Microstats Lab v2.2 (Summer 2020)
Abdul-Rahman Adamu Bukari, MSc. (email)
Abdul got his Honours degree in Biological Sciences at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He then joined the University of Bath as a Commonwealth Scholar to pursue a Masters in Molecular Microbiology where he focused on cholera genomics with Jaime Matinez-Urtaza. He is passionate about building bioinformatics capacity in Africa and is a member of the H3ABioNet project. He is interested in employing 'omics approaches to understanding the factors that drive genotypic and phenotypic diversities in microbes with a specific interest in antimicrobial drug resistance. He is honored to be the pioneer Ph.D.
student of the lab!
Abdul got his Honours degree in Biological Sciences at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He then joined the University of Bath as a Commonwealth Scholar to pursue a Masters in Molecular Microbiology where he focused on cholera genomics with Jaime Matinez-Urtaza. He is passionate about building bioinformatics capacity in Africa and is a member of the H3ABioNet project. He is interested in employing 'omics approaches to understanding the factors that drive genotypic and phenotypic diversities in microbes with a specific interest in antimicrobial drug resistance. He is honored to be the pioneer Ph.D.
student of the lab!
Aleeza Gerstein, MSc., Ph.D. (Assistant Professor) (email)
Aleeza did her undergraduate in Ecology & Evolution at the University of Western Ontario (now inexplicably Western University) where she studied things like Desert Ecology and Meadow Sparrows. She then moved to the University of British Columbia for her MSc and PhD, where she became enamoured with coding in R and evolving Saccharomyces cerevisiae in test tubes and the ability to pinpoint specific mutations in many replicate lines through whole genome sequencing. She conducted her postdoctoral work in the human fungal pathogens Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans at Tel Aviv University and The University of Minnesota before migrating back home to start her faculty position in 2018 in her hometown at The University of Manitoba.
Links: google scholar, github, CV
Aleeza did her undergraduate in Ecology & Evolution at the University of Western Ontario (now inexplicably Western University) where she studied things like Desert Ecology and Meadow Sparrows. She then moved to the University of British Columbia for her MSc and PhD, where she became enamoured with coding in R and evolving Saccharomyces cerevisiae in test tubes and the ability to pinpoint specific mutations in many replicate lines through whole genome sequencing. She conducted her postdoctoral work in the human fungal pathogens Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans at Tel Aviv University and The University of Minnesota before migrating back home to start her faculty position in 2018 in her hometown at The University of Manitoba.
Links: google scholar, github, CV
Rebekah Kukurudz, BSc. (email)
Rebekah is completing her final year of her B.Sc majoring in Genetics. She was instrumental to the initiation of the lab (our first official student!), and is now acting in both administrative and investigative capacities.
Rebekah is completing her final year of her B.Sc majoring in Genetics. She was instrumental to the initiation of the lab (our first official student!), and is now acting in both administrative and investigative capacities.
Ola Salama, BSc. (Hons) (email)
Ola did her Honours degree in Biomedical Science at York University in Toronto. As the first (!) MSc student in the MicroStats lab she is studying how microorganisms develop drug resistance, particularly to drugs that work well but that we don't understand why.
Ola did her Honours degree in Biomedical Science at York University in Toronto. As the first (!) MSc student in the MicroStats lab she is studying how microorganisms develop drug resistance, particularly to drugs that work well but that we don't understand why.
Brooke Sidney
Brooke is beginning her final year of a Microbiology Honours degree. She received the Summer Faculty of Science award to work in the lab during the summer of 2020 and will continue in the fall with her honours project.
Brooke is beginning her final year of a Microbiology Honours degree. She received the Summer Faculty of Science award to work in the lab during the summer of 2020 and will continue in the fall with her honours project.
Riley Sierhuis
Riley recently finished his second year at the University of Manitoba studying statistics, chemistry, and various other sciences. He is focusing on the data analysis side of thing in the MicroStats lab during his first summer as part of the team.
Riley recently finished his second year at the University of Manitoba studying statistics, chemistry, and various other sciences. He is focusing on the data analysis side of thing in the MicroStats lab during his first summer as part of the team.
Yana Syvolos
Yana is a third year undergraduate student at the University of Manitoba pursuing a B.Sc major degree in Microbiology. She received the University of Manitoba Undergraduate Research Award to join the MicroStats lab in the summer of 2020.
Yana is a third year undergraduate student at the University of Manitoba pursuing a B.Sc major degree in Microbiology. She received the University of Manitoba Undergraduate Research Award to join the MicroStats lab in the summer of 2020.
ALUMNI
Madison Chapel (Honours project student, Microbiology), September 2019- April 2020
Margot Henry (Co-op student, Statistics), Winter 2019
Tri Le (Manitoba Undergraduate Summer Research Award, Research Assistant), May 2019 - April 2020
Daniel Peter-Salawu (Manitoba Undergraduate Summer Research Award), Summer 2019
Quinn Wonitowy (Co-op student, NSERC Undergraduate Research Award), Summer 2019
Madison Chapel (Honours project student, Microbiology), September 2019- April 2020
Margot Henry (Co-op student, Statistics), Winter 2019
Tri Le (Manitoba Undergraduate Summer Research Award, Research Assistant), May 2019 - April 2020
Daniel Peter-Salawu (Manitoba Undergraduate Summer Research Award), Summer 2019
Quinn Wonitowy (Co-op student, NSERC Undergraduate Research Award), Summer 2019