McDermott Lab Members (Current)
Current Research Associates/Technicians/Post-Doctoral Fellows:
Catherine Chan (cktchan@yorku.ca)
Role : Lab Manager/Lab Support
Xiaodong Gao (gaoxd@yorku.ca)
Role: Project support: Animal husbandry and colony maintenance
Dr. Tetsuaki Miyake (tmiyake@yorku.ca)
Role: Experimental support and Molecular Imaging Specialist; focus on characterization of protein networks in striated muscle differentiation
Dr. Tina Shaffaf (tinashaffaf89@gmail.com)
Role: Research Associate. Detection of virus infected cultured cells using NGS technology. Funded by an NSERC Alliance grant with Sanofi.
Current Graduate and BSc Honours students:
Shezote talukder (shezotetalukder@gmail.com) (MSc candidate)
Project: Transcription factor interactomes in Rhabdomyosarcoma
Fatima Farhat miriam95@my.yorku.ca (MSc candidate)
Project: Beta catenin protein:protein interactions in striated muscle
Stephanie Sansone (stephs10@my.yorku.ca) (MSc candidate)
Project: MEF2 interactome in striated muscle
Anastasia Mackeracher (mackeraa@mcmaster.ca) (MSc candidate)
TAZ protein:protein interactions in striated muscle
Sophia Michtchouk (sophiam3@my.yorku.ca) (BSc Hons candidate)
Project: MEF2 interacting proteins in skeletal muscle