Group Lab Pics

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Current Lab Members

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Neil Lorente Cobo
PhD Student
MSc Molecular Medicine 2018
BSc Biomedical Science 2017
University of Essex, UK

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Andrew Gierys
PhD Student
NSERC Summer student 2022
Undergraduate Honours Student
BSc Biochemistry 2022
University of Winnipeg

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Kartik Sachar
PhD Student
MSc Biochemistry 2023
McMaster University
BSc Biochemistry 2020
University of Manitoba

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Marith Been
Undergraduate research assistant
Microbiology honors co-op student
BSc Microbiology 2025
University of Manitoba

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Matthew Van Shepdael
PhD Student
BSc Microbiology 2020
University of Manitoba
Undergraduate Honors Project Student, URA FoS Summer Student 2019-2020

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Shubham Goyal
MSc Student
MSc Biotechnology 2020
Amity University Noida India
BSc Biotechnology 2018
Amity University Noida India

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Tiffany Penner
PhD Student
Co-advised with Brassinga Lab
BSc Microbiology 2022
University of Manitoba

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Gerd Prehna
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB Canada
Contact me

Positions
Associate Director Center for Structural Biology University of Illinois at Chicago (2012-2018)


Research Assistant Professor University of Illinois at Chicago (2014-2018)

Education
Post-Doctoral Fellowship
University of British Columbia (2007-2012) PI: Natalie Strynadka


PhD. The Rockefeller University (2007) PI: C. Erec Stebbins
BS. Biochemistry, University of Rochester (2001)

Past Lab Members

Graduate Students

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Tasneem Hassan Muna
Research Associate
MSc Microbiology 2023
University of Manitoba
MSc Molecular biology 2021
University of Wyoming
BSc Biochemistry and Biotechnology 2016
North South University
Dhaka Bangladesh
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Nicole Rutbeek
Masters Student
MSc Microbiology 2022
BSc Microbiology
University of Manitoba 2019
Undergraduate Honors Project Student, Faculty of Science Summer Student 2018-2019

Undergraduate Students

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Connor Spulnick
Undergraduate Research Assistant
NSERC Summer Student
BSc Biochemistry 2026
University of Manitoba

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Ahmed Zohni
Undergraduate Research Assistant
URSA Summer student 2023
BSc Biochemistry Honors 2024
University of Manitoba

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Abhishek Abhishek
Undergraduate Honours Project Student
BSc Microbiology 2023
University of Manitoba

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Karsen Winters
Undergraduate Student
Major: Microbiology
University of Manitoba
URA Summer Student 2021
URA Summer Student 2020
NSERC Summer Student 2019

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Kartik Sachar
BSc Biochemistry 2020
University of Manitoba
Research Assistant
URSA Summer Student 2020
Jack Prior award 2019
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Shristi Kejriwal
Undergraduate Research Assistant
MITACs Summer Student
BSc/MSc Biology 2025
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata

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Mauricio Munoz
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Honors Student
BSc Microbiology 2024
University of Manitoba

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Julia Horne
Undergraduate Research Assistant
URSA Summer student 2022
BSc Science 2023
University of Manitoba

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Trevena Metias
Undergraduate Student
Major: Microbiology
University of Manitoba
URSA Summer Student 2021

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Matthew Kulchychi
BSc Biochemistry 2020
University of Manitoba
URA Summer Student 2020

Caio Rosa (Undergraduate MITACs Summer Student, 2019)

Michael Adeyemi (Undergraduate Summer Project Student, 2018)