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FAIZ LAB MEMBERS

We are a growing, tight-knit lab full of awesome, enthusiastic, and fun people who genuinely love science. Our lab believes in making the research process exciting, and being there to support each other.

While we keep things fun, our lab strives to provide an open and safe environment to have important conversations whenever needed.

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DR. MARYAM FAIZ

Principal Investigator

Maryam received her PhD from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain under the supervision of Drs. Laia Acarin and Bernardo Castallano. She trained with Dr. Milos Pekny at the University of Goteborg in Sweden, and then with Dr. Andras Nagy at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute in Toronto. Maryam loves 'the ideas' and cool tech. Most of all, she loves her students (well...a close second to her two, really cute, small kids).

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DR. ERICA SCOTT

Post-Doctoral Fellow

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JUSTINE BAJOHR, MSc

PhD Candidate

Justine obtained her honors BSc in neuroscience and bioethics and MSc from the University of Toronto. She joined the Faiz Lab in 2018 and has been diligently reprogramming astrocytes ever since. Her research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of reprogramming and assessing how cellular heterogeneity affects reprogramming outcomes. Justine is a strong advocate for science communication and enjoys hiking, doing puzzles and collecting plants in her free time.

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EMERSON DANIELE, MSc

PhD Student

Emerson graduated with an honours BSc from the University of Toronto specializing in Neuroscience. He joined the Faiz Lab in 2018 and refers to himself as a gut brain axis explorer. His research is focused on characterizing the gut-derived immune response to ischemic stroke and developing gut microbiota based therapeutics to improve stroke outcomes. When he's not exploring the gut brain axis, you can find Emerson perfecting his chocolate chip cookie recipe, playing guitar or drinking a piping hot coffee.

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DANIELA LOZANO

MSc Candidate

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RACHEL GIBBS

MSc Student

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ASHLEY DE WITTE

Laboratory Technician 

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Nathaniel Frost

Undergraduate Student

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PREVIOUS MEMBERS

Abigail Ralph

Anna Samuel

Arman Olfat

Alexandra Krassikova

Celeste Gomes

Charles Chen

Dendra Hillier

Hiba Taha (MSc)

Ines Kortebi (MSc)
Isabel Nie Xin Lim

Kevin Lee
Kimia Mir-Shokraei

Liana Umbrio

Maria Fahim

Michael Trinh

Omadyor Ibragimov

Owen Li

Pranav Khatri

Rokhshid Aflaki

Samuel Bruder Wexler

Tahiyat Islam

Tanvi Sharma

Tom Enbar (MSc)

Yasmin Nazer

Yibang Fan​​​

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