
Belinda S.W. Chang, Professor
Canada Research Chair in Comparative Evolutionary Neurobiology
Postdocs:

Artyom Gritsunov, Postdoc
Expression of Drosophila rhodopsin genes in yeast
Different factors that affect rhodopsin light activation
PhD Students:

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 M. Wentzell, PhD Student
Investigating the molecular evolution of mammalian visual proteins using computational methods of comparative sequence analysis
MSc Students:

Tony Xie, MSc Student
Developing automation tools for gene sequences
Investigating ecological differences within cetaceans and elasmobranchs
Undergraduates:

Samuel Balbas, Undergraduate Student
Investigating mutational differences in rhodopsin expression through Gibson assembly cloning

Devon Menzler, Undergraduate Student
Structure analysis of natural amino acid substitutions in vertebrate visual proteins

