Carl Lowenberger ([email protected])
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences Associate Dean of Science Canada Research Chair in Parasites and Vectors of Disease We study immune responses to disease causing organisms in insects - Dengue viruses in Aedes aegypti causing Dengue, Plasmodium gallinaceum in Aedes aegypti as a model for avian malaria, Brugia malayi in Aedes aegypti causing human lymphatic filariasis, and Trypanosoma cruzi in Rhodnius prolixus causing Chagas disease. |
Jerry Ericsson ([email protected]) PhD Candidate, President of BioCarbon Energy Jerry is investigating humoral and cellular responses in Bacillus thuringiensis resistant and susceptible Trichoplusia ni. |
Nicolas Salcedo Porras ([email protected]) PhD Candidate Nicolas is interested in the evolutionary parasitology of parasitic diseases. He is currently working on characterizing the immune pathways of the Chagas disease vector, Rhodnius prolixus. |
Heather Coatsworth ([email protected]) PhD Candidate Heather is using bioinformatic and molecular techniques to identify resistance factors in dengue incompetent Aedes aegypti. |
Shir Yi Toh ([email protected]) Masters of Pest Management (MPM) Candidate Shir Yi is interested in studying the transmission of Dengue viruses via Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. |
Iman Baharmand ([email protected]) Bachelor of Science (BSc) Student Iman is interested in studying the physiological and molecular properties of Aedes aegypti associated with the transmission of disease agents. |
Lea Sánchez Milde ([email protected]) Bachelor of Science (BSc) Student Lea is attempting to induce a dengue-resistant phenotype in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes by knocking out relevant genes with the CRISPR/Cas9 system. |
Soheil Saeidiborojeni ([email protected]) Bachelor of Science (BSc) Student Soheil is a second year student majoring in MBB. He is sequencing cDNA to predict variants in Rhodnius prolixus, and is also interested in the immune effects of knocking down these variants. |
Landiso Madonsela ([email protected]) Bachelor of Science (BSc) Student Landiso is interested in studying expression levels of annotated genes in the immune deficiency pathway (IMD) in Rhodinus prolixus, after RNAi induced silencing. |
Jazmin Flores ([email protected]) Bachelor of Science (BSc) Student Jazmin is attempting to induce genetic knockdowns in Aedes aegypti to inhibit dengue virus transmission. |
William Shen ([email protected]) Burnaby North Secondary School/SFU Concurrent Studies Student William is interested in determining the genetic basis of dengue transmission in Aedes aegypti using RNAi technology. |