Trainees
Graduate Students Completed
| 1983 | Mary Whiteley - M.Sc. - Department of Medical Microbiology | |
| Thesis title: "Studies of the Molecular Relatedness of H Plasmids Using Restriction Enzyme Digestion and Southern Transfer DNA Hybridization". | ||
| Obtained her PhD at University of Ottawa and worked as a Research Scientist at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA | ||
| 1986 | William Yan - M.Sc. - Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | |
| Thesis title: "Physical and Genetic Characterization of the IncHII Plasmid pHH1508a". | ||
| 1987 | Lai-King Ng - Ph.D. - Department of Microbiology | |
| Thesis title: "Isolation and Characterization of Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni". | ||
| Awarded a Medical Research Council of Canada PostDoctoral Fellowship 1987-89 and now is Director, Bacteriology and Enteric Diseases Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Health Canada, Winnipeg, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | ||
| E-mail: Lai_King_Ng@phac-aspc.gc.ca | ||
| Website: National Microbiology Laboratory or Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba | ||
| 1990 | William Yan - Ph.D. - Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | |
| Thesis title: "Characterization of Erythromycin Resistant Campylobacter Species". | ||
| Awarded an Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research PostDoctoral Fellowship to work in the laboratory of Dr. S. B. Levy, Tufts University, Boston, MA and is now Director, Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Health Canada. | ||
| E-mail: William_Yan@hc-sc.gc.ca | ||
| 1990 | Emily G. Walter - Ph.D. - Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | |
| Thesis title: "Plasmidmediated Tellurite Resistance in the Enterobacteriaceae". | ||
| PostDoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, 1990-91, completed her M.D. in 1996 at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and is now a geriatric specialist in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | ||
| 1991 | Ying Wang - Ph.D. - Department of Microbiology | |
| Thesis title: "Genetics of Campylobacter Species" | ||
| Research Scientist at the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, California, USA | ||
| E-mail: yywang665@yahoo.com | ||
| 1994 | Yunfang (Joan) Hou - M.Sc. - Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | |
| Thesis title: "Tellurite Resistance in Enterobacteriaceae" | ||
| Was a technician in the Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. then obtained her MD degree in Boston, Mass and now is a GP | ||
| 1994 | Qin Jiang - M.Sc. - Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | |
| Thesis title: "Genomic Analysis of Campylobacter and Helicobacter" | ||
| A technician in the University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton | ||
| E-mail: Q.Jiang@provlab.ab.ca | ||
| 1995 | Peter Newnham - Ph.D. - Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology | |
| Thesis title: "Transfer and replication systems of the IncHI1 plasmid R27" | ||
| Completed his MD at the University of Alberta in 1999 and is now a family physician in Westlock, Alberta, Canada | ||
| 1995 | Koji Hiratsuka - Ph.D. - Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology | |
| Thesis title: "Genetic aspects of Helicobacter pylori and Campylobacter jejuni" | ||
| Post doctoral fellow at the National Research Council, Ottawa then as a Research Scientist at Gangagen Inc., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||
| 1995 | Andrew S.S. Chau - M.Sc. - Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology | |
| Thesis title: "Cloning and sequence analysis of the C. fetus subsp. fetus gyrA gene" | ||
| Was an Associate Scientist at Schering Plough, New York, and is now a Scientist at OSI Pharmaceuticals, Farmingdale, NY, USA. | ||
| 1998 | Mingfu Liu - M.Sc. - Department of Biological Sciences | |
| Thesis title: "Studies of Tellurite Resistance Genes from Escherichia coli and Streptococcus pneumoniae" | ||
| Obtained a Ph.D. at the University of Odense, Denmark and is now a Research Associate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA | ||
| 2000 | David Rasko - Ph.D. - Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology | |
| Thesis title: "Expression and synthesis of Lewis Antigens in Helicobacter pylori" | ||
| Postdoctoral work at University of Maryland and TIGR, then a Research Assistant Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Texas and is now Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA. | ||
| E-mail: drasko@som.umaryland.edu | ||
| Website: Institute for Genome Sciences | ||
| 2000 | Craig Sherburne - Ph.D. - Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology | |
| Thesis title: "Conjugal and genetic analysis of the IncHI1 Plasmid, R27" | ||
| Director of Business Development and Legal Affaires, BioMS Medical Corp. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | ||
| E-mail: csherburne@biomsmedical.com | ||
| 2002 | Sean Connell - Ph.D. - Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology | |
| Thesis title: "Interaction of the tetracycline resistance protein Tet(O) with the bacterial ribosome" | ||
| Awarded the Canadian Society of Microbiologists’ Gold Medal - 2003, was a Post-Doctoral Fellow (Humbolt Fellowship) at the Charité Hospital, Humbolt University, Berlin, Germany, and is now a Group Leader, Chemie Department, University of Frankfurt, Germany | ||
| E-mail: connell@chemie.uni-frankfurt.de | ||
| Website: Sean Connell | ||
| 2003 | Trevor Lawley - Ph.D. - Department of Biological Sciences | |
| Thesis title: "The life cycle of the conjugative plasmid" | ||
| Awarded the Canadian Society of Microbiologists’ Gold Medal - 2004, was a Post-Doctoral Fellow (CIHR Fellowship) at Stanford University, California, USA and is now a Post-Doctoral Fellow (Royal Society of London) at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK. | ||
| E-mail: tl2@sanger.ac.uk | ||
| Website: Team 15: Microbial Pathogenesis | ||
| 2003 | Dobryan Tracz - M.Sc. - Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology | |
| Thesis title: "Antibiotic resistance and virulence plasmids in Campylobacter" | ||
| A Biologist, Science Technology and Core Services, at the National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. | ||
