
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
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Elleni Mandefro, Undergraduate Student
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Suryansh Shetty, Undergraduate Student
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Ben Yeomans, Undergraduate Student
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