Moffett Lab, March, 2016, with lab members representing six different continents.

Peter Moffett, Ph.D.

Chantal Brosseau, Post-Doc

Investigation of Argonaute proteins in anti-viral defenses; Investigation of the plant defense response to Agrobacterium

​Xiaofang Ma, Postdoc

Investigation of plant anti-viral defense mechanisms - genetics of virus recovery and VIGS

Co-direction with Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences​

Ayooluwa (Ayo) Adurogbanba, Ph.D. student

Investigation of AGO proteins in antiviral resistance

Zhenxing Zhao, Ph.D. student (CSC Scholar, co-direction with China Agricultural University, Beijing)

Structure-Function analysis of the AGO2 protein in antiviral defenses.

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​Afzal Akram, Visiting Ph.D. student, National Institute for Biotechnology
and genetic Engineering (Pakistan)

Molecular mechanisms of plant resistance to Geminiviruses.

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​Guilherme Silva Martins, Ph.D. student

Investigation of the mechanisms of control of AGO gene expression in response to virus infection

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Charles Roussin Léveillée, Master's student

Investigation of translational control of plant defenses

Matthieu Glanowski, Master's student

Using natural variation to identify viroid susceptibility factors

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Simon Glanowski, Undergraduate researcher

Investigation of translational control of plant defenses

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​Nicolas Cronumus, Undergraduate Researcher

Plant-viroid interactions

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Former lab members

Geneviève Giroux, Technician, Université de Sherbrooke
Mathias Cohen, M.Sc.
Teura Barff, Ph.D. student, Université de Québec à Trois-Rivières
Asieh Rasoolizadeh, Research Associate, McGill University
Mohamed El-Oirdi, Postdoc, Professor, King Faisal University
Louis-Philippe Hamel, Postdoc, Scientist, Medicago R&D
Shawkat Ali, Postdoc, Researcher,  Agriculture and Agrifood Canada
Annie Christine Boucher, M.Sc., CEROM
Maria Goretty Caamal Chan, Postdoc
Thérèse Wallon, M.Sc., Prisme-Phytodata Inc. 
Marie-Claude Nicole, Postdoc, Université Laval
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Former Undergraduate researchers:

Laura Karina Guzman Zapata, (Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey)
Montserrat Aguilar Venegas, (National Autonomous University of Mexico - Leon)
Matthieu Glanowski, (Université de Sherbrooke)
Sandra Wellner (Freie Universität Berlin)
Claudia Parent (UdeS)
Teura Barff, (UdeS)
Élodie Saucier-Tessier, (UdeS)
Pauline Minet (UdeS)
Chloé Martineau (UdeS)
Audrey Turcotte (UdeS)
Maxime Gosselin-Théberge (UdeS)
Taharima Habib (UdeS)
Lubna Jemshaid (Bishop's)
Natasa Obradovic (UdeS)
Gheorghe Pal (UdeS)
François Théberge (UdeS)
Marc Khalil (UdeS)
Thérèse Wallon (UdeS)
Olivier Côté (UdeS)
Olivier Martel-Paradis (UdeS)
Salima Chatur (McMaster University)
Patrice Coulombe (UdeS)
Roxanne Latreille (UdeS)


Former visiting students, postdocs

Mazen Alazem, Academica Sinica, Taiwan
Emmanuel Aguilar Parras, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Angélique Sugira, Université Montpellier 1
Sébastien Biga, École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse
Maxime Magne, (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris) 
Rahim Ullah, National Institute for Biotechnology and genetic Engineering (Pakistan)
Jean Carpentier, Université de Rennes