PEOPLE
CURRENT LAB MEMBERS
Dr. Jenny Bruin (she/her)
2021 - present, Associate Professor
2016 - 2021, Assistant Professor
Carleton University, Dept. of Biology and Institute of Biochemistry
2010 - 2016, Postdoctoral Fellow (Advisor: Dr. Timothy Kieffer)
UBC, Dept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences,
2005 - 2009, PhD, Medical Sciences (Advisor: Dr. Alison Holloway)
McMaster University, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2000 - 2005, BSc, Biomedical Toxicology, Co-operative Education
University of Guelph
Currently Teaching
BIOC4009: Biochemistry of Disease
BIOL4201: Advanced Cell Culture and Tissue Engineering
BIOL6500: Advanced Science Communication
Awards
2021 - Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award (nominated by students)
2020 - New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award
MYRIAM HOYECK
PhD Candidate (Sept. 2017 - present)
Project title: a) Impact of dioxins on mouse pancreas during vulnerable windows and b) link between persistent pollutants and beta cell function in humans
CIHR PGS-D Award Recipient: 2020-2023
OGS Award Recipient: 2019-2020
OGS Award Recipient: 2018-2019
NSERC CGS-M Award Recipient: 2017-2018
NOA GANG, MSc
PhD Candidate (Sept. 2018 - present)
Project title: a) Role of drug metabolism enzymes in islets and b) crosstalk between aryl hydrocarbon receptor and hypoxia pathways in islets
NSERC CGS-D Award Recipient: 2021-2023
OGS Award Recipient: 2019-2020
INELI PERERA, MSc
PhD Candidate (Sept. 2020 - present)
Specialization in Chemical and Environmental Toxicology
Project title: Stem cell differentiation as a toxicity testing testing tool
KYLE VAN ALLEN
PhD Candidate (Sept. 2020 - present)
Project title: Impact of flame retardants on islets
JANA PALANIYANDI
PhD Candidate (Sept. 2020 - present)
Specialization in Chemical and Environmental Toxicology
Project title: Impact of fluorinated chemicals on islets
ANGELA CHING
PhD Candidate (Sept. 2021 - present)
Project title: Role of cytochrome P450 enzymes in islets
NSERC CGS-M Award Recipient: 2022-2023
LAHARI BASU
PhD Candidate (Sept. 2021 - present)
Project title: Impact of chemotherapeutic drugs on islets
SHAHEN SHAHEN
Honour's Thesis Student (Sept. 2022 - present)
Project title: Long term effects of development TCDD exposure on offspring pancreas
JASON AU
Dean's Summer Research Internship (DSRI) Student (Summer 2022)
Work Study Student (Fall 2022 - Winter 2023)
Project title: Environmental contaminants in human pancreas: bioinformatics analysis
EMILIA POLEO-GIORDANI
Work Study Student (Fall 2022 - Winter 2023)
Project title: Stem cell maintenance and differentiation
FORMER LAB MEMBERS
Kayleigh Rick, MSc
Lab Technician: 2017 - 2021
Project title: A little bit of everything!
Geronimo Matteo Parodi, MSc
MSc Student: 2017 - 2019
Project title: Interaction between dioxin exposure and high fat diet feeding in rodents
Erin MacFarlane, MSc
MSc Student: 2017 - 2019
Research Assistant: 2021
Project title: Impact of dioxin on human stem cell differentiation
Cameron Sinclair (2022) Summer Student
NSERC USRA Award Recipient - Summer 2022
Dana Graves (2022) Summer Student
Dean's Summer Research Internship Recipient - Summer 2022
Kaitlyn McCormick (2021) Honour's Thesis Student
Sarita Cuadros Sanchez (2019 - 2021) Honour's Thesis Student, Directed Studies Student
Salar Farokhi Boroujeni (2018 - 2021) Summer Student, Honour's Thesis Student
NSERC USRA Award Recipient - Summer 2021
NSERC USRA Award Recipient - Summer 2019
Dean's Summer Research Internship Recipient - Summer 2018
Cameron Tulloch (2020 - 2021) Honour's Thesis Student
Abbie Smith (2019 - 2020) Honour's Thesis Student, Work Study Student
Julia Zebarth (2019 - 2020) Honour's Thesis Student
Shivani Solanki (Summer 2019, Winter 2020) Research Assistant, Volunteer Placement Student
Rayanna Merhi (2018 - 2019) Honour's Thesis Student, Research Assistant
Kelsea McKay (2018 - 2019) Honour's Thesis Student
Laura Harkness (2018 - 2019) Honour's Thesis Student
Hannah Blair (2017 - 2019) Summer Student, Work Study Student
Walker Summer Research Award Recipient - Summer 2018
NSERC USRA Award Recipient - Summer 2017
Melody Zhang (Summer 2018) Honour's Thesis Student
Andrea Smith (2017 - 2018) Honour's Thesis Student
Arina Prakash (2017 - 2018) Honour's Thesis Student
Jocelyn Bonti-Ankomah (2017 - 2018) Honour's Thesis Student
Catherine Copley (2017) Summer Student
Dean's Summer Research Internship Recipient - Summer 2017
Mariam Elsawy (2017) Summer Student
Dean's Summer Research Internship Recipient - Summer 2017
GROUP LAB PICTURES
Good-bye picnic for Kayleigh and Salar
A swarm of Bruin Lab ladies graduated this year!