Our team:

Assistant Professor 

Mauro Silva

Mauro earned his Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG, Brazil) with a CAPES-FIPSE scholarship to perform his internship at Wake Forest University (USA) with  Dr. Mark Chappell and Dr. Sarah Lindsey (Tulane University). He also performed an MSc in physiology with Dr. Adelina dos Reis and Dr. Maristela Poletini (UFMG). Dr. Silva later obtained his PhD in Physiology/Neurosciences from the University of Otago (New Zealand), specializing in neuroendocrinology under the supervision of Dr. Rebecca Campbell. His postdoctoral training included work with Dr. Paolo Giacobini and Dr. Vincent Prevot (INSERM, Lille, France) and with Dr. Victor Navarro (Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA).

Research assistant (Professionnelle de recherche)

Ana Cláudia Andrade

Ana earned her Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy and her Master's and PhD in Microbiology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG, Brazil), under the supervision of Dr. Jonatas Abrahão. During her graduate studies, she focused on virology, working with a range of viruses including poxviruses, arboviruses, and coronaviruses, and gained experience in animal models of infection and cell culture. Ana completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Université Laval (Canada), where she studied pathogenic determinants of severe COVID-19 under the supervision of Dr. Louis Flamand.

Master's student

Jean-Philippe (JP) Fiset

Jean-Philippe earned his bachelor's degree in Biotechnology from Collège LaCité (Ottawa, Ontario. Cananda) and is currently pursuing a master's degree under Dr. Silva's supervision at Université Laval (Québec, Québec. Canada). He also completed two research internships under Sébastien Lévesque's supervision in Dr. Doyon's lab at the CHUL (Québec, Québec. Canada). In his free time, Jean-Philippe enjoys playing piano and indulging in winter sports.

PhD Student (Neuroscience Program)

Mona Masoumparast

Mona received her Bachelor of Cellular and Molecular Biology (2014-2018) from the Islamic Azad University Tehran Medical Branch, in Tehran, Iran. She proceeded to receive a Master's degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology (2019-2023) from the University of Tehran in Tehran, Iran. Mona's hobbies include swimming and water polo.

International exchange undergraduate student 

Laura Sirot

Laura is currently completing her fourth year of engineering studies in Biotechnology at ENSTBB - Bordeaux INP (Bordeaux, France). She is doing an internship of 4 month under Dr.Silva's supervision at CHUL RSME (Québec, Québec. Canada). When she's not studying, Laura enjoys immersing herself in books, horseback riding, and traveling.