Name

Daniel Durocher, Ph.D.

Primus inter pares

Born and raised

Varennes, Quebec

Education

B.Sc. Université de Montréal
Ph.D. McGill University
Postdoc University of Cambridge, UK

Scientific Interest

Genome stability

Tidbit

I tend to miss my plane coming back from meetings.
I love Occam's razor….

Name

Marella Canny

Research Associate

Born and raised

Johnson, Kansas, USA

Education

B.Sc. Arkansas State University

Scientific Interest

High throughput screening.

Outside interests

Backpacking and mountaineering; I hope to add canoeing soon!

Name

Cristina Escribano Diaz

Post-doctoral Fellow

Born and raised

Talavera de la Reina (Toledo, Spain)

Education

Ph.D. Molecular Biology. Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Scientific Interest

Signaling pathways involved in DNA damage detection and repair.

Outside interests (or any other miscellaneous fact)

Music, movies and, above anything else, I like enjoying a nice meal and drinks with friends (tapas, beer and some friends sounded like a perfect plan to me in Spain).

Name

Abdallah Al-Hakim

Post-doctoral Fellow

Born and raised

Cairo, Egypt and Hamilton, Ontario

Education

PhD Biochemistry, University of Dundee, Scotalnd, UK (2007)
M.Sc. Pharmacology, University of Toronto (2003)
B.Sc. Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Toronto (2000)

Scientific Interest

Role of ubiquitination in the detection and response to DNA damage.

Tidbit

Mountain biking, hiking, eating out in different restaurants, sample different cheeses, enjoy single malt scotch whisky

Name

Marie-Claude Landry

Post-doctoral Fellow

Born and raised

Quebec city, Quebec, Canada

Education

PhD Molecular and Cellular Biology, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

Scientific Interest

Ubiquitin-dependent DNA damage signaling, cell death signaling, cancer, cytoskeleton and microscopy.

Outside interests (or any other miscellaneous fact)

I love to play with my daughter, read good books, watch "girly" TV shows, take photos and edit them on my Mac.

Name

Amélie Fradet-Turcotte

Post-doctoral Fellow

Born

Inverness, Quebec, Canada

Raised

in many towns in Quebec; Thetfords Mines, St-Georges-de-Beauce, Granby, Sherbrooke and Montréal!

Education

B.Sc. Université de Sherbrooke. Ph.D. Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Scientific Interest

Role of ubiquitin in DNA damage response/DNA repair and the development of tools to monitor DNA damage response in vivo.

Outside interests (or any other miscellaneous fact)

I can’t say no to good food and drinks with friends!

Name

Nathalie Moatti

Graduate Student

Born and raised

Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario

Education

B.Sc. University of Toronto

Scientific Interest

High-throughput screening, cancer genetics.

Outside interests (or any other miscellaneous fact)

I like music, books, vegetarian cuisine, my crazy cat, and travelling.

Name

Meagan Munro

Research Technician

Born and raised

Peterborough

Education

B.Sc. (Trent University)

Scientific Interest

How cells become cancerous.

Outside interests / Tidbit

Concerts, reading, my cat Oreo

Name

Stephanie (Steffi) Panier

Graduate student

Born and raised

Erfurt, Germany

Education

Diploma in Heidelberg, Germany

Scientific Interest

ubiquitin-dependent DNA damage signaling.

Outside interests

Books, books, books. And food.

Name

Rachel Szilard, Ph.D.

Research Associate

Born and raised

London, Ontario

Education

B.Sc. McMaster University
Ph.D. University of Alberta
Postdoc Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

Scientific Interest

Investigating factors that regulate stability of the yeast genome.

Outside Interests

I spend my spare time playing soccer and learning American Sign Language.

Name

Ján Tkáč

Graduate Student

Born and raised

Košice, Slovakia and Toronto, Canada

Education

B.Sc. University of Waterloo (2007); M.Sc. University of British Columbia (2009)

Scientific Interest

DNA damage response and repair, regulation of nuclear protein turnover, and many other workings of life.

Outside interests (or any other miscellaneous fact)

Sports, politics (I am a news junkie), philosophy, food.

Name

ManTek Yeung

Graduate Student

Born and raised

Kamloops, British Columbia

Education

B.Sc. University of British Columbia
Ph.D. (in progress) University of Toronto

Scientific Interest

Genome stability and checkpoint recovery.

Tidbit

I tell dirty jokes after 6 o'clock.

Name

Jordan Young

Graduate Student

Born and raised

Whitby, Ontario

Education

B.Sc., M.Sc. (University of Waterloo)

Scientific Interest

Synthetic lethality in human cells, Lentiviral RNAi screening, DNA damage and repair signaling.

Outside interests (or any other miscellaneous fact)

Golf, tennis, beer, remaining a loyal Leafs fan even after decades of disappointment.

