Recent trainees
Undergraduate trainees currently (and recently) mentored by me
Aliyyah Khan
2020-present
Bio 3IR3, co-supervised with Dr. Rosa da Silva, investigating nitric oxide signalling in the Malpighian tubules of caterpillars
Vanessa Marocha
2019-present
Biochem 4T15, investigating mechanosensitive ion channels and paracrine ligand production in the Malpighian tubules of caterpillars
Neha Anwar
2018-present
LifeSci 4C12 and 4A03, investigating why caterpillars crave salt and how they use their ‘kidney’ retain dietary Na+.
Gayatri Sivaratnam
2017-2018
Undergraduate thesis, investigating K+ transport in the Malpighian tubules of caterpillars
Harish Ravisangar
2017-2018
Undergraduate thesis, investigating inward-rectifying K+ channels in the Malpighian tubules of caterpillars
Maria Tauqir
2016-2017
Undergraduate thesis, investigating ion transport in isolated distal ileac plexus of the larval Trichoplusia ni
