CURRENT GROUP MEMBERS


Halle Barber

Ph.D. Candidate

RNA modifications for CRISPR and antisense technologies

Hometown: Glastonbury, CT, USA

Education: H.B.Sc, University of Connecticut

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Zidi Lyu

Ph.D. Candidate

Synthesis of branched RNAs for inhibition of Dbr1

Hometown: Jiangmen, China

Education: M.Sc. Northeastern University

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Julian Marlyn

Ph.D. Candidate

Green synthesis of nucleoside derivatives and oligonucleotides by mechanochemistry

Hometown: White Rock, BC, Canada

Education: B.Sc., University of Waterloo

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Abhishek Arora

Ph.D. Candidate

Design and synthesis of modified nucleosides

Hometown: Rania, Haryana, India

Education: M.Sc., Panjab University Chandigarh

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Harneesh Kaur

Ph.D. Candidate

Structural studies on chemically modified duplexes and applictions in ASOs

Hometown: Mandi Dabwali, Haryana, India

Education: M.Sc., Panjab University Chandigarh

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Alicia Montulet

M.Sc. Candidate

Development of chemically modified and conjugated antisense oligonucleotides for splicing modulation

Hometown: Montreal, QC, Canada

Education: B. Sc., Université de Sherbrooke

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Sunit Jana

Research Scientist

Exploring a lead guide RNA for CRISPR gene editing using oxepane nucleic acid (ONA)

Hometown: Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Education: Ph.D., University of Münster

