
Pastimes: Yoga, hiking and cooking
Althea Xu
Graduate Student
Raised: Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China 🇨🇳
Education: B.Sc. (McGill University)
Scientific interest: Regenerative medicine and stem cell, developmental science, neuroscience
Pastimes: Board game, traveling, watching TV series and show
Dr. Lucie Wolf
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Raised: Nuremberg, Germany 🇩🇪
Education: B.Sc. & M.Sc. Molecular Medicine (University Erlangen, Germany), Dr. rer. nat. (Heidelberg University & German Cancer Research Center, Germany)
Scientific Interests: Wnt signalling pathways, post-translational regulation, induced proximity, scientific outreach
Pastimes: Arts & crafts, travelling, movies, making presents, Poetry Slam