Research Staff
Powell Lab
Prof Joseph Powell
Director: Garvan-Weizmann Centre for Cellular Genomics
Dr Venessa Chin
Postdoctoral scientist (Cancer Research) and Medical Oncologist
Dr Walter Muskovic
Postdoctoral scientist (Cancer Research)
Dr Nona Farbehi
Postdoctoral scientist (Stem Cells)
Dr Jen Lim
PhD Student and Medical Oncologist (Cancer Research)
José Alquicira Hernandez
PhD Student (Statistical Genetics)
Dr Ashraf Zaman
Postdoctoral scientist (Cancer Research)
Dr Angli Xue
Postdoctoral scientist (Statistical Genetics)
Dr Drew Neavin
Postdoctoral scientist (Stem Cells)
Dr Chia-Ling Chan
Senior Developmental Molecular Scientist
Dr Seyhan Yazar
Senior Postdoctoral scientist (Statistical Genetics)
Ellie Spenceley
Immunology Research Manager
Karena Pryce
Biobank Data Manager
Rachael Zekanovic
Cancer Research Manager
Angela Murphy
Stem Cells Research Manager
Dr Anna Cuomo
Postdoctoral Researcher
Madhavi Pandya
Research Assistant
Yasmin Bermudez
Research Assistant
Renuka Gupta
Research Assistant
Bioinformatics team
Anne Senabouth
Team Leader
Himanshi Arora
Bioinformatician
Ballouz Group
Dr Sara Ballouz
Group Leader, Gene Networks in Disease – Magid Fellow
Dr Anna Liza Kretzschmar
Research officer
Lachlan Gray
PhD Student
Visiting scientists
Dr Fabio Zanini
Visiting Senior Scientist
James Favaloro
Visiting Scientist
Keyi Jiang
Visiting PhD student
Lieke Michielsen
Visiting PhD Student
Dr Michael Sughrue
Visiting Scientist - Neurosurgeon
Dr Sandy Pineda Gonzalez
Visiting Scientist
Mr Sean Wilson
Visiting PhD Student
Dr Stephen Wong
Honorary Research Fellow - Anatomical Pathologist (SVH)
Dr Mehdi Rafeie
Visiting Scientist
Dr Omid Fardani
Visiting Scientist