PEOPLE
CURRENT LAB MEMBERS
Dr. Jennifer Bruin
2016 – present: Assistant Professor
Carleton University, Dept. of Biology and Institute of Biochemistry
2010 – 2016: Postdoctoral Fellow
UBC, Dept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Laboratory of Timothy Kieffer
2005 – 2009: PhD, Medical Sciences
McMaster University, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Laboratory of Alison Holloway
2000 – 2005: BSc, Biomedical Toxicology, Co-operative Education
University of Guelph
Email: jenny.bruin@carleton.ca
Currently Teaching:
BIOC4009 – Biochemistry of Disease
BIOL4201 – Advanced Cell Culture and Tissue Engineering
BIOL5502X – Science Communication
Kayleigh Rick, MSc
January 2017 - present
Position: Lab Technician
Title of Project: A little bit of this and a little bit of that!
Myriam Hoyeck, BSc
September 2017 - present
Position: PhD candidate
Title of Project: Impact of dioxins on mouse pancreas development
CIHR PGS-D Award Recipient - 2020-2023
OGS Award Recipient - 2019/2020
OGS Award Recipient - 2018/2019
NSERC CGS MSc Award Recipient - 2017/2018
Noa Gang, MSc
September 2018 - present
Position: PhD candidate
Title of Project: Impact of inducible drug metabolism enzymes on pancreatic islets.
OGS Award Recipient - 2019/2020
Ineli Perera, MSc
Sept 2020 - present
Position: PhD Student, Chemical & Environmental Toxicology Specialization
Title of Project: Stem cell differentiation as a toxicology testing tool
Kyle Van Allen, BSc
Sept 2019 - present
Current Position: MSc student
Title of Project: Screening for dioxin-like chemicals that impact beta cell function
Jana Palaniyandi, BSc
Sept 2020 - present
Position: MSc Student, Chemical & Environmental Toxicology Specialization
Title of Project: Impact of pollutants on human islet transplantation
Salar Farokhi Boroujeni
May 2018 - present
Current Position: BIOL4908 Honour's Thesis Student
Title of Project: Method development for detecting Cyp1a1 enzymes in beta cells
NSERC USRA Recipient - Summer 2019
Dean's Summer Research Internship Recipient - Summer 2018
Sarita Cuadros Sanchez
Sept 2019 - present
Position: BIOL4908 Honour's Thesis Student
Title of Project: Impact of dioxin exposure on islet metabolism
Cameron Tulloch
Sept 2020 - present
Position: BIOL4908 Honour's Thesis Student
Title of Project: Impact of dioxin exposure on fetal pancreas development
Geronimo Matteo, MSc
2017 - 2019
Position: Former MSc Student
Title of Project: Interaction between dioxin exposure and high fat diet feeding in mice
Erin Macfarlane, MSc
2017 - 2019
Position: Former MSc Student
Title of Project: Impact of dioxins on human stem cell differentiation
FORMER LAB MEMBERS
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 (Summer 2017) DSRI Student
Mariam Elsawy (Summer 2017) DSRI Student
GROUP LAB PICTURES
A swarm of Bruin Lab ladies graduated this year!