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Eihab Abdel-Rahman
Systems Design Engineering, Professor, Associate Chair
Jason Au
Kinesiology and Health Sciences, Assistant Professor
Marc Aucoin
Chemical Engineering, Professor, Associate Chair, Operations
[YouTube Lecture] September 30, 2014 "Tools and strategies for complex biologics production in animal cells: applications to insect and mammalian cell culture"
[YouTube] January 26, 2011 "Research Profile: Marc Aucoin"
Gladimir Baranoski
Computer Science, Professor
Michael Barnett-Cowan
Kinesiology, Associate Professor, Associate Chair of Graduate Studies
[Waterloo News] September 25, 2018 "Virtual reality motion sickness may be predicted and counteracted"
[ScienceDaily] December 15, 2018 "Aging warps our perception of time, study finds"
[Record] October 12, 2017 "Aging slows perception of falls: UW study"
Mike Beazely
School of Pharmacy, Associate Professor
Jack Callaghan
Kinesiology, Professor
Trevor Charles
Biology, Professor, Director, WCMR
[Biology News] December 21, 2016 "Waterloo biologist part of a research collaboration creating new genetic toolbox"
[Royal Canadian Institute Lecture] November 8, 2015 "Genome Engineering. Should we do it? (Can we afford not to?)"
[YouTube Lecture] September 30, 2014 "Mining microbial metagenomes"
[YouTube Lecture] September 19, 2013 "Mining metagenomes for bioplastics and other useful bioproducts"
[CBB researcher story] November 29, 2012 "Breaking Ground in Open Resource Metagenomics"
Travis Craddock
Biology, Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Quantum Neurobiology
Annemarie Dedek
School of Pharmacy, Assistant Professor
Brian Dixon
Biology, Professor
Canada Research Chair in Fish and Environmental Immunology [Canada Research Chair Profile]
[UW Science News] June 15, 2018, Waterloo Biologist mentors local teen, the 2018 International BioGENEius Challenge winner
[Waterloo Stories] January 22, 2018 "Vaccines not protecting farmed fish from disease"
[Waterloo Stories] February 13, 2014 "True love makes pacific salmon healthier"
[YouTube] October 9, 2013 "Science Scoop - For the love of fish!"
[Waterloo Stories] September 9, 2013 "Video conferencing connects Waterloo biologist to young students"
Andrew Doxey
Biology, Associate Professor, University Research Chair, Biology Core Facility Director
[WCMR] June 18, 2018, receives Thermo Fisher Scientific Award
[Daily Bulletin] June 1, 2018, 11 CBB Members Named Outstanding Performance Award Winners
[Waterloo Stories] January 26, 2018 "Scientists find new kind of botox"
Bernard Duncker
Biology, Professor, Associate Vice-President (Research and International)
[CBB researcher story] January 2, 2013 "How the Trout are Saving Us: Using Biomarkers to Improve Water Quality"
Todd Holyoak
Biology, Associate Professor
Laura Hug
Biology, Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Environmental Microbiology
Canada Research Chair in Environmental Microbiology [Canada Research Chair Profile]
[YouTube] October 23, 2015 "Piecing life together - microbial diversity and function through meta-omic analyses"
[Waterloo Stories] April 12, 2016 "New tree of life may hold clues to cleaning up pollution"
Okey Igboeli
Science and Business, Associate Professor - Teaching Stream, Director of Science and Business Program
Lyndon Jones
Optometry and Vision Science
Research Interests:
- Clinical trial design
- Contact lens performance
- Drug delivery
- Ocular biomaterials
- Proteins at interfaces
University Research Chair
Office of Research - Technology Transfer & Commercialization:
Barb Katzenback
Biology
Research Interests:
- Innate immunity of amphibians
- Regulation of innate immune cell development (macrophages, neutrophils) from progenitor cell populations
- Host-pathogen-environment interactions
Anita Layton
Applied Mathematics
Research Interests:
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Integrative kidney physiology
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Biofluid dynamics
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Diabetes
- Hypertension
March 29, 2018 "Canada 150 Research Chair joins Department of Applied Mathematics"
Zoya Leonenko
Physics and Astronomy
Research Interests:
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Biophysics of lipids and lipid-protein interactions
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The role of structural changes and physical properties of lipid template in controlling biological processes and diseases
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Biomedical nanotechnology (lipid films, molecular mechanism of Alzheimer's disease)
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Drug development and delivery systems, antimicrobial peptides in lung disorders
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Fluorescence and atomic force microscopy
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Kelvin probe force microscopy and single molecule force spectroscopy
[Global Impact] May 2018, studying Alzheimer's at a molecular level to find a cure
[YouTube Lecture] October 1, 2014 "Scanning probe microscopy in biomedical research"
Kesen Ma
Biology
Research Interests:
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Biochemistry and enzymology
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Thermostable Biocatalyst and dehydrogenases (Biofuel/Bioethanol production, pharmaceutical and other industrial processes)
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Enzyme evolution and protein engineering, microbial physiology, molecular biology
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Sulfur reduction and energy metabolism, alcohol metabolism
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Electron transfer and flavoproteins.
