Student Alumni
Graduates of 2012
Nicholas van Buuren, PhD (Supervisor: Dr. Michele Barry)
"Manipulation of Host Ubiquitin and NF-kB Pathways by Poxviral Ankyrin/F-box Proteins"
Nick defended his thesis on January 9, 2012
Graduates of 2011
Christa Smolarchuk, MSc (Supervisor: Dr. Colin Anderson)
"Both Newly Generated T cells, in the Absence of the Thoracic Thymus, and Thymocytes Expand in a Lymphopenic Environment and Break Self-Tolerance"
Christa defended her thesis on November 25, 2011
Stephanie Campbell, PhD (Supervisor: Dr. Michele Barry)
"Death and Degradation: Investigation of the Anti-apoptotic Function and Regulation of Vaccinia Virus F1L"
Stephanie defended her thesis on December 14, 2011
Xiaoqing Hou, MSc (Supervisor: Dr. Jim Smiley)
" Characterization of recombinant HSV-GFP reporter viruses"
Xiaoqing defended her thesis on April 4, 2011
Logan Banadyga, PhD (Supervisor: Dr. Michele Barry)
"Fowling Around with the Ins and Outs of Poxviral Apoptosis Inhibition"
Logan defended his thesis on January 19, 2011
Graduates of 2010
Maya Kitaoka, MSc (Supervisor: Dr. Stefan Pukatzki)
"Regulation of the Vibrio cholerae type VI secretion system"
Maya defended her thesis on December 10, 2010
Julia Parkman, MSc (Supervisor: Dr. Troy Baldwin)
"The role of Programmed Death-1 (PD-1) expression in the negative selection of T lymphocytes"
Julia defended her thesis on October 15, 2010
Kelly Watmough, MSc (Supervisor: Dr. Michele Barry)
"Ubiquitin and the proteasome: Insights into the regulation of a poxviral ubiquitin ligase"
Kelly defended her thesis on September 27, 2010
Melany Wagner, PhD (Supervisor: Dr. James Smiley)
"Herpes Simplex Virus Requires VP11/12 to Activate Src Family Kinase-PI3 Kinase-Akt Signalling"
Melany defended her thesis on September 16, 2010
Andre Deslauriers, MSc (Supervisor: Dr. Chris Power)
"Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Induction by an Endogenous Retrovirus Glycoprotein during Neuroinflammation: Regulation by a Free-radical Scavenger"
Andre defended his thesis on August 13, 2010
Kimberley Zimmerman, PhD (Supervisor: Dr. Lorne Tyrrell)
"Zinc finger proteins: novel therapeutics for the treatment of chronic Hepatitis B infection"
Kimberley defended her thesis on July 21, 2010
Katharine Fagan-Garcia, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Michele Barry)
"Safety in numbers: a vaccinia virus deletion mutant reveals additional NF-kB inhibitors"
Katie defended her thesis on July 7, 2010
Catherine Ewen, PhD (Supervisor Dr. Kevin Kane)
"Catching Killer Granzymes: M.O.'s, Forensic Tools, and Biological Cops"
Catherine defended her thesis on April 1, 2010
Graduates of 2009
Stacey Gelowitz, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Lori West)
"Detection of ABO Blood Group Antigen-Specific B Cells to Facilitate Infant ABO-Incompatible Heart Transplantation"
Stacey defended her thesis on December 14, 2009
Don Gammon, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. David Evans)
"Vaccinia virus DNA polymerase and ribonucleotide reductase: their role in replication, recombination and drug resistance"
Don defended his thesis on December 10, 2009
Meaghan Hancock, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Jim Smiley)
"The roles of HSV-1 VP16 and ICP0 in modulating cellular innate antiviral responses"
Meaghan defended her thesis on December 1, 2009.
Wendy Magee, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. David Evans)
"The mechanism of action of cidofovir and (S)-HPMPA against viral polymerases"
Wendy defended her thesis on July 31, 2009
Jinshu He, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Hanne Ostergaard)
"Regulation of FasL Expression and Trafficking in Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes"
Jinshu defended her thesis on June 3, 2009.
Brianne Couturier, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Michele Barry)
"Poxviruses versus Ubiquitin: A family of viral BTB/Kelch proteins exploit cellular ubiquitin ligases"
Brianne defended her thesis on April 7, 2009.
Evan Wilson, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Deborah Burshtyn)
"Vaccinia virus induced down-regulation of mOcil/Clr-b"
Evan defended his thesis on January 7, 2009.
Graduates of 2008
Jay Varghese, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Kevin Kane)
"Characterization of CD8 Co-receptor and Adhesion Molecule Functions in T-lymphocytes"
Jay defended his thesis on December 22, 2008.
