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(L-R) Ashleigh, Brad, Siavash, Madison, Algirdas, Jackie, Quinn, Rachel, Kent, Alicia, and Monica. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/7d8a57ae-52c9-4b80-ad06-138d52d6a6c5/KW_0071_small.jpg Group Members Principal investigator https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/900ce47c-6344-44c4-96ba-16632409f54e/Image-19.jpg Group Members - Make it stand out Senior Research Scientist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/d62cb51e-02fd-4343-9ad4-ce46717e7824/Taylor_Picture+%281%29+2.png Group Members - Make it stand out Postdoctoral Fellow Taylor Forrester BSc (University of Guelph, 2012-2016). PhD (University of Guelph, 2017-2023). Dr. Forrester completed his B.Sc. in Biochemistry at the University of Guelph where he developed a keen interest in bioinformatics and structural biology. He then pursued a Ph.D. in Biochemistry in the lab of Prof. Matthew Kimber at the University of Guelph. His studies focused on characterizing biological machines associated with bacterial cell-surface polysaccharide production using X-ray crystallography and other biochemical techniques. He then joined the lab of Prof. Chris Whitfield at the University of Guelph as a postdoctoral fellow, where he applied his expertise in structural biology to investigate capsular polysaccharide synthesis and regulation. Now, as a postdoctoral scholar working jointly with Prof. Natalie Zeytuni (McGill University) and Prof. Siavash Vahidi, Dr. Forrester is using structural biology tools to better understand the structure and function of large proteases with the goal of providing novel avenues for therapeutic interventions targeting both bacterial infections and human disease. 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Growing up in the farmlands of Portugal made me develop a deep appreciation and curiosity for the basis of life on earth. Since then, my passion for science only strengthened, leading me to pursue a degree in biochemistry at the University of Guelph. Here, I recognized my fascination for science from a molecular-level perspective, particularly surrounding the mechanistic details of biomolecular machines involved in metabolism and protein degradation. Additionally, my interest for scientific research and technology advancements led me to a research assistant position at the Vahidi Lab, providing me the opportunity to express and practice my enthusiasm for biochemical research mgonca06 -at- uoguelph.ca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/200fd6ed-d802-4dbd-bb4a-7f9aa01e445e/Headshot_25-10-03.jpg Group Members - Make it stand out PhD student Talon Griffiths BSc (University of Guelph, 2020-2025). I have always been intrigued by the incredible complexity of life, especially on the molecular level. This led me to complete my undergraduate degree at the University of Guelph in the Biochemistry Co-op program. Through my various co-op positions and undergraduate courses, I discovered my passion for research, particularly in the field of protein biochemistry. I became fascinated by the interplay between protein structure, molecular dynamics, and the resulting biological function. I also became interested in computational deep learning algorithms and their revolutionary applications in structural biochemistry. This motivated me to begin my direct-entry Ph.D. program in the Fall of 2025, joint between the Harkness and Vahidi labs, where I am now utilizing AI tools to gain a deeper understanding of protein structure and dynamics. I am excited to continue my work using advanced computational and analytical techniques to study the molecular basis of life on Earth. talon -at- uoguelph.ca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/167784ac-6e47-4001-9710-5661576104d4/JH+-+headshot.jpg Group Members - Make it stand out MSc student Jenna Harris BSc (University of Guelph, 2021-2025). Throughout my undergraduate studies in Biochemistry, I have grown increasingly interested in the implication of biological molecules in disease and therapeutics. In the Summer of 2025, I completed an NSERC USRA position with the Vahidi lab and expanded this interest specifically in proteolytic systems in pathogenesis and disease. I am currently continuing my research in an undergraduate project, where I am learning various structural biology and biochemistry techniques. Additionally, I am excited to move forward with the Vahidi Lab for graduate studies in the coming months, where I hope to incorporate emerging de novo design technologies to probe the regulation of proteolytic systems. jharri29 -at- uoguelph.ca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/166c0dcf-41d8-434b-8644-b94b5f28d542/IMG_1723+%281%29+copy.jpeg Group Members - Make it stand out Undergraduate Researcher Kiera Speck-Meek BSc (University of Guelph, 2022-Present). I have always been curious by nature, constantly asking “why” and seeking to understand how things work at a deeper level. This curiosity first led me to pursue an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry and naturally evolved into an interest in scientific research, where I am excited to build my research skills and gain hands-on experience with techniques such as mass spectrometry and NMR. Joining the Vahidi lab feels like a perfect fit, as it focuses on understanding biological systems at the molecular and atomic levels, which strongly aligns with my passion for discovery. 