Former graduate students and fourth year honours thesis students from the Cheetham Lab.

Who they are, what they did, when they graduated, and where they are now.

Photo:
Krishna Thillainadesan
(second from left) and Ratheesh Subramaniam (third from left), graduation, June 2001.

Name Research Topic Graduation Current Position
Ryan Doherty Homology modeling of synapsin I B.Sc.Honours
June 2003
Student
Barry Chan* Multiple Sequence Alignment Toolkit B.C.S. Honours
Dec 2002
Consultant

Tayna Rizvi

Effect of codon bias on protein expression B.Sc.Honours
June 2002
Screening Officer, Health Canada.
Michelle Bamji Synapsin expression in E.coli B.Sc.Honours
June 2002
Graduate Student, McGill U.
Harmony Church Media effects on protein expression B.Sc.Honours
June 2002
Consultant
Sandra Hurley Synapsin localization in non-neuronal cells M.Sc. Dec 2001
University Medal for Best M.Sc. Thesis
Laboratory Technician, CHEO.
Dan McPhee Hyperpolarized Xe Emulsions for MRI M.Sc. Dec 2001 Laboratory Technician, Carleton U.
Ratheesh Subramaniam CaMkinase/membrane interactions B.Sc. June 2001 Research Associate, NPS Pharmaceuticals, Mississauga, ON
Krishna Thillainadesan Heat-sensitive liposomes for ultrasound B.Sc. June 2001 Research Chemist, Baxter Chemicals, Alliston, ON
Sormeh Sarkesh Synapsin A domain/lipid interactions B.Sc. Dec 2001 Consultant
Shahriar Saeedi CaM kinase II targeting to membranes M.Sc. Dec. 2000 Research Technician, Nortel Inc.
Ottawa, ON
Joey Hoeffer* Pareto Analysis B.C.S. June 2000 Computer Consultant
Mahmoud Salkadoreh Identification of synapsin I lipid-binding domains M.Sc. Dec. 2000 Laboratory Technician, Ottawa Civic Hospital
Joanne Burbidge Expression of GFP-synapsin in fungi B.Sc.Honours
June 2000
Research Technician, Genomics Laboratory, NRC Halifax
Shannon Ryan Cloning of fungal vesicle proteins B.Sc. Honours
Dec. 2000
Research Technician, Institute for Biological Sciences, NRC, Ottawa
Thanya Gandarani Novel detergents for recombinant protein recovery from bacteria B.Sc. Honours
Dec. 2000
Laboratory Technician, U of T.
Stefan Voroni Thermosensitive liposomes for ultrasound-based therapy B.Sc. Honours
Dec. 2000
Account Manager
Erin Trottier

Expression of synapsin I in
P. pastoris

B.Sc. Honours
June 2000
Senate Medal for Science
Research Technician, Food Inspection Agency
Yalina Gopolai Methods for recombinant protein recovery from yeast

B.Sc. Honours
Dec. 2000

Research Technician, Loeb Institute.
Min Zhao (co-supervised with Dr. Wu) M.Sc.
June 1999
Research Technician, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
Sandra Hurley Expression of synapsin I in Pichia pastoris B.Sc. Hounours, June 1999 Senate Medal for Science Laboratory Technician, CHEO.
Keely Ingrey Peptide models of synapsin I interaction with membranes B.Sc. Hounours,
June 1999
M.Sc. Student, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
Andy Stewart Effects of calcium/ calmodulin on synapsin binding to membranes B.Sc. Hounours,
June 1999
Research Associate, Cross-Keys Inc., Ottawa, ON
Daniel McPhee Cell disruption using high pressure homogenization B.Sc. Hounours,
June 1999
Research Associate, Avestin Inc., Ottawa, ON
Leila Haidari Effects of calcium on synapsin binding to membranes B.Sc. Hounours,
June 1999
M.Sc. Student, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Robin Cheung Model of synapsin I actions in presynaptic nerve terminals B.Sc. Hounours,
June 1999
MBA Student, McMaster University
Michael Moore Interaction of Grb2 with synapsin I B.Sc.Honours, 
June 1998
Graduate Student, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Marcie Reynolds Inhibition of PLA2 by synapsin I B.Sc.Honours,
June 1998
Techical Sales Representative, Fisher Scientific
Wayne Cassidy Characterization of recombinant CaM kinase II B.Sc.Honours,
June 1998
Laboratory Technician, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Andrea Gay Improved extrusion procedures for liposome production B.Sc.Honours, June 1998 Senate Medal for Science

Account Executive , Nortel Corp.,
Kanata, ON

Fereshta Azad Phosphorylation kinetics of synapsin I tail by CaM kinase II B.Sc. Hounours,
June 1998
Undergraduate Biochemistry Laboratory Instructor, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Brian Van Adel Neuronal degeneration in the adult rat (co-super- vised with Jack Kelly) M.Sc. June 1998 Governors Medal for Science Medical Student, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

 

*= Honours Bachelors of Computer Science (B.C.S.)