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Alumni

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Our lab alumni have embarked on a variety of impactful careers.

Explore the Alumni Profiles below to learn about:

  • their experiences in the Duchaine lab,

  • their career paths,

  • their current positions,

  • and advice for students and aspiring researchers.

now Medical Writer

You cannot let each setback discourage you, they're just part of research. Take each setback as an opportunity to learn and identify what to improve or change the next time.

Alexandra Lewsi

now Assistant Professor

Always think about why you are pursuing a scientific career. What is your career goal, and how are you going to acquire the skills needed to achieve this goal?

Mathieu Flamand

now Senior Scientist

Stay humble — it's okay to admit when you don't know something, even if it's something you feel you should know.

Vinay Mayya

now Computational Biologist

Something I wish I had done better as someone on the introverted side:

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Talk to more people and don't feel embarrassed, people in the lab, people outside of the lab, same field, different fields.

Hsin Wei Tseng

now Assistant Professor

Keep your mind open, find great mentors,

discover what motivates you, make goals and work steadily and enthusiastically towards achieving them.

Ahilya Sawh

now Business Developer

Be curious. Be inspired. Be proactive.

Edlyn Wu

VISITING SCHOLAR

Ryosuke Sato now Lecturer (Kindai University, Japan)

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

Guillaume Suffert
Carine Lussier now Scientific Advisor (l’Institut national de santé publique du Québec)

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Maxime Bellefeuille now Research Assistant (Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal's NGS core)
Armin Moalla now Lab Operations Associate (Nomic Bio)
Sylvain Nkankeu now Medical student (McGill University)
Sarah-Slim Diwan now MD-PhD student (McGill University)
Hsin Wei Tseng now Computational Biologist (Genentech and Astek Canada)
Vinay Mayya now Senior Scientist (Cytiva)

Alice Lambert
Cheronai Fozil now Software Developer (nference)
Ariel Donayo then Director of Assay Development (DirectBio)
Alexandra Lewis then Lecturer (Concordia University); now Medical Writer (IC Axon)
Mathieu Flamand then Postdoc (Duke University); now 
Assistant Professor (Université de Laval)
Edlyn Wu then Postdoc (MPI-CBG & Université de Lausanne); now Business Developer (Atinary Technologies)
Ahilya Sawh then Postdoc (Harvard University & Biozentrum); now 
Assistant Professor (University of Toronto)
Neetha Makil

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

We regularly train undergraduate students, maintaining a tradition of mentoring undergraduates in laboratory techniques
and hands-on research.

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