2025-05-02. Congratulations to Mel for being awarded CGS-D for 2025 - 2028!

2025-05-01. Congratulations to Mel for successfully transferring to the Medical Science PhD program!

2025-04-10. Congratulations to our MSc student, Keaton, for being awarded a CGS-M for the 2025-2026 academic year!

2025-04-09. Congratulations to our fourth year thesis students, Kriesha and Dina, for defending their thesis work at the Biochemistry Research Day!

2025-04-02. Congratulations to our undergraduate student, Kriesha Eyer, for being awarded an NSErC URSA for her research in the lab over the summer!

2025-01-06. Laiba’s paper titled “Distinct DNA Methylation Signatures in Maternal Blood Reveal Unique Immune Cell Shifts in Preeclampsia and the Pregnancy-Postpartum Transition” is now posted on biorxiv!

2024-12-09. Natalie, Mel, and Sam are authors on a new review in PLOS Genetics titled “Cell-free placental DNA: What do we really know?”

2024-08-22. Check out Mel’s interview on “The Science Pawcast”, where she discusses her work in the lab!

2024-08-09. Mel’s manuscript is posted on biorxiv! Examining Fetal Sex-Specific Placental DNA Methylation Intensities and Variability Post In Vitro Fertilization

2024-07-29. Welcome to our new Mitacs Intern, Sylvia Fan! She will be completing a 3 month internship in the lab.

2024-07-11. Melanie and Keaton will be presenting their most recent work at the upcoming International Federation of Placenta Associations Meeting in Montreal, September 2 - 6th, 2024.

2024-06-03. The lab has received a New Frontiers in Research Exploration Grant to develop cellular models of placental dysfunction using placenta-on-a-chip model in collaboration with Dr. Boyang Zhang and Dr. Sandy Raha.

2024-05-15. Congratulations to Mel for winning best oral presentation by a graduate student at this year’s R.T Weaver Research Day!

2024-04-12. Melanie and Keaton will be presenting their recent work at the upcoming RT Weaver Research Day on May 15th 2024.

2024-04-11. Congratulations to Ananya for successfully defending her 4th year thesis project looking at sex differences in cell-free DNA!

2024-04-10. Congratulations to Keaton and Natalie for being accepted the the Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program. They will be starting their Graduate work in the lab this fall!

2024-04-01. Congratulations to Melanie for being awarded a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Masters Student Award (CGS-M)!

2024-03-19. Melanie will be presenting her work investigating the relationship between placental DNA methylation changes and IVF at McMaster University’s Medical Science Research Day.

2024-03-16. Sam will present Laiba and Keaton’s work at the 2024 Society of Reproductive Investigation Meeting in Vancouver Canada. The poster presentation is titled “Maternal Immune Cell Composition Differs with Preeclampsia.”

2024-03-01. The lab has received a CIHR Operating Grant: Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts to investigate sex-specific predictive models of preeclampsia using cell-free DNA.

2024-02-28. Congratulations to our Undergraduate Students, Keaton Smith and Spring Wang, for defending their honours theses!