Graduate Profiles
M&I has more than 80 graduate students including international graduate students from all over the world. Some of our students provided profiles about themselves and their research which we would like to share with you. This list is by no means complete, but these profiles will give you an idea why students chose to come to UBC, what they like about Vancouver and what their career goals are.
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Jessica SilvaVilamoura, PortugalDoctor of PhilosophyPatrolling monocytes and their role in cancer metastasis and tumour immunotherapies -
Andrew SantosToronto, ON.Doctor of PhilosophyExploring how pathogenic E. coli manipulate host intracellular signaling to cause disease -
Brigid ConroySudbury, OntarioMaster of ScienceInvestigating the function of a bacterial protein involved in antibiotic resistance -
Linda HorianopoulosKitimat, CanadaDoctor of PhilosophyThe role of proteins facilitating the elaboration of capsule and virulence factors in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans -
Jennifer WoolcockVancouverMaster of ScienceIron storage proteins in bacteria -
Isobel MouatAnn Arbor, United StatesDoctor of PhilosophyViral contribution to autoimmunity -
Shengjuan XuVancouverDoctor of PhilosophyStudying the secretion of autotransporter, a family of Gram-negative surface proteins that represents a large class of virulence factors -
Christoph DeegBamberg, GermanyDoctor of PhilosophyEnvironmental Microbiology / Virology -
Kelsey HuusOttawa, CanadaDoctor of PhilosophyGut microbiota in malnutrition and enteric disease -
Heather FilykOttawa, CanadaMaster of ScienceExploring how gastrointestinal viruses, bacteria, and parasites influence immune homeostasis, health, and disease. -
Corrie BelangerArmstrong, CanadaMaster of ScienceStudying the mechanisms of susceptibility of opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa to antibiotics in host-like conditions for the discovery of potential in vivo antimicrobial targets and for improvement of antibiotic discovery methods. -
Natalie MarshallToronto, CanadaDoctor of PhilosophyExamining the effects of secreted bacterial proteins on human cellular processes, including proteolysis, and their contribution to virulence