Brian Ma, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Kevin Kane)
"Specificity Mechanisms and Affinity of Activating and Inhibitory Ly-49 Receptors for Class I Major Histocompatibility Complex Molecules"
Brian defended his thesis on December 15, 2008.
Gunilla Einecke, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Phillip Halloran)
"Mechanisms of Epithelial Deterioration during Renal Allograft Rejection"
Gunilla defended her thesis on December 12, 2008.
Greg Workun, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Joel Weiner)
"Novel Aspects of the Molybdenum Cofactor: Proton Transfer in Escherichia coli Nitrate Reductase A and a Potential Evolution of the Sulfite Oxidase Fold"
Greg defended his thesis on November 5, 2008. As his next step Greg entered the M.Sc. program of occupational health at the University of Alberta.
Marc Couturier, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Markus Stein)
"Characterization of the cag Type IV Secretion System and Unique Filaments of Helicobacter pylori"
Marc defended his thesis on September 23, 2008. Marc next moved to the Provincial Health Laboratory in Edmonton to work as a post-doctoral fellow.
John-Paul Bacik, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Bart Hazes)
"Structure, function and evolution of enzymes involved in poxviral nucleotide metabolism"
John-Paul defended his thesis on August 26, 2008. John-Paul then moved east to become a post-doctoral fellow at the Structural Genomics Consortium in Toronto.
Andy Kokaji, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Kevin Kane)
"Role of IL-15 Transrepresentation in Memory CD8+ T-cell Responses"
Andy defended his thesis on July 11, 2008. Andy then left Edmonton to begin work at a biotech company in Vancouver, B.C.
Leslie Robertson, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Hanne Ostergaard)
"Examination of the Regulation and Localization of the Cytoskeletal Adaptor Protein Paxillin in Cytotoxic T lymphocytes"
Leslie defended her thesis on July 7, 2008. Leslie then served as a post-doctoral fellow in Dr. Ostergaard's lab for the next few months.
David Primrose, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Edan Foley)
"Interactions of Dnr1 with the Drosophila Initiator Caspases Dredd and Dronc"
David defended his thesis on June 26, 2008. Following the defense of his thesis, David began working as a research tech at the U of A.
William Chan, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Colin Anderson)
"Defining the capacity and limits of natural self-tolerance mechanisms, along with the contribution by hematopoietic chimerism, in the immunity/tolerance decision towards an allogeneic islet transplant"
William defended his thesis on June 23, 2008. William then continued on in the Anderson lab for a few more months as a post-doctoral fellow.
Lisa Billesberger, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Phil Halloran)
"Macrophage and T cell interactions: The role of T cell associated products in arginase-1 induction"
Lisa defended her thesis on June 10, 2008. Lisa's next move was to the University of Calgary where she entered medical school in September 2008.
Graduates of 2007
Mohammed Osman, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Kevin Kane)
"The regulation of LFA-1-dependent adhesion by NK activating receptors"
Mohammed defended his thesis on August 10, 2007. As his next step Mohammed went into medical school at the University of Alberta.
Nicola Barsby, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Christopher Power)
"HIV-1 Vpr mediates neuropathogenesis through loss of neurons and astrocytes"
Nicola defended her thesis on June 21, 2007. After spending some time travelling, Nicola next went to work as a research tech at the U of A.
John Taylor, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Michele Barry)
"The inhibition of apoptosis and Bax activation by mitochondrial anti-apoptotic proteins encoded by vaccinia virus and ectromelia virus"
John defended his thesis on June 19, 2007.
Sheryl Kirwan PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Deborah Burshtyn)
"Exploring the inhibition of human natural killer cells: co-operation of KIR and ILT2"
Sheryl defended her thesis on January 5, 2007.
