{"id":10,"date":"2021-10-01T11:14:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T18:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/andislab\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-08-14T13:13:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T20:13:54","slug":"the-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/andislab\/the-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Lab Tour<\/h2>\n<p>Watch our students perform experiments and discuss their projects in the Lab of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at UBCO!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Andis Klegeris \u2013 Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/doOHhjn1h6M?start=4&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Current Students &amp; Staff<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Meha Patel<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nM.Sc. Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Braam De Klerk <\/strong><em>(BSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nM.Sc. Student<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Fern Deyholos<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Mason Ouchi<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Jessica Bhandal<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Yuhui (Grace) Chenyang<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Mia Kim <\/strong><em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cohen Sommer <\/strong><em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Past Students &amp; Staff<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Orlando Ulloa<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nM.Sc. Student<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Kursti Serra<\/b>\u00a0<em>(BSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nM.Sc. Student<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Samantha Yudin<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Mitchell Beckedorf<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Emma Creed<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Noah Brooks<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nM.Sc. Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ishvin Riar<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nM.Sc. Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brenna Beck<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kennedy Wiens<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shirley Yang<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nM.Sc. Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ivan Lindhout<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc.)\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\nM.Sc. Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dylan DaSilva<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alyssa McElhinney<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zainab Mohammad<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ben Goldberg<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bridget Greuel<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nM.Sc. Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dylan Miller<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Taryn Murray<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seamus McRae<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christy Richards<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anna Bernath<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Victoria Robert-Gostlin<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tyler Wenzel\u00a0<\/strong><em>(BSc., BEd., PhD Student)<\/em><br \/>\nPhD Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ellen Gates\u00a0<\/strong><em>(BSc., MSc. student)<\/em><br \/>\nMSc. Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gunnar Leitner<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc., MSc. student)<\/em><br \/>\nMSc. Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Athena Ranger<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant, NSERC USRA Summer Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Evan Kwong<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nick Marshall<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nicole Skidmore<\/strong><em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant, NSERC USRA Summer Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Celine Edwards<\/strong><em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant, NSERC USRA Summer Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jessica Lowry<\/strong><em>(BSc., MSc. student)<\/em><br \/>\nMSc. Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Morgan Alford<\/strong><em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant, URA Summer Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hannah Young<\/strong><em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mykola Koval<\/strong><br \/>\nVisiting International Student from Ukraine<\/li>\n<li><strong>Genevieve Mylocopos<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jordan McKenzie<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc.Hon.)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant, URA Summer Student, NSERC USRA Summer Student, Honour&#8217;s Candidate<\/li>\n<li><strong>Caitlin Pointer\u00a0<\/strong><em>(BSc., MSc. student)<\/em><br \/>\nMSc. Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lindsay Spielman\u00a0<\/strong><em>(BSc. Hon., PhD candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nPhD Candidate<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carolyn Lee<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant, URA Summer Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wyatt Slattery<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. Hon. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nWork-Study Student, URA Summer Student, Honour&#8217;s Candidate<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stephanie Schindler\u00a0<\/strong><em>(BSc. Hon., MSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nMSc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ekta Bajwa<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. Hon.)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant, Work-Study Student, URA Summer Student, Honours Student, NSERC USRA Summer Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Darlene Harris<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. Hon.)<\/em><br \/>\nVolunteer Research Assistant, Honours Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maegan Stuart<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. Hon.)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant, Work-Study Student, URA Summer Student, Honours Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Manpreet Bahniwal<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. Hon., MSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant, NSERC USRA Summer Student, Honours Student, Research Assistant, MSc. Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ayden Gouveia\u00a0<\/strong><em>(BSc. Hon.)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant, URA Summer Student, Honours Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adamo D\u2019Ovidio<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. Hon.)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant, NSERC USRA Summer Student, Honours Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jenelle Lamothe<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. Hon.)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant, URA Summer Student, Honours Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Laurie Moring<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nResearch Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jocelyn Madeira<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc., MSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nResearch Assistant, MSc. Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nichole Gill<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. Hon., MD candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant, NSERC Summer Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jonathan P. Little\u00a0<\/strong><em>(PhD)<\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>NSERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow<\/li>\n<li><strong>Colby Renschler<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. Hon.)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant, URA Summer Student, Honours Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Erika Villanueva<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc., MSc)<\/em><br \/>\nResearch Assistant, Graduate Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kalun Boudreau<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(MD candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tyson Boettcher<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. Hon., MD candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant, URA Summer Student, Honours Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stephanie Ruscheinsky<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lydia Gurley<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc., MSc., PhD candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nGraduate Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sydney White<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. Hon.)<\/em><br \/>\nCo-op Student, URA Summer Student, Honours Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Andrei Ionescu<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc., MSc.)<\/em><br \/>\nResearch Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Natalia Beloukhina<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. Hon., MD candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nResearch Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jamie Powell<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc., MD candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jason Cassidy<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BA., BSc. Hon., MD. candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nHonours Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Melissa Machial<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. (Pharm) candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nUndergraduate Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ashley Bernauer<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc. Hon., DVM)<\/em><br \/>\nResearch Assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Caitlin Donnelly<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(BSc., MSc, PhD candidate)<\/em><br \/>\nURA Summer Student<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lab Tour Watch our students perform experiments and discuss their projects in the Lab of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at UBCO! Current Students &amp; Staff Meha Patel\u00a0(BSc.) M.Sc. Student Braam De Klerk (BSc.) M.Sc. Student Fern Deyholos\u00a0(BSc.) Undergraduate Research Assistant Mason Ouchi\u00a0(BSc.) Undergraduate Research Assistant Jessica Bhandal\u00a0(BSc. candidate) Undergraduate Research Assistant Yuhui (Grace) Chenyang\u00a0(BSc. candidate) &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/andislab\/the-lab\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Lab&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87870,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/andislab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/andislab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/andislab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/andislab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87870"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/andislab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/andislab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":603,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/andislab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/andislab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}