Lab Alumni

Graduate Students

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  Maxwell P. Bui-Marinos [2017 Murray Fallis Award for best student oral presentation in PIE Section of Canadian Society of Zoologists; 2019 best student oral presentation at North American Comparative Immunology Workshop] 
  • 2019 - MSc in Biology; Thesis Title: Investigation of frog skin epithelial cell immunocompetence and antiviral response to Frog Virus 3 in Xela DS2 and Xela VS2, two newly established Xenopus laevis skin epithelial cell lines
  • Current position: Research Technician, University of Calgary

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  Quinn H. Abram [2018 QEII graduate scholarship, 2018 Murray Fallis Award for best student oral presentation in PIE Section of Canadian Society of Zoologists]
  • 2019 - MSc in Biology (co-supervised with Dr. Brian Dixon); Thesis Title: Effects of Low Temperature on Endogenous Antigen Presentation in Two Fish Species, Oncorhynchus mykiss and Sander vitreus

  • Current position: PhD student, McGill University

Undergraduate Honours Thesis Students

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  Brandon Morningstar (2019/09 - 2020/04)
  • Thesis title: Elucidating the mechanisms of cell death of Xenopus laevis epithelial-like cell lines, Xela DS2 and Xela VS2, in response to pathogen challenge
  • Current position: TBD

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  Adrienne Ranger (2019/09 - 2020/04)
  • Thesis title: Characterization of pattern recognition receptors in Xenopus laevis dorsal and ventral epithelial-like skin cell lines
  • Current position: MSc Student,  University of Toronto

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  Simi (Jasmin) Zhang (2019/09 - 2020/04)
  • Thesis title: Investigating the effects of Frog Virus 3 (FV3) on the Rs DS33-1a Rana sylvatica dorsal skin continuous cell culture

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  Mercedes Rose (2018/09 - 2019/04)
  • Thesis title: Effects of Frog Virus 3 challenge on a Xenopus laevis bone marrow cell line
  • Current position: MSc student, University of Ottawa

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  Alexander Douglas (2018/09 - 2019/04) [Awards: 2019 NSERC URSA]
  • Thesis title: Investigating seasonal characteristics of the North American wood frog skin microbiome
  • Current position: PhD student, University of Waterloo

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  Sumayyah Sokeechand (2017/09 - 2018/04) [Awards: Marilyn Griffith Senior Honours Project Excellence Award]
  • Thesis title: Characterization of a Rana sylvatica bone marrow cell line
  • Current position: PhD student, McMaster University

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  Leo Nataprawira (2017/09 - 2018/04)
  • Thesis title: Expanding the Xenopus laevis invitrome
  • Current position: MSc candidate, University of Guelph
  • Previous position: Laboratory Analyst, ALS Environmental

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  Samuel G. Salamun (2016/09 - 2017/04)
  • Thesis title: Molecular and functional characterization of Xenopus laevis spleen cell lines
  • Current position: PhD candidate, University of Toronto

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  William (Alex) Ng (2016/09 - 2017/04)
  • Thesis title: Characterization of Xenopus laevis bone marrow stromal cell line
  • Current position: MSc candidate, University of Waterloo

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  Steven Buckrell (2016/09 - 2017/04)
  • Thesis title: Effects of a fungal beta-glucan on the cell morphology and viability of a Xenopus laevis dorsal skin epithelial cell line
  • Current position: MSc candidate, University of Toronto

• Eric Le Dreff-Kerwin (2015/09 - 2016/04) [Completed an MSc at University of Waterloo]
  • Thesis title: Generation and characterization of spleen continuous cell cultures from the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis).
  • Current position: Staff, Canadian Pavilion at Disney World

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  Maxwell Marinos (2015/09 - 2016/04) [Completed an MSc at University of Waterloo]
  • Thesis title: Characterization of ventral and dorsal skin cells lines from the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis).
  • Current position: Research Technician, University of Calgary

Fourth Year Design Project Students

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   Anson Lau, Shuo Liu, Mitchel Crombeen, Alan Huang (Photo Left to Right)
  • Project title: Platform for multi-analyte detection
  • Sept 2019 - April 2020

Undergraduate Students

• Christopher Lung (2020/02 - 2020/04)
  • Position: Co-op Student
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  Alexander Douglas [2019 NSERC URSA]
  • Project title: Characterization of the wood frog skin microbiome

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  William (Alex) Ng
  • Project title: Characterization of Xenopus laevis bone marrow stromal cell line

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  Maxwell P. Bui-Marinos
  • Project title: Molecular markers of Xela DS2 and Xela VS2 epithelial cell lines from Xenopus laevis.

• Maxwell Marinos
  • Project title: Maintenance and growth of bone marrow cell lines from the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis).

Undergraduate Volunteers

• Brandon Morningstar
• Gajani Nirthanarajah
• Marie-Claire Wasson
• Nicole Lassel
• Zhenglin Yi
• Alexander Douglas
• Mercedes Rose
• Sumayyah Sokeechand
• Charley Peitzmeier (Visiting Scholar from University College London)
• Fiona Liu
• Justin Pham
• Alex Telesz
• Steven Buckrell
• Xiang (Molly) Chen
• Katey Bender [Co-supervised with Dr. Paul Craig]
• Maxwell Marinos