Meet our team.
Jonathan Liu, MSc, PhD Candidate
PhD Candidate
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology | University of Toronto
Jonathan is a PhD Student in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Toronto. He is knowledgeable in hematology, immunology, and transfusion medicine where he studied transfusion-related acute lung injury in murine models. Jonathan also studied DNA damage and repair pathways in neurodegenerative diseases, specifically the effects of XPA KO neurons in UV-induced DNA damage response.
His current research focuses on personalized medicine, the gut microbiome, and neuroscience. Jonathan is currently leading a new and exciting project investigating the role of the gut microbiome in mental disorders and metabolic dysfunction, with a focus in schizophrenia and antipsychotic-induced weight gain.
Jonathan’s Projects
Antipsychotics and the Gut Microbiome
Selected Publications
Liu JCW, Gorbovskaya I, Hahn MK, Müller DJ. Nutrients. 2021 Mar 31;13(4):1152.
Investigation of the Gut Microbiome in Patients with Schizophrenia and Clozapine-Induced Weight Gain: Protocol and Clinical Characteristics of First Patient Cohorts.
Gorbovskaya I, Kanji S, Liu JCW, MacKenzie NE, Agarwal SM, Marshe VS, Sriretnakumar V, Verdu EF, Bercik P, De Palma G, Hahn MK, Müller DJ. Neuropsychobiology. 2020;79(1):5-12.