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Meet the teaM

Fighting Cancer, One Stem Cell at a Time...

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YANNICK BENOIT

Principal Investigator &

Associate Professor

Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

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Ph.D. in Cell Biology

Université de Sherbrooke

Postdoctoral Fellow in Pharmacology

Weill Cornell Medicine, NYC

Postdoctoral Fellow in Cancer and Stem Cell Biology, McMaster University

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KRISTIANNE GALPIN

Research Associate

Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

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Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Medicine

University of Ottawa

M.Sc. in Microbiology and Immunology

University of Western Ontario

B.Sc. in Microbiology and Immunology

Dalhousie University

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JACOB BILLINGSLEY

Ph.D. student, CMM program

University of Ottawa

M.Sc. in Biotechnology with specialization in Biochemistry

Carleton University

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B.Sc. in Biology

Carleton University

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VERONIKA YEVDOKIMOVA

Ph.D. student, CMM program

University of Ottawa

B.Sc. Biotechnology

University of Wroclaw

Poland

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SAAHIR BHUNNOO

Ph.D. student, CMM program

University of Ottawa

M.Sc. in Biological Sciences

University of Windsor

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B.Sc. in Life Sciences

Queen's University

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ENZHE GALIMOVA

Ph.D. student, CMM program with specialization in Bioinformatics

University of Ottawa

B.Sc. in Biomedical Sciences

University of Ottawa

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THAMMAPORN "JAH" JUNSAI

Ph.D. student, Bioscience and Bioinnovation for Sustainability program 

Khon Kaen University (Thailand)

Main advisor: Dr. Arunrat Chaveerach

                

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TAMARA SANDOUKA

Ph.D. student, CMM program

University of Ottawa

M.Sc. in Pathology

University of Toronto

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B.Sc. in Translational and Molecular Medicine

University of Ottawa

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GHALI ALAMI

M.Sc. student, CMM program

University of Ottawa

B.Sc. in Biomedical Sciences

University of Ottawa

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MAROUN TARABEY

NSERC USRA Student

B.Sc. student in Biochemistry

University of Ottawa

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SHREYA PAL

USRO Student

B.Sc. student in Biomedical Sciences

University of Ottawa

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SHADAN SHAKERI

Volunteer Student

B.Sc. student in Biomedical Sciences

University of Ottawa

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GÉRARD PAPIER

Artist in residence

  

Address

Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
451 Smyth Road, Room #2231
Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5

Contact

613-562-5800 ext. 7372

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