{"id":674,"date":"2015-01-23T17:12:51","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T17:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lab-dev.research.sickkids.ca\/sevan-hopyan-lab\/?page_id=674"},"modified":"2015-01-23T17:12:51","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T17:12:51","slug":"wesley-lai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/ellis\/people\/wesley-lai\/","title":{"rendered":"Wesley Lai"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span class=\"dt-highlight\" >Wesley Lai \u2013 M.Sc. Student, 2012-2014<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Wesley\u00a0Lai&#8217;s\u00a0interests in the Ellis lab were\u00a0to utilize induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell technology in high-throughput drug screens to identify drug compounds that have the ability to restore iPS-derived neurons from individuals with autism spectrum disorders. 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