Lab Members

Belinda S.W. Chang, Professor

Canada Research Chair in Comparative Evolutionary Neurobiology

Artyom Gritsunov, Postdoc

Expression of Drosophila rhodopsin genes in yeast
Different factors that affect rhodopsin light activation

PhD Students:

Steven Chen, PhD Student

Protein evolvability and function
High-throughput technologies for cell engineering

Emily Dong, PhD Student

Evolution and development of photoreceptors in snakes and lizards

Anthony Rajkumar, PhD Student

Molecular evolutionary changes in stingrays, accompanying a transition from marine to freshwater ecosystems; with a focus on vision.

Hudson Wentzell, PhD Student

Investigating the molecular evolution of vertebrate visual proteins using computational methods of comparative sequence analysis

MSc Students:

Jing Liu, MSc Student

Molecular mechanisms of selectivity in protein-protein interactions

Bryan Guo, MSc Student

Functional impact of rhodopsin mutations in whales and dolphins

Tony Xie, MSc Student

Developing automation tools for gene sequences
Investigating ecological differences within cetaceans and elasmobranchs

Undergraduates:

Chong Wan, Undergraduate Student

Developing automation tools for research (R, ggplot)
Computer Science Specialist, Bioinformatics specialist

Alena Qin, Undergraduate Student

Interested in Molecular Genetics

Benjamin Panet, Undergraduate Student

Computer Science and Evolutionary Biology

Ryan Fu, Undergraduate Student

Elleni Mandefro, Undergraduate Student

Suryansh Shetty, Undergraduate Student

Ben Yeomans, Undergraduate Student

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