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.
Fatima Farhat (fatimafarhat443@gmail.com) (MSc)
Project: Matrix regulation of gene expression in striated muscle
Current Graduate and BSc Honours students:
Stephanie Sansone (stephs10@my.yorku.ca) (MSc candidate)
Project: TAZ protein:protein interactions in striated muscle
Sophia Michtchouk (sophiam3@my.yorku.ca) (MSc candidate)
Project: MEF2 interacting proteins in skeletal muscle
Ahmad Mali (ahmadm03@my.yorku.ca) (BSc Hons candidate)
Project: Effects of phase condensate disruption on viral infection and host cell gene transcription