Research Focus Teams

Addiction, Autism, Obesity

Research Interests

Behaviour, Cell Signaling, Cognition, Gene Regulation and Expression, Genetics, Neuronal Communication, Neuroscience, Taste circuits

Departments

Zoology

Bio

Postdoctoral fellow: UC Berkeley (advisor: Kristin Scott)
PhD: Stanford University (advisor: Roel Nusse)
BSc: McMaster University (advisor: Roger Jacobs)

Awards:

  • 2015 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar
  • 2012 CIHR New Investigator
  • 2010 K99/R00 National Institutes of Health Pathway to Independence Award
  • 2007 Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellow
  • 2000 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship

Recent Publications

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Taste cells expressing Ionotropic Receptor 94e reciprocally impact feeding and egg laying in Drosophila.

Optogenetic induction of appetitive and aversive taste memories in Drosophila

Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Salt Taste