Belinda S.W. Chang, Associate Professor
Canada Research Chair in Comparative Evolutionary Neurobiology
Gianni Castiglione, Postdoctoral Associate/Lab Manager
Comparative approaches to Rhodopsin structure and function
Eduardo de Almeida Gutierrez, PhD Student
Molecular evolution of bat visual pigments
Nihar Bhattacharyya, PhD Student
Investigating the role of the chromophore in rhodopsin thermal stability
Raphaël Brisset Di Roberto, PhD Student
Evolution of Ste2 in yeast
Sarah Dungan, PhD Student
Evolution of vision in cetaceans
Ahmed Elbassiouny, PhD Student
Functional genomics approaches to understanding bio-electrogenesis and sensory systems in fishes
Frances Hauser, PhD Student
Neotropical cichlid cone pigment molecular evolution
Ryan Schott, PhD Student
Molecular mechanisms controlling differences in rod and cone function in reptiles
Benjamin Scott, PhD Student
Heterologous expression of functional GPCRs using the yeast S. cerevisiae
Alexander Van Nynatten, PhD Student
Functional evolutionary changes accompanying a transition from marine to freshwater ecosystems
Current Undergraduate Students:
- Steven Chen
- Iris Chiu
- Laura Ortiz-Pacheco
- Matthew Preston
- Portia Tang
Current Chang Lab members, 2017