Meet our Team
Rajasingh Johnson, MPhil, PhD, HCLD (ABB)
Professor / Principal Investigator
Sheeja Rajasingh MSc, MPhil
Senior Research Specialist / Lab Manager
Marziyeh Aghazadeh DDS
Post Doctoral Fellow
Dr. Aghazadeh is a dentist as well as oral and maxillofacial medicine specialist. She graduated as DDS from Tabriz University of Medical of Science (TBZMED), Tabriz, Iran. Currently, she is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Johnson’s lab.
Vinoth Sigamani MTech
PhD Research Scholar
I started my research carrier in Dr. Johnson’s lab as a Student Intern as part of my Master’s program. Thereafter, I continued as a Research Assistant from 2019 to 2021. Since August 2021, I am pursuing my graduate program (Ph.D.) under the guidance of Dr. Johnson. My research is focused on elucidating the role of non-coding RNAs, particularly small Cajal-body associated RNAs (scaRNAs), which play a major role in biochemical modifications (e.g., Pseudouridylation) of Spliceosomal RNAs and may contribute to alternative splicing and maturation of mRNAs.
Thennavan Ulaganathan
Exchange visiting scholar
Project title: Determination of epigenetic landscape of pluripotent gene in induced pluripotent stem cells
Selene Perales MS, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow
My name is Selene G. Perales Sanchez, I completed my Ph.D. studies in Molecular Biology in 2020 from Mississippi State University. I joined Johnson Lab in July 2021 and my current research projects involve exosome studies to elucidate their therapeutic potential and stem cell reprogramming studies with emphasis on the Progeria-derived induced cardiomyocytes. In addition to that project, I am working on elucidating the roles of Lamin A and BANF1 in the cardiovascular disease pathogenesis of progeria patients using an in-vitro cardiac disease model for progeria.
Saiprahalad Mani
Exchange Visiting Scholar
Evaluation of the therapeutic potential of induced mesenchymal stem cells and their secretomes
Autumn Julianna Paluck BS
Summer Intern
Boula Baskhairoun
Summer Intern
