Claudia Arndt
4th year thesis Research Technologist co-supervised with Dr. Mei Zhen
2016 – 2019
Contributed to generation and characterization of MATR3 mutant flies and worms.
Melody Zhao
M.Sc. graduate
2016 – 2019
Contributed to identification of genetic modifiers of MATR3 toxicity in flies
Yakup Kohen
4th year undergraduate
2018 – 2019
Research thesis on MATR3 solubility and cellular stress.
Jihye (Rachel) Kim
M.Sc. graduate
2016 – 2019
Contributed to the establishment of MATR3 S85C knock-in mice.
William Li
4th year undergraduate
2017 – 2018
Research thesis on identification of MATR3 interactors.
Yu (Julia) Qiao
4th year undergraduate
2016 – 2018
Research thesis on the cellular toxicity induced by MATR3 mutations.
Jialu Xu
Undergraduate research student
July – August 2016
Kailong Peng
Undergraduate research student
July – August 2017
Hongxian Zhu
Undergraduate research student
July – August 2017
Jingyao Hong
Undergraduate research student
July – August 2016
Luhan Ni
Undergraduate research student
July – August 2018
Heejin (Haley) Shin
Undergraduate research student
October 2018 – April 2019
Serena Kao
M.Sc. graduate
2017 – 2020
Contributed to the establishment of Drosophila and mouse models of MATR3 S85C-linked ALS.
Xiao Xiao (Lily) Chen
M.Sc. graduate
2017 – 2020
Contributed to understanding of the role of MATR3 in RNA splicing.
Wooin Cho
4th year undergraduate research student and research volunteer
2018 – 2020
Research thesis on identifying MATR3 interactors.
Rebekah van Bruggen, M.Sc.
Lab Research Project Coordinator
2016 – 2021
Contributed to establishment of MATR3 S85C and F115C knock-in mouse models.
Hyeok Jun (Steven) Lee
4th year undergraduate
2020 – 2021
Research thesis on autophagy in ALS.
Deanna Kim
Undergraduate research student
January – August 2019
Nicolas Tuli
Undergraduate research student
January – April 2018
Mashiat Khan
M.Sc. Candidate : September 2019 – April 2022
Technologist I : May 2022 – October 2022
Mashiat was an M.Sc. candidate in the Department of Molecular Genetcs at the University of Toronto. Mashiat’s research focused on the molecular function of RNA binding protein MATR3.
Rintaro Masuda
Undergraduate Student
May 2021 – April 2022
Rintaro was a research student pursuing his undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto. He completed a HMB summer research course credit in the Park Lab.
Mary Shi
Technologist I
May 2022 – September 2022
David Tran
4th and 5th year undergraduate
2019 – 2021
Research thesis on the MATR3 pathology in flies.
Kaye Genova
Undergraduate Research Student
September 2022 – April 2023
Kaye was an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto and completed the HMB496 Research Project in Human Biology. For her project, Kaye was investigating how glucose metabolism-related genes affect the pathogenic characteristics of ALS in MATR3 fly models.
Rosita Chiu
Summer Research Student (4th year undergraduate)
May 2023 – August 2023
Rosita was a 4th-year undergrad student at the University of Toronto. She was studying the timing and type of cell death pathway activation in Purkinje cells and motor neurons in MATR3 S85C knock-in mouse model of ALS.
Karin Chen
Summer Research Student (4th year undergraduate)
May 2023 – August 2023
Karin was a 4th-year undergrad student at the University of Toronto.
Rachel Chiang
Research Student – Undergraduate
September 2023 – April 2024
Rachel was a fourth year undergraduate Molecular Genetics specialist at the University of Toronto. For her project, she was identifying MATR3 S85C interactors using the SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cell line.
Curtis Chan
Research Student – Undergraduate
September 2023 – April 2024
Curtis was a fourth-year student at the University of Toronto. He was investigating the involvement of astrocytes and their molecular changes that occur during neuronal death in a MATR3 S85C ALS mouse model.
Katarina Maksimovic
Technologist II: May 2023 – February 2024
Technologist I: May 2022 – May 2023
M.Sc. Candidate: September 2019 – April 2022
Katarina completed her M.Sc. in the Park lab where she studied presymptomatic changes in degenerated neurons in ALS. She was a technologist where her project involves targeting metabolic dysfunction in ALS.
Justin You
Technologist I: February 2023 – June 2024
M.Sc. Candidate: September 2020 – January 2023
Justin completed his M.Sc. in 2023 in the Park lab studying the mechanisms of how specific disease-associated microglial genes contribute to ALS pathogenesis. He continued his research on this topic as a technologist.
Jooyun (Emma) Lee
Technologist I: May 2024 – June 2024
M.Sc. Candidate: January 2022 – April 2024
Jooyun completed her M.Sc. in the Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto. She continued her research as a technologist to study the mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration in the MATR3 S85C mouse model of ALS.
Jade Li
Volunteer
May 2024 – August 2024
Jade was a first-year undergraduate at the University of Toronto. She was volunteering in the lab to investigate potential modifiers of MATR3 S85C toxicity in Drosophila Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Hyeri Jeong
Research Student
July 2024 – September 2024
Hyeri was a fourth-year Neuroscience Specialist student at the University of Toronto. Her project focused on how the astrocytes contribute to the disease process particularly at early-stage ALS using MATR3 S85C mice.