Adele Girgis-Gabardo, B.Sc.

Adele Girgis-Gabardo, B.Sc.

Position: Research Technician

About:  Adele did her undergraduate training at the University of Delaware, before coming to McMaster. Coming to us from the Hassell lab, Adele is the Brown lab resident mammalian cell whisperer. She brings with her decades of experience working with tissue culture, blood work, and molecular techniques. In her spare time she enjoys chicken fingers, and chicken finger-related activities. One day Adele hopes to visit Latvia, to cosplay as a bard in Riga's medieval old town.

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Michael Ranieri, M.Sc.

Michael Ranieri M.Sc.

Position: Research Technician

About: Mike completed his M.Sc. in 2018 in the Burrows Lab at McMaster, investigating how Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation is affected by antibiotics. He then worked in the cannabis industry and in early-stage drug discovery before joining the Brown Lab in 2021. He works on extracting natural products from fungi for drug screening. Outside the lab, he enjoys playing video games, hiking, and reading.

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