MSc – Cell & Systems Biology – 2015
M.Sc. (University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada)
B.S. (University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada)
Currently a PhD student in the lab of Dr. Les Buck at the University of Toronto.
E-mail: alex.myrka@mail.utoronto.ca
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