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The Mok lab and the University of Alberta are committed to an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from excited, creative and motivated people who share our commitment. We encourage underrepresented groups in academia e.g. First Nations, Métis and Inuit persons; members of visible minority groups; persons with disabilities; and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity and expression to apply to our team or collaborate with us. Let's discover some amazing science together!

Meet the team

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Sue-Ann Mok, PhD

(she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor
Email: sueann at ualberta.ca

Address: 339 Medical Sciences Building
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H7

Expertise

protein aggregation, proteostasis, molecular chaperones, tau, neuron cell biology, Alzheimer's disease, tauopathies

Affiliations

Education

  • Honours B.Sc. - Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Canada
  • PhD - Cell Biology, Campenot Lab, University of Alberta, Canada
  • Postdoctoral work – Gestwicki Lab, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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Shreya Ghosh

Undergraduate student

Fun fact: I have an orange tetra fish named Peppa Pig

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Sang-Gyun Kang

Research Associate| Publications
Project: Innate immune defenses against pathogenic protein folding in neurodegenerative diseases

I want to be a hair designer someday.

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Natasha Larson

Undergraduate student

I love cooking and trying new foods!

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Akhil Patel

Undergraduate student on his way to Dentistry at UofA!
Project: Tau aggregation inhibitors

Fun fact: I like skiing

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Tark Patel

he/him
Research Technician on his way to Medicine at UofA!| Publications
Project: Developing high-throughput screens for tau mutants

Fun fact: I can eat six junior chickens in one sitting

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Mahalashmi Srinivasan

Research Technician| Publications

I am up for hainanese chicken rice and bubble tea anytime!

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Kerry Sun

Graduate student| Publications
Project: Defining the structure-function relationship of DNAJA2 in its regulation of tauopathies

Remembers all the Spongebob episodes from 15 years ago but not what he learned last semester

Past Team Members

We are always sad to see members leave but excited for their new adventures

Graduate Students

Undergraduate Project Students

  • Imama Butt ----Present position: Medical student (Univ. of Alberta)
  • Vidhy Patel
  • Heather Baker ----Present position: Graduate student (Univ. of British Columbia)
  • Gabrielle Gate ----Present position: Graduate student (Univ. of Alberta)
  • Eman Moussa ----Present position: Graduate student (Univ. of Alberta)
  • Haresh Sureshkumar ----Present position: Graduate student (Univ. of Toronto)
  • Woosung Choo
  • Nicholas Price
  • Yifan Xian

Summer Students

  • Jade Schneider ----Present position: Dentistry student (Univ. of Toronto)
  • Harry Liu ----Present position: Dentistry student (Univ. of British Columbia)
  • Gurreet Bhandal ----Present position: Medical student (Univ. of Calgary)
  • Maggie Wang ----Present position: Graduate student (Univ. of Alberta)
  • Michelle Truong ----Present position: Pharmacy student (Univ. of Alberta)
  • Heba Iftikhar
  • Madeleine Ridgway
  • Justin Kim ----Present position: Dentistry student (Univ. of Alberta)

Technician

  • Hallie Ng

Volunteers

  • Evan Viszlai
  • Nour Armoush
  • Catherine Lu
  • Masumi Raman