This gallery celebrates LSI trainees graduating Spring 2020 – Spring 2021
Congratulations All!
Spring 2021 Graduates
Franco Li, PhD
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Strynadka Lab
Dissertation: “Structural investigation of enzymes in wall teichoic acid biosynthesis and degradation”
Sandra Peña Diaz, PhD
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Av-Gay Lab
Dissertation: “Control of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection by the Macrophage Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3”
Fall 2020 Graduates
J. Andrew N. Alexander, PhD
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Strynadka Lab
Dissertation: “Understanding Staphylococcus aureus β-lactam resistance: a structural investigation”
Ashley Arnold, MSc
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Hallam Lab
Thesis: “Evaluating microbial community responses to blended biofuel contamination”
Dorothy Majewski, PhD
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Strynadka Lab
Dissertation: “Structural Characterization of the Bacterial Injectisome”
Victoria Peters, MSc
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Gold Lab
Thesis: “The role of the MEK/ERK pathway in regulating cytoskeleton-dependent B cell responses to immobilized and cell-bound antigens”
Katherine Thompson, PhD
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Crowe Lab
Dissertation: “Phototrophic iron oxidation and implications for biogeochemical cycling in the Archean Eon”
Spring 2020 Graduates
Madison Bolger-Munro, PhD
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Gold Lab
Dissertation: “Actin assembly and disassembly factors regulate BCR organization and signaling”
Graham Heieis, PhD
Microbiology & Immunology
Johnson/Perona-Wright Labs
Dissertation: “Metabolic regulation of the anti-helminith CD4 + T cell response”
Clare Hii, BSc Hons
Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences
Specialization in Cellular, Anatomical & Physiological Sciences
Kopp Lab
Thesis: “The tumor suppressive function of p16 in ductal-cell derived pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma”
Rochio Hollman, BSc Hons
Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences/
CAPS Specialization
Bamji Lab
Thesis: “Cellular and subcellular localization of the palmitoylating enzyme, Zdhhc6”
Kris Jensen, MSc
Department of Medical Genetics
Lorincz Lab
Thesis: “HP1-mediated transcriptional silencing of ERVs and genes in mouse embryonic stem cells”
Connie Leung, PhD
Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences
Clee Lab
Dissertation: “Analysis of two candidate genes in obesity and metabolism: pyruvate dehydrogenase”
Menghao Lu, MSc
Department of Zoology
Mizumoto Lab
Thesis: Role of WNT Signaling in asymmetrical neurite pruning in Caenorhabditis elegans”
Ashleigh Nazareth, BSc Hons
Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences
Bamji Lab
Thesis:
Mina Ordobadi, PhD
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Cullis Lab
Dissertation: “Lipid nanoparticals for delivery of bioactive molecules”
Amanda Percival, BSc Hons
Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences/
CAPS Specialization
Rideout Lab
Thesis: “Sex differences in lipid accumulation in Brummer-deficient Drosophila”
Julien Richard Albert, PhD
Department of Medical Genetics
Lorincz Lab
Dissertation: “Application of an allele-specific pipeline to study DNA methylation inheritance and dynamics in the early embryo”
Yaein (Amy) Shim, PhD
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Johnson Lab
Dissertation: “The regulation of erythroid progenitors and T cells by CD45”
Catherine Wang, PhD
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Van Petegem Lab
Dissertation: “Structural insights into calmodulin regulation and dysregulation of the L-type voltage gated calcium channel”
Linchuan Wang, BSc Hons
Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences/
CAPS Specialization
Rideout Lab
Thesis: “Characterizing the dynamics of lipid droplets in Drosophila central nervous system”