- Proteins purification and analysis, metal-containing
- Fermentation
- Hyperthermophiles
Office of Research - Technology Transfer & Commercialization:
Veronika Magdanz
Systems Design Engineering
Research Interests:
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microrobots
- sperm cells
- magnetic actuation
- remote control
- wireless
- soft robots
- medical robots
- bioprinting
- 3D printing
We develop microrobots for medical applications. The goal is to develop more targeted, active, but less invasive strategies for drug or cell delivery with the help of wireless, autonomously moving microrobots. One strategy is to combine biological elements with artificial components in a biohybrid approach. The biological component (cells, molecules) can serve as power source, loading unit or structural unit.
One example is the "spermbot" - a sperm cell remotely controlled with magnetic fields: https://phys.org/news/2014-01-sperm-bots-desired-video.html
Another example is IRONSperm: a magnetically functionalized nonmotile sperm driven by magnetic fields:https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aba5855
Inspired by the motion of sperm, we also develop small scale flexible magnetic robots for noninvasive surgery (coming soon). I am also interested in reproductive biology and research that elucidates reasons for infertility. We look into the mechanisms of sperm migration and some interesting phenomena, such as sperm bundling (publication online soon)
[Google Scholar]
Dale Martin
Biology
Research interests:
- Neurodegeneration
- Huntington Disease
- Autophagy
- Apoptosis
- Fatty acylation
Brendan McConkey
Biology
Research Interests:
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Protein structure, functions, evolution (yeast, mammalian cell lines, plant-bacterial)
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Bioinformatics, systematics and protein evolution
- Protein structure and interaction modeling
- Protein expression pattern analysis
- Molecular genetics
John Mielke
School of Public Health Sciences
Research interests:
- Neurobiological embedding of adversity
- Biological characteristics that influence outcome from brain injury
- Drug development, biomarkers
- Stroke; biological characteristics that influence outcomes from brain injury
Stephen Murphy
School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability
Research Interests:
- Social-ecological sustainability
- Sustainable agriculture
- Restoration and conservation ecology
- Policy analysis
[Waterloo News] March 16, 2015 "Expert: Parties need to consider bigger picture for Rouge National Urban Park"
Praveen Rao Perampalli Nekkar
School of Pharmacy
Research Interests:
- Drug discovery
- Rational drug design and medicinal chemistry
- Cancer therapy
- Treatment of neurological disorders (Alzheimer's, Parkinson's)
- Drug discovery/rational design
- Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel organic molecules and peptides/peptidomimics as therapeutic agents
[Science News] October 22, 2018 "Nekkar lab determines that depression medications can help treat Alzheimer’s disease"
[Pharmacy News] July 29, 2015 "Waterloo pharmacist examines drug therapies for Alzheimer’s disease"
Abiola Olaitan
Biology
Research interests:
- Bacterial pathogenesis
- Response to reactive species
- Antibiotic resistance
- Host-pathogen interaction
- Genomics
Zhao Pan
Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research interests:
- Fluid dynamics
- Bio-mechanics
- Micro-fluids
- Flow diagnostics
- Uncertainty quantification
- Velocimetry-based pressure measurement
- Cavitation
- Droplets and bubbles
- Jets
- Dynamics and controls
[Science Mag] June 6, 2016 "This desert moss can water itself with fog"
[Nature] June 08, 2016 "How desert moss drinks from air"
[PNAS] June 22, 2017 "Cavitation onset caused by acceleration"
Natoya Peart
Science
Research Interests:
- RNA Biology
- Cell Biology
- Molecular Genetics
- Developmental Biology
Joe Quadrilatero
Kinesiology
Research Interests:
The primary focus of the Skeletal Muscle Biology and Cell Death Laboratory is to study cell death processes (i.e., apoptosis and autophagy) in skeletal muscle. In addition, a major theme is the influence of mitochondrial signaling and dynamics on skeletal muscle development, function, regeneration, and health.
