Waskiewicz Laboratory
Jennifer Wettmarshausen (visiting student, 2010)
Karyn Berry (MSc Student, 2007-2010)
Elissa Brown (undergraduate, 2006-2007)
Davon Callander (undergraduate 2004)
Tyler Donner (undergraduate 2004)
Rami Elhakim (undergraduate 2004-2005)
Patricia Gongal (PhD Student 2005-2009)
Daniel Hagey (undergraduate 2006-2007)
Chris Lukowski (M.Sc. 2006-2010)
Angela Manning (Research Technician, 2003-2005)
Christine Pask (undergraduate student, 2006-2007)
Erin Pemberton (Fish facility manager, 2006-2008)
Robyn Shortt (zebrafish facility manager 2005-2006)
Richelle Walsh (undergraduate 2008-2009)
Tim Erickson (PhD student 2004-2010)
Curtis French (PhD student 2005-2010)
Jakub Famulski (PDF, 2010-2013)
Danna Drummond (M.Sc. Student 209-2011)
Tenille Fleischhacker (undergraduate 2012-13)
Kara Anstett (undergraduate student 2012-13)
Laura Pillay
position Ph.D. Student
project Laura is studying early blood cell differentiation and how it is regulated by Hox genes and retinoic acid. She is also developing the technology for nuclease-mediated knockout zebrafish.
email lreaume@ualberta.ca
Past Lab Members
Aleah McCorry
position Zebrafish Facility Manager
project Aleah cares for the fish facility, maintaining equipment, feeding fish, and performing genotyping.
email aleah@ualberta.ca
Waskiewicz Lab
Summer, 2010
Current Position
Graduate Student, Wurzburg, Germany
Research Technician, UofA
Research Technician, Medical Genetics, UofA
Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ Cal, Santa Barbara
Graduate Student, Biological Sciences, UofA
Accountant
PDF, INSERM, Paris
Graduate Student, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Research Technician
Research Technician
Medical Student, University of Saskatchewan
Graduate Student, Earth Sciences, UofA
Professional Photographer
Medical Student, University of Calgary
PDF, Oregon Health Sciences University
PDF, University of Alberta
Research Associate, University of Alberta
Instructor, Sherwood Park
MSc Graduate Student, Dalhousie
Genetic Counseling student, Sarah Lawrence
Vanessa Holly
position Visiting Research Technician
project Vanessa is a former MSc student in the laboratory and has returned to help us with TALEN mutagenesis. She is also currently attending Vet school in Saskatooon.
email vholly@ualberta.ca
Lindsey March
position M.Sc. Student
project Lindsey is characterizing a mutant in Crx and making one in Otx5. These will be essential in understanding photoreceptor differentiation
email lmarch@ualberta.ca
Lyndsay Selland
position Ph.D. Student
project Lyndsay is studying the function of Hox genes. She has created multiple Talen-mediate Hox mutants and is currently using ChIP-Seq to identify targets of Hox proteins.
email selland@ualberta.ca
Jen Hocking
position Postdoctoral Fellow
project Jen is studying the mechanisms of photoreceptor differentiation, with a particular focus on cell adhesion and BMP-dependent pathways of cone maturation.
email jhocking@ualberta.ca
Sonya Widen
position M.Sc. Student
project Sonya is studying Sfrp proteins and their role in early retinal development. She is also collaborating with a lab at the NIH to identify novel disease-causing loci involved with LCA, an early onset retinal dystrophy.
email widen@ualberta.ca
Tara Stach
position Ph.D. Student
project Tara is studying the superior fissure, a novel structure that forms in the dorsal retina. She is currently examining RA, BMP, and Fox pathways and their role in regulating this novel structure.
email stach@ualberta.ca
Caroline Cheng
position Ph.D. Student
project Caroline is studying the pathway of enzymes that synthesize retinoic acid. She is working with aldh1a3 mutants and creating novel mutations in bcmo and bcdo (two enzymes that cleave beta-carotene). She hopes to understand how the embryo creates asymmetric localization of retinoic acid in the hindbrain and retina.
email cscheng@ualberta.ca
Jen Weekes
position Ms.C. Student
project Jen is studying early retinal development. She is creating Medaka mutants to study retinoic acid signaling. She is also studying the early functions of Lhx5 in zebrafish forebrain development.
email weekes@ualberta.ca
