The Buechler Lab is where respect and trust allow trainees and scientists to take the risks needed to drive our understanding of the immune system forward.

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Scientists

  • Olivia Rodrigo

    Chief song writer | Career advancement producer

  • Anthony Altieri

    Postdoctoral reseacher; PRiME Postdoctoral Fellow

    1 Preprint

    4 Publications (Primary; Nature Immunology (1), Review; F1000, News & Views (2, 3); Nature Reviews Immunology w/ Preprint Journal Club)

    Awards: CSI Travel Award. 37th CSI Conference, Gatineau-Ottawa, ON

  • Erika McCartney

    Graduate Student

    3 Publications (Primary; Nature Immunology (1), Review; F1000, News & Views; Nature Reviews Immunology w/ Preprint Journal Club)

  • Maye Cheng

    Graduate Student

    1 Publication (Review; F1000)

    Awards: CSI Top Ranking Poster Award. 37th CSI Conference, Gatineau-Ottawa, ON

  • Jia Du

    Graduate Student (w/ Epelman Lab)

    Awards: Best Poster: Dept of Immunology Fall Retreat, 2025, “Modelling Fibroblast-Macrophage Reciprocal Interactions in the Heart.”

  • Yashar Aghazadeh Habashi

    Graduate Student

  • Andrei Pangan

    MSc Student (w/Gommerman Lab)

Alumni

  • Victoria Visser

    MSc Graduate (w/ Philpott Lab)

    1 Publication (Review; F1000) here

  • Faizah Abdullah

    Undergraduate Student (2022-2024)

    1 Publication (Review; F1000)

    Currently in MSc Program in Molecular Genetics at UofT

  • Afshin Namdar

    Research Associate (2022-2023)

  • Shakir Hasan

    Postdoc (2022-2023)

    1 Publication (News & Views; Cancer Cell)

  • Erin Prisquillas

    MSc Intern (2022; McGill)

  • Reese Whittaker

    Summer Student (2022)

  • Charlie Griffin

    Lab Infrastructure Builder / Summer Student (2020)

  • Eli Landau

    IMM385 Student (2024-2025)

  • Shubh Metha

    Undergraduate (2024-2025)

    Presentation at OQUIC (2025)

  • Yein Chung

    1 Preprint

    1 Publication (Review; F1000)

    Awards:

    -Genentech Summer Intern (2025)

    -Best Oral Presentation, “Investigating the role of BigH3 in fibroblast-macrophage interactions” (ISSRP Summer Program, in collaboration with Phenomic AI and Hinz Lab)oes here