Team
Neil Renwick, MBChB, PhD, MCTS, FCAP
Principal Investigator
Neil Renwick is a new investigator in the field of post-transcriptional gene regulation. Recruited through the SEAMO New Clinician-Scientist Program, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine at Queen’s University in July 2014. Neil’s innovative research program builds on his doctoral training in classical disease investigation under Prof. Jaap Goudsmit, University of Amsterdam and postdoctoral training in RNA molecular biology under Prof. Thomas Tuschl at The Rockefeller University. Neil’s translational research program incorporates many state-of-the-art methodologies to advance our knowledge of PTGR in health and disease. View Neil Renwick’s bio.
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=3HyJ0KQAAAAJ&hl=en
Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Neil_Renwick
LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/neil-renwick-34710216
Current Members
Xiaojing Yang, MD, PhD
Research associate
Kathrin Tyryshkin, PhD
Biomedical Data Scientist
Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kathrin_Tyryshkin
Flourish Adebayo, BSc
PhD Candidate (Computer Science)
Harrison Mayotte, MSc
Research Technician (Pathology)
Jina Nanayakkara, PhD
MD, PhD Candidate (Pathology)
Tashifa Imtiaz, MSc
MD, PhD Candidate (Pathology)
Pathology Residents
Abdulhameed Abdulhamed, BSc
Medical Students
Claire Norman, BSc
Anson Sathaseevan, MSc
499 Candidates
Kalem Hanlon
Undergraduate Volunteers
Adrian Jones
Alexis Fang
Izzah Wahab
Jamie Turner
Manuel Machon
Nishant Rajadhyaksha
Ore Maxwell
Radhika Chawla
Simona Damiani
Tristan Jones
Yousif Al-Aboosi
Zoe Manuel-Epstein
Guest Investigators
Lev Goldfarb, MD
Adjunct Faculty (Neurogenetics, NIH)
Past Members
Anna Park (Undergraduate Research Volunteer)
Current: TBA
Kevin Guo (Undergraduate Research Volunteer)
Current: TBA
Andrew Kim (Undergraduate Research Volunteer)
Current: TBA
Kush Kothari (Undergraduate Research Volunteer)
Current: TBA
Ava Penry (499 Candidate)
Current: TBA
Isabel Wu (499 Candidate)
Current: TBA
Shayna Tierney (499 Candidate)
Current: TBA
Alex Moszczysnki, PhD (Medical Student)
Current: TBA
Fiza Javed, BSc (Medical Student)
Current: Medical student
Minqi Xu, MD (Pathology Resident)
Current: TBA
Justin Wong, BSc, MSc, PhD (MSc and PhD candidate 2016.08-2022.06)
Current: TBA
Chloe Talman, BSc (CISC 499 Candidate, 2022.01-2022.04)
Current: TBA
Molly Fleming, BSc (CISC 499 Candidate, 2022.01-2022.04)
Current: TBA
Ningyou Li, BSc, MBIF (MBIF Candidate, 2021.09-2022.04)
Current: TBA
Melani Maheswaran, BSc, MBIF (MBIF Candidate, 2021.09-2022.04)
Current: TBA
Diana Mirsu, BSc (NSCI 499 Candidate, 2021.09-2022.04)
Current: TBA
Stephanie Ziolkowski, BSc (Medical Student, 2021.09-2022.04)
Current: Medical Student, Queen’s University School of Medicine
Raymond Jing, BSc (NSERC URSA Summer Student, 21.05-21.08)
Current: Intern, TBA
Alex Pham (Undergraduate Research Volunteer, 21.05-22.04)
Current: TBA
Dhruv Patel (Undergraduate Research Volunteer, 21.05-21.08)
Current: TBA
Kian Zaad (High School Student Volunteer, 21.05-21.08)
Current: Grade 11 (Enjoy!!!)
Greg Eriksen, BSc, MBIF (MBIF Candidate, 20.09-21.04)
Current: Drop me a line and let me know how you are doing!
Taylor Fountain, BSc, MBIF (MBIF Candidate, 20.09-21.04)
Current: Drop me a line and let me know how you are doing!