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Missing: Algirdas (who does not like Mexican food). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/6ad6863a-9e27-4433-9840-0f257f3ab5b5/IMG_1054.jpg News - Make it stand out We celebrated Algirdas’ contributions to the lab over the last 2.5 years. One of the most helpful members of the lab and a grad student favourite! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/dfac2c08-c204-4d23-8fee-bebd23864d3f/IMG_1032.jpg News - Make it stand out The crew taking a rest in between sessions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/6da6372f-2c84-4da2-ad06-bc4fa8115f20/IMG_1136.jpg News - Make it stand out Quinn, Jackie, and Kent, the three newest grad students in the lab, sharing a moment at the Waters hospitality suite during their first ASMS. Hopefully with many more to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/9581b3e3-4ad5-4a6a-8ece-aff40d952f5d/Slide4.JPG News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/aa9b16bb-1056-4e63-92ba-9c643459b496/IMG_0983.png News - Make it stand out Madison Turner wins the People’s Choice Award for Trainee talk at TUPS. Congrats! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/061b67c9-2dc5-46dd-9a1e-27823ad491e3/GLzje3dXMAAwqsW-3.jpeg News - Make it stand out Siavash speaks at the 4th International Conference on HDX-MS in Monterey, California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/35722f11-6926-40af-a58b-5e2cea46bdc4/IMG_0732.jpg News - Make it stand out Sea lions chilling under the California sun, steps away from the conference centre in the Pacific Grove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/021379f0-5eaf-463b-bd02-a2e16460aeb2/GJtA6DFXcAAD6R9.jpg News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/ac246809-4151-4f9e-b8fb-697eb9069eb0/2014945.png News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/03b522a5-eb5a-4f86-9bb0-00618d0bb258/Picture1CMass_2023.png News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/48de189b-9122-41c4-ab2e-e9104e3cf719/IMG_0014.jpg News - Monica pictured with the flowers that Brad and Madison got for her successful QE. She also got a big bag of chocolate (not pictured)! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/8723ca0a-b2d0-4550-bd55-3fc246060122/IMG_0025.jpg News - And a bit later, a second box of chocolate and a card from her protégé and soon-to-be graduate student, Quinn Currie! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/631bf77b-5110-479a-b4e5-4ce21ff8f147/IMG_0026.jpg News - Monica later enjoyed a cold beverage at the Brass Taps! Well deserved! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/eb41fdc4-17ed-49c7-8edd-a025588b079f/IMG_0078.jpg News - Make it stand out Brad tinkering with a nanoelectrospray ionization tip! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/a367bd03-cafa-4fb7-8f17-6318705b92ae/Screenshot+2023-12-08+at+10.20.36%E2%80%AFPM.png News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/6803d291-8536-42d4-9433-89e9fc0ecf86/Screenshot+2023-12-06+at+10.31.01%E2%80%AFPM.png News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/4c083f79-d18e-49ab-ba02-03a020d216dc/Madison_LL_IMG_8192.jpg News - Make it stand out Madison accepts her travel award, courtesy of Waters Corp, from Prof. Jeffrey Smith (Carleton University), Vice President, Canadian Society for Mass Spectrometry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/171b0408-3f6e-4268-bcee-4a08bc1867ee/IMG_9187.jpg News - Make it stand out Siavash with one of his favourite mass spectrometrists, Prof. Evan R. Williams (University of California, Berkeley). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/d1f36aef-dc1f-4e25-9afc-b508d8c19838/IMG_9117.jpg News - Make it stand out Hoar frost on a pine tree branch in Lake Louise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/5b8471f7-eaf4-4b4a-83bb-257af8556f5e/IMG_9154.jpg News - Make it stand out Atop Sulphur Mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/441e0680-61d7-46a9-b6cc-06dad3dfc748/GANn_wTaAAARHqL.jpg News - Make it stand out 2023 Lake Louise Tandem MS Workshop. Can you spot Madison and Siavash? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/7a69bfa1-9ddd-47fd-97ee-0398b1c35e00/IMG_9087.jpg News - Make it stand out Alicia and Kent servicing the scroll pump! