Current Lab Members

Dr. Guillem Dayer, PhD

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Post Doctoral Fellow

Development of immunotherapeutics to treat HPV16-associated cancers.

Robert Jackson, MSc

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PhD Biotechnology Candidate

Focuses on growing three-dimensional organotypic epithelia, studying the HPV16 viral life cycle, and pathogen-host transcriptomics.

Has a special interest in bioinformatics, biostatistics, and astronomy.

Statton Eade, MSc

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NOHFC Intern & Research Assistant

Assists with research projects in the Zehbe Research Group.

Christopher Gibb

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Undergraduate Software Developer

Developing software tools to better analyze HPV - Human interaction such as the Pathogen-Host Analysis Tool (PHAT).

Dr. Melissa Togtema, PhD

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PhD Biotechnology

Interested in the differing oncogenicity of HPV16 E6 variants as well as improving E6-targeted diagnostics and therapeutics.

Has a special interest in HIFU, siRNA, and antibodies.

Mehran Masoom, HBSc

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MSc Candidate
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Analyzing protein-protein interactions of HPV16 E6 variants.

Also entertaining the lab with his daily dance moves!

Jordan Lukacs

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HBSc Biology Student 

Learning the ways of the force...

Alejandro Ortigas Vásquez

​HBSc Bioinformatics Student

Trainee assisting in analysis of NGS data, focusing on pipeline development and learning to design new computational tools and methods. 
Last updated on 21 Feb 2019