Technician

Hemashree Bommadevara

Graduate Students

Amir Abdolahzadeh (PhD student) – UBC 4YF Award (2024-2028)

Adesh Baral (PhD student)

Host protein substrates targeted by RNA viral proteases

Subash Chapagain (PhD student)

Discovery of novel internal ribosome entry sites

Vincent Halim (PhD student) (co-supervised with Sarah Hedtrich)

RNA designs for optimal cell-type specific RNA-LNP delivery

Iris Shen (PhD student)

Cellular processes modulated by a multifunctional viral protein

Catherine Gong (MSc student) – CIHR CGS M award (2024-2025)

Host cellular protein targets by enterovirus protease

Aditi Kothiala (MSc student)

Kyle Tarry (MSc student) (co-supervised with Leonard Foster)

Alicia Cantrell (MSc student) (co-supervised with Christian Kastrup)

Nadine Ramsden (MSc student) (co-supervised with Jim Russell) (joining Sept 2025)

Undergraduate Students

• Yuhang Wu (International Work Learn 2023 Summer, 2023-2024, Summer 2024, Work learn 2024-2025)
• Mark Zhang (2024 NSERC SURE Summer student, 2024-2025 Directed Studies Student)
• Lucy Feng (2024-2025 Directed Studies Student)
• Evan Wong (2024-2025 Work Learn)
• Jasmyn Traboulay (2025 Directed Studies Student)
• Julia Fish (2025 part-time research assistant)

Honorary Member

• Tanya Miura (Professor, University of Idaho)
• Helen Liu (Associate Professor, National Taiwan University)