Our Lab

Who We Are

The Rutter Lab is a cutting-edge research laboratory based at the University of Montreal. We are focused on diabetes mellitus, and specifically the control of insulin secretion and its fundamental signaling pathways.

Lab Management

Guy Rutter, Ph. D., FMedSci

Principal Scientist

Audrey Provencher-Girard, B.Sc., MBA

Lab Manager

Lab Members

(Listed in order of addition to team)

Luis Fernando Delgadillo-Silva, Ph.D.

Postdoc Fellow

Exploration of pancreatic islet beta cell connectivity and hierarchy in vivo and in vitro.

Giada Ostinelli, Ph.D.

Postdoc Fellow

Transcriptomic analyses of pancreatic beta cell subgroups, and changes in type 1 and type 2 diabetes

Priscila Carapeto, M.Sc.

Ph.D. Student

Roles and regulation of senescence in pancreatic beta cells

Ayush Mehra, M.Sc

Ph.D. Student

Mitochondrial dynamics in pancreatic beta cell controlled by glucose and incretins

Keenan Flynn, Ph.D.

Postdoc Fellow

Apoptosis caused by zinc deficiency in beta cells : A mechanism characterization

Cen Chen, Ph.D.

Research Officer

Evaluation of novel radiotracers for assessing the survival and function of human pluripotent stem cell-derived islets following transplantation in mice

Shreyasi Sarkar, Ph.D.

Postdoc Fellow

Developing an adoptive-transfer model to investigate the onset and control of beta-cell autoimmune attack and changes in beta-cell function using GCaMP6-based calcium imaging.

Who We Are

Lab Management

Guy Rutter, Ph. D., FMedSci

Principal Scientist

Audrey Provencher-Girard, B.Sc., MBA

Lab Manager

Lab Members

(Listed in order of addition to team)

Luis Fernando Delgadillo-Silva, Ph.D.

Postdoc Fellow

Giada Ostinelli, Ph.D.

Postdoc Fellow

Priscila Carapeto, M.Sc.

Ph.D. Student

Ayush Mehra, M.Sc

Ph.D. Student

Keenan Flynn, Ph.D.

Postdoc Fellow

Cen Chen, Ph.D.

Research Officer

Shreyasi Sarkar, Ph.D.

Postdoc Fellow

2026

2025

2024

2023

Previous Lab Members

(Montreal)

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