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Claudia Arndt<\/p>\n

4th year thesis Research Technologist co-supervised with Dr. Mei Zhen<\/p>\n

2016 – 2019<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1627670119718{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]Contributed to generation and characterization of MATR3 mutant flies and worms.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”144″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1637606785763{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Melody Zhao<\/p>\n

M.Sc. graduate<\/p>\n

2016 – 2019<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1627670215213{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]Contributed to identification of genetic modifiers of MATR3 toxicity in flies[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row margin_top=”36px”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”168″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1627670504271{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Yakup Kohen<\/p>\n

4th year undergraduate<\/p>\n

2018 – 2019<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1627670590166{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]Research thesis on MATR3 solubility and cellular stress.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”72″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1637606807348{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Jihye (Rachel) Kim<\/p>\n

M.Sc. graduate<\/p>\n

2016 – 2019<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1627670663071{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]Contributed to the establishment of MATR3 S85C knock-in mice.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row margin_top=”36px”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”220″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1628268670274{margin-right: 15px !important;margin-left: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1627671137047{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

William Li<\/p>\n

4th year undergraduate<\/p>\n

2017 – 2018<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1627671158680{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]Research thesis on identification of MATR3 interactors.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”221″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1627671234159{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Yu (Julia) Qiao<\/p>\n

4th year undergraduate<\/p>\n

2016 – 2018<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1627671254943{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]Research thesis on the cellular toxicity induced by MATR3 mutations.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row margin_top=”36px”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”214″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1747936298957{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Jialu Xu<\/p>\n

Research Student – Undergraduate<\/p>\n

July – August 2016<\/p>\n

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Kailong Peng<\/p>\n

Research Student – Undergraduate<\/p>\n

July – August 2017<\/p>\n

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Hongxian Zhu<\/p>\n

Research Student – Undergraduate<\/p>\n

July – August 2017<\/p>\n

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Jingyao Hong<\/p>\n

Research Student – Undergraduate<\/p>\n

July – August 2016<\/p>\n

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Luhan Ni<\/p>\n

Research Student – Undergraduate<\/p>\n

July – August 2018<\/p>\n

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Heejin (Haley) Shin<\/p>\n

Research Student – Undergraduate<\/p>\n

October 2018 – April 2019<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1627671522480{margin-left: -30px !important;}”][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row margin_top=”36px”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”165″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1637606841340{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Serena Kao<\/p>\n

M.Sc. graduate<\/p>\n

2017 – 2020<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1627671636505{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]Contributed to the establishment of Drosophila and mouse models of MATR3 S85C-linked ALS.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”148″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1637607144209{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Xiao Xiao (Lily) Chen<\/p>\n

M.Sc. graduate<\/p>\n

2017 – 2020<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1627671710264{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]Contributed to understanding of the role of MATR3 in RNA splicing.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row margin_top=”36px”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”320″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1627671956425{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Wooin Cho<\/p>\n

4th year undergraduate research student and research volunteer<\/p>\n

2018 – 2020<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1627671971392{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]Research thesis on identifying MATR3 interactors.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”142″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1637607163503{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Rebekah van Bruggen, M.Sc.<\/p>\n

Lab Research Project Coordinator<\/p>\n

2016 – 2021<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1627672047472{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]Contributed to establishment of MATR3 S85C and F115C knock-in mouse models.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row margin_top=”36px”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”750″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1747936267024{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Hyeok Jun (Steven) Lee<\/p>\n

Research Student – Undergraduate<\/p>\n

2020 – 2021<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1670254518006{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]Research thesis on autophagy in ALS.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1060″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1747936262622{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Deanna Kim<\/p>\n

Research Student – Undergraduate<\/p>\n

January – August 2019<\/p>\n

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Nicolas Tuli<\/p>\n

Research Student – Undergraduate<\/p>\n

January – April 2018<\/p>\n

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Mashiat Khan<\/p>\n

M.Sc. Candidate : September 2019 – April 2022<\/p>\n

Technologist I : May 2022 – October 2022<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1670254564701{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]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.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1627672316968{margin-left: -30px !important;}”][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row margin_top=”36px”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”363″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1747936225748{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Rintaro Masuda<\/p>\n

