CURRENT MEMBERS
Who we are
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Alex Balaci
Undergraduate Student
Alex is an undergrad at McGill studying Computer Science and Biology, with a strong interest in projects that connect biology, data, and technology. He’s worked at St. Michael’s Hospital on electronic asthma and COPD management systems, creating core algorithms and developing new platform features. He also spent a summer with GEMINI improving clinical-note deidentification tools and analyzing large hospital datasets using Python, SQL, and R. Alex enjoys mixing programming with real-world biological and medical problems by using web technologies, machine learning models, data analysis and visualization tools. Outside academics, he’s an avid skier and outdoors enthusiast, often out playing soccer, cycling, rollerblading, or hiking.
Annabelle Bickerstaff
Research Assistant
Annabelle has always lived in Montreal, obtaining a DEC in Arts & Science at Marianopolis College and completing a B.Sc. Honours Neuroscience at McGill University. While in her last year of CEGEP, she received the Mitacs College-level Research Internship Award, which allowed her to experience the world of academia and university research under the supervision of Dr. Derek Bowie. While in the Bowie lab, she learned to generate and characterize missense mutations of glutamatergic AMPA receptors. When she’s not attending class or in the lab, Annabelle likes to discover new hobbies or perfect old ones, like bouldering, sculpting, and baking.
Jenna Martin
Graduate Student
Jenna grew up in NYC but moved out west to California for her undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley. She then moved to St. Louis to examine how epigenetic mechanisms are disrupted in neurodevelopmental disorders as a technician in Harrison Gabel’s lab at WUSTL. In the Tritsch lab, Jenna is investigates the molecular mechanisms underlying motor complications evoked by dopamine replacement in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Outside of the lab, Jenna enjoys hiking, reading and baking.
Saige Power
Postdoctoral fellow
Saige grew up in Toronto, where they obtained a H.B.Sc. in Health and Disease and Neuroscience, and a Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Toronto. Working with Dr. Evelyn Lambe, they interrogated neuromodulator signalling in the prefrontal cortex and its dysregulation in mouse models of aging, Alzheimer's disease, and depression. Outside the lab, Saige enjoys biking, watching films, and cooking (but mostly eating) great food.
James Taniguchi
Graduate Student, supported by a FRQ-S Bourse de Doctorat en Recherche
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James grew up in the Bay Area and moved down to San Diego for his undergraduate studies. There, he was immersed in the labs of Dr. Douglas Nitz and Dr. Eiman Azim and decided to pursue research in systems neuroscience. James obtained a M.S. in Neuroscience at NYU before relocating to McGill with the Tritsch lab, where he is now pursuing a PhD in the IPN program, studying the role of neuromodulator dynamics in synaptic plasticity and learning. When not thinking about dopamine, he enjoys hiking, local day trips, and crafts.
Nicolas Tritsch, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, FRQ-S Chercheur Boursier
Upon graduating with a B.Sc. in Immunology from McGill University, Nic completed a M.Sc. in Neuroscience with Tim Kennedy at the Montreal Neurological Institute, a Ph.D. in Neuroscience with Dwight Bergles at Johns Hopkins University and a postdoctoral fellowship with Bernardo Sabatini at Harvard Medical School. He started his academic career at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York prior to moving back to Montreal at the Douglas Research Center/McGill in 2024.
ALUMNI
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Lisa Abe, NYU undergraduate volunteer, fall 2020 - spring 2022
Kenza Amroune, postdoctoral fellow, spring 2025 - fall 2025
Pedro Corsato Barbosa, NYU undergraduate volunteer, winter 2023 - summer 2023
Zander Bashaw, Research Associate, spring 2018 - summer 2021
Laura Bellingacci, Fresco Doctoral Fellow, summer 2022
Kate Cruite, Northeastern undergraduate volunteer, summer 2018
Emanuele Frattini, Fresco Postdoctoral Fellow, summer 2018 - fall 2019
Lucy Johnston, Northeastern undergraduate volunteer, summer 2019 - winter 202
Alizée Kastler, Sorbonne University (Paris) Master’s Student, Summer 2020
Anya Krok, Graduate Student, fall 2018 - fall 2022
Aviva Lund, Summer Undergraduate research Program awardee, Summer 2022
Haixin Liu, Postdoctoral fellow, fall 2018 - fall 2022
Katie Lynch, NYU undergraduate volunteer, fall 2017 - summer 2020
Marta Maltese, Postdoctoral fellow, fall 2016 - fall 2023
Jeffrey March, Research Associate, spring 2016 - fall 2018
Riccardo Melani, Postdoctoral fellow, fall 2018 - summer 2024
Pratik Mistry, Research Associate, spring 2018 - spring 2021
Raj Mohanka, NYU undergraduate volunteer, summer 2016 - spring 2018
Jhan Oriach, Undergraduate Summer Research Training in Neuroscience Awardee, summer 2021, summer 2022
Akul Prakash, NYU undergraduate volunteer, fall 2022- summer 2024
Shan Rezaei, Research Associate, fall 2024
Akhila Sankaramanchi, Research Associate, spring 2019 - Summer 2021
Soomin Song, Postdoctoral fellow, fall 2016 - fall 2018
Ruoheng Zeng, NYU undergraduate volunteer, fall 2020 - spring 2023
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