Lab members
Research Group Members (in alphabetical order)
 | Lindsay Baker – Graduate student Lindsay joined the laboratory as a co-op student during the summer of 2006. After completing her B.Sc. in biophysics, she returned to the group in January 2007 as a graduate student. Lindsay holds a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship through NSERC. |
 | Samir Benlekbir - Post-doctoral researcher Samir joined the group in June 2009. He holds a B.Sc. in Applied Physics, an M.Sc. in Optics, Imaging and Vision, and a PhD in Materials Science. |
 | Stephanie Bueler - Research Project Coordinator Stephanie joined the research group in January 2006 after completing her M.Sc. in biochemistry. Stephanie runs the group’s biochemistry laboratory. |
 | Colin Cook - Undergraduate project student Colin joined the group in 2011 as a summer student and is currently doing his 4th year project in the laboratory. |
 | Christine Gambin – Senior Secretary Christine joined the group in March 2010 and assists with all of our administrative tasks. She also provides administrative service to two other groups. |
 | Shawn Keating – Graduate student Shawn joined the laboratory as a graduate student in October 2010. He has a B.Sc. in Cellular and Molecular Biology and a B.Eng. in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering. Shawn holds a Canada Graduate Scholarship from the NSERC. |
 | Michael Latham - Visiting post-doctoral researcher (Lewis Kay Lab, University of Toronto) Michael joined the group of Professor Lewis Kay at the University of Toronto in July of 2008. He works in the Rubinstein laboratory for sample preparation. Michael holds an International Research Fellowship from the NSF. |
 | Wilson Lau – Graduate student Wilson started his graduate research in the group in September 2006 after completing his Biochemistry B.Sc. Wilson holds an Ontario |
 | John Rubinstein - Scientist John joined the Molecular Structure & Function program (SickKids) and the Biochemistry Department (U of T) in 2006. John holds a New Investigator Award from the CIHR and an Early Researcher Award from the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation. |
 | Jana Tuhman - Graduate student Jana joined the group in September, 2009. She holds a B.Sc. in Biophysics and an M.Sc. in Biochemistry. |
 | Jianhua Zhao - Graduate student JIanhua first joined the group as a summer student in 2009. He then did a rotation in the laboratory in September 2010 and joined full time in January 2010. He has a B.Sc. in Biophysics. Jianhua is supported by a Restracomp studentship from SickKids. |
Summer students
- 2006 - Lindsay Baker, Biophysics program, University of Guelph.
- 2007 - Nawaz Pirani, Biochemistry program, McMaster University
- 2008 - Jason Rajchgot, Medical Physics program, University of Western Ontario
- 2009 - Eric Smith, Biophysics program, University of Toronto
- 2009 - Jianhua Zhao, Biophysics program, University of Toronto
- 2011 - Colin Cook, Engineering Science program, University of Toronto
The laboratory takes part in the SickKids Summer Research program.
Alumni
Nawaz Pirani
B.Sc. (McMaster, 2007), M.Sc. (University of Toronto, 2009)
Nawaz first joined the research group as a summer student in May 2007.
email: nawaz.pirani@utoronto.ca