Kerry Lavender, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Kevin Kane)
"Molecular Mechanisms Mediating Ly49 Specificity for Class I Major Histocompatibility Molecules"
Kerry defended her thesis in January 2007
Graduates of 2006
Carmen Giltner, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Randy Irvin)
"P. aeruginosa type IV pilin receptor binding domain functions as an adhesion for Abiotic surfaces"
Carmen defended her thesis on December 11, 2006
Erin van Schaik, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Randall Irvin)
"Structural and functional analysis of the type IV pili from Pseudomonas aeruginosa"
Erin defended her thesis on August 24, 2006
Sarah Newhouse, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Larry Guilbert)
"The Role of TFNα in Villous Trophoblast Differentiation”
Sarah defended her thesis on September 15, 2006
Bindi Ferguson, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Hanne Ostergaard)
"Regulation of Thymocyte Development by CD45"
Bindi defended her thesis on July 25, 2006
Jennifer Horton, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"Characterization and Metal Dependence of Helicobacter pylori α1, ¾ Fucosyltransferase"
Jennifer defended her thesis on June 27, 2006
Graeme Quest, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. James Smiley)
"Further Characterization of Human HERC5: A Novel Member of Antiviral Response"
Graeme defended his thesis on May 3, 2006
Sarah Hayward, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. John Elliott)
"HLA-DQ Transgenic NOD Models of Autoimmunity"
Sarah defended her thesis on March 30, 2006
Veronic Provencher, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Luis Schang)
"Recruitment of Phosporylated HSU ICP4 to RCS"
Veronic defended her thesis on January 27, 2006
Vashni Skipper, MSc (Supervisor, Drs. Markus Stein/Diane Taylor)
"Characterization of Virulence Factors Expressed by Helicobacter pylori"
Vashni defended her thesis on January 19, 2006
Graduates of 2005
Gary Chan, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Larry Guilbert)
“Human Cytomegalovirus induced Trophoblast Apoptosis”
Gary defended his thesis on December 2, 2005
James Gunton, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
“Characterization of Plasmid-Encoded Proteins that Mediate or Inhibit R27 Conjugative Transfer”
James defended his thesis on December 1, 2005
Bing Ma, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"Structural-Functional Studies of Helicobacter pylori a1,¾ Fucosyltransferases"
Bing defended her thesis on November 8, 2005
Kirsty Dunlop, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Bart Hazes)
"Methodological Improvements in Protein Crystallography"
Kirsty defended her thesis on September 23, 2005. After running a small business for several years, Kirsty became the research liaison at the Northern Alberta Institute for Technology (NAIT).
Shawn Wasilenko, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Michele Barry)
"Vaccinia virus encodes a novel mitochondrial inhibitor of apoptosis that interacts with Bak and inhibits Bak activation"
Shawn defended his thesis on August 17, 2005
Luis Guembes-Hidalgo, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Phil Halloran)
"Regulation of CTL Generation by IFN-y in Alloimmune Responses in the Mouse"
Luis defended his thesis on August 5, 2005
Veronica Kos, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence of Campylobacter jejuni"
Veronica defended her thesis on June 29, 2005
Joshua Christianson, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Hanne Ostergaard)
"Examination of Lectin-Carbohydrate interactions during T cell-APC conjugation and a potential role for CD45"
Josh defended his thesis on June 28, 2005
Juliet Emamaullee, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. John Elliott)
"Apoptosis inhibition to promote β-Cell survival in islet transplantation"
Juliet defended her thesis on June 27, 2005
Veronica Kos, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence of Campylobacter jejuni"
Veronica defended her thesis on June 29, 2005
Melissa Teoh, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. David Evans)
"Characterization and functional analysis of leporipoxvirus Copper-Zinc Superoxide Dismutase Homologs"
Melissa defended her thesis on February 3, 2005
Graduates of 2004
Lisa Dawson, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. John Elliott)
"Characterization of HLA-DQ8/DQ2 transgenic IA null NOD mice as a model For Type 1 Diabetes"
Lisa defended her thesis on December 17, 2004
Leah Standeven, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Deborah Burshtyn)
"KIR enrichment at the inhibitory natural killer cell immunological synapse"
Leah defended her thesis on December 2, 2004
Rebecca Minaker, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. James Smiley)
"Quiescent HSV-1 genomes are inaccessible to the transcription and DNA replication machinery"
Rebecca defended her thesis on November 4, 2004
Tara Stewart, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Michele Barry)
"The vaccinia virus F1L protein: Characterization of Mitochondrial Localization and inhibition of Apoptosis"
Tara defended her thesis on August 17, 2004
Mark Williams, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Lorne Tyrrell)
"FAC/MS – A novel HCV NS3 screening assay"
Mark defended his thesis on July 8, 2004
Henrietta Zanzotto, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. James Smiley)