Undergraduate Student – Undergraduate<\/p>\n

May 2021 – April 2022<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1670258979160{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]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.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1060″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1670259207880{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Mary Shi<\/p>\n

Technologist I<\/p>\n

May 2022 – September 2022<\/p>\n

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David Tran<\/p>\n

4th and 5th year undergraduate<\/p>\n

2019 – 2021<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1627671884240{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]Research thesis on the MATR3 pathology in flies.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1480″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1747936213281{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Kaye Genova<\/p>\n

Research Student – Undergraduate<\/p>\n

September 2022 – April 2023<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1683125780864{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]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.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row margin_top=”36px”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1552″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1692202683110{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Rosita Chiu<\/p>\n

Summer Research Student (4th year undergraduate)<\/p>\n

May 2023 – August 2023<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1692202701708{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]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.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1060″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1692202733030{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Karin Chen<\/p>\n

Summer Research Student (4th year undergraduate)<\/p>\n

May 2023 – August 2023<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1692202742726{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]Karin was a 4th-year undergrad student at the University of Toronto.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row margin_top=”36px”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1556″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1714577602988{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Rachel Chiang<\/p>\n

Research Student – Undergraduate<\/p>\n

September 2023 – April 2024<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1714577629510{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]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.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1568″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1714577661218{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Curtis Chan<\/p>\n

Research Student – Undergraduate<\/p>\n

September 2023 – April 2024<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1714577684033{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]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.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row margin_top=”36px”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1525″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1707922896625{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Katarina Maksimovic<\/p>\n

Technologist II: May 2023 – February 2024<\/p>\n

Technologist I: May 2022 – May 2023<\/p>\n

M.Sc. Candidate: September 2019 – April 2022<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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Justin You<\/p>\n

Technologist I: February 2023 – June 2024<\/p>\n

M.Sc. Candidate: September 2020 –\u00a0 January 2023<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1719414827525{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]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.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row margin_top=”36px”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1475″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1720017879890{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Jooyun (Emma) Lee<\/p>\n

Technologist I: May 2024 – June 2024<\/p>\n

M.Sc. Candidate: January 2022 – April 2024<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1720017903380{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]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.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1650″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1747936178399{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Jade Li<\/p>\n

Research Volunteer<\/p>\n

May 2024 – August 2024<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1725547572284{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row margin_top=”36px”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1634″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1747936159250{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Hyeri Jeong<\/p>\n

Research Student – Undergraduate<\/p>\n

July 2024 – September 2024<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1725992323876{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]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.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1486″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1736278478432{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Mohieldin Youssef<\/p>\n

Research Fellow<\/p>\n

August 2022 – December 2024<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1736278497973{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]Mohieldin (Mohi) received his PhD from Japan, where his doctoral thesis focused on the molecular mechanisms orchestrating the stress response in the hippocampus. He had a B.Sc in Pharmaceutical Sciences and M.Sc in Pharmacology and Toxicology. Mohi would like to investigate the neurodegenerative mechanisms underlying ALS with special interest in glial cells to translate such understanding into potential therapeutics.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row margin_top=”36px”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1060″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1747936168744{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Mark Metri<\/p>\n

Research Student – Undergraduate<\/p>\n

September 2024 – April 2025<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1746640483980{margin-left: -30px !important;}”]Mark was a 3rd year undergraduate Molecular Genetics Specialist at the University of Toronto. He continued his project of characterizing microglial phenotypes between wild-type and MATR3 S85C mice.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1564″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” css=””][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1770826302891{margin-top: -30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Yiting Fan<\/p>\n

Technologist I<\/p>\n

September 2023 – December 2025<\/p>\n

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