{"id":215,"date":"2024-01-10T22:07:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T22:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/phan\/?p=215"},"modified":"2024-01-10T22:09:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T22:09:34","slug":"lab-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/phan\/2024\/01\/10\/lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Members"},"content":{"rendered":"

Current Members<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\"\" Anna Phan<\/h1>\n

Assistant Professor
\nDepartment of Biological Sciences
\nUniversity of Alberta<\/p>\n

In April 2020, I started my first lab in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta . I obtained my PhD from the University of Guelph and completed my post-doctoral training at The Scripps Research Institute in Florida.<\/p>\n

My research focus is on the neurobiology of learning and memory, and have experience working with mice and Drosophila<\/em>. Currently my work is on identifying and studying the genes that limit learning and memory processes in Drosophila<\/em> and how social isolation alters the brain and behaviour.<\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Fellow<\/h3>\n

Gurlaz Kaur, PhD<\/h3>\n

December 2023-Current<\/p>\n

Graduate Students<\/h3>\n

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Akhila Eswaran<\/h3>\n

PhD Student; July 2021-Current<\/p>\n

I obtained my undergraduate degree in 2020 from the International Medical University in Malaysia and came to Canada in 2021 to start my graduate studies at the UofA. I’m interested in memory, neurogenetics and neurobiology related research. My PhD research project focuses on characterizing a novel memory suppressor gene and unraveling its underlying neural mechanisms. In my free time, I enjoy painting, cooking, reading, watching Kdramas and solving Rubik’s cubes. I also love being a few hours away from the mountains and enjoy hiking on holidays.<\/p>\n

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Amoolya Sai Dwijesha<\/h3>\n

M.Sc. Student; Sept 2021-Current<\/p>\n

I am from India but I grew up in the UAE and Oman for a large part of my life. After highschool, I shifted back to India to pursue my undergraduate and an integrated master’s of technology degree in Biotechnology at Dr. D.Y Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics\u00a0Institute, Pune, India. Currently, as a graduate student at the Phan lab, my research aims to investigate the role of the cohesin complex subunit, stromalin<\/i> and some of its potential downstream mediators in seizure behavior in Drosophila <\/i>to better understand\u00a0a rare group of disorders known as cohesinopathies.<\/p>\n

When I am not in the lab parenting or seizing my fruit flies, I like to watch anime, and play with Miso (our pet cat). \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Illia Pimenov<\/h3>\n

M.Sc. Student
\nSept 2023-Current
\nMitacs Globalink Graduate Fellowship Award<\/p>\n

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Undergraduate Research Students<\/h3>\n

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Heba Mahmood<\/h3>\n

Undergraduate Research Student
\nSept 2021- Current
\n2022 Alberta Innovates Summer Research Studentship<\/p>\n

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Brian Kong<\/h3>\n

Undergraduate Research Student
\nSept 2022- Current<\/p>\n

Shakara Eben-Munro<\/h3>\n

Undergraduate Research Student
\nSept 2023- Current<\/p>\n

Past Members<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Research Students<\/h3>\n

Illia Pimenov (visiting student Ukraine) – 2022-2023 MITACS Globalink GRI & GRA
\nDanny Kurani
\nPartha Kulkarni
\nSara Castro Garcia (visiting student Mexico) – 2022 MITACS Globalink GRI
\nCelina Phan
\nJustine David – 2022 NSERC USRA
\nJames Thomson-Dick – 2021 & 2022 NSERC USRA
\nRegina Mendoza
\nChisom Ezeh<\/p>\n

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