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
Current Graduate and BSc Honours students:
Amira Moustafa (amira982007@gmail.com) (PhD candidate)
Project : Identification and function of MEF2 protein networks in cardiac muscle
Shezote talukder (shezotetalukder@gmail.com) (MSc candidate)
Project: Transcription factor interactomes in Rhabdomyosarcoma
Jonathan Kelebeev (jkeleb@my.yorku.ca) (MSc candidate)
Project: TAZ interactome in striated muscle
Gurnoor Brar (gbrar345@my.yorku.ca) (MSc candidate)
Project: Regulation of MMP9 by MEF2/Stat3 in cardiomyocytes
Fatima Farhat miriam95@my.yorku.ca (MSc candidate)
Project: Beta catenin protein:protein interactions in striated muscle
Sydney Steiman (sydneysteiman@gmail.com) (MSc candidate)
Project: MEF2 interactome in striated muscle
Anastasia Mackeracher (mackeraa@mcmaster.ca) (MSc candidate)
TAZ protein:protein interactions in striated muscle
Kanwarpartap Dhindsa (kanwar24@my.yorku.ca) (BSc Hons candidate)
Project: MEF2 interacting proteins in skeletal muscle