| E-mail: Dobryan_Tracz@phac-aspc.gc.ca | ||
| 2004 | Mathew W. Gilmour - Ph.D. - Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology | |
| Thesis title: "The evolution and assembly of a plasmid DNA conjugation apparatus" | ||
| Awarded a Governor General's Gold Medal - 2004 and the Canadian Society of Microbiologists’ Gold Medal - 2005, is now Chief, Enteric Diseases Program at the National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, and Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba, both in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. | ||
| E-mail: Matthew_Gilmour@phac-aspc.gc.ca | ||
| Website: National Microbiology Laboratory or Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba | ||
| 2005 | Veronica Kos M.Sc. - Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology | |
| Thesis title: "Antibiotic resistance and virulence of Campylobacter jejuni" | ||
| A Post-Doctoral Fellow at Harvard University | ||
| E-mail: veronica.kos@schepens.harvard.edu | ||
| Website: Whitfield Lab | ||
| 2006 | Bing Ma Ph.D. - Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology | |
| Thesis title: "Structure-function studies of Helicobacter pylori a1,3/4 fucosyltransferases" | ||
| A Post-Doctoral Fellow at Novartis Inc, Cambridge, USA. | ||
| 2006 | James Gunton - Ph.D. - Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology | |
| Thesis title: "Conjugative processes of H group plasmids" | ||
| Completing an MD program at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia | ||
| E-mail: jgunton@gmail.com | ||
| 2006 | Jennifer Horton - M.Sc. - Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology | |
| Thesis title: "Characterization and Metal Dependence of Helicobacter pylori a 1,3/4 Fucosyltransferase" | ||
| Completing an MD program at the University of Alberta. | ||
| E-mail: jhorton@med.ualberta.ca |
| 1986-1989 | Dr. E. K. Manavathu, Research Associate | |
| Now Associate Professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA | ||
| 1989-1992 | Dr. D. Maher, PostDoctoral Fellow | |
| Now Lecturer, Regional Technical College, Galway, Ireland | ||
| 1989-1992 | Dr. S. M. Salama, PostDoctoral Fellow | |
| Now Senior Director, Business Development, Naeja Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | ||
| E-mail: ssalama@naeja.com | ||
| Website: NAEJA | ||
| 1990-1994 | Dr. R. J. Turner, Medical Research Council of Canada PostDoctoral Fellow | |
| Now Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. | ||
| E-mail: turnerr@ucalgary.ca | ||
| Website: Biological Sciences | ||
| 1992-1994 | Dr. J. Grewal, PostDoctoral Fellow | |
| Now Scientist, Biotherapies Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA | ||
| 1992-1996 | Dr. K. F. Whelan, PostDoctoral Fellow | |
| Now Research Associate, Oxford University, United Kingdom. | ||
| 1993-1997 | Dr. Z. Ge , PostDoctoral Fellow | |
| Now Senior Scientist, Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, USA | ||
| E-mail: zge@MIT.EDU | ||
| Website: Division of Comparative Medicine | ||
| 1996-2002 | Dr. C. Trieber , PostDoctoral Fellow | |
| Now Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | ||
| E-mail: ctrieber@ualberta.ca | ||
| 1997-2000 | Dr. J. Simala-Grant , PostDoctoral Fellow | |
| Now Research Facilitator, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. | ||
| 1997-2001 | Dr. G. Wang , PostDoctoral Fellow | |
| Now Associate Research Scientist, Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, USA | ||
| E-mail: gewang@uga.edu | ||
| 1999-2003 | Dr. M. Keelan , PostDoctoral Fellow | |
| Now Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. | ||
| E-mail: mkeelan@ualberta.ca | ||
| Website: Laboratory Medicine & Pathology | ||
| 2001-2004 | Dr. A. Gibreel, PostDoctoral Fellow | |
| Now Fermentation Scientist II, Bio-Industrial Technologies Division, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development Laboratory, University of Alberta | ||
| E-mail: agibreel@ualberta.ca | ||
| Or: amera.gibreel@gov.ab.ca | ||
| 2002-2003 | Dr. L. Nonaka , Postdoctoral Fellow supported by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science | |
| Now Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Dokkyo Medical University, School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan | ||
| E-mail:nonaka@dokkyomed.ac.jp | ||
| Website: Dokkyo Medical University | ||
| 2005-2007 | Dr. N. Thakor , PostDoctoral Fellow | |
| Now Post-Doctoral Fellow, Apoptosis Research Centre, Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute. | ||
| E-mail: nehal@mgcheo.med.uottawa.ca | ||
| 2006-2008 | Dr. L. Friis , PostDoctoral Fellow | |
| Now Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta. | ||
| E-mail: lfriis@ualberta.ca | ||
| Website: Szymanski Lab |
| 1988 | Suzanne Chamberland | |
| University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada | ||
| 1988 | Declan Maher | |
| University College, Galway, Ireland | ||
| 1990 | Jean Bedard | |
| University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada | ||
| 1991 | Paul Hengen | |
| Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||
| 1991 | Ken Fong | |
| LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia | ||
| 1994 | Trudi Bannam | |
| Monash University Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||
| 1997 | Amanda Jones | |
| University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada | ||
| 1997 | Jie Cai | |
| McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| 1998 | Maurice Boissinot | |
| Laval University, Quebec, Canada | ||
| 1999 | Maria De Ungria | |
| University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia | ||
| 1999 | Alvin Lee | |
| Royal Medical Institute of Technology University, Melbourne, Australia | ||
| 2001 | Priscilla Johanesen | |
| Monash University Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||
| 2001 | Sarah Burr – M.Sc. | |
| University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| 2001 | Andrew Harris | |
| University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia | ||
| 2002 | Tara Karnezis | |
| LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia | ||
| 2005 | David Alfredson | |
| Griffith University, Queensland, Australia |
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