CURRENT LAB MEMBERS
Dr. Maria S. Ioannou
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology
Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute
University of Alberta
Maria obtained her BSc and MSc with Margaret Fahnestock at McMaster University, her PhD with Peter McPherson at McGill University and completed her post-doctoral training with Zhe Liu and Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz at the HHMI Janelia Research Campus. She’s started her lab at the University of Alberta in May 2019.
Ian Gatera
Undergraduate Summer Student
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Alberta
Ian joined the lab in the May of 2019 and is investigating lipid metabolism in astrocytes. Ian was awarded the prestigious Alberta Innovates Summer Research Studentship. Way to go Ian!
Nathanael Lee
Undergraduate Summer Student
Department of Physiology
University of Alberta
Nathaneal joined the lab in June of 2019. He is investgating lipid droplets following ischemic stroke.
COLLABORATORS
Dr. Ian Winship
University of Alberta, Canada
Lipid trafficking in stroke models using middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO)
Dr. Jesse Jackson
University of Alberta, Canada
Lipid trafficking using in vivo manipulation of neural activity
Dr. Mark Cembrowski
University of British Columbia, Canada
Functional consequences of astrocytic heterogeneity in the brain
Dr. Doreen Matthies
Janelia Research Campus, HHMI, USA
CryoEM imaging of neuronal extracellular vesicles
