Interests
Molecular Biology
Gene Therapy
Krish Devgan
NSERC USRA, 2025
Krish is an NSERC USRA student with the Slavcev Lab for Spring 2025, and is assisting with several different projects related to the iPhAGE system as well as optimization of the anellomid vector production system. He is in his 4th year of his BSc in Honour’s Health Science at the McMaster University.
Interests
Biology
Gene therapy
Grace Mather
Summer Research Assistant
Grace is currently a summer research assistant with the Theraphage Lab, assisting with several different projects related to the iPhAGE system. She is in her 3rd year of her BSc in Honour’s Health Science at the University of Waterloo in Fall 2025.
Alumni Undergraduate Students
Interests
Life Sciences
Gene Therapy
Kate Nagge
Co-op Research Asssistant, 2025
Kate was a co-op research assistant with the Theraphage Lab during Winter 2025. She was integral to the team, assisting with daily lab tasks and becoming adept at several experimental processes. She also assisted with editing and formatting of Bacteriophage-Based Vectors in Gene Therapy. She is currently pursuing Nursing at Conestoga College
Interests
Gene therapy
Molecular biology
Shirley Cheung
NSERC USRA Student, 2024
Shirley studied Biomedical Science at the University of Waterloo, and completed her Senior Honours Project as well as an NSERC-USRA with the Theraphage lab from September 2023 - August 2024. Her project involved the construction of anellovirus vectors.
Education:
B.Sc. Honours Biomedical Science, University of Waterloo (2024)
Interests
Biology
Jayshree Patel
Summer Research Assistant, 2024
Jayshree was a summer research assistant with the Theraphage Lab. She completed her B.Sc. in Biomedical Science at the University of Waterloo in 2024.
Education
B.Sc. Biomedical Science, University of Waterloo (2024)
Interests
Molecular Biology
Pharmaceutical Science
Talia Fiaani
NSERC USRA Student, 2023
Talia completed her Senior Honours Project as well as an NSERC-USRA with Theraphage Lab from September 2022-August 2023; her project focused on the enhance purification of msDNA using a CRISPR Cas-3 system. She completed her B.Sc. in Biomedical Science at the University of Waterloo in 2024 and is currently pursuing an M.Sc. in Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Toronto.