"Characterization of the effects of mutation of the ICP27 protein on HSV-1 gene expression"
Henrietta defended her thesis on June 15, 2004
Leslie Shai, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. James Smiley)
"A study of the relative contributions of HSV-1 proteins to the process of host shutoff"
Leslie defended her thesis on May 14, 2004
Matthew Gilmour, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"The evolution and assembly of a plasmid DNA conjugation apparatus"
Matt defended his thesis on February 26, 2004
Paola Marcato, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Glen Armstrong)
"Investigation of the Shiga toxin 2 B subunit and its immunoprophylactic potential"
Paola defended her thesis on February 13, 2004
Graduates of 2003
Rosalyn Doepker, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. James Smiley)
"Translation initiation factors eIF4B and E1F4H stimulate the ribonuclease activity of the virion host shutoff protein of Herpes Simplex Virus 1"
Rosalyn defended her thesis on December 18, 2003
Scott Slemko, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Michele Barry)
"The vaccinia virus 15L protein is targeted to viral factories during infection and Anchored into membranes"
Scott defended his thesis on August 29, 2003
Kathie-Anne Walters, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Lorne Tyrrell)
"Superinfection exclusion in duck hepatitis B virus infection"
Kathie-Anne defended her thesis on July 3, 2003
Dobryan Tracz, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"Antibiotic resistance and virulence plasmids in Campylobacter jejuni"
Dobryan defended his thesis on June 9, 2003
Krista Penney, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Larry Guilbert)
"Rubella virus infection of primary villous trophoblasts"
Krista defended her thesis on May 13, 2003
Kara Allanach, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Hanne Ostergaard)
"Examining the nature of adhesion between cultured thymic stromal cells and CD45 +/+ or CD45 -/- cell lines"
Kara defended her thesis on August 6, 2003
Graduates of 2002
Sean Connell, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"Interaction of the tetracycline resistance protein Tet(O) with the bacterial ribosome"
Sean defended his thesis on December 4, 2002
Lawrence Puente, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Hanne Ostergaard)
"MAP kinase signaling in Cytotoxic T lymphocytes"
Lawrence defended his thesis on November 13, 2002
Laura Mireau, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Hanne Ostergaard)
"A role for P13K in the Cytoskeletal rearrangements required for CTL Degranulation"
Laura defended her thesis on September 20, 2002
Robert Liao, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Robert Rennie)
"Vitality and mortality of Candida albicans"
Robert defended his thesis on August 16, 2002
Troy Baldwin, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Hanne Ostergaard)
"Defining a physical and functional interaction between CD45 and Glucosidase II"
Troy defended his thesis on July 25, 2002
Elizabeth Silver, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Kevin Kane)
"Influence of polymorphism on Ly-49 receptor specificity and function"
Elizabeth defended her thesis on May 15, 2002
Shannon Lubitz, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Joel Weiner)
"The Escherichia coli YnfEFGHI Operon: A Dimethyl Sulfoxide Reductase (DmsABC) Paralogue"
Shannon defended her thesis on April 4, 2002
Zhuolin Han MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Glen Armstrong)
"The function of plasmid O157 on Eschericia coli O157 binding to tissue culture cells"
Zhuolin defended her thesis on January 11, 2002
Graduates of 2001
Johanna Marie Nemiroff, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Glen Armstrong)
"Investigation of enteropahogenic Escherichia coli adherence factors Bundle-forming Pili and Intimin"
Johanna defended her thesis on September 25, 2001
Karla Trejo-Oliver, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Larry Guilbert)
"IFNγ response to paternal antigens during pregnancy"
Karla defended her thesis on September 19, 2001
Peter Daniel Borszcz, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Deborah Burshtyn)
"Clustering of inhibitory killer cell Ig-like receptors"
Peter defended his thesis on August 27, 2001
Denise Hemmings, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Larry Guilbert)
"Permissive Cytomegalovirus Infection in Cultured Villous Trophoblasts"
Denise defended her thesis on August 8, 2001
Lina Kung, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Phillip Halloran)
"Cyclosporine and Tacrolimus: Mechanisms of Action"
Lina defended her thesis on June 4, 2001
Allan Ma, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Lorne Tyrrell)
"Characterization of Holliday Resolvase Activity in Herpes Simplex Virus Type 10 Alkaline Nuclease"
Allan defended his thesis on March 30, 2001
Graduates of 2000
Shawn Payne, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Larry Guilbert)
"The role of Sphingolipids in the Control of Apoptosis in Human Placental Primary Trophoblasts"
Shawn defended his thesis on November 24, 2000
Daniel Dragon, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Robert Rennie)
"Isolation of anthrax spores from the environment and & Ecological investigation of Bacillus anthracis in endemic Regions of northern Canada"
