TranCE Organizing Committee

Shahir is a PhD candidate in Dr. Eric Campos’s lab at Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning located in Toronto. He did his undergraduate studies at York University. He is currently working on a de novo set of histone H3.3 mutations and he is interested in understanding the effects of these mutations on the H3.3 interactome. 

Simon is PhD candidate in Dr. Michael Wilson’s lab at the Hospital for Sick Children. He is exploring the role of GATA4/5/6 transcription factors and their role in specifying the heart lineage in early development. He is passionate about scientific communication and education and is thrilled to be a TranCE committee member to promote chromatin related biology across Canada.

Negar is a PhD candidate in Dr. Jason Fish’s lab at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI). Her project investigates the molecular and cellar mechanisms that underpin the formation of brain arteriovenous malformations (bAVM) driven by mtuation in KRAS. She is specifically interested in studying the role of hypertranscription in endothelial cells that harbor KRAS mutation.

Matea is a MSc candidate in Dr. Arneet Saltzman’s lab at the U of T Department of Cell and Systems Biology. She completed her undergraduate studies in Biochemistry at U of T. Her project focuses on investigating mechanisms of gene regulation by chromatin regulators and their role in neurodevelopment.