Biology Graduate Students
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KRISTIN ALEKLETT |
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BSc & MSc Lund University, Sweden RESEARCH: microbal community stability in the life span of a symbiotic plant; how individual the composition of microbes with which a plant interacts is and how that could affect its performance |
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ELAINE BAMBRICK |
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BSc Forestry, UBC, Vancouver campus RESEARCH: improve the understanding of baseline ecological conditions in the province by quantifying and explaining variation in plant community composition within environmentally similar communities defined by Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification |
KIRSTY BROWN |
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BSc (hons), UBC, Okanagan campus RESEARCH: to determine if intestinal microbiota modulate intestinal barrier function and intestinal inflammation leading to autoimmunity in a type 1 diabetes model; determine if it can be manipulated to prevent disease onset |
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HALEY CATTON |
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BSc (with Distinction) University of Manitoba RESEARCH: population level effects of nontarget attack by a weed biological control insect; population responses of the root feeding biocontrol weevil Mogulones cruciger, its target weed houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale), and native non-target plants (Hackelia spp) will be monitored under various scenarios to determine if non-target attack is persistent and detrimental to native plant populations; applications include risk predictions and recommendations for reducing risk to maximize the ecological benefit of this weed biocontrol agent |
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ZERIHUN ABEBE DEMISSE |
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BSc Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia RESEARCH: cloning and characterization of plant ABC-transporters in essential oil secretion; cloned gene will be functionally characterized in xenopus oocytes and then transformed to Arabidopsis and lavandula |
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CAMERON EGAN |
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BSc UBC, Okanagan campus RESEARCH: investigating how beta diversity and spatial positioning of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi change along an elevation gradient |
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David Ensing david.ensing@.ubc.ca FACULTY SUPERVISOR |
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BSc (Honours) UBC, Okanagan campus RESEARCH: Yet to be determined, but something to do with plant-plant and/or plant-insect interactions and their effects on plant community ecology at varying spatial scales. More to come... |
| JENNIFER FORSYTHE MSc Student, BIOLOGY jennifer.forsythe@.ubc.ca ASC 374 250.864.8746 FACULTY SUPERVISOR John Klironomos, BIOLOGY |
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BSc (Honours) UBC, Okanagan campus |
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KAREN FRAZER |
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BSc Dalhousie University RESEARCH: using molecular approaches to investigate the evolutionary history and underlying mechanisms driving the recent sympatric divergence of shore- and stream-spawning kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in populations throughout its North American distribution |
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MARIANA GALATA |
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BSc UBC, Okanagan campus RESEARCH: large scale transcriptome profiling led cloning and functional characterization of (S)-linalool synthase from C. Sativum |
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AARON GODIN |
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University of Toronto RESEARCH: examining in situ phosphatase activity and the corresponding fungal communities in a mixed Douglas-fir and paper birch stand |
FRIDA GUSTAFSSON |
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BSc (Honours) UBC, Okanagan campus RESEARCH: studying the impact wine yeast strains have on chemistry of wine; DNA extraction and fragment analysis to confirm which strains are present and pseudometabolomics to detect the quantity of sensorial compounds |
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TRISTYN HAY |
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BSc UBC, Vancouver campus RESEARCH: fertilization effects on ectomycorrhiza community structure and function in interior spruce stands |
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PHILIPPE HENRY |
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BSc University of Lausanne RESEARCH: to elucidate the genetic basis of adaptation in a climate change sensitive species, the American Pika (Ochotona princeps); sampling populations located in the central coastal mountains of BC and assaying a wide array of molecular markers ranging from nuclear microsatellites, targeted genes and AFLP based genomic scans to detect fine scale signatures of selection |
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TAYLOR HOLLAND |
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BSc Simon Fraser University |
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EVELYN JENSEN |
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LILY KOTZEVA |
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BSc University of British Columbia RESEARCH: using molecular, electrophysiology, and analytical chemistry techniques to elucidate the mechanisms responsible for the excretion of metals by the transporting epithelia of aquatic insects. |
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JESSICA LANGE jessicalanger@hotmail.com |
