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Adele Girgis-Gabardo, B.Sc.

Adele Girgis-Gabardo, B.Sc.

Position: Laboratory 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.


Michael Ranieri, M.Sc.

Michael Ranieri, M.Sc.

Position: Laboratory Technician

About:  Michael received his M.Sc. in Biochemistry from McMaster University in 2018, where he studied Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms and how this bacteria forms biofilm in response to sub-MIC antibiotics. He has worked in the cannabis industry as a Research Scientist, where he helped with product and process development, as well as in the pharmaceutical industry as a microbiologist. His main research interests include natural product and drug discovery, and his work in the Brown lab involves working with fungi to produce and isolate novel natural products. When not in the lab, Michael enjoys cooking, brewing, running, music, and enjoying the outdoors.


Research Interests: Natural products, drug discovery, microbial genetics, fungal microbiology