Daniel defended his thesis on November 23, 2000
Anna Lewandowski, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Mark Peppler)
"Antigenic Variation in Bordetella pertussis"
Anna defended her thesis on October 27, 2000
Regina Broitman-Maduro, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Mark Peppler)
"Identification of Modulation-Specific Genes In Bordetella Pertussis using a GFP-Based Screen"
Regina defended her thesis on August 28, 2000
Craig Sherburne, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"Conjugal and genetic analysis of the IncHI1 Plasmid, R27"
Craig defended his thesis on August 18, 2000
Tasha Sims, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Phillip Halloran)
"MHC regulation in non-lymphoid tissues in the mouse"
Tasha defended her thesis on May 24, 2000
Zhi Li, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Lorne Tyrrell)
"Cloning, Expression and Functional Study of Human Hepadnaviral Polymerase"
Li defended her thesis on May 19, 2000
David Rasko, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"Expression and synthesis of Lewis Antigens in Helicobacter pylori"
David defended his thesis on May 11, 2000
Woei Tan, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Lorne Tyrrell)
Rapid sizing of DNA and analysis of single cells using capillary electrophoresis"
Woei defended his thesis on April 28, 2000
Gabrielle Zimmerman, PhD (Supervisor, Drs. M. Longnecker/Kevin Kane)
"A Study of MUC1 mucin in tumor progression and Immune modulation"
Gabrielle defended her thesis on March 21, 2000
Graduates of 1999
Rosa Vanmaele, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Glen Armstrong)
"Role of Carbohydrates in Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Adherence"
Rosa defended her thesis on March 4, 1999
Chew Shun Chang, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Kevin Kane)
"Regulation of Natural Killer Cell Cytotoxic Activity By Class I MHC"
Chew Shun defended his thesis on August 18, 1999
Graduates of 1998
Laura Sly, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. James Talbot)
"Purification and characterization of an aminopeptidase And partial purification and characterization of a Collagenase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis"
Laura defended her thesis on September 17, 1998
Sumonta Chaisomchit, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Lorne Tyrrell)
"Development of Hepatitis B Virus as Vectors for Gene Therapy"
Sumonta defended her thesis on September 9, 1998
Yew Hon Lai, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Tim Mosmann)
"In Vivo and In Vitro Functions of Interleukin 13"
Yew Hon defended his thesis on August 20, 1998
Trevor Stenson, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Mark Peppler)
"Characterization of Bvg-Repressed molecules of Bordetella pertussis"
Trevor defended his thesis on July 24, 1998
Nancy Berg, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Hanne Ostergaard)
"Requirements for stimulation and activation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes"
Nancy defended her thesis on June 8, 1999
Deborah Hemmerling, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Lung-Ji Chang)
"Retroviral vectors for anti-HIV gene therapy"
Deborah defended her thesis on June 1, 1998)
Chris Arendt, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Hanne Ostergaard)
"Physical and functional interactions of the hemotopoitic cell-specific protein-tyrosine-phosphatase CD45"
Chris defended his thesis on May 22, 1998
Dean Smith, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. John Elliott)
"Antigen and Cytokine Modulation of Autoimmune Diabetes in the NOD Mouse"
Dean defended his thesis on May 1, 1998
Chengsheng Zhang, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Lung-Ji Chang)
"Functional studies of HIV-1 Vpr protein and development of hu-PBL-SCID/beige mouse model for the studies of HIV-1 infection in vivio"
Chengsheng defended his thesis on April 21, 1998
Brian Taylor, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. John Elliott)
"Studies on Plasmodium falciparum antigens obtained by eukaryotic expression cloning in COS cells"
Brian defended his thesis on March 27, 1998
Harbuksh Singh Sekhon, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. John Elliott)
"The Creation of T Cell Hybridomas to Map Human GAD65 Epitopes in NOD Mice"
Harbuksh defended his thesis on March 1998
Samuel Ho, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Larry Guilbert)
"Role of BCL-2 in Placental Trophoblast Apoptosis”
Samuel defended his thesis on January 5, 1998
Graduates of 1997
Chih-Hsiung Chen, MSc (Supervisor Dr. Lung-Ji Chang)
"The Differential Apoptotic Effects of Vpr and Vpx of Human and Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses in Mammaliam Cells"
Chih-Hsiung defended his thesis on November 29, 1997
Joud Shafiq, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. John Elliott)
"Expression and Characterization of Chimeric Mouse/Human Monoclonal Antibodies with Specificity for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pili"
Joud defended her thesis on October 14, 1997
Xiaoling Puyang, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Dennis Kunimoto)
"Analysis of the Sequence of an Insertion-like element from Mycobacterium Avium"
Xiaoling defended her thesis on September 24, 1997
Lisa Purdy, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. John Elliott)