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/faf213b0-a248-49bf-946b-d21668fe0daa/IMG_9084.jpg News - Make it stand out Brad and Madison cleaning up the source block and the StepWave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/4cd486d8-7bc4-4bd7-ba84-c6e8e175dc12/IMG_9062.jpg News - Make it stand out Halloween! Quinn Currie “going all in” to win the MCB’s pumpkin carving contest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/9e2f8633-82cb-4262-b166-7ec468866dc1/001178020009.jpg News - Brad hit it out of the ballpark for his QE! We knew he wasn't messing around when he traded his signature backwards hat for a hair comb-over! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/cb24e69b-ebdd-41e7-99d6-fd1ef466da21/IMG_8838.jpg News - Make it stand out Current (Madison - right) and future (Kent - left) Nirvana-loving-graduate students at Brad’s QE celebration. Kent stole the show, revealing his past life as an (alleged) owner of a now-closed YouTube channel focused on darting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/2fff5e9d-6e64-4780-9eb5-76ac81ea0b90/001178010013.jpg News - Make it stand out Vahidi Lab group photo. (L-R): Algirdas, Siavash, Madison, Kent, Alicia, Quinn, Brad, Jackie, Monica, and Samantha. Photographs were graciously provided by Sarah Milinkovich from the Whitfield/Khursigara Lab, captured through the lens of a truly vintage, film-based camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/bd524e43-a892-4c9e-838c-1b577cb011be/_IMG_8554.jpg News - Brad, sporting his signature backwards ball cap, is discussing his latest results on novel ESI-friendly buffers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/9c8b4c02-fb2d-4d52-ac9b-dcbf6618dfb8/_IMG_8552.jpg News - Monica listening intently to a poster viewer’s question about her work on mitochondrial ClpP protease. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/edc3f78c-4525-488e-8f8b-687e9eb46a66/_IMG_8550.jpg News - Alicia discussing her latest HDX data on the role of dynamics in substrate pupylation! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/49f46ef4-47a0-4f08-9fc0-0b8b0791dca0/_IMG_8649+2.jpg News - Madison had quite the crowd around her poster on proteasome dynamics! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/14fada71-527a-4a86-b3a0-898fde7bd75c/_IMG_8608.jpg News - Later, Madison accepted her travel award during a ceremony from ASMS President Julia Laskin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/9a4db75a-1bbc-4866-a535-9cf9703ec2e1/IMG_8662.jpg News - Make it stand out Vahidi Lab dinner at ASMS, Houston. (L-R) Siavash, Madison, Brad, Algirdas, Monica, and Alicia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/3885d96d-03c1-47a3-887d-18e882228684/_FyDx6z0XgAkO_V_.jpeg News - Make it stand out Siavash at the Konermann Lab (where he earned his PhD) alumni lunch event at ASMS. (L-R) Yousef Haider (UWO), Prof. Derek Wilson (York U), Dr. Haidy Metwally (Queen’s U), Siavash, Dr. Victor Yin (Utrecht U), Evelyn MacKay-Barr (UWO), Pablo Scrosati (UWO), Prof. Lars Konermann (UWO). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/d3da6bc3-c215-42f1-a0ce-0a3fe25c8575/Fu4srJgWwAILaFI.jpeg News - Make it stand out Group picture with the symposium attendees. Can you spot Siavash? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/50e208f3-0cf5-4e04-b3ab-76b7d11b75e1/Picture11231.png News - Make it stand out (L-R) The Pallas-Athene-Fountain and Vienna City Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/e7328055-75be-4ebb-a6f8-36f5a61bc333/IMG_8339.jpg News - Make it stand out (L-R) Angelina, Emily, Siavash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/023f3348-6ba3-490e-b131-2104541be3a4/IMG-0492.jpg News - Make it stand out (L-R) Monica, Alicia, Rui (U of Guelph - Chemistry), Rob, Algirdas, Siavash, Madison, Brad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/70208505-0a5c-44cd-b20e-7e28b279337d/tempImageLF46gu.jpg News - Make it stand out Madison pictured trying not to make eye contact with one of the examiners! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/ac246809-4151-4f9e-b8fb-697eb9069eb0/2014945.png News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/a6493c28-fa8a-4cb9-ad1a-06ccf3ffa4d2/IMG_7535.jpg News - Make it stand out (L-R) Brad, Dima, Algirdas, Siavash, Madison, Monica, and Alicia. Missing from the picture are our superstar undergraduate researchers Angelina, Emily, and Emma. Vahidi Lab’s first graduate student, Dima Brozdnychenko, graduates with a Master of Science. Way to go, Dima! Congrats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/8d9a919f-85e3-4ef9-9e43-978cb65403d5/tempImageh9ddyw.jpg News - Make it stand out Dima is proudly displaying his MSc thesis! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/9b2366e5-8105-40f2-8f25-1b2f7a9df093/tempImagenoDrkH.jpg News - Make it stand out Siavash and Dima! