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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)
Associate 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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Ashlyn Benko

Graduate student
Project: Tau aggregate seeding

I've been skiing my whole life and am always happy to go to the mountains!

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Scott Dixon

Graduate student
Project: Protein mistranslation

I enjoy sports, videogames, and trying new foods.

Alicia Guzman

Alicia Guzman Lizardo

Undergraduate student

I love to play volleyball and go to the beach

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Shreya Ghosh

Undergraduate student

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

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Natasha Larson

Undergraduate student

I love cooking and trying new foods!

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Mahalashmi Srinivasan

Graduate student| Publications
Project: Inhibitors of tau aggregation

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

Lisa Wang

Lisa Wang

Undergraduate student

I love watching Broadway shows!

Past Team Members

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

Graduate Students

Undergraduate Project Students

  • Imama Butt ----Where they went next: Medical student (Univ. of Alberta)
  • Vidhy Patel
  • Heather Baker ----Where they went next: Graduate student (Univ. of British Columbia)
  • Gabrielle Gate ----Where they went next: Graduate student (Univ. of Alberta)
  • Eman Moussa ----Where they went next: Graduate student (Univ. of Alberta)
  • Haresh Sureshkumar ----Where they went next: Graduate student (Univ. of Toronto)
  • Woosung Choo
  • Nicholas Price ----Where they went next: Graduate student (McGill Univ.)
  • Yifan Xian ----Where they went next: Graduate student (Univ. of Toronto)
  • Akhil Patel ----Where they went next: Dentistry (Univ. of Alberta)
  • Tark Patel ----Where they went next: Medical student (Univ. of Alberta)
  • Ria Ratra
  • Jenna Lindner
  • Ben Cross

Summer Students

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

Technician

  • Hallie Ng
  • Tark Patel
  • Varun Aggarwal

Research Associate

  • Sang-Gyun Kang

Volunteers

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