"Establishing a Framework for Mapping DQ8 Restricted T cell Epitopes for Human Diabetes Autoantigens"
Lisa defended her thesis on September 16, 1997
Hazel Talbot, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Mark Joffe)
"Physical Genome Map Of Haemophilus Ducreyi KC1 (C1P542T)"
Hazel defended her thesis on September 8, 1997
Li Li, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Tim Mosmann)
"Induction and Regulation of Delayed Type Hypersensitivity by CD4 and CD8 T Subsets"
Li defended her thesis on July 10, 1997
Christine Szymanski, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Glen Armstrong)
"Interactions Between Campylobacter jejuni and the Host"
Christine defended her thesis on January 20, 1997
Graduates of 1996
Lei Yu, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Randy Irvin)
"Characterization and identification of Candida albicans fimbrial adhesions and their receptors on human buccal epithelial cells"
Lei defended his thesis on August 26, 1996
Claire Lukey, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. James Talbot)
"Investigation of DN Sequences Unique to Mycobacterium Bovis"
Claire defended her thesis on June 27, 1996
Eileen Ma, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Hanne Ostergaard)
"The Contributions of b Integrin-Mediated Costumilation to T cell activation"
Marie Turcotte, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Mark Peppler)
"Effect of Endotoxin Alteration on Bordetellae Outer Membrane Function"
Graduates of 1995
Koji Hiratsuka, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"Genetic aspects of Helicobacter pylori and Campylobacter jejuni"
Dequan Kong, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Dennis Kunimoto)
"Expression of Human Interleukin 2, Human Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, and Mouse Interferon Gamma in Mycobacterium Bovis BCG"
Anita Yee Mei Howe, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Lorne Tyrrell)
"Duck Hepatitis B Virus Polymerase-Cloning and Expression, Antiviral Therapy and Translation Regulation"
Colin Guangshun Luo, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. John Elliott)
"Expression of an Active Hepatitis C VIrus Serine Proternase in E. coli"
Yvon de Moissac, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Mark Peppler)
"Molecular Typing Methods for Pertussis Epidemiology"
Peter Newnham, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"Transfer and replication systems of the IncHI1 plasmid R27"
Andrew Chau, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"Cloning and sequence analysis of the C. fetus subsp. fetus gyrA gene"
Graduates of 1994
Sui-Jane Yui, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Larry Guilbert)
"Cytokines in Placental Developments TNF-a induces Apoptosis in Cultured Human Term Placental Trophoblasts"
Erika Pfeiffer, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Raymond Marusyk)
"Diagnostic adaptation of time-resolved fluorimetry in a multi-use DNA detection analysis"
Laurie Dixon, MSc, (Supervisor, Dr. Albritton)
"Characterization of Indigenous plasmids in the Pasteurellaceae for use in genetic analysis"
Helen Messier, PhD (Supervisors Drs. Fotedar and Elliott)
"Transcriptional regulation of the T cell receptor ß chain gene"
Yunfang (Joan) Hou, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"Tellurite Resistance in Enterobacteriaceae"
Qin Jiang, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"Genomic analysis of Campylobacter and Helicobacter"
Graduates of 1993
Hui Lin, PhD, (Supervisor, Dr. Thomas Wegmann)
"Significance of the TH2 Type Cytokines at the Maternal-Fetal Interface"
Graduates of 1992
Therese Fuller, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Fotedar)
"Regulation of T cell receptor b chain gene expression: DNA-Protein interactions"
Donna MacNeil, PhD (Supervisor, Drs. Singh and Kane)
"Regulation of T Cell Responses by Peptides of the T Cell Receptor ß Chain Variable Region"
Donald Branch, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Larry Guilbert)
"Cytokine Regulation Of Macrophage Proliferation"
Peter Blake, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Philip Halloran)
"The Distribution And Characteristics Of Ly-6 In Normal And Diseased Murine Kidney And Of Its Analogue, CD59 (Protectin) In Normal And Diseased Human Kidney"
Clifford Clark, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Glen Armstrong)
"Characterization of Receptors for Pertussis Toxin"
Wallace Smart, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Singh)
"T Cell Mediated Immunity to Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Pili"
Liane Kim, MSc (Supervisor Dr. Randy Irvin)
"Utilization of Peptide-Enzyme Linked Assay (PELA) for the Characterization of Adhesins"
Graduates of 1991
Weixing Luo, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Lorne Tyrrell)
"The Effects of ddN on DHBV Replication"
Robert Bonnah, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Glen Armstrong)
"Examination of Pertussis Toxin Binding to Ceruloplasmin"
Carol Ewanowich, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"Invasion Of Eucaryotic Cells By Bordetella sp"
Ying Wang, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"Genetics of Campylobacter Species"
Graduates of 1990
Patrick Kilgannon, PhD (Supervisor, Drs. Singh and Fotedar)
"T Cell Receptor Repertoire to Poly-18 and Mls-1a: Parallels Between a Peptide Antigen and Superantigen Recognition"
