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The Genome Stability and Editing Laboratory
LAB MEMBERS
We are building a collaborative and diverse group of creative scientists
Pierre Billon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Postdoc: Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, USA
Ph.D.: Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
M.Sc.: Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France
Email: pierre.billon@ucalgary.ca
Twitter: @DrBillonPierre
Current lab members:
Lou Baudrier, M.Sc
Lab Manager
Lou has a strong interest in genome editing technologies and the cellular response to DNA damage. She was engaged in several important discoveries by deploying high-throughput CRISPR screens in cancer cells and mouse models. She wants to continue exploring the endless connection between genetics and cellular phenotypes and develop new high-throughput CRISPR-based genome editing platforms.
Selected publications:
Langley, Baudrier et al., STAR Protocols 2024
Baudrier et al., Cell Reports Methods 2024
Garcia-Bermudez, Baudrier et al., Nature Metabolism 2022
Nambiar, Baudrier et al., Molecular Cell 2022
Garcia-Bermudez, Baudrier et al., Nature 2019
Garcia-Bermudez, Baudrier et al., Nature Cell Biology 2019
Zhu, Chudnovskiy, Baudrier et al., Cell Metabolism 2020
Guarecuco, Williams, Baudrier et al., Science Advances 2020
Jada Curry
Master Student
B.Sc. Biological Science: The University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Jada is a Master's student in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program at the University of Calgary. She is interested in genetics and wants to learn more about modern CRISPR technologies.
Dewuni De Silva
Summer Student/Honor's thesis
B.Sc. in Biomedical Sciences: The University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Dewuni is is excited to learn about cutting-edge CRISPR technologies and learn more about prime editing techniques
Shriya Iyer
Master student
Cumming School of Medicine Graduate Scholarship
B.Tech in Bioengineering Nanotechnology: Amity University, Dubai, UAE
Shriya is enthusiastic about bridging medicine and technology with her keen interest in genome editing technologies. She is highly motivated to contribute towards improving the efficiency of CRISPR-based technologies by elucidating the complexities of the DNA repair mechanisms. She aspires to facilitate the advancements of effective screening, diagnosis and treatment of cancer and genetic disorders.
Previous publications:
Iyer et al., Journal of Nanomaterial 2022
Iyer et al., Springers proceeding in Energy 2022
Iyer et al., IEEE 2020
Sharon, Iyer et al., Materials Letters Journal 2021
Nair, Iyer et al., Nanotechnology 2020
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Jethro Langley
Ph.D. Student
Phillips Emerging Cancer Scholarship
Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship
Ph.D. Award - Recruitment Scholarship
Bachelor of Science Honours cum laude (Genetics): Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Jethro strives to be at the forefront of biotechnological research. With the recent breakthroughs in genome editing technologies sparking his interest, he is excited to use them to answer important biological questions regarding DNA repair and cell proliferation. Jethro plans to use genome editing technologies to interrogate the functions of key DNA repair genes regulating the DNA damage response. Hopefully, his research will result in an actionable outcome in the context of cancer treatment.
Previous publications:
Langley et al., STAR Protocols 2024
Baudrier, Benamozig, Langley et al., Cell Reports Methods 2024
Langley et al., Zootaxa 2020
Langley et al., Int J Biol Macromol. 2020
Hlaka et al., Insects 2021
Navneet Kaur
PhD Student
Robson DNA Science Center Rising Star
M.Sc: Bangalore University, Bangalore, India
Navneet is excited to unravel novel fundamental mechanisms that protect our DNA against DNA damage and replication stresses. Her work is focused on understanding DNA replication using advanced genome editing technologies. She is excited by the possibility to apply her findings to improve the targeting of human cancers.
Previous publications:
Kaur et al., Indian Pediatrics 2021
Dylan Remington
Summer Student
BH.Sc: Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Dylan is an undergraduate student in the Health Sciences Program at Queen's University. With a keen interest in genome editing, he is excited to use cutting-edge CRISPR-based technologies to enhance immunotherapies.
Lisa Xie
Summer Student
BH.Sc: McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Lisa is an undergraduate student in Biochemistry at McGill University. She is interested in learning cloning strategies, and cutting-edge genome editing technologies, like base and prime editing.
ALUMNI:
Orléna Benamozig
Visiting Student (2021)
Mahnoor Khan
Summer Student (2021)
Niloy Nath
Summer Student (2021)
Orléna is now doing a Ph.D. at the Weizmann Institute of Science
Mahnoor is now preparing for med school.
Niloy is now completing his MD program at UAlberta.
Jérémie Fages
Postdoc (2021-2023)
Jérémie is now at the Perelman School of Medicine
Sanchit Chopra
Undergraduate/Summer Student
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Sanchit is now a graduate student at UBC
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