Congratulations to the 8 LSI Post Doctoral Fellows that are recipients of the 2011 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) Research Trainee Awards.

Recipients include:

• Dr. Rafi Chapanian

“A novel cell surface engineering methods for universal red blood done cells via combination of enzymatic cleavage and polymer grafting”
Supervisors: Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu & Dr. Donald Brooks

• Dr. Nirupa Goel

“Serotonergic mechanisms underlying sex differences in stress neuroendocrine function”
Supervisor: Dr. Victor Viau

• Dr. Mohammad Mahdi Karimi

“Analysis of the influence of retroelements on activation of oncogenes in primary human lymphomas using high-throughput sequencing”
Supervisors: Dr. Matthew Lorincz & Dr. Dixie Mager

• Dr. Daniel Patton

“Il7R signalling in lymphocyte development and function”
Supervisor: Dr. Ninan Abraham

• Dr. Stephen Pless

“Investigating anti-arrhythmic inhibition of voltage-gated sodium channels with unnatural amino acids and fluorescence spectroscopy”
Supervisor: Dr. Christopher Ahern

• Dr. Solmaz Sobhanifar

“Elucidation of the antibiotic resistance mechanisms of BlaR1 and MecR1 through structural, biochemical and cellular investigation using cell-free protein expression”
Supervisor: Dr. Natalie Strynadka

• Dr. Yanet Valdez

“Dissecting the role of CD248 in inflammatory diseases”
Supervisor: Dr. Edward Conway
Jointly funded with Cohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada
Alumni of UBC Department of Microbiology & Immunology.

• Dr. Philipp Lange

“Proteolytic signatures and networks in breast cancer metastases”
Supervisor: Dr. Christopher Overall
Jointly funded with Breast Cancer Society of Canada

LSI Alumni funded:

• Dr. Kevin Bin Liang Lin

“The role of the Ahi-1 oncogene in the regulation of hematopoietic stem cell development, function, and leukemogenesis”
PhD Supervisor: Dr. Michael Gold, UBC Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Now at the BC Cancer Agency – Terry Fox Laboratory
Supervisor: Dr. Xiaoyan Jiang

• Dr. Jacqueline Lai

“The use of CpG aduvants, bio-degradable microparticles, and microneedle technology for the design of novel single-dose vaccines”
PhD Supervisor: Dr. Pauline Johnson, UBC Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Current Supervisor: Dr. Jan Dutz

Complete listing of recipients is available on the MSFHR website.

If we missed anyone please email: lsi.grad@ubc.ca