Joel Watts, PhD (Principal Investigator) Joel is a Principal Investigator at the Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases and an Assistant Professor within the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Toronto. He obtained his BSc from the University of Western Ontario, received a PhD from the University of Toronto, and was a postdoctoral fellow at UCSF. Email: joel.watts@utoronto.ca
	Erica Stuart, BSc, RVT, RLAT (Research Technician) Erica obtained her BSc from the University of Waterloo in Honours Science & Psychology and then received her Veterinary Technician (RVT) diploma from Seneca College. Erica is responsible for maintaining the Watts lab animal colony and participates in the development and characterization of mouse models of human neurodegenerative diseases. Email: erica.stuart@utoronto.ca
	Raphaella So, BSc (Graduate Student) Raphie obtained her BSc from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She is working on the role of alpha-synuclein strains in enciphering disease variability in mouse models of the synucleinopathies. Email: raphaella.so@mail.utoronto.ca
	Matthew Bourkas, BSc (Graduate Student) Matthew obtained his BSc from McGill University in Anatomy & Cell Biology with a minor in Economics. He is working on his PhD degree in the lab and is using the unique properties of bank vole PrP to develop better cell models of the prion diseases. Email: matthew.bourkas@mail.utoronto.ca
	Heather Lau, BSc (Graduate Student) Heather obtained her BSc from York University in Honours Biology. For her PhD degree, Heather is assessing the existence of distinct strains of protein aggregates in neurodegenerative diseases. Email: heather.lau@mail.utoronto.ca
	Hamza Arshad, BSc (Graduate Student) Hamza obtained his BSc from the University of Toronto in Neuroscience and Biochemistry. For his PhD degree, Hamza is trying to determine the molecular features that encode bank vole PrP’s unique properties. Email: hamza.arshad@mail.utoronto.ca
	Zeel Patel (Undergraduate Student) Zeel is using recombinant proteins to understand the unique features of bank vole PrP. Email: zeel.patel@mail.utoronto.ca

Lab Alumni

• Angus Lau (MSc student, 2015-2018); Present position: medical student at University of Manitoba
• Alejandro Ruiz-Riquelme (postdoc, 2015-2018); Present position: postdoc at Tübingen University
• Cian Schmitt-Ulms (summer student, 2018-2019); Present position: undergraduate student at University of Ottawa
• Zaid Al-Azzawi (project student, 2016-2018); Present position: graduate student at University of Toronto
• Marim Barghash (project student, 2017-2018); Present position: graduate student at University of Toronto
• Jesse Marshall-Sheppard (project student, 2016-2017); Present position: medical student at McMaster University
• Adrienn Goczi (summer student, 2016); Present position: graduate student at University of Toronto
• Stefan Jevtic (NSERC summer student, 2016); Present position: medical student at McMaster University
• Rania Faidi (project student, 2016); Present position: graduate student at University of Toronto
• Peiran Su (project student, 2015-2016); Present position: graduate student at University of Toronto