Bruce Reed
Biology
Research Interests:
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Molecular genetics
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Cell and Developmental Biology
- Stem Cell Biology & Cellular Differentiation
- Programmed Cell Death
- Live-Imaging Microscopy
Matthew Scott
Applied Mathematics
Research Interests:
- Experimental biological physics
- Stochastic processes in physics and biology
- Pysiological constraints on bioproduct synthesis
Lab Equipment: Imagestream MkII with 488nm, 642nm and 785nm lasers; 60x magnification
[YouTube Lectures] Winter School on Quantitative Systems Biology 2015
Roderick Slavcev
School of Pharmacy
Research Interests:
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Drug discovery, delivery systems and nanomedicine
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Gene therapy, microbial genetics
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Oncology, Antiviral therapeutics design
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Anti-bacterials
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Acne cosmeceutical design
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Phage-based biotechnology
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Viral exclusion systems
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Cosmeceuticals
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Vaccine design (dementia), bacteriophage-based biotechnology, use of coliphages to design and construct vectors for the development of novel vaccines, pharmaceuticals and gene delivery systems, and the identification and application of novel phage genomic anti-bacterial genes with potential phage therapy applications.
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Strategic management in Pharmacy; healthcare reform
David Spafford
Biology
Research Interests:
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Calcium channel analysis for target drug delivery for treatment of pain, arrhythmias, angina, and potential benefits in treatment of epilepsy and cancer.
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Structure, function and pharmacology of calcium channels and sodium channels
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Structure and function and analysis of NALCN cation channel and anti-calcium channel toxins
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The Spafford Neurobiology Research Laboratory studies voltage-gated calcium channels, molecular physiology, biophysics, cell biology, protein biochemistry, fluorescence microscopy and tissue cultures.
[Science News] April 25, 2014 "Waterloo discovers a key regulator in the pacemakers of our brain and heart"
Shirley Tang
Chemistry
Research Interests:
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Nanomaterials, nanodevices, biosensors for applications in food processing, bioreactors and biotechnology, natural gas purification, fuel cell, and water purification
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Nano-Bio Hybrids for Tissue Engineering and Medicine for drug delivery, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
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Bio-molecule assisted nanomaterial self-assembly
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Health and environmental effects of engineered nanomaterials
Valerie Ward
Chemical Engineering
Research interests:
- Environmental biology, industrial biotechnology, and therapeutics
- Production of sustainable chemicals
- Novel bioprocesses for applications in bioresource engineering and biorefining
- Microalgae, metabolic engineering, and ionic liquid based separations in biological systems
John Wen
Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering
Research Interests:
- Renewable energy technologies
- Biofuel combustion, biomass gasification, combustion generated particulates
- CO2 capture and storage
- Synthesis, characterization and applications of nanomaterial
- Developing nanothermite and energetic nanocomposites
- EPD fabrication of nanotube and nanowire based electrodes for advanced energy devices
- Engineering thermodynamics
- Energy conversion
Thomas Willett
Systems Design Engineering
Research Interests:
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Biomaterials and mechanics of biomaterials and tissues
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Bone quality and fragility, collagen
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Engineering of bone mimetic materials for skeletal reconstruction (3D printing)