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2008
Award Recipients

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graduate studentships | coordinated studentships | PhD dissertation awards | postdoctoral fellowships
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Manitoba research chair
| bridge funding | CIHR/Manitoba regional partnership program

 

Graduate Studentships

Miss Patricia Baudry BSc
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Characterization of Multi-Drug Resistant Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Producing Escherichia coli from Patients in Canadian Hospitals
Supervisor: Dr. Daryl Hoban 

Miss Gaelle Camus BSc,MSc
Department of Immunology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Characterization of the immune response to vaccines against Lassa Fever.
Supervisor: Dr. Steven Jones 

Miss Mable Chan
Department of Microbiology
Faculty of Science, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Characterizing the effectiveness of SKI-1 inhibitors as a therapeutic strategy against New and Old World Arenaviruses.
Supervisor: Ute Stroher 

Mr. Jeremy Chopek BSc
Department of Kinesiology
Faculty of Kinesiology & Recreation Management, University of Manitoba

Project Title: The effect of aging and caloric restriction has on motor neuron properties and viability.
Supervisor: Dr. Philip Gardiner 

Loni Desanghere BA, MA
Department of Psychology
Faculty of Arts, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Eye movements and visuomotor behaviour: What are you looking at?
Supervisor: Dr. Jonathan Marotta 

Mr. Benjamin Dionne BSc
Department of Microbiology
Faculty of Science, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Determining and Understanding the glycosylation patterns of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies.
Supervisor: Dr. Mike Butler 

Miss Josette Douville BSc
Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Regulation of the FOXO4 gene by the homeodomain transcription factor MEOX2 in endothelial cells.
Supervisor: Dr. Jeffrey Wigle 

Miss Carmen Edmundson BSc
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Identifying novel agents to lessen neurological and functional deficits following stroke.
Supervisor: Dr. Donald W. Miller 

Mrs. Jennifer Enns BSc
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Regulation of Lipid Metabolism by Natural Health Products.
Supervisor: Dr. Karmin O 

Mrs. Lelanie Hall BSc
Department of Human Anatomy & Cell Science
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Protein oxidation as a mechanism of neuronal death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Supervisor: Dr. Jiming Kong 

Mr. Terrence James BSc
Department of Microbiology
Faculty of Science, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Determining the crystallographic structure of OUT-like Protease from the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus.
Supervisor: Dr. Brian Mark 

Ms. Nadine Kaefer BSc
Department of Medical Microbiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Gene expression in the female tract and the immune repsonse to HIV.
Supervisor: Dr. Francis A. Plummer 

Ms. Eun Ran Kim BSc,MSc
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: The Effect of Xenin on Energy Balance and Hypothalmic Activation
Supervisor: Dr. Tooru Mizuno 

Ms. Meaghan Labine BSc,MSc
Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: An epidemiological and laboratory based study of the association between cyanobacterial hepatoxins on the prevalence of hepatocellular carcinoma in Canada, and the use of cyanobacterial hepatoxins in the therapeutic treatment of hepatocellular carcin
Supervisor: Dr. Gerry Minuk 

Mr. Hongzhao Li BSc
Department of Immunology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Role of TAPP Proteins in Regulating the Chemotaxis of B-Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Cells.
Supervisor: Dr. Aaron J. Marshall 

Mr. Dong Liu BSc
Department of Immunology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: The p110delta isoform of phosphoinostide 3 kinase (P13K) controls the quality of secondary anti-leishmanial immunity by regulating expansion and function of memory T cell subsets.
Supervisor: Dr. Jude E. Uzonna 

Mr. Xin Ma BSc,MSc
Department of Human Anatomy & Cell Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Studies on the mechanism og high molecular weight FGF-2-induced cell death.
Supervisor: Dr. Elissavet Kardami 

Ms. Lourdes Martinez BSc,MSc
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Contralateral reflexes during locomotion.
Supervisor: Dr. David A. McCrea 

Dr. Sanaz Mohajeri
Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Early Detection of Cholangiocarcinoma in PSC Patients In-vivo Using MR Imaging and Spectroscopy.
Supervisor: Dr. Ian C.P. Smith 

Dr. Soumya Panigrahi
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Apoptin and its derivatives as molecular clues towards the development of novel tyrosine kinase inhibitiors.
Supervisor: Dr. Janice G. Dodd & Dr. Spencer Gibson 

Iran Rashedi MD
Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: The role of Dnase-X in skeletal muscle function addressed by targeted disruption of the gene in murine model.
Supervisor: Dr. Philip Gardiner 

Sumit Sandhu BSc, MSc
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Transgenic dissection of DNA helicase to determine its role in development of clorectal cancer.
Supervisor: Dr. Hao Ding 

Mr. Ganesh Vishwanath Sangle Bpharm, Mpharm
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Signal transduction mechanisms involved in glycated oxidized LDL induced production of fibrinolytic regulators in vascular endothelial cells.
Supervisor: Dr. Garry Shen 

Ms. Aida Sivro BSc
Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Effect of Interferon Regulatory Factor-1 Polymorphisms, Associated with Resistance to HIV-1 Infection in highly exposed uninfected Kenyan sex workers.
Supervisor: Dr. F. Plummer 

Chibuike Udenigwe BSc,MSc
Department of Human Nutritional Sciences
Faculty of Human Ecology, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Novel Calmodulin-binding peptides from flaxseed proteins-potential benefits in human health and diseases.
Supervisor: Dr. Rotimi Aluko 

Mr. Peter Wojciechowski BSc
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: The potential of resveratrol in preventing cardiac hypertrophy due to volume overload/Cardiovascular Physiology.
Supervisor: Dr. Thomas Netticadan 

Ms. Nan Wu BSc, MSc
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Regulation of Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) Expression during liver injury.
Supervisor: Dr. Karmin O 

Miss Tamara Young BSc
Department of Pathology
Faculty of Science, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Role of Cluadin 1 in Human Breast Cancer Tumor Progression and Metastasis.
Supervisor: Dr. Yvonne Myal 

Mr. Qi Zhang BSc,MSc
Department of Human Anatomy & Cell Science
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Identification and Characterization of DLX homeobox gene transcriptional targets in retinal development.
Supervisor: Dr. David Eisenstat