Biological Sciences Research Area: Cell Biology

Dr. Arshad Ayyaz
Understanding the mechanisms of immune escape in tumor initiating colorectal cancer cells; colorectal cancer; stem cells; immunotherapy resistance; immune escape; genomic stress.
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Dr. Tamara Bodnar
Cell biology and genetics; gut-brain-immune axis; brain development; immune function; neurodegeneration; establishing partnerships with Indigenous communities to explore social determinants of health, examining outcomes in early life through to older adulthood.
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Dr. Constance Finney
Improving our understanding of how the immune system copes with multiple infections at the same time, known as co-infection; Host-pathogen interactions.
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Dr. Michael Hynes
Molecular biology of plant-microbe interactions; regulation of genes involved in rhizobium symbiosis; rhizobium plasmids; chemotaxis; microbial ecology.
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Dr. Doug Muench
Molecular/cell biology of mRNA localization and the cytoskeleton; metabolic engineering.
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Dr. Elizabeth Polvi
Teaching interests include principles of genetics; biochemistry of life processes; introduction to cellular and molecular biology
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Dr. Carrie Shemanko
Mammary gland development and breast cancer; prolactin Jak-Stat signaling; mammary epithelial stem cell biology.
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