The Team

Marlene Oeffinger, Ph.D. – LinkedIn , CV

Laboratory Director & Full Research Professor

marlene.oeffinger[at]ircm.qc.ca


Lisbeth-Carolina Aguilar, M.Sc.

Research Assistant & Lab Manager

lisbethcarolina.aguilar[at]ircm.qc.ca


Christian Trahan, Ph.D.

Senior Research Associate

christian.trahan[at]ircm.qc.ca


Mauricio Hernández Magana

Ph.D. Student

mauricio.hernandez,maganal[at]ircm.qc.ca


Michel-Pierre Terrier

Ph.D. Student (with Zenklusenlab)

michel-pierre.terrier[at]ircm.qc.ca


Muntasina Aziz Yeana

Summer Intern, University of Northern British Columbia, BC, Canada

muntasina.yeana[at]ircm.qc.ca


Vijaya Madhoo

Administrative Assistant

vijaya.madhoo[at]ircm.qc.ca


ALUMNI 

Hailey Rude, Summer Intern, University of Madison, Wisconsin, U.S., Summer 2025

“Sonny” Pudchalaluck Panichnantakul, PhD student, Experimental Medicine, McGill University, 2020 – 2024

Lilli Wolfart, Undergraduate Intern, Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Winter-Summer 2024

Rafael LoGiudice-Kimenez, Graduate Student, Experimental Medicine, McGill University, 2020 – 2024

Ulises Rodriguez Corona, Post-doctoral researcher, McGill University, 2018 – 2023

Evan Daynard, Undergraduate Intern, Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Winter-Summer 2023

Bineta Bop, Master student (w/ Zenklusen lab), Département de biochimie et médicine moléculaire, Université de Montréal, 2018 – 2022

Pierre Bensidoun, PhD student (w/ Zenklusen lab), Département de biochimie et médicine moléculaire, Université de Montréal, 2014 – 2021 and Post-doctoral researcher 2021-2022

Ian Douglas, Co-op Student, McMaster’s University, Toronto, Summer- Fall 2022

Mackenzie Guest, Co-op Student Concordia University, Montreal, Winter 2022

Vivian Huynh, IRCM/UdeM MCM Master Student, Département de biologie moléculaire, Université de Montréal, 2021

Javier Rivera, Co-op student, University of British Columbia, Canada, 2020

Priyanka Prabhala, Graduate Intern (Ph.D.), Département de biologie moléculaire, Université de Montréal, 2019

Daniel Scott, Post-doctoral Researcher, McGill University, 2014-18

Meruert Sarsenova, IRCM/UdeM MCM Master Student, Département de biologie moléculaire, Université de Montréal, 2018

Mathew Kramar, Graduate Student, Experimental Medicine, McGill University, 2011 – 2018

Louisa Guignard, Intern MA Student, Université de Grenoble, France, 2018

Marc Delubac, PhD student, Département de biochimie et médicine moléculaire, Université de Montréal, 2014 – 2017

Karen Wei, Research Assistant and Lab Manager, 2010 – 2014

Melissa Doutre, Honor’s student, Département de biochimie et médicine moléculaire, Université de Montréal 2013/14

Katherine Cleroux, Master Student, Département de biochimie et médicine moléculaire, Université de Montréal, 2011- 2014

Lisbeth-Carolina Aguilar, Master Student, Département de biochimie et médicine moléculaire, Université de Montréal, 2011 – 2014

Richard Le, Intern, Biology Department, McGill University, 2014

Pierre-Joachim Zindy, Research Associate, Université de Montréal, 2010 – 2013

Jordi Ros Rodriguez, Intern, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona,2013

Alexandre Ceugniez, Intern, Université Lille, France, 2012

Leoni Renaudin, Intern, Université Lille, France, 2012

Julie Louli, Summer student, Biochemistry Department, McGill University, 2010 & 2011

Maesumeh Korei, Summer student, Université Sherbrook, 2011