Name

Wei Zhang

Graduate Student

Born and raised

China

Education

Beijing Normal University, China
M.Sc. York University
Ph.D. (in progress) University of Toronto

Scientific Interest

Telomeres and telomerase.

Outside interests

Basketball, swimming

Name

Jonathan Strecker

Graduate Student

Born and raised

Calgary, Alberta

Education

B.HSc. University of Calgary

Scientific Interest

Genome stability, double-strand break versus telomere distinction.

Outside interests

I enjoy cycling, eating meat, and Beethoven.

Name

Rebecca Gladdy

Clinician Scientist

Where she is now

Rebecca is now flying solo although we share lab space and lab meetings. Please visit her page at the OICR: http://www.oicr.on.ca/research/gladdy.htm

Name

Leah Kabaroff

Research Technician

Where she is now

Leah is Rebecca’s lab manager

Name

Lara O’Donnell

Post-doctoral Fellow

Where she is now

Lara is now a scientific coordinator at MITACS

Name

Megan Mendez

Research Associate

Where she is now

Megan is now experimenting with kids (n=2)

Name

Yosuke Ichijima

Post-doctoral Fellow

Where he is now

Post-doctoral Fellow at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Name

Nadine Katherina Kolas, Ph.D.

Post-doctoral Fellow

Where she is now

Freelance writer

Name

Hossein Akbari-Salkdeh

Undergraduate Assistant

Where he is now

After years of good service, Hossein is studying physiotherapy

Name

Enrico Tenaglia

Graduate Student

Where he is now

Ph.D. student at the CNIO in Madrid, Spain

Name

Sarah Galicia

Lab manager 2003-2008

Where she is now

Project Manager at UHN

Name

Shinichiro Nakada

Post-doctoral fellow 2006-2009

Where she is now

Assistant Professor Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Name

Julia Li

Undergraduate student 2007-2009

Where she is now

Graduate student

Name

Devin Trudeau

Undergraduate student 2008-2009

Where she is now

Graduate student CalTech

Name

Marta Guerra-Rebollo

Visiting Ph.D. Student 2008

Where she is now

Back at work in Tim Thomson’s lab in sunny Barcelona!

Name

Scott Dixon

Short-term post-doc Fellow 2008

Where he is now

Doing a real post-doc in the lab of Brent Stockwell in NYC.

Name

Signe Olivarius

Visiting Student 2007

Where she is now

Back in Denmark doing her Ph.D.

Name

Mike Downey

Ph.D. Student 2003-2008

Where she is now

Doing a post-doc in Dave Toczyski’s lab at UCSF.

Name

Sherene Chin-Fatt

Undergraduate student 2007-2008

Where she is now

Sherene is pursuing her undergrad studies.

Name

Pamela Kanellis

Ph.D. Student 2001-2007

Where she is now

She is working as a consultant for SHI Consulting.

Name

Frédéric D. Sweeney

Ph.D. Student 2003-2008

Where he is now

Analyst at VenGrowth.

Name

Jarkko Ylanko

M.Sc. student 2004-2008

Where he is now

Working at McMaster University.

Name

Mark Gagliardi, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (2003-2007)

Where he is now

Works as a Research Associate in the lab of Gordon Keller.

Name

Lisa D'Ambrosio

4th Year Project student (2006-2007)

Where she is now

Graduate student in the lab of Anne-Claude Gingras.

Name

Jennifer Yen

4th Year Project student (2006-2007)

Where she is now

Jenn is joining Tony Hyman’s lab at the MPI-CBG in Dresden as a research assistant to gain valuable experience before her graduate studies.

Name

Benjamin Cheng, Ph.D.

Research Associate (2005-2006)

Where he is now

Being a stay-at-home dad to little Jacob.

Name

Robert Rose

Undergraduate Student (2006)

Where he is now

Applying for graduate schools.

Name

Rob Woolstencroft

Ph.D. Student (2001-2006)

Where he is now

Scientific Director, Virology at Schering-Plough Canada.

Name

Rob Gryfe

Post-doctoral Fellow (2002-2005)

Where he is now

Rob is a physician-scientist and has his own group at the SLRI

Name

Eris Duro

Summer Student (2005)

Where he is now

Ph.D. Student in John Rouse’s laboratory in Dundee, UK.

Name

Martin Burkhalter

Visiting Post-doctoral Fellow (2005)

Where he is now

Doing a “real” post-doc in Dale Ramsden’s lab at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

Name

Adrienne Rollie

Summer Student (2003 and 2004)

Where she is now

Graduate Student in Brent Derry’s lab at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.

Name

Ethan Kaufman

Summer Student (2003 and 2004)

Where he is now

Ph.D. student in the lab of Eric Miska at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Name

Anne Koch

Post-doctoral Fellow (2002-2004)

Where she is now

Anne now heads her own group at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto.

Name

Larissa Liontos

Summer Student (2002)

Where she is now

Lariss is now a MD/Ph.D. student doing her Ph.D. in Jane McGlade’s laboratory at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.