Meet Our Lab Team
Our laboratory includes members from Brazil, Iran,听Russia, Taiwan, China,听Turkey, the听United States听补苍诲 Canada and it keeps changing.听
Research Associate
Oleg Matusovsky, obtained his master鈥檚 science degree in Biochemistry and Biotechnology from Far Eastern State University in Russia. After working as a visiting scientist at the Institute of Molecular Biology in Austria, where he studied enzyme kinetics of myosin light chain phosphorylation, he completed his PhD in Biochemistry in 2006 at the Institute of Marine Biology in Russia. Matusovsky then gained postdoctoral experience with the Institute of Biomedical Aging Research in Austria and 91社区's Meakins-Christie Laboratories. As a research associate with Meakins-Christie, he improved his skills in various biochemical, biophysical, and physiological methods to study muscle contraction on the molecular level. In 2016, he joined Dr. Rassier's laboratory and is currently involved in several projects including high-speed Atomic Force Microscopy to study the dynamic behavior of molecular motors in various conditions.
Contact: oleg.matusovskiy [at] mcgill.ca
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Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Yu-Shu Cheng is a Postdoc Student in Muscle Physiology and Biophysics at 91社区. His research focuses on the relationship between myosin-actin cross bridge and the mechanisms of the structural myosin interact with actin filament in the skeletal muscle. He holds a Master of Science in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the (IIT) and a Ph.D. from 91社区.
Contact:听yu-shu.cheng [at] mcgill.ca
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Ph.D. Student
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Daren Elkrief is a Ph.D. student in the Physiology department. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a BSc in Molecular Biology. He recently received his MSc from 91社区 in Kinesiology, studying the effects of aging on the neuromuscular junction. He is currently using the atomic force microscope to assess the molecular contractile properties of the skeletal muscle Actin-myosin ATPase.
Contact:听daren.elkrief [at] mail.mcgill.ca听
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Ph.D. Student
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Fatemeh Ostadan is a Ph.D. candidate in the Experimental Medicine department. Her BSc and clinical background are in Orthotics & Prosthetics. She has 8 years of work experience in this field at the Iranian Red Crescent/Cross Rehabilitation Center in Tehran, Iran. She received her MSc from 91社区 in Rehabilitation Sciences, studying the effects of aging on the susceptibility to motor memory interference induced on the primary motor cortex(M1). She is currently working on skeletal muscle dysfunction in Cystic Fibrosis. To assess muscle abnormalities in this disease, she is using different methods; Computed Tomography measurements to assess muscle quantity and quality in CF patients and maximum force generation and force re-generation measurements in single muscle fibers in CF mice.
Contact:听fatemeh.ostadansafar [at] mail.mcgill.ca听
听Master's Student
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Xiaoyu Jiang听 (Annika) just graduated from 91社区 with a BSc in Physiology and Mathematics. Her research focuses on mathematical modelling and simulation. Last year, she finished a project on modelling calcium transient in Oligodendrocytes in CNS. Currently, she's joining Dr. Dilson Rassier's lab for developing computational models in muscle activity.
Contact:听xiaoyu.jiang [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Summer Student
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Yutong Han is a BSc student in the Physiology and Mathematics program, minoring in kinesiology at 91社区. She is currently working on the inter-sarcomere dynamics and force generation in myofibrils.
Contact:听yutong.han [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Ph.D. Student
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Maryam Owrangi is a Ph.D. student in Muscle Physiology and Biophysics at 91社区. She graduated with a Master of Sport Science at Kharazmi University 鈥� Tehran, Iran in September 2021. She has defended her Master's Thesis on The Effect of Scapula Focused Training on Proprioception in Adolescent Swimmers鈥� Shoulder with Scapular Dyskinesis. She also completed her bachelor's program in Sports Science at the same university and the title of Distinguished Talent by the Iranian National Organization of Educational Testing in 2018.
Since September 2021, right after her graduation, she has been working as a Corrective Exercises Specialist at Tan-Asa Rehab and Corrective Movements Institute in Shiraz, Iran. During her Master's education, she also worked as a Teacher Assistant and a part-time Aquatic Therapist in various swimming clubs. In addition to her academic and career endeavours and success, she has been also a national competitive swimmer with more than 80 provincial and national championship medals. Currently, she鈥檚 joining Dr. Dilson Rassier鈥檚 lab for working on sarcomere dynamics and force generation in myofibrils.
Contact: maryam.owrangi [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Master's Student
Murat Madan graduated from the Marmara University, Istanbul with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in Physical Education and Sports Teaching as well as a master鈥檚 degree in Exercise and Sports Psychology. He worked as a research assistant between 2017 and 2021 at a university in Istanbul. , he launched several sports projects, namely BMX and skateboarding, for children to teach them the Olympic Values.
Contact:听murat.madan [at] mail.mcgill.ca
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