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The Glorious Leader, capo di tutti capi<\/em><\/p>\n

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Education:<\/strong> University of Oulu (MSc), EMBL Heidelberg (PhD), Whitehead Institute (Postdoc)<\/p>\n

Hometown:<\/strong> Helsinki, Finland<\/span><\/p>\n

Other activities:<\/strong> Working from home<\/p>\n

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Senior Research Associate, Lab Manager<\/i><\/p>\n

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Education:<\/strong> University of Toronto (BSc, PhD)<\/p>\n

Hometown:<\/strong>\u00a0Mississauga, ON<\/span><\/p>\n

Other activities:<\/strong> Managereering the next feline social media star<\/p>\n

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Technician<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Education:<\/strong> University of Guelph (MSc)<\/p>\n

Hometown:<\/strong> Brampton, ON<\/p>\n

Other activities: <\/strong>Aerial fitness, crocheting and taking too many photos of my cats.<\/p>\n

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Postdoctoral Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

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Education: <\/b>POSTECH (MSc), Korea University (PhD)<\/p>\n

Hometown: <\/strong>Seoul, Korea<\/p>\n

Other activities: <\/strong>Walking<\/p>\n

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Postdoctoral Fellow<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Education:<\/strong> Universit\u00e9 Paris Cit\u00e9 (MSc, PhD)<\/span><\/p>\n

Hometown:<\/strong> Paris, France<\/span><\/p>\n

Other activities: <\/strong>Baking, cooking, baseball<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_counters bar_bg_color=”#EDF000″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_counter percent=”65″ bar_background_color=”#EAE73D” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ background_enable_video_mp4=”on” background_enable_video_webm=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” bar_background_color_default=”#EDF000″ use_percentages=”on”]Taking pictures of things pathogenic effectors do to cells[\/et_pb_counter][et_pb_counter percent=”25″ bar_background_color=”#EAE73D” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ background_enable_video_mp4=”on” background_enable_video_webm=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” bar_background_color_default=”#EDF000″ use_percentages=”on”]Reading about pathogenic effectors[\/et_pb_counter][et_pb_counter percent=”20″ bar_background_color=”#EAE73D” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ background_enable_video_mp4=”on” background_enable_video_webm=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” bar_background_color_default=”#EDF000″ use_percentages=”on”]Thinking about new assays for pathogenic effectors[\/et_pb_counter][\/et_pb_counters][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Evan Kerek, PhD” image=”https:\/\/taipalelab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/evan.jpeg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ body_line_height=”1em” height=”430px” border_radii_image=”on|2px|2px|2px|2px” border_width_all_image=”1px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Fellow<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

Education:<\/strong> University of Calgary (BSc, MSc), University of Alberta (PhD)<\/span><\/p>\n

Hometown:<\/strong> Calgary, AB<\/p>\n

Other activities: <\/strong>Video Games, Netflix<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0PhD Student<\/i><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

Education: <\/b>University of Tel Aviv (BSc), University of Toronto (BSc)<\/p>\n

Hometown: <\/strong>Toronto, ON<\/p>\n

Other activities: <\/strong>Bouldering, camping, moving stuff at the gym<\/p>\n

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PhD student<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

Education:<\/strong> University of Toronto (BSc)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hometown:<\/strong> Beijing, China<\/span><\/p>\n

Other activities:<\/strong> Playing first person shooter games<\/span><\/p>\n

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PhD Student<\/i><\/p>\n

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Education: <\/b>The College of Charleston (BSc)<\/p>\n

Hometown: <\/strong>Guelph, ON<\/p>\n

Other activities: <\/strong>Lifting heavy things at the gym, playing softball<\/span><\/p>\n

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MSc student<\/em><\/p>\n

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Education: <\/b>University of Toronto (BSc)
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Hometown: <\/strong>Indian Head, SK<\/p>\n

Other activities: <\/strong>Cooking, trying to keep houseplants alive<\/p>\n

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