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BSc UBC, Okanagan campus |
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MATTHEW LEMAY matt.lemay@ubc.ca |
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BSc University of Victoria MSc University of Guelph RESEARCH: using genomic markers to identify fine-scale adaptive genetic differentation in sympatric ecotypes of Lake Okanagan Kokanee |
| YUCHEN (LUCY) LIU PhD student, BIOLOGY yc.lucy.liu@gmail.com |
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BSc Simon Fraser University RESEARCH: TBD |
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JOCELYN MADEIRA jocelyn.madeira@ubc.ca |
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BSc UBC, Okanagan campus RESEARCH: TBD |
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BRIEANNE MATIER bmatier@live.ca |
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BSc UBC, Okanagan campus RESEARCH: functional characterization of organic cation transporters in Drosophilia melanogaster; to successfully identify and clone the different OCT's present in Drosophilia; and to express and functionally characterize the transport properties of these cloned transporters in xenopus oocytes |
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CHANDRA MOFFAT chandra.moffat@gmail.com FACULTY SUPERVISORS |
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BSc University of Victoria |
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ROBERTA NEWBURY roberta.newbury@ubc.ca FACULTY SUPERVISOR |
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BSc University of Montana RESEARCH: focuses on the movements and daily energy requirements of bobcats (Lynx rufus) in a deep snow environment in northwestern Montana; field data will be used to model bobcat movements, energy balance, and home range dynamics to better inform bobcat management and elucidate potential interaction with the federally threatened lynx in Montana |
BAILEY NICHOLSON MSc student, BIOLOGY bailey.nicholson@ubc.ca FACULTY SUPERVISOR |
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BSc UBC, Okanagan campus |
BRIAN OHSOWSKI PhD student, BIOLOGY brian.ohsowski@gmail.com FACULTY SUPERVISORS |
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BSc Eastern Michigan University RESEARCH: focuses on the landscape-scale restoration of native grasslands in SW Ontario sand pits; PhD project investigates the tracking of arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculum added to native graasland plants; use of soil amendments (i.e., biochar and compost) in sand pit restorations; development of non-destructive plant biomass measures |
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ETHENDHAR RAJENDIRAN ethendhar@gmail.com FACULTY SUPERVISOR |
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M.Tech (Bio-Technology) Anna University, Chenai, India RESEARCH: how dietary and genetic factors influence intestinal microbiome (bacteria and their genetic elements); the consequences of intestinal immune response and susceptibility to Inflammatory Bowel Disease; altering microbiome and GI immune responses through dietary modifications |
KELSEY ROBSON kelsey.robson@ubc.ca FACULTY SUPERVISOR |
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BSc University of Memphis |
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KATE SIDLAR ksidlar@interchange.ubc.ca FACULTY SUPERVISOR |
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BSc Lakehead University RESEARCH: examines the role of squirrels and other small mammals in dispersing truffle-forming fungi into areas that have been disturbed; using chronosequence from seven to one hundered year-old strands to look at how ectomycorrhizal communities recover after clearcutting |
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NADIA SOKAL nadiasokal@shaw.ca FACULTY SUPERVISOR |
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BSc University of Waterloo RESEARCH: investigation of the role of the transregulatory proteins IE0 and IE1in DNA replication of the baculovirus, Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV), genome |
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MELISSA TESCHE |
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BSc University of Alberta |
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MOLLY THURSTON
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BSc Agr (with Distinction) University of Guelph
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CHRISTINA TURI |
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BSc University of British Columbia MSc University of Kent, UK RESEARCH: ethnobotany, medicinal plant conservation, traditional spiritual and medicinal uses of North American plants; specifically members belonging to the genus Ligusticum and their ability to meditate brain function through mediation of neuroreceptors |
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CARRIE VAN DORP |
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BSc (Honours) Redeemer College RESEARCH: examine Mychorrizal Fungal Networks in Interior Douglas Fir forests to improve our understanding of what happens to the webs of Rhizopogon fungus connecting Douglas Fir trees when the oldest hub trees are removed in selective logging; use microsatelite markers on the DNA of samples of fungus, the root tips and trees to map out how trees and fungus are connected; compare logged and unlogged forest sites |
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JEN WALKER |
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BSc University of Northern British Columbia RESEARCH: explores the effects of coarse woody debris (CWD) retention, decay class, and proximity on the structural and functional diversity of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal communities associated with Engelmann Spruce seedlings at a high elevation forest site |
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3/21/2012 10:48:35 AM
