About Our Team
Dr. Mohan Babu
Principal Investigator
Chancellors Research Chair in Network Biology, University of Regina, Canada
Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Regina, Canada
Adjunct Professor, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology,
College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Associate member, Neuroscience Research Cluster, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Dr. Khaled A. Aly
Group Leader
PhD in Biochemistry, McMaster University, Canada
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Regina, Canada
Dr. Tatiana Saccon
Lab Manager
PhD in Biotechnology, University of Pelotas, Brazil
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Campinas, Brazil
Postdoctoral Fellow, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, USA
Research Associates
Dr. Hiroyuki Aoki
Research Technologist in Mass Spectrometry
PhD in Biochemistry, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, Canada
Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute, Germany
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Kansas, USA
Dr. Sunyoung Kim
Senior Research Associate
PhD in Pharmaceutical Engineering, Duksung Women's University, Korea
Ms. Sadhna Phanse
Bioinformatician (Babu/Emili Labs)
MSc in Microbiology, University of Mumbai, India
Dr. Thomson Joseph
Research Associate
PhD in Microbiology, Dalian Medical University, China
Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroscience, Shantou University, China
Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroscience, Universite Laval, Canada
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Shahreen Amin MD
Postdoctoral Fellow (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA)
PhD in Biochemistry, University of Regina, Canada
Dr. Arinnia Anto Manjaly
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD in Bioinformatics, Indian Institute of Sciences, India
Dr. Trevena Youssef
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD in Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
PhD. Students
Shubham Dutta
PhD Student
MSc in Virology, ICMR-National Institute of Virology, India
MSc in Microbiology University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Sakib Abrar
PhD Student
MSc in Computer Science and Engineering, BRAC University, Bangladesh
MSc in Biochemistry, University of Regina, Canada
Syeda Omara Firdous
PhD Student
MSc in Biomedical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Research Assistant, Babu Lab, University of Regina, Canada
Fatima-Ezzahra Elhaou
PhD Student
Visiting Scholar in Babu Lab, University of Regina, Canada
PhD Student, Facultyof Medical Sciences, UM6P, Morocco
Graduate Students
Lab Alumni
Dr. Matthew Jessulat
Senior Research Associate / Lab Manager
Dr. Ramy Habashy
Postdoctoral Fellow (Babu Lab)
Current address: Scientific Officer,
Medicenna Therapeutics
Dr. Mohamed Taha Moutaoufik
Senior Research Associate
Current address: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medical Sciences, UM6P, Morroco
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
Mr. Tri Le
Research student
Ms. Jade Fisher
Graduate student
Current Address: Research Assistant, University of Regina, Canada
Dr. Ana-Paula Silva
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CAMH (co-supervision)
PhD in Molecular Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Tasin Obi
Research student
Current Address: Undergraduate medical student University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Taylor Dzikowski
Research student
Current Address: MSc Student, Dept. of Biochemistry, Micorbiology and Imuunology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Gani Kodirov
Research student
Current Address: Document Control Specialist at Grifols, Regina Canada
Katrina Mazinke
Research student (Babu Lab)
Current address:4th year, Graduate Student
University of Regina