Marjorie Brand, Principal Investigator

Marjorie started her lab at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in September 2004. She received a PhD in Molecular Biology (2001) from Universite Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg, France) and did her postdoctoral studies (2001-2004) at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, WA, USA). Marjorie is a Senior Scientist at the Sprott Center for Stem Cell Research in the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and an Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa. She holds the Canadian Research Chair (Tier2) in the Regulation of Gene Expression.

Address Sprott Center for Stem Cell Research Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 501 Smyth Road - Mailbox 511 Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6 Canada Phone +1-613-737-8899 ext. 70336 FAX +1-613-737-8803  E-mail mbrand @ ohri . ca

Chandra-Prakash Chaturvedi, Postdoctoral Fellow

Prakash joined the lab in February 2007 . He holds a M.Sc. in Biochemistry (2000) from the University of Agriculture and Technology (Pantnagar, India) and a PhD in Biochemistry (2007) from Lucknow University (Lucknow, India). Prakash is a recipient of a CIHR postdoctoral Fellowship.

Address Sprott Center for Stem Cell Research Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 501 Smyth Road - Mailbox 511 Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6 Canada Phone +1-613-737-8899 ext. 70327 FAX +1-613-737-8803  E-mail pchaturvedi @ ohri . ca

Fengtao (Amanda) Dai, PhD student

Amanda joined the lab in March 2010. She received her M.Sc. degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology (2009) from the University of Western Ontario (London, ON, Canada).   Amanda is a recipient of a University of Ottawa Admission Scholarship.

Address Sprott Center for Stem Cell Research Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 501 Smyth Road - Mailbox 511 Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6 Canada Phone +1-613-737-8899 ext. 70327 FAX +1-613-737-8803  E-mail fdai @ ohri . ca

Carmen Palii, Postdoctoral Fellow

Carmen joined the lab in December 2006. She holds a M.Sc. in Biochemistry (2003) from Al. I. Cusa University (Iasi, Romania) and a PhD in Biochemistry (2006) obtained in collaboration between the Universite des Sciences et Technologies de Lille 1 (Lille, France) and Al. I. Cusa University (Iasi, Romania).

Address Sprott Center for Stem Cell Research Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 501 Smyth Road - Mailbox 511 Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6 Canada Phone +1-613-737-8899 ext. 70327 FAX +1-613-737-8803  E-mail cpalii @ ohri . ca

Erinija Pranckeviciene, PhD Student

Erin joined the lab in September 2010. She is co-supervised by Jeff Dilworth and Carol Perez-Iratxeta at the OHRI.   Erin obtained her Diploma in Software Engineering (1997) and her Ph.D. in Informatics Engineering (1998) from the Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania).   Erin is a recipient of a University of Ottawa Admission Scholarship.

Address Sprott Center for Stem Cell Research Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 501 Smyth Road - Mailbox 511 Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6 Canada Phone +1-613-737-8899 ext. 70327 FAX +1-613-737-8803  E-mail epranckeviciene @ ohri . ca

Brinda Somasundaram, Master Student

Brinda joined the lab in August 2010. She obtained her B.Sc. in Biotechnology (2010) from the PSG College of Technology (Coimbatore, India).   Brinda is a recipient of a University of Ottawa Admission Scholarship.

Address Sprott Center for Stem Cell Research Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 501 Smyth Road - Mailbox 511 Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6 Canada Phone +1-613-737-8899 ext. 70327 FAX +1-613-737-8803  E-mail bsomasundaram @ ohri . ca

Camilia Thieba, Master Student

Camilia joined the lab in January 2010. She obtained her B.Sc. in Biochemistry (2009) from Moncton University (Moncton, NB, Canada).   Camilia is a recipient of an Ontario Research Fund Computational Regulomics Graduate Student Scholarship

Address Sprott Center for Stem Cell Research Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 501 Smyth Road - Mailbox 511 Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6 Canada Phone +1-613-737-8899 ext. 70327 FAX +1-613-737-8803  E-mail cthieba @ ohri . ca

Jianguo Wu, Research Technician

Jianguo joined the lab in July 2009. He received a M.Sc. in Molecular Microbiology (1998) from Nankai University (Tianjin, China). Before joining the lab, Jianguo was a Research Technician in the StemCore Laboratories at the Sprott Center for Stem Cell Research (Ottawa, ON, Canada).

Address Sprott Center for Stem Cell Research Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 501 Smyth Road - Mailbox 511 Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6 Canada Phone +1-613-737-8899 ext. 70327 FAX +1-613-737-8803  E-mail jiawu @ ohri . ca

Former Trainees		Current Position
Alison Hosey	Postdoctoral Fellow 2008 - 2010	Associate, Institute of Strategic Initiatives, CIHR Institute of Cancer Research and Institute of Infection and Immunity (Ottawa, ON, Canada)
Cathy (Xin Yue) Zhang	Master Student 2007 - 2010	PhD Student in Min Lin's Lab in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa (Ottawa, ON, Canada).
Zeshawn Awan	Master Student 2005 - 2007	Scientific Officer at Health Canada (Ottawa, ON, Canada)