Team
Dr. Laurence Pelletier
Principal InvestigatorInterests: Centrosome, Cilia, Mitosis and Hockey.
Education: Ph.D. in Cell Biology, Yale university, USA
Born In: Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada
Inspired by: Fine wines and fancy microscopes (yes I'm a geek!).
Publications
Dr. Marie-Ming Aynaud
Postdoctoral FellowInterests: Molecular and Celular Biology
Education: Ph.D. in virology at Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
Born In: Paris, France
Inspired by: Friends, family, traveling, food
Publications
Ella Guo
Ph.D. StudentInterests: Cancer metastasis, intravasation, climbing, reading
Education: HBSc in Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Born In: Jinan, China
Inspired by: My mother, friends and the ever growing universe of knowledge
Maria Espinosa
Lab ManagerInterests: Cell and Molecular Biology, genetics, cancer and neuroscience
Education: MSc Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Guelph, Canada. BSc Honours Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Guelph, Canada
Born in: Barranquilla, Colombia
Inspired by: family, science, travelling, food and wine
Dr. Anna Christina Erpf
Post-doctoral FellowInterests: Pericentriolar material assembly, early embryonic development and microscopy
Education: Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
Born In: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Inspired by: Nature, science, meditation, singing, painting, family and friends
Thaisa Luup
Ph.D. StudentInterests: Electromagnetism, Microscopy
Education: Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Born In: Laguna, Brazil
Inspired by: Puzzles, nature, swimming, classical music
Tiger Jian
Ph.D. StudentInterests: organ-on-a-chip systems, organoids, vascular biology
Education: B.Sc., University of Toronto
Born In: Xi'an, China
Inspired by: Sleep, good food and friends
Elena Peng
Ph.D. StudentInterests: Mitosis, Centrosome, Protein-Protein Interaction
Education: BSc. in biology, Beijing Normal University
Born In: China
Inspired by: cooking, family, sharing foods and hanging out with friends
Dr. Laura Matellán Fernández
Post-doctoral FellowInterests: Chromosomal instability, centrosome clustering
Education: B.Sc. in Biology (University of Salamanca, Spain), Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biomedicine (University of Sevilla, Spain)
Born In: Zamora, Spain
Inspired by: Traveling, dancing, playing sports, live music and dogs
Dr. Johnny Tkach
Scientific Research AssociateInterests: Microscopy, Cell Biology
Education: Ph.D. Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada | B.Sc. Biochemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Born In: Steeltown, Ontario
Inspired by: People who get things done. Joe Strummer. Johnny Cash. Pavel Datsyuk. My kids (who get nothing done…)
Publications
Dr. Amit Sharma
Post-doctoral FellowInterests: Cell Biology, Microscopy, Mitosis and Cancer
Education: Ph.D in Cell Biology, Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, India
Born In: Himachal, India
Inspired by: Friends, Family, Traveling and Yoga
Dr. Chieh-Ting (Jerry) Fang
Post-doctoral FellowInterests: Mitosis, Centrosomes, Microtubules, Cancer, Super-resolution Imaging
Education: Ph.D. in Cell Biology.
Born In: Taiwan
Inspired by: Fancy images, new image analysis tools, good talks, music and coffee.
Dr. Jaeyoun Kim
Post-doctoral FellowInterests: Centriole disengagement, Protein-Protein Interaction, and deep learning
Education: Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Born In: Seoul, Republic of Korea
Inspired by: Playing badminton, watching movies and shows
Jason Lequyer
Ph.D. StudentInterests: Computer Vision, Dynamical Systems, Game Theory
Education: M.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Guelph
Born in: Burlington, Ontario
Inspired by: Picture of dogs playing poker
Google Scholar
Dr. Wen-Hsin (Cindy) Hsu
Post-doctoral FellowInterests: Mitosis, Centrosomes, Cytoskeleton, and Cancer
Education: Ph.D. Program in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan
Born In: Taiwan
Inspired by: Centrosome conferences, Traveling, Nature, and Good food
Callum Stirton
Ph.D. StudentInterests: Organoids, Regenerative Medicine, Cancer
Education: B.Sc in Biology with a minor in Economics, McGill
Born In: Toronto
Inspired by: Cooking, Visiting Family and Friends, Chess, Good Books