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.
Management

Guy Rutter, Ph. D., B. Sc.
Principal Scientist

Audrey Provencher-Girard, B.Sc., MBA
Lab Manager
Lab Members
(Listed in order of addition to team)

Rana Melhem, Ph.D.
Posdoc Fellow
Mitochondrial fission and fusion in insulin secretion. Cell biology of diabetes biomarkers.

Luis Fernando Delgadillo-Silva, Ph.D.
Postdoc Fellow
Exploration of pancreatic islet beta cell connectivity and hierarchy in vivo and in vitro.

Shadai Salazar, Ph.D.
Postdoc Fellow
Mouse models of MODY diabetes and control of calcium dynamics. In vivo imaging of islet function in Type 1 diabetes models.

Giada Ostinelli, Ph.D.
Postdoc Fellow
Transcriptomic analyses of pancreatic beta cell subgroups, and changes in type 1 and type 2 diabetes

Marie Gasser, Ph.D.
Postdoc Fellow
Zinc transporter function in stem cell-derived beta cells. Control of mitochondrial calcium.

Priscila Carapeto, M.Sc.
Ph.D. Student
Roles and regulation of senescence in pancreatic beta cells

Inès Cherkaoui, Ph.D.
Postdoc Fellow
MODY variants in stem cell-derived beta cells

Ayush Mehra, M.Sc
Ph.D. Student
Mitochondrial dynamics in pancreatic beta cell controlled by glucose and incretins
2025
2024
2023
Previous Team Members
First Name
- Amira
- Ya-Chi
- Shiying
- Naima
- Karen
- Jennifer Irene
- Maria-Magdalena
- Kelly
- Zoya
- Jannick
-
Giselle
- Jules
- Fiona
- Pauline
Last Name
- Lazizi
- Huang
- Li
- Lacete
- Dakessian
- Severe
- Virlan
- Trimigliozzi
- Kabbash
- Bonenfant
- Jimenez de la Cruz
- Wastin
- Yong
- Chabosseau
Targeted diploma
- Research Assistant
- Postdoc
- Ph.D.
- B.Sc.
- B.Sc.
- B.Sc.
- B.Sc.
- Visiting (Ph.D.)
- B.Sc.
- B.Sc.
-
B.Sc.
- M.Sc
- Visiting (Ph.D.)
- Postdoc
Year of departure
- 2025
- 2025
- 2025
- 2024
- 2024
- 2024
- 2024
- 2024
- 2023
- 2023
-
2023
- 2023
- 2023
- 2022