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Olivia Del Carlo

Undergraduate Student

Hometown: London, UK

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Paige Roehrig

Undergraduate Student

Hometown: Bowmanville, ON, Canada

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GROUP ALUMNI

Graduate Students
McGill 1992–present
Toronto 1988–1992
  1. James Thorpe, Ph.D. 2023
  2. Roberto El Khoury, Ph.D. 2022
  3. Ada McVean, M.Sc. 2022
  4. Leonora Abdullahu, Ph.D. 2021
  5. Daniel O'Reilly, Ph.D. 2019
  6. Hala Abou Assi, Ph.D. 2018
  7. Danielle Vlaho, Ph.D. 2017
  8. Maryam Habibian, Ph.D. 2017
  9. Elise Malek-Adamian, M.Sc. 2017
  10. Jovanka Bogojeski, Ph.D. 2017
  11. Maryam Yahyaee Anzahaee, Ph.D. 2015
  12. Adam Katolik, Ph.D. 2015
  13. Glen F. Deleavey, Ph.D 2013
  14. Matthew Hassler, Ph.D. 2013
  15. Fereshteh Azizi, M.Sc. 2013
  16. Pascal Gallant, M.Sc. 2011
  17. Robert A. Donga, Ph.D. 2010
  18. Alexander S. Wahba, Ph.D. 2010
  19. Jeremy G. Lackey, Ph.D. 2010
  20. Siara Isaac, M.Sc. 2008
  21. Jonathan K. Watts, Ph.D. 2008
  22. David Sabatino, Ph.D. 2007
  23. Debbie Mitra, Ph.D. 2008 (co-supervised with H. Sleiman)
  24. Chang Geng Peng, Ph.D. 2007
  25. Bénédicte Pâtureau, M.Sc. 2006
  26. Maria M. Mangos, Ph.D. 2005
  27. Anna Lisa Tedeschi, M.Sc. 2004
  28. Sandra Carriero, Ph.D. 2003
  29. Kazim A. Agha, Ph.D. 2003
  30. Rami N. Hannoush, Ph.D. 2003
  31. Rawan Mourani, M.Sc. 2002
  32. Daniel R. Yazbeck, M.Sc. 2001
  33. Anita Liscio, M.Sc. 2001
  34. Christopher J. Wilds, Ph.D. 2000
  35. Ravinderjit S. Braich, Ph.D. 1999
  36. Anne M. Noronha, Ph.D. 1999
  37. Sébastien Robidoux, Ph.D. 1999
  38. Margherita Scartozzi, M.Sc. 1998
  39. André H. Uddin, Ph.D. 1996
  40. Miguel A. Roman, M.Sc. 1995
  41. Kanjana Ganeshan, Ph.D. 1995
  42. Robert H. E. Hudson, Ph.D. 1995
  43. Yunkui Guo, M.Sc. 1992
  44. Paul A. Giannaris, M.Sc. 1991
  45. Steven V. Zabarylo, M.Sc. 1990
Postdoctoral Fellows
& Research Assistants
  1. Adam Katolik, Research Scientist 2018-2022
  2. Miguel Garavís Cabello, PDF 2019-2020
  3. Sunit Jana, PDF 2018-2020
  4. Elise Malek-Adamian, Research Assistant 2017-2018
  5. Saùl Martinez-Montero, PDF 2012-2016
  6. Jory Liétard, PDF 2013-2015
  7. Ken Yamada, PDF 2012-2014
  8. Richard Johnsson, PDF 2008-2011
  9. Nandyala Mallikarjuna Reddy, PDF 2008-2011
  10. Nuria Bayo-Puxan, PDF 2007-2009 (co-supervised)
  11. Kyung-Lyum Min, PDF 2001-2002; Research Associate 2002-2004
  12. Annie Galarneau, Research Assistant 2002-2003
  13. Ekaterina Viazovkina, PDF 21997-2001; Research Associate 2001-2004
  14. Mohamed Elzagheid, PDF 2002-2004; Research Associate 2004-2005
  15. Marita Wasner, PDF 1996-1997
Visiting Students
  1. Wiebke Teich, M.Sc. (University of Münster), 2022-2023
  2. Cristina Cabrero Fernández, Ph.D. (Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano), 2022
  3. Israel Serrano, Ph.D. (IInstituto de Química Física Rocasolano), 2019
  4. Luisa Fernanda López De la Fuente, B.Sc. (Tecnológico de Monterrey), 2018
  5. Annabelle Schofield, B.Sc. (U of Nottingham), 2017
  6. Nobuhiro Tago, Ph.D. (Tokyo Institute of Technology), 2013
  7. Saùl Martinez-Montero, Ph.D. (Universidad de Oviedo), 2012
  8. Nerea Martin-Pintado Zugasti, Ph.D. (CSIC-Madrid), 2010
  9. Paula Lopez Senin, Ph.D. (Universidad de Barcelona), 2009
  10. Júlia Viladoms, Ph.D. (Universidad de Barcelona), 2008
  11. Signe Inglev Steffansen, Ph.D. (University of Southern Denmark), 2005
  12. Maxie Roessler, B.Sc. (Oxford University), 2004
Undergraduate Students
McGill 1992–present
Toronto 1988–1992
  1. Kaixiang Wang, 2023
  2. Diana McCorquodale, 2023
  3. Vivian Zhang, 2022
  4. David Friedland, 2022
  5. Morgane Roman, 2021
  6. Henri Zhu, 2019
  7. Patrick Nathael Javorcik, 2019
  8. Ada McVean, 2018
  9. Jeff Guo, 2018
  10. Anne Liao, 2016
  11. James Thorpe, 2016
  12. Yu Chen (Jimmy) Lin, 2016
  13. Logan Di Giovanni, 2015
  14. Arden Dierker Viik, 2014
  15. Michael Thomson, 2013
  16. Christine Button, 2012
  17. Simon Wisnovsky, 2011
  18. Erika Steels, 2011
  19. Petra Lindovska, 2011
  20. Volodymyr Hrabovskyy, 2010
  21. Yi Qiao (Prudence) Wu, 2010
  22. Kim Beauregard, 2008
  23. Pascal Gallant, 2006
  24. Jennifer Pfeiffer, 2006
  25. Gail Fernandes, 2004
  26. Michael Hunter, 2002
  27. Ariel Breiner, 1999
  28. Sherri Gavin, 1999
  29. Isabelle Paquin, 1996
  30. Chris Harrison, 1996
  31. Sandra Carriero, 1996
  32. Sarah Weeks, 1994
  33. Janelle Anderson, 1994
  34. Juanita Chan, 1993
  35. Christopher Tomalty, 1993
  36. Verna Salado, 1990
  37. Laura Rubino, 1989
  38. Louella Lobo, 1989
  39. Dave Dindayal, 1989
  40. Barb Helbrecht, 1988
  41. Paul A. Giannaris, 1988
  42. Adrian Bojko, 1988
  43. Steven V. Zabarylo, 1987