Jean-Philippe Brosseau
Principal Investigator
As an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Functional Genomics, he is currently driving a research program to elucidate the functional role of the extracellular matrix in tumor progression, mainly using animal models recapitulating Neurofibromatosis Type I tumors. His lab's overarching goal is to understand tumoral progression better and develop a novel line of anti-cancer therapy.
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Harsimran Sidhu
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Harsimran completed her PhD thesis in 2022 at Panjab University, India where she accumulates pieces of evidence that UHRF1 may be a potential target in cervical cancer. She joined our lab in the Fall of 2022 as a CRCHUS postdoc fellow to study the contribution of epigenetics to tumor microenvironments.
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Dhanushka Jeewantha Hewa Bostanthrige
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Dhanushka initially completed an MD degree at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and act as a general surgeon until 2014. He then earned a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from Clark Atlanta University, USA for his thesis entitled: ``Inactivation of ID4 promotes prostate cancer stemness``. His PhD was followed by a one-year postdoc at St-Jude Research Children's Hospital in 2020. Dhanushka join our lab in May 2023 as a CRCHUS postdoc fellow
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Opeoluwa ALLI-OKE
PhD Research Student
Opeoluwa received her undergraduate and master’s degrees at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. She’s currently undergoing her doctoral program after a direct acceleration passage from her master’s degree program at the Department of Biochemistry and Functional Genomics, UdeS, under an Abdenour-Nabid, MD scholarship, where she's focused on investigating the functional contribution of splicing isoforms to fibroblast differentiation to myofibroblast.
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Zakaria Chahlaou
Research Intern
I am currently a master’s student in Biology and Health at CY Paris Cergy University, with an interest in biomaterials and molecular biology applied to health sciences. As part of my 6 months internship in the Jean-Philippe Brosseau Lab, I am exploring the potential role of RBM24 in alternative splicing and fibroblast differentiation, particularly in the context of NF1-related tumor microenvironments.
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Molly Caron
Animal Care Technician
I am an animal care technician who joined the lab in April 2024. I am currently taking care of the mice colonies from different projects, doing breeding, genotyping, and giving treatments. I also do nervous system mouse dissections and histoimmunochemestry.
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