Lab Members

Current team

Research Associates

Meiou Dai, Ph.D.

Meiou Dai, Ph.D.

meiou.dai@mail.mcgill.ca

Education : PhD in Experimental Medicine, University of McGill, Canada.

Current research : Genome-wide CRISPR/CAS9 loss-of-function screening for new cancer drug target discovery and biomarkers of drug resistance.

Ni Wang, Ph.D.

Ni Wang, Ph.D.

ni.wang79@gmail.com

  • Education : PhD.
  • Current research : My research focuses on pre-clinic experiments to investigate human cancerous processes and mechanisms by using immunodeficient laboratory mouse models (breast cancer, pancreas cancer, lung and liver metastases, etc.) in order to explore and develop novel therapies for cancer treatment.

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Dr Ana Belen Fraga Timiraos

Dr Ana Belen Fraga Timiraos

Dr Huong Nguyen

Dr Huong Nguyen

Graduate Students

Sophie Poulet, Ph.D. Candidate

Sophie Poulet, Ph.D. Candidate

sophie.poulet@mail.mcgill.ca

  • Education : B.Sc. in Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Université de Montréal.
  • Current research : Evaluation of the therapeutic potential of a certain TGFb-mediated microRNA found to be upregulated in triple negative breast cancer. This is being tested in vitro as well as in vivo using CRISPR/Cas technology.
Yi-Ching Tsai

Yi-Ching Tsai

yi-ching.tsai2@mail.mcgill.ca

Defining the role of CDK6 and DNA repair pathways in tumorigenesis and identify CDK4/6-dependent synthetic lethal vulnerabilities in triple negative breast cancer.

Cheng Yang

Cheng Yang

Soaad Galal

Soaad Galal

Leslie Azarel Chaltel Lima, Ph.D. Candidate

Leslie Azarel Chaltel Lima, Ph.D. Candidate

Shima Rahimirad, Ph.D. Candidate

Shima Rahimirad, Ph.D. Candidate

Research Assistants

Julien Boudreault, Ph.D. Candidate

Julien Boudreault, Ph.D. Candidate

julien.boudreault@usherbrooke.ca

Education : M.Sc. in Molecular Biology at the University of Sherbrooke.

Current Research : The production of genetically modified cancer cell lines using the CRISPR technology and the cytotoxic study of kinase inhibitors in breast cancer.

Gang Yan

Gang Yan

gang.yan@mail.mcgill.ca

Education : B.Sc. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Northeast Agricultural University, China.

Current research : Utilizing genome-wide Crispr/Cas9 screen based on paclitaxel to identify key genetic mutations responsible for paclitaxel resistance in triple negative breast cancer.

Administration

Veronica Atehortua

Veronica Atehortua

veronica.atehortua@muhc.mcgill.ca

Program Assistant, Cancer Research Program (CRP)