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/9cc758e8-c5b5-46e3-b5fb-14d3f6d155a9/Screen+Shot+2022-11-12+at+11.59.56+PM.png News - Make it stand out Top Left: (L-R) Rodrigo Reyes Lamothe (McGill - Biology); Maria Spies (University of Iowa); David Schriemer (University of Calgary), Alessandro Costa (Francis Crick Institute), Siavash, Jérôme Waldispühl (McGill University- Computer Science), Natalie Zeytuni (McGill - Anatomy and Cell Biology) Top Right: Strathcona Building of McGill University in Montreal built in 1909. Bottom Left: The sky close to sunset in Montreal, QC. Bottom right: (L-R) Rodrigo Reyes Lamothe (McGill - Biology); Maria Spies (University of Iowa); Martin Schmeing (McGill - Biochemistry), Christopher Thibodeaux (McGill - Chemistry), Siavash, Natalie Zeytuni (McGill - Anatomy and Cell Biology), Alessandro Costa (Francis Crick Institute) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/5b72cf24-5161-42a8-86ae-21316f2e8f56/tempImageCpciN6.jpg News - Make it stand out (L-R): Siavash, Monica, Brad, Algirdas, and Madison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/1316629a-99be-45f6-aa77-365b41071055/IMG_7213_crop.jpg News - Make it stand out New lab photo taken. (L-R): Algirdas, Siavash, Madison, Emily, Angelina, Emma, Dima, Alicia, Brad, Monica, and Samantha. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/0f2b58d5-d8db-498d-b11c-01fd6063ae17/Samantha_PS.jpeg News - Make it stand out Samantha and her mentor, Siavash, during the President’s Scholarships luncheon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/434eac45-acf6-4ff7-81fb-dcf684983ad8/image120.jpeg News - Make it stand out Angelina’s poster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/5e6cfe12-2bc6-4ab3-b4dc-c3741c3038ff/image112.jpeg News - Make it stand out Emily’s poster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/c8ecadac-a1cd-45c3-aeaa-7ad9cbebae0e/FVkZaJ5WUAMYi1H-2.jpeg News - Make it stand out Siavash travelled to Halifax, NS to give an invited talk at CSI 2022 tied to his CIHR Bhagirath Singh Early Career Award in Infection and Immunity. Pictured here (looking at the wrong camera) with Dr. Charu Kaushic, Scientific Director, CIHR-Institute of Infection and Immunity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/1dfe8b99-5911-47d3-9363-996190a64716/tempImagei843xk.jpg News - Make it stand out We drove to Minneapolis by car (~3000 km round trip!). The crew aboard the Lake Express ferry over Lake Michigan. Left to right: Siavash, Algirdas, Alicia, Dima, Brad, Madison, Monica. Missing: Angelina and Emily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/eb303b86-5eca-4af7-9c45-82125fcd2280/tempImagewlORrV.jpg News - Make it stand out …stopping for a quick meal at Flossmoor, IL. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/44e026d7-65f2-4a9c-a497-f4b793c9c71e/tempImageOagSE1.jpg News - Monica entertaining a few ideas about her 2022 ASMS poster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/79505bf6-14f4-4738-ae27-025294976b43/tempImageDlfFVD.jpg News - Dima explaining the dynamic properties of ClpP protease https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/9fae87fe-264d-4456-895d-9d585e7d5bd1/tempImagePQPJpe.jpg News - Brad taking some questions while not wearing a ball cap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/ef382b1f-1e04-43c5-a8b0-5fdbf9ccce07/tempImageo6DxoZ.jpg News - Alicia giving a tour of her ASMS poster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/0702d89b-b615-40d4-b506-2cef87b13cea/tempImageHl4n5S.jpg News - Later, Alicia accepted her travel award during a ceremony from ASMS President Susan Richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/1632083500867-JT2K5O05JRCMCTT4SRIC/IMG_5539.jpg News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/1628179745443-VI9J4R4F8FBFQANQC14O/image001.jpg News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/1623348070782-1CC7QOLYMF0Z7P8N5S3W/NSERC-2.png News - Make it stand out NSERC logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/1623347714671-GP75K1F44MCDYNCB77QB/2014945.png News - Make it stand out CIHR logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/1623348386551-LULJPJBNN56B1UDABEAK/IMG_4004+2.jpg News From left to right: Alicia, Siavash, Jashan, Brad, Dima, and Kira. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/1623348182911-L6HIE00RUDJDKNO8QH1I/IMG_3883.jpg News The introduction of a V7A mutation in SaClpP leads to the formation of a non-canonical conformation, presented along with the corresponding methyl-TROSY NMR spectrum. https://www.vahidilab.ca/research daily 0.75 2025-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/b30d7401-21a3-4660-a64a-55bfe65baf1c/Fig+1_Structure_Function_V2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/af7a60a7-deee-4e24-8e14-227ab031306d/Figure+2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6055635bb5cc5606feecb8/f3c9ef2f-028a-4b26-ac27-63dea1adf475/Screenshot+2025-06-30+at+10.30.43%E2%80%AFPM.png