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MASc thesis: Towards a Chemically Defined Medium for Sf-9 Cell Culture: Micronutrients Reduce Dependence on Yeast Extract 

Publications:

MASc thesis: An In-Depth Look at Repeated Propagation of Multiple Viruses Simultaneously in Insect Cell Culture

Co-supervised by Brian Ingalls, Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics

PhD Thesis: Engineering Aerotolerance and Quorum Sensing into Clostridium for Use as a Live Biotherapeutic Product against Solid Tumors

Co-supervised by Brian Ingalls, Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics

Recipient of an NSERC CGS-D scholarship as well as a Ken O’Driscoll Graduate Scholarship in Polymer Engineering/Science for his work on plastic biodegradation.

PhD Thesis: Tools for Manipulation of Microbial Communities through Bacterial Conjugation

Co-supervised by Brian Ingalls, Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics

PhD Thesis: Investigating the Influence of Bacterial Cell Characteristics on M13 Phage Infection Process

PhD thesis: Development of a Serum-Free Chemically Defined Medium for Adherent and Suspension Culture

MASc thesis: A flow cytometry based assay for the quantification of viruses using changes in infected cell granularity

PhD Thesis: Toward Optimization of the Baculovirus Expression Vector System - Development of Genetic Tools to Improve Biologics Production

PhD thesis: Development of Physically Modified Starch Microparticles for Uptake and Release of Drugs

Co-supervised by Frank Gu, University of Toronto

PhD thesis: Droplet Production of Biological non-Newtonian Fluids and Bioassay Applications in a Microfluidic Network

Co-supervised by Carolyn Ren, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

Co-supervised by Emma Allen-Vercoe, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Guelph

PhD thesis: Microbial and Metabolic Relationships of the Preterm Gut Microbiome in Response to Antibiotic and Dietary Interventions

MSc thesis:Metabolomic profiling of nutrient solutions for characterization of human gut microbiota

PhD thesis: Supplementation Strategies for Enhancing Growth and Product Quality in Mammalian Cell Culture Bioprocesses by Omics Analysis & Tuning glycosylation of Monoclonal Antibodies

PhD thesis: Use and control of co-expression in the baculovirus-insect cell system for the production of multiple proteins and complex biologics

MASc thesis: Real time PCR protocol development for rapid low cost quantification of baculovirus and for monitoring progression of infection

PhD thesis: From metabolite concentration to flux analysis - a systematic assessment of error in cell culture metabolomics