Former team members

Abbie Gagnon

Abbie worked in the Lochmüller lab as a Research Technician in 2020.

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Alexander Manta

Following the completion of his Masters degree, Alex started studying Medicine at the University of Ottawa. He has joined the Lochmüller lab to work on a project investigating the therapeutic potential of Smac-mimetic compounds on neuromuscular diseases.

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Anu Mary Varghese

Anu Mary Varghese

Anu is a post-doctoral fellow working on gene therapy for congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS) and on biomarkers for myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1).

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Brenda Barasa

Brenda is responsible for coordinating Dr. Lochmüller’s Neuromuscular clinic at The Ottawa Hospital and occasionally at CHEO. 

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Danny Jomaa

Danny is currently a second-year medical student at Queen’s University and is joining the Lochmüller Lab as a summer research student for summer 2020 for a bioinformatics-focused project investigating pediatric CMS patients without a molecular diagnosis.

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Emily O’Connor

Emily completed her PhD at Newcastle University in 2019 under the supervision of Professors Hanns Lochmüller and Clarke Slater and joined the Lochmüller lab to continue her work into testing new treatments for CMS.

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Jian-Jun Jia

Jian-Jun Jia

Jian-Jun has worked in Ottawa for many years and worked in the Lochmüller lab as a research assistant.

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Kaitlyn Quinlan

Kaitlyn Quinlan has just completed her second undergraduate year in Neuroscience and Mental Health at Carleton University and is joined the Lochmüller lab for summer 2019.

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Matthew MacDonald

Matthew joined the team in June 2021 as a Research Coordinator, working on several neuromuscular disease clinical trials for Dr. Lochmüller.

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Rohan Ray

Rohan Ray is a 4th year student in Translational and Molecular Medicine.

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