William Yan, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"Characterization of Erythromycin Resistant Campylobacter Species"
Heguang Zheng, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Green)
"A T cell-derived, antigen-specific regulatory factor: Relationship to T cell receptor"
Jitra Ratanavongsiri, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Fotedar)
"Study of CIS-acting elements in T cell receptor ß chain genes"
Francisco Diaz-Mitoma, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Lorne Tyrrell)
"Nucleic acid hybridization studeis in Epstein-Barr Virus infections"
Yun Zheng, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Douglas Green)
"Replication of Rubella Virus in Vero Cells and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell"
Emily Walter, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"Plasmid-mediated Tellurite Resistance in the Enterobacteriaceae"
Graduates of 1989
Julie Deans, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Linda Pilarski)
"Molecular and Functional Analysis of CD45 in T Cell Development"
Simeon Vassiliadis, PhD (Dr. Larry Guilbert)
"The Role of CSF-1 in Immune Interferon-induced Differentiation of the Myeloid Leukemia Cell Line HL-60"
Zuzana Novak, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Bhagirath Singh)
"T cell repertoire to the synthetic polypeptide antigen Poly-18"
Shou-Ching Tang, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Andrew Shaw)
"Molecular Cloning of the Human Lymphocyte Differentiation Antigen CD9"
Soopayah Vydelingum, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Aimo Salami)
"Studies on the Interaction of a Temperature Sensitive Mutant of Measles Virus with Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells"
Linxian Wu, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Aimo Salami)
"Virus Infection and Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis"
Catherine Moran, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Glen Armstrong)
"Characterization of Verocytotoxin-2 Resistant Vero and Hela 229 Cells"
Graduates of 1988
Anona Lukawiecki, MSc (Supervisor Dr. Mark Peppler)
"Characterization of Bacteriophage L1 Isolated from Bordetella Bronchiseptica AG1-L"
Graduates of 1987
Rosemarie Hunziker, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Thomas Wegmann)
"Immunological Considerations of the Maternal Fetal Interface: The Placental Barrier to Cellular Traffic and Nature of the Antigens Involved"
Lai-King Ng, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"Isolation and Characterization of Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni"
Graduates of 1986
Cynthia Guidos, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Kwok-Choy Lee)
"Functions of Macrophages and Dendritic Cells in T cell Activation"
Patricia Trytten, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Raymond Marusyk)
"An Immunofluorescent and Electron Microscopic Examination of Measles Virus Infected Cells"
William Yan, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"Physical and Genetic Characterization of the IncHII Plasmid pHH1508a"
Animesh Amart Sinha, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Erwin Diener)
"Accessory Cell Function in T Cell Independent ß Cell Activation and Tolerance"
Graduates of 1985
John Krowka, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Linda Pilarski)
"Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Induction by Soluble T-Cell Receptors"
Graduates of 1984
Randolph Currah, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Bill Carmichael)
"The Taxonomy of the Onygenales: Arthrodermataceae, Gymnoascaceae, Myxotrichaceae and Onygenaceae"
James Wiley, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Raymond Marusyk)
"Purification of Measles Virus Hemagglutinin for Tryptic Analysis By High Performance Liquid Chromatography"
Mark Kieran, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Michael Longenecker)
"Nature of Receptor-Acceptor Interactions In Organ Specific Metastasis"
Mary Whiteley, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Diane Taylor)
"Studies of the Molecular Relatedness of H Plasmids Using Restriction Enzyme Digestion and Southern Transfer DNA Hybridization"
Graduates of 1982
Rajgopal Raghupathy, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Thomas Wegmann)
"Expression and Relevance of Paternal MHC Antigens on the Murine Placenta"
Graduates of 1981
Eric Nisbet-Brown, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Erwin Diener)
"MHC Control of Cell Interactions"
Margaret Tucker, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Peter Bretscher)
"The Mechanism of Action of Helper T Cells in the Induction of Delayed-type Hypersensitivity"
Francis Lau, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Bill Carmichael)
"Aspects Of Computerized Information Systems In Clinical Microbiology"
Linda Moffard, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Raymond Marusyk)
"Isolation And Partial Characterization Of A Temperature- Sensitive Mutant Of Human Adnovirus Type 4"
William Gallatin, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. B.M. Longenecker)
"Non-Major Histocompatibility Complex-Associated Genetic Resistance
to Marek’s Disease: Expression at the Target Cell Level"
John Lynch, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Raymond Marusyk)
"The Purification And Biophysical Characterization Of A Porcine Parvovirus"
