Meet the Team

Jessica A. Willi

aka 'Jaw'

Assistant Professor, research group leader, and passionate ribosome nerd.

Biography

jessica.willi@uleth.ca

Carrigan Dawson

MSc student, devoted dog mom, and fanatic of all things science. Working on bringing the principles of minimalism to the sub-cellular level with ribosomal minimization.

carrigan.dawson@uleth.ca

Phoenix Shomody

MSc student working on engineering ribosomes to expand their decoding capacity to quadruplet codons. Paradoxically enjoys both the outdoors and video games.

p.shomody@uleth.ca

Roza Gabdullina

MSc student developing cell-free detection assays, ardent about learning and exploring new science. Passionate about nature photography and drone imaging. 

gabdullina@uleth.ca

Ella Watson

4th year biochemistry student who is passionate about science! Studying bacterial ribosomal operons and the relationship with antibiotic resistance.

ella.watson@uleth.ca

Escherichia coli

aka 'E. coli'

Hardest working member of the lab. Responsible for expressing proteins, propagating plasmids, and providing lysate. Highly competent, but enjoys chilling in the -80 after work.

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