Shinichiro Oshima earned his M.D. from Shiga University of Medical Science and a Ph.D. in Medicine from Kyoto University, where he conducted research under the mentorship of Dr. Akifumi Takaori and Dr. Ryo Yamamoto. His doctoral work focused on the heterogeneity and self-renewal mechanisms of hematopoietic stem cells, utilizing mouse, macaque, and human models with single-cell sequencing techniques. At the Aoki Lab, he aims to elucidate the mechanisms of the tumor microenvironment in lymphoid cancers to identify therapeutically relevant targets.

Samantha Sanayhie earned her MSc at the University of Toronto in Molecular Genetics, where she conducted research under the supervision of Dr. Christopher E. Pearson. Her thesis focused on investigating the role of DNA repair proteins in the instability of disease-causing repeat expansions using mouse models. Samantha works as the Lab Manager for the Aoki Lab, organizing the day-to-day operations in the lab while supporting various ongoing research projects.

Sally Zhang earned her MSc at the University of Toronto in Molecular Genetics under the supervision of Dr. Jason Moffat. Her research focused on genome-wide CRISPR screens to identify cancer-intrinsic mechanisms of T cell evasion, as well as engineering a CA9-targeting bi-specific antibody. She is currently a clinical research coordinator with the Correlative Studies Program, where she supports the Aoki lab by coordinating sample procurement, data collection, and facilitating collaborations across multi-disciplinary teams.

Putri Ramadani is a master’s student in Medical Genomics at the University of Toronto with a strong passion and growing expertise in bioinformatics. At the Aoki Lab, she is involved in research focused on single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics to investigate the tumour microenvironment of Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL), while also exploring other lymphoma subtypes across age groups. Her technical interests include building scalable and reproducible pipelines using R, command-line tools, and workflow managers such as Nextflow, with experience in high-performance computing (HPC) and cloud-based environments. Outside of her research, she actively curates her learning journey and self-initiated projects on GitHub.