Trevor Owens, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Gordin Kaplan)
"Cation Fluxes in Lymphocyte Activation"
Jennifer Shaw, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Paetkan)
"Costimulator: Cellular Origins, Physical Properties And Effects On Immune Responses In Vitro"
Daniel Drell, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Thomas Wegmann)
"Immunologic, Genetic, And Hematologic Studies Of H-2 Incompatible Parabiosed Mice"
Graduates of 1979
Gordon Keller, PhD (Supervisors, Drs. Longenecker and Diener)
"Hemopoietic Colonies On The Chorioallantoic Membrane Of The Chick Embryo: Induction By Embryonic, Adherent, Non-Hemopoietic Spleen Cells"
Graduates of 1978
Linda Tsang, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Raymond Marusyk)
"Purification and Characterization of a Human Adenovirus- Associated Endonuclease Like Activity"
Soroosh Fatemi-Nainie, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Raymond Marusyk)
"The Biochemical, Biophysical and Immunological Characterization of four Equine Adenovirus Isolates"
Peter Dickie, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Bryan)
"Streptomycin Adenylytransferase-Mediated Dihydrostreptomycin Resistance In Escherichia Coli"
Graduates of 1977
Thalia Nicas, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Bryan)
"Assessment of Gentamicin Sensitivity of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in an Animal Model and by Accumulation Studies"
Abdul Al-Adra, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Linda Pilarski)
"Antigen Specific Suppression Of T Cell Responses I. Suppressor Cells Are Not Cytotoxic Cells"
Anita Krebs, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. William Bridger)
"Structural And Kinetic Studies Of Two Bacterial Phosphotransferases"
Graduates of 1976
Tommy Fredericksen, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Ruth)
"Chicken Lymphocyte Antigens"
Graduates of 1975
Lynne Sigler, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Bill Carmichael)
"Taxonomy of Malbranchea and some other Hyphomycetes with Arthroconidia"
Hoi Wong, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Bryan)
"Properties of an R Factor Specific Bacteriophage"
Judith Johnson, PhD (Supervisor, Dr. Alberta Coons)
"The Study Of Immune System Differentiation In Mosiac"
Graduates of 1974
Eric Carstens, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Raymond Marusyk)
"An Analysis of Adenovirus-Induced Crystalline Inclusions"
James Brosseau, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Bill Carmichael)
"Pyrolysis Gas-Liquid Chromatography Applied to a Study of Variation in Arthroderma Tuberculatum"
Fabienne Beckers, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Shobe)
"The Purification of IgM from Normal Human Serum"
Rachit Haraphongse, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Bryan)
"Gentamicin Resistance in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa"
Graduates of 1973
Shirley Semaka, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Bryan)
"Molecular Nature of R Factors in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa"
Janice Trylinski, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Whitehouse)
"Immunological Studies on Mycobacterum Lepraemuruim"
Bassanio Wong, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Shobe)
"Purification of Urease from Proteus Morganii by Affinity Chromatography"
Graduates of 1970
Gabrielle Prefontaine, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Jackson)
"Fatty Acid Patterns In Anaerobic And Facultatively Anaerobic corroding Bacilli"
Diane Rhodes, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Jackson)
"The Significance of DNA Base Ratios in Bacterial Taxonomy"
Graduates of 1969
Majit Sihola, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Jackson)
"Computer-Aided Investigation of the Staphylococcus- Micrococcus Complex"
Graduates of 1968
Leslie Howard, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Jackson)
"The Interaction of Staphylococcus Aureus Staphylophage 7 and Antibiotics, In vitro and In Vivo"
Graduates of 1966
Roderick Gaunt, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Yamamoto)
"Plaque Assay, Concentration And Chemical Studies Of A Canine Adenovirus, Toronto A26/61"
Graduates of 1964
Yvonne Goodman, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Stuart)
"Application of Serology and the Methods of Numerical Taxonomy to the Classification of Strains and a Consideration of Antibody as an Index of Infection"
Graduates of 1960
Heinz Kraus, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Stuart)
"Staphylococcal Mastitis in Alberta Dairy Herds"
Graduates of 1955
Tats Yamamoto, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Stuart)
"Epidemiological and Immunological Investigations in Streptococcal"
Graduates of 1954
Marguerite Epp, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Stuart)
"The Serological Investigation of Syphilis and Tuberculosis"
Graduates of 1952
Arthur Lamb, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Stuart)
"Staphylococcal Bacteriophage"
George Schwindt, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Stirrat)
"An Investigation of the Bacteria Associated with the Horn Fly, Siphona Irritans, and the Metabolic Behavior of the Individual Organisms"
Raina Yanda, MSc (Supervisor, Dr. Stuart)
"The Application of Paper Partition Chromatography to the Study of Amino Acid Metabolism within the Genus Paracolobactrum"
