Lab Members
Current Members
Bhagwati Gupta (PI)
Bhagwati earned his M.Sc. from Jawaharlal Nehru University (India) in 1992 and completed his Ph.D. at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (India) in 1997, where he studied the mechanisms of olfactory sense organ formation in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Following his doctoral work, he pursued post-doctoral research at the California Institute of Technology (USA). In 2004, Bhagwati joined McMaster University to establish his own lab. Over the years, he has received multiple scholarships, honors, and awards in recognition of his research contributions. Beyond the lab, Bhagwati enjoys web-based programming and is an avid stamp collector.
Wouter van den Berg (Ph.D. candidate)
Wouter's thesis focuses on reproductive aging in nematodes and comparative studies.
Harvir Bhullar (M.Sc./Ph.D. candidate)
Almila Bahar (M.Sc. candidate)
Jordan Dias (Undergraduate senior thesis)
Khushi Pastagia (Undergraduate senior thesis)
Mihir Pradhan (Part-time trainee)
Past Members
Shane Taylor (Ph.D. candidate)
Project: Investigation into the Mechanism of MANF Homolog of Caenorhabditis elegans and its Potential as A Therapeutic Agent in Parkinson’s Disease
Nikita Jhaveri (Ph.D. candidate)
Nikita is studying the roles of a set of genes that negatively regulate vulval cell proliferation in nematodes C. elegans and C. briggsae.
Atreyee De (Ph.D. candidate)
Research project involves investigating mechanisms of stress response and aging in C. elegans
Claudia Huang (Undergraduate)
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My project focuses on investigating a set of insulin signaling pathway genes for their roles in aging.
Neetu Rambharack (Undergraduate)
My senior thesis project involves investigating the role of insulin signaling pathway genes in aging.
Avijit Mallick (Ph. D.)
Project: PRY/AXIN mediated regulation of development and lifespan in the nematode C. elegans
Ish Mahendra Kumar Jain (M.Sc.)
Project: Genetic analysis of negative regulators of vulval development in nematodes Caenorhabditis elegans and Caenorhabditis briggsae
Puja Patel (Lab Technician)
Hannah Hosein (Undergraduate)
Hannan Minhas (Undergraduate)
Leo Xu (Undergraduate)
Sakshi Mehta (Undergraduate)
Krupaliben Shah (Undergraduate)
2018-2019 Exploring PRY-1/AXIN mediated genes involved in aging modulation of Caenorhabditis elegans
Ji-Hae Jeon (Undergraduate)
2017-2018 Genetic Analysis of Gene Knockdowns downstream of pry-1(mu38) in C. elegans to study multiple developmental processes
Yvonne Chang (Undergraduate)
2017-2018 Characterizing Wnt targets downstream of pry-1 implicated in C. elegans vulva morphogenesis
Ayush Ranawade (Ph.D.)
2011-2017 Wnt signaling regulation and crosstalk in C. elegans
Scott Amon (Ph.D.)
2009-2017 Role of a LIM homeodomain transcription factor LIN-11 in C. elegans and C. briggsae
Romy Pabla (M.Sc.)
2015-2017 Molecular genetic study of negative regulators of vulva formation in nematodes C. elegans and C. briggsae
Cory Richman (M.Sc.)
2014-2017 Characterization of neurotrophic factors in C. elegans
Sabih Rashid (undergraduate)
2015-2016 Undergraduate summer and senior thesis projects
Joella Wang (Undergraduate)
2015-2016 Undergraduate summer and senior thesis projects
Devika Sharanya (Ph.D.)
2009-2015 Molecular genetic study of reproductive system development in the nematode C. briggsae
Sangeena Salam (Ph.D.)
2010-2015 Dopamine mediated modulation of electrotactic swimming behaviour in Caenorhabditis elegans
Beth Culp (Undergraduate)
2014-2015 Undergraduate summer and senior thesis projects
Komal Prajapati (Undergraduate)
2014-2015 Undergraduate summer and senior thesis projects
Shreya Prashar (Undergraduate)
2014-2015 Undergraduate summer, independent study and senior thesis projects
Justin Tong (Ph.D.)
2011-2014 Chemical and genetic screening applications of a microfluidic electrotaxis assay using nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
Jessica Knox (M.Sc.)
2011-2013 Identification of Wnt signaling targets in nematodes
Bavithra Thillainathan (Undergraduate and Lab Tech)
2009-2012
Ata Ansari (Undergraduate)
2010-2012 Undergraduate summer, senior thesis and independent study projects
Phil Cumbo (M.Sc.)
2008-2010 The role of chromatin remodeling and signal transduction in C. elegans and C. briggsae vulval development
Ashwin Seetharaman (M.Sc.)
2008-2010 Characterized the role of PRY-1/Axin during vulval development in the nematode C. briggsae