Asangla Ao

Asangla Ao is an Associate Professor at McGill University, affiliated with the Department of Human Genetics and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Her research focuses on gene expression in mammalian preimplantation embryos and chromosome abnormalities in human embryos affecting early development.

• Education: PhD in Genetics and Biometry from UCL, London, UK; postdoctoral training in the USA.

Previously, she worked as a senior research scientist at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, specializing in Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD). She can be contacted at asangla.ao@muhc.mcgill.ca.