Lang Liu, BSc, MBIF (MBIF Candidate, 20.09-21.04)
Current: PhD Candidate, McGill University
Reginald Yiu, BSc, MBIF (MBIF Candidate, 20.09-21.04)
Current: Medical Lab Technologist, Hospital for Sick Children
Danny Jomaa, MSc (Summer Studentship Awardee, 20.05-20.09)
Current: Medical Student, Queen’s University
Alessia Morin, BSc (CISC 499 Candidate, 20.01-20.04)
Current: Drop me a line and let me know how you are doing!
Emily Kaczmarek, BSc (MSc Candidate, Mousavi Lab, 19.09-21.09)
Current: PhD Candidate, University of Toronto
Kaitlin Vanderbeck, MD (Pathology Resident, 19.07-21.06)
Current: Dermatopathology Fellow, MD Anderson, USA
Nicole Astzalos, BSc (MD Candidate, 18.09-19.08)
Current: Medical Student, Queen’s University, Canada
Tahir Kanji, MD (MSc Candidate, 18.09-deferred)
Current: Rheumatologist, Ontario, Canada
Maliha Khara MD (Pathology Resident, 18.07-19.06)
Current: Fellow, Ontario Forensic Pathology Service, Canada
Abby Christi (Daria Haust Studentship Awardee, 18.05-19.06)
Current: Medical Student, Queen’s University, Canada
Danielle Tremblay, BSc (CISC 499 Candidate, 18.01-18.04)
Current: Law Student, University of Sydney, Australia
Chris Bon, BSc (BCHM 421/422 Candidate, 18.01-18.04)
Current: Biochemistry Student, University of British Columbia, Canada
Ivraym Barsoum, MD PhD (Pathology Resident, 17.09-19.06)
Current: Drop me a line and let me know how you are doing!
David Xie, BSc (BCHM 421/422 Candidate, 17.09-18.01)
Current: Co-Op Student, Sanofi Pasteur, Toronto, Canada
Zier Zhou, BSc (Undergraduate Research Volunteer, 17.09-20.05)
Current: MSc Candidate, Rayner Lab, University of Ottawa
Mona Ashrafkhorasani, PhD (Visiting from Petitjean Lab, 16.07-17.06)
Current: Project Manager, Dalton Pharma Services, Canada
Allison Jacobi-Dorbeck, BSc (Research Volunteer, 17.05-18.04)
Current: Medical Student, Trinity School of Medicine, St. Vincent and Grenadines
Mary Goodwin, BSc (Research Volunteer, 17.05-17.08)
Current: BHSc Candidate, Midwifery Education Program, McMaster University, Canada
Deirdre Hindmarch, BSc (Research Volunteer, 17.01-17.06)
Current: MSc Candidate, Walia Lab, Department of Pediatrics, Queen’s University, Canada
Mareena Mallory, BSc (CISC 499 Candidate, 16.09-17.05)
Current: MSc Candidate, Health Informatics, University of Toronto, Canada
Adrianna Majewski, BSc (PATH 499 Candidate, 16.09-17.05)
Current: Medical Student, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland
Blake Pyman, MSc (MSc Candidate, 16.07-18.11)
Current: Entrepreneur, Ontario, Canada
Shane Mooney, BSc (Research Volunteer, 15.05-16.05)
Current: Medical Student, University of Toronto MD Program; Governor General’s Academic Silver Medalist, Queen’s University, Canada
Dakota Gustafson, BSc, PhD (Research Volunteer and BCHM 421/422 Candidate, 15.05-16.05)
Current: MD MSc Candidate, Queen’s University School of Medicine
Bryony Dorrington, BSc (PATH 499 Candidate, 15.09-16.05)
Current: Medical Student, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Betty Li, BSc (PATH 499 Candidate, 15.09-16.05)
Current: BScN Candidate, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Canada
Tiandra Ceyhan, BSc (Research Volunteer, 15.05-15.06)
Current: Medical Student, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Canada
Francine Milone, BSc (Research Volunteer, 15.04-16.05)
Current: MSc Candidate, Calarco Lab, Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Canada