About Our Team
Dr. Mohan Babu
Principal Investigator
Professor & Chancellors Research Chair
CIHR New Investigator, Maud-Menten Finalist
Department of Biochemistry
University of Regina
Adjunct Professor,
Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology,
College of Medicine,
University of Saskatchewan
Postdoc: Donnelly CCBR/University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario (Canada); Ohio State University/University California Davis (USA)
mohan.babu@uregina.ca
mohan.babu@utoronto.ca
Dr. Khaled A. Aly
Adjunct Professor: University of Regina
Group Leader (Babu Lab)
Postdoc: University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin-Madison, McMaster University
Research Associates
Dr. Hiroyuki Aoki
Senior Research Associate (Babu Lab)
Postdoc: Toronto /Max Planck /Kansas
PhD. Biochemistry, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Dr. Sunyoung Kim
Senior Research Associate (Babu Lab)
PhD in Pharmaceutical Engineering, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea.
Sun.Young.Kim@uregina.ca
Ms. Sadhna Phanse
Bioinformatician (Babu/Emili Labs)
MSc. Microbiology, University of Mumbai, India
srphanse@gmail.com
Dr. Matthew Jessulat
Senior Research Associate / Lab Manager (Babu Lab)
PhD. Molecular Biology, Carleton University, Canada
Matthew.Jessulat@uregina.ca
Dr. Mohamed Taha Moutaoufik
Senior Research Associate (Babu Lab)
Senior Research Associate (Babu Lab)
PhD. Institut de biologie intégrative et des systèmes (IBIS) de l'Université Laval, Canada
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Shahreen Amin MD
Postdoctoral Fellow (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, mentor)
PhD. Biochemistry, University of Regina, Canada
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
Dr. Arinnia Anto Manjaly
Postdoctoral Fellow (Babu Lab)
Bioinformatician, PhD. Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, India
Arinnia.Manjaly@uregina.ca
Dr. Tatiana Saccon
Postdoctoral Fellow (Babu Lab)
PhD in Biotechnology, University of Pelotas, Brazil
tatisaccon@gmail.com
Dr. Ana-Paula Silva
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CAMH (co-supervision)
PhD in Molecular Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ana-Paula.Silva@camh.ca
Dr. Thomson Joseph
Post doctoral fellow (Babu Lab)
Ph.D Microbiology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
Post doctoral fellow Neuroscience, Shantou University, Shantou, China
Post doctoral fellow Neuroscience, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada
PhD. Students
Ms. Kristen Broderick
PhD. student (Babu Lab)
M.Sc Biochemistry, University of Regina, Canada
broderik@uregina.ca
Shubham Dutta
Ph.D Student (Babu Lab)
M.Sc. Virology ICMR-National Institute of Virology, India
M.Sc. Veterinary Microbiology University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Lab Alumni
Dr. Ramy Habashy
Postdoctoral Fellow (Babu Lab)
Current address: Scientific Officer,
Medicenna Therapeutics
Dr. Thiago Vargas Seraphim
Postdoctoral Fellow (Babu Lab)
Current address: Institute of Chemistry,
University of São Paulo, in São Carlos, Brazil
Dr. Mara Zilocchi
Postdoctoral Fellow (Babu Lab)
Current address: Asst. Professor University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Mr. Ali Hosseinnia
Ph.D. Graduate student (Babu Lab)
Current address: Pharmaceutical product development manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Ms. Matineh Rahmatbakhsh
Ph.D. Graduate student (Babu Lab)
Current address: Bioinformatics Consultant II at ProCogia, Canada
Mr. Thomas Haidl
Research student (Babu Lab)
Current address:4th year, Graduate Student
University of Regina
Ms. Lizzy Anderson
Research Student (Babu Lab)
Current address:4th year Graduate Student
University of Regina
Dr. Vishaldeep Sidhu
Research Associate
Current address: Director Research Operations at Centre for Cardiovascular Innovation,
The University of British Columbia
Mr. Christopher Graham
Lab Manager
Current address: Univ of Manitoba, Canada
Ms. Megan Vogelsang
Research Student
Current address: Nurse, Saskatchewan Health Authority, Canada
Dr. Nancy Chang
Research Associate
Current address: Research Technologist, Dr. Ran Kafri's Lab (SickKids)
Ms. Sandy Kassir
M.Sc. Student
Current address: Clinical Research
Coordinator, Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region, Regina, Canada
Mr. Brandon Jacobson
Reseach Student
Current address: Regina, Canada
Dr. Ke Jin
Postdoctoral Fellow (Babu / Zhaolei Labs)
Current address: Software Technical Analyst at Manulife Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mr. Krunal Lad
Research Associate
Current address: Toronto, Canada
Ms. Prasuna Kunasani
Research Student
Current address: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatchewan, Canada
Dr. Diem-Hang Nguyen-Tran
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current address: Lecturer International University - VNU HCMC
Dr. Zoran Minic
Mass Spectrometrist/Proteomist
Current address: Mass spectrometrist,
University of Ottawa, Canada
Ms. Emily Smith
Research Student
Current address: Western College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Dr. Renyue Bao (Jenny)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current address: Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Mr. Ashwani Kumar
Ph.D. Graduate student
Current address: Data scientist/Senior developer, Farm Credit Canada
Shavan Bagiana
Research Student
Current address: Payment Services Officer, Service Canada
Dr. Xuejian Xiong
Research Associate (Babu/Parkinson Labs)
Current address:Computational Biologist, Parkinson Lab
University of Toronto, Canada
Ms. Larissa Hoell
Mass Spectrometrist/Proteomist
Current address: LC-HRMS Scientist,
Food testing Laboratory, Bremen, Germany
Mr. Preston Bews
Research Student
Current address: Ecommerce Specialist Ecommerce
Dr. Viktor Deineko
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current address: Research Manager I - Northern Biobank Initiative
University of Northern British Columbia
Mr. Hosam Abou-tok
Research Student
Current address: Undergraduate medical student
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Dr. James Vlasblom
Computational Biologist (Babu Lab/DNAStack)
Current address:Chief Technology Officer, DNA Stack
PhD. Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Canada
Mr. Chris Ripplinger
Research Student
Current address: Undergraduate medical student
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Dr. Qingzhou(Johnson) Zhang
Ph.D. Graduate student
Current address:Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology (OUSB) Phd. Bioinformatics, University of Regina, Canada
Mr. Zhuoran (Wayne) Wu
Graduate student
Current address: Undergraduate medical student
University of Saskatchwan, Canada
Dr. Sean Workman
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Canada
Ms. Sylvia Okonofua
Research student
Ms. Julia Gregory
Research student
Mr. Thomas Goldade
Mr. Thomas Goldade Research student
Current address: Undergraduate medical student
University of Saskatchwan, Canada
Ms. Jenna England
Research student
Current address: Clinical Researcher
University of Saskatchwan, Canada
Mr. Haider Ali
Research student
Ms. Alexandra Clarke
Research student (Babu Lab)
Current address:4th year Graduate Student
University of Regina
Katrina Mazinke
Research student (Babu Lab)
Current address:4th year, Graduate Student
University of Regina