Wisnovsky, Simon

  Dr. Wisnovsky completed his PhD in Prof. Shana Kelley’s lab at the University of Toronto in 2017. He subsequently joined Prof. Carolyn Bertozzi’s group at Stanford University as a postdoctoral fellow and started as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UBC in July 2021. Dr. Wisnovsky’s lab studies the cell […]

Otto, Anna

Cherian, Celena

  Celena is a graduate student at the University of British Columbia. As a part of the Rideout lab, she works with the mighty fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). She is investigating a sex bias in protein synthesis and the mechanims by which it drives some aspects of cellular metabolism to regulate a sex difference in […]

Qi, Yuxuan

  I am a graduates student at the University of British Columbia conducting research in ovarian cancer biology. My work focuses on identifying novel therapeutic strategies for SWI/SNF-mutant gynecologic cancers, particularly small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT), a rare and aggressive ovarian cancer that primarily affects young women. My research explores how […]

Lacasse, Jesse

  Dr. Jesse M. Lacasse is a postdoctoral fellow in Liisa Galea’s lab at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. His work investigates how hormonal contraceptive use may influence vulnerability to major depressive disorder, with a particular focus on identifying who is most at risk and the mechanisms that underlie this risk. His research […]

Moodley, Shreya

Luo, Yinhan (Hattie)

  Yinhan (Hattie) Luo, Bsc, is a PhD candidate in the department of Experimental Medicine at the University of British Columbia. She received her BSc. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry with First Class Distinction from Simon Fraser University in 2021. Luo’s research focuses on sex-specific cardiac disease modeling and drug screening using hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes and […]

Soma, Kiran

  Kiran K. Soma is a Professor and Distinguished University Scholar at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He is a member of the Psychology Department and the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health. Dr. Soma joined UBC in 2004. He received his BA from Stanford University, his PhD from the University of […]

Hills, Isabella

  Isabella is a graduate student at UBC in the Cell and Developmental biology program in the Elizabeth Rideout Lab. Her area of research involves understanding sex differences in type 1 diabetes, where women seem to demonstrate more resiliency to onset of the disease, but have been perpetually under researched in the past. She aims […]