Our Team
Our Team

Dr. Rebecca Auer
Dr. Rebecca Auer
Our Team
Michael Kennedy
Michael Kennedy
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Christiano Tanese de Souza
Christiano Tanese de Souza
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Leonard Angka
Leonard Angka

Katherine Baxter
Katherine Baxter
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Marisa Market
Marisa Market
Marisa has completed two years of medicine at the University of Ottawa, and is now working on her PhD which focuses on understanding postoperative NK cell dysfunction. She is currently studying NK cell function by investigating defects in IFN-gamma signaling and production in cancer patients. Marisa is from Windsor and completed her Honours B.Sc in Biological Sciences at the University of Windsor. Her previous lab work involved studying the interaction of cell cycle proteins Tuberin and Cyclin B1 in the context of tuberous sclerosis. In the future, Marisa hopes to pursue a career in surgery.

Sarwat Khan
Sarwat Khan
MSc Candidate
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Juliana Ng
Juliana comes to the Auer lab with over 10 years of experience in laboratory research development, both in academia and in industry. She earned her B. Sc in Biotechnology and Biology, Honours with thesis from Carleton University. Her current work in the lab is to develop and optimize an infected cell vaccine production protocol, which combines oncolytic viruses and autologous tumour cell vaccines.

Marlena Scaffidi
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Meghan Chapados
Meghan Chapados
Meghan started as a volunteer and went on to complete a UROP project in Dr. Rebecca Auer’s lab. She is now working in the lab as a summer student after receiving a BioCanRx research grant. Her project is designed to investigate the role of immunogenic cell death (ICD) markers in the context of improving the therapeutic efficacy of an infected cell vaccine. Meghan will be continuing her work in the Auer lab as an Honours student beginning in Fall 2018.

Dominique Boucher
Dominique Boucher