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Highlights from the Li lab<\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”719″ img_size=”” css=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text css=””]February 2026:<\/strong> Wendy Choi successfully defended her PhD thesis. Congratulations Dr. Choi![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1221″ img_size=”” css=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text css=””]February 2026:<\/strong>\u00a0Navroop and Octavia\u2019s paper on PTEN mutant neurons<\/a> is published in PNAS.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”720″ img_size=”” css=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text css=””]February 2026:<\/strong> Octavia Weng successfully defended her PhD thesis. Congratulations Dr. Weng![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1098″ img_size=”” css=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text css=””]December 2025: <\/strong>Our collaborative work with the Maass Lab on lncRNA in cell size regulation<\/a> is published in Nature Communications.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”724″ img_size=”” css=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text css=””]September 2025:<\/strong> Afrin Bhattacharya successfully defended her PhD thesis. Congratulations Dr. Bhattacharya![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”489″ img_size=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]June 2025:<\/strong> Dr. Yun Li has been promoted to Senior Scientist position at the SickKids Research Institute[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1272″ img_size=”300×150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text css=””]May 2025: <\/strong>Li lab postdoctoral fellows Mai and Sridevi are featured in SickKids News<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1254″ img_size=”300×150″ css=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text css=””]April 2025: <\/strong>Ai and Afrin’s review paper on neuroimmune organoids<\/a> is published in Disease Models and Mechanisms.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1245″ img_size=”150×150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]December 2024: <\/strong>Haruka\u2019s review paper on hPSCs-derived hippocampal models<\/a> is published in the International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1221″ img_size=”300×150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]May 2024: <\/strong>Navroop and Octavia\u2019s paper on PTEN mutant neurons and organoids<\/a> is published in Cell Reports.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”719″ img_size=”150×150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]February 2024: <\/strong>Wendy has been awarded a David Stephen Cant Graduate Scholarship in Stem Cell Research from the University of Toronto, Department of Molecular Genetics.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1170″ img_size=”150×150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]December 2023: <\/strong>Pragnya has been awarded a Restracomp postdoctoral fellowship.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1178″ img_size=”150×150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]October 2023:<\/strong> Sridevi Venkatesan has joined the lab as a Schmidt Science Fellow.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1170″ img_size=”150×150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]September 2023: <\/strong>Pragnya Chakraborty has joined the lab as a postdoctoral fellow.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”724″ img_size=”150×150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]July 2023: <\/strong>Our collaborative work with the Chou Lab on DNA origami nanodevice<\/a> is published in Nature Nanotechnology.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1147″ img_size=”300×150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]May 2023: <\/strong>Juan Pablo Escorcia and Derek Tea have joined the lab as summer undergraduate students.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1098″ img_size=”150×150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]April 2023: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Mai has been awarded a Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) fellowship<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mai\u2019s review paper on CRISPR screens in human neural cells<\/a> is published in the Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”722″ img_size=”150X150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]October 2022:<\/strong> Haruka has been awarded a University of Toronto Open Fellowship, second year in a row![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1098″ img_size=”150×150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]September 2022: <\/strong>Mai Ahmed has joined the lab as a postdoctoral fellow.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”720″ img_size=”150×150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]August 2022: <\/strong>Octavia has been awarded a Restracomp PhD Scholarship.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1199″ img_size=”300X150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]July 2022:<\/strong> Yun is awarded the Maud Menten New Investigator Prize in Genetics from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1084″ img_size=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]June 2022:<\/strong> Octavia, Haruka and Aditi successfully passed their re-class and qualification exams to become PhD candidates.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1081″ img_size=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]May 2022: <\/strong>Lucinda Zhu, Edward Chen, and Yolanda Liu have joined the lab as summer undergraduate students.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1062″ img_size=”300×150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]April 2022:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wendy has been awarded a Canadian Graduate Scholarships – Doctoral award<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Liona successfully defended her MS thesis.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”720″ img_size=”150×150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]March 2022: <\/strong>Octavia\u2019s review paper on human cellular models of epilepsy<\/a> is published in the Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1039″ img_size=”300X150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]February 2022:<\/strong> Our lab received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1055″ img_size=”150X150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]January 2022:<\/strong> Xiaoxue Dong, PhD student from Zhejiang University, has joined the lab as a visiting graduate student.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1027″ img_size=”300×150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]December 2021:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Afrin and Wendy\u2019s\u00a0review paper on modeling developmental brain diseases using human brain organoids<\/a>\u00a0is published in the Journal of Molecular Biology.<\/p>\n

Afrin has been awarded a David Stephen Cant Graduate Scholarship<\/a> in Stem Cell Research from the University of Toronto, Department of Molecular Genetics.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”722″ img_size=”150X150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]November 2021:<\/strong> Haruka has been awarded a University of Toronto Open Fellowship.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”791″ img_size=”300X150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]October 2021:<\/strong> Our lab received funding from Epilepsy Canada<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”785″ img_size=”300×150″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]September 2021:<\/strong> Yun is named a Future Leader in Canadian Brain Research<\/a><\/span> by Brain Canada.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”890″ img_size=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]August 2021:<\/strong> Navroop and Wendy’s paper on a new brain organoid model of microcephaly<\/a> is published in Molecular Brain.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”266″ img_size=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]May 2021:<\/strong> Our lab received funding from Medicine by Design Grand Questions Program<\/a><\/span>, as part of a collaborative team led by Michael Garton.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”480″ img_size=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]October 2020:<\/strong> Our lab received funding from Stem Cell Network’s Innovating Research Program<\/a><\/span> for Early Career Investigators.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”907″ img_size=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]September 2020:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Haruka Nishimura, Octavia Weng and Aditi Aggarwal have joined the lab as graduate students.<\/p>\n

Octavia Weng and Wendy Choi have been awarded Ontario Graduate Scholarships.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1034″ img_size=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]August 2020:<\/strong> Our lab received funding from the Brain and Behavioral Research Foundation<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”476″ img_size=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]April 2020:<\/strong> Our lab received a Discovery Grant from NSERC<\/a> to study primate brain evolution in the dish.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1131″ img_size=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]February 2020:<\/strong> Our review on brain organoids<\/a><\/span> is published in the Journal of Neuroscience with a cover image.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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