The Pelling Lab
The Pelling Lab is an exploratory space at the University of Ottawa dedicated to understanding the limits of living systems. The lab is composed of a diverse group of experimentalists open to the possibilities that occur at the interface between disciplines. We are generally interested in understanding how living cellular systems can be controlled, manipulated and re-purposed using non-genetic and non-pharmacological approaches. By pushing living systems to artificial limits the lab has discovered surprising behaviours and an astonishing ability of cells to adapt and respond to unusual stimuli.
Laboratory Founder and Director
Dr. Andrew E. Pelling
Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor
Administrative Assistant:
Sharon King | admin@pellinglab.net
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Charles M. Cuerrier
PhD Pharmacology
Graduate Students
Sophie Chagnon-Lessard
PhD Student, Physics
Corinne Gullekson
PhD Student, Physics
Sebastian Hadjiantoniou
PhD Student, Biology
Ryan Hickey
PhD Student, Physics
Maxime Leblanc-Letour
PhD Student, Physics
Daniel Modulevsky
PhD Student, Biology
Matthew Walker
PhD Student, Biology
Undergraduate Students
Isra Dawod
BSc Student, Biomedical Science
Jessica Holmes
BSc Student, Chemistry
Yuryi Murenko
BASc Student, Engineering
Ras-Jeevan Obhi
BSc Student, Physics
Isabel Shore
BSc Student, Biomedical Science/Biophysics
Maryam Tarar
BSc Student, Biochemistry/Biophyiscs
Visiting Scientists and Residents
Prof. Cesar A. Tischer
Visiting Professor
Universidade Estadual de Londrina
Christine Beaudoin
Anthropologist in Residence
Elaine Whittaker
Artist in Residence
Dr. Paula Faria-Tischer
University of Ottawa Visiting Professor
Alumni
Jess Krieger, New Harvest Fellow, Visiting Scientist, Kent State University, 2017
Abi Glencross, New Harvest Fellow, Kings College London, 2017
Alexandre Leclerc, BASc Student, NSERC USRA, 2015
Adriana Prystay, BSc Student, NSERC-CREATE Fellowship, uOttawa UROP, 2012-2014
Dr. Kristina Haase, PhD Student (2009-2014) and Postdoctoral Fellow (2014-2015)
Claire Edrington, NSERC-CREATE Fellowship, uOttawa UROP, 2014-2015
Cory Lefebvre, NSERC USRA, uOttawa UROP, 2013-2015
Joshua Taylor, BSc Student, NSERC USRA, 2014
Craig Bryan, BSc Student, 2013-2014
Jacob Kuba Rogowski, BSc Student, uOttawa UROP Award, 2013-2014
Dr. Benjamin Watts, Technician for the Biophysics, Biosensing and Biomaterials Core Facility (Godin, Tabard-Cossa and Pelling Labs)
Genevieve Ruest, PhD Student, Artist-in-Residence, Concordia University, 2013
Cameron Smithers, BSc Student, 2013
Zeinab Al-Rekabi, PhD Student, NSERC CREATE Fellowship, 2008-2013
Dr. Dominique Tremblay, Postdoctoral Fellow, FQRNT Fellowship, MITACS Fellowship, 2010-2013
Alexandre Leclerc, BASc Student, uOttawa URS Award, uOttawa UROP Award, NSERC USRA, 2010-2013
Dr. Nickolay V. Bukoreshtliev, Postdoctoral Fellow, NSERC CREATE Fellowship, 2011-2013
Joan Macadangdang, MSc Student, 2009-2012
Safi Sayeed, BSc Student, NSERC USRA, 2012
Justin Roy, BSc Student, Summer Researcher, 2011
Louise Guolla, MSc Student, NSERC Fellowship, Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2009-2011
Jiashan Wang, NSERC CREATE Fellowship, 2009-2011
Anne Niemetz, Visiting Artist, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 2011
Dr. Patricia Kunda, Visiting Scientist, Baum Group at the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, Summer 2010
Dr. Shivani Sharma, Visiting Scientist, Project Scientist California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Summer 2010
Jonathan Melong, BSc Student, NSERC USRA, Dalhousie University, 2009
Zichun Ken Tang, BSc Student, Summer Researcher, University of Toronto, 2009
Yaron R. Silberberg, PhD Student, BBSRC Fellowship, University College London, 2006-2009