Dr. Laurence Pelletier

Principal Investigator

Interested in: Centrosome, Cilia, Mitosis and Hockey.

Born in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada

PhD in Cell Biology, Yale university, USA.

Inspired by: Fine wines and fancy microscopes (yes I'm a geek!).

Mikhail Bashkurov

Postdoc

Interested in: cilia biogenesis and function

Born in Tbilisi, Georgia

PhD in Cell Biology, University of Freiburg.

Inspired by family, music, movies, travelling.

Mariana Gomez

Postdoctoral Fellow

Interested in: Cell division.

Born in Oviedo, Spain.

PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University Autonoma de Madrid, Spain.

Inspired by: traveling, movies and dancing.

Steffen Lawo

Graduate Student

Interested in: Assembly of the Mitotic Spindle, High-Resolution Microscopy

Born in Hardheim, Germany

Diploma in Biology, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Inspired by: FC Bayern Munich (very often), Weissbier (too often) and Scuba Diving (sadly not often enough)

Deborah Pinchev

Lab Manager

Interested in everything about centrioles.

Born in Windsor, Ontario

BSc at University of Guelph

MSc at McMaster University

Inspired by dance, far away places, books that open your mind and home decorating magazines.

Pauline Walsh

Administrative Assistant

David Comartin

Graduate student

Born in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

M.Sc. in Biochemistry, Dr. E. Brown Lab, McMaster University 2008 B.Sc.(H). Specialization in Biochemistry, Queen's University 2005

Personal Interests/Hobbies:

Golf, hockey, martial arts, and various other sports.

Christina Yeh

Graduate Student

Born in Scarborough, ON

Honours Bachelor of Science

Inspired by food, music, and TV :)

Christine Holley

Lab Technician

Born in Guelph, ON

M.Sc. Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph

Inspired by family and friends, camping, food, and a good book.

Ioana Monica Hasegan

Postdoctoral Fellow

Born in Bucharest, Romania

Interested in: imaging techniques and their applications to cool science.

Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Imaging, Mouse Imaging Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. PhD in Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, USA.

Inspired by family, art, figure drawing, traveling, sports (skiing, tennis, hiking...).