Principal Investigator
P. Joel Ross, PhD
Associate Professor of Biology
Graduate Studies Coordinator, Faculty of Science
pjross (a) upei.ca
Current Students
Shelby Squires, BSc (Hons)
Graduate Student
MSc thesis: Interplay between LINC00473 and PDE10A in CREB-dependent gene expression
Kaileigh Rowe, BSc (Hons)
Graduate Student
MSc thesis: Overcoming metabolic constraints on embryonic stem cell growth for cultured meat
Alumni
Brandon Smith, MSc
MSc thesis: Development of a functional genetics toolkit to study the primate specific long noncoding RNA LINC00473
Honours thesis: CRISPR-interference and -activation to test roles of LINC00473 in CREB-dependent gene expression
Emma Campbell, BSc (Hons)
Honours thesis: Development of a self-sufficient and selectable reprogramming vector to convert human skin fibroblasts to neurons
Shruthi Bandi, BSc (Hons)
Honours thesis: Genetic engineering approaches to improve the conversion of human skin fibroblasts to neurons
Brandon McDonald, BSc (Hons)
Honours thesis: Mechanistic analysis of stimulus-evoked expression of the synaptic gene PTCHD1
Marcus Gauthier
Co-op project: CRISPR tools to test Pde10a promoter regulation
Katerina Krouglicof, BSc
Summer student
Jason Ryan, BSc
Summer student