People Lab PI Catherine D. Van Raamsdonk, PhD Associate ProfessorDepartment of Medical GeneticsUniversity of British Columbia Phone: 604-827-4224cvr@mail.ubc.ca OrcidTwitterGoogle Scholar Current members Current members Nathalie Longakit PhD candidate,Medical Genetics Hannah Bourget Graduate student,Medical Genetics Amy Luty UBC undergrad Chloe Hess UBC undergrad Christina (Xin Yu) Zhang UBC undergrad Alyssa Yoo UBC undergrad Lab Alumni Oscar Urtatiz Ph.D 2019 Thesis: Oncogenic GNAQ and BRAF in epidermal versus non-epidermal melanocytesLink to thesis here Jessica Jun B.S. research Fagun Jain M.Sc 2019 Thesis: Two novel genetically engineered mouse models for uveal melanoma with liver metastasisLink to thesis here Jenny Huang M.Sc 2014 Thesis: Ocular melanocytes respond to oncogenic GNAQ Q209L differently compared to epidermal and dermal melanocytes in mice Link to thesis here Roula Farag M.Sc. 2021 Thesis: Molecular mechanisms of BAP1 mutations in uveal melanomaLink to thesis here Grace Tharmarajah Ph.D. 2015 Thesis: The role of Adamts9 in melanoblast migration and modification of the skin proteomeLink to thesis here Mugdha Deo Ph.D. 2012 Thesis: Role of Nf1 signaling in regulating pigmentation in the mouseLink to thesis here Samuel Pop Graduate student, 2017-2019 Courtney Cook, B.S. research Madina Kagieva B.S. research Ada Kwong B.S. research Vincent Wan B.S. research