MacLennan Lab Members
Top of Page Graduate Students Postdoctoral Fellows Technicians						Graduate Students Bimal Grewal Education: Awards: Research: Interests: E-mail: Mona Abu-Abed Education: University of Toronto, 1996, M.Sc. Biochemistry University of Toronto, 1993, B.Sc. Biochemistry Awards: University of Toronto Open Fellowship 1993-1995 B.Sc. with Distinction, University of Toronto 1993 University of Toronto, Arts and Science Faculty Scholar Award 1991 Research: Structural analysis of cytoplasmic domains of sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum ATPase Interests: E-mail: mona.abu.abed@utoronto.ca Kimby N. Barton Education: University of Guelph, 1988-1992, B.Sc. (Hons.) Marine Biology University of Guelph, 1992-1996, M.Sc. Awards: Samuel E. Gruber Award for best student paper (Third Prize), AmericanElasmobranch Society Conference, Edmonton, AB, June,1994 Northern Studies training grant, Igloolik NWT August, 1994 OGS studentship, University of Toronto, 1996-present. Research: Structure/function analysis and modeling of Ca2+-ATPases. Interests: Big Sister's Association, rock climbing, volleyball, water polo, soccer Julian Loke Education: Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 1982-1988, MBBS, BMedSc, FRCPC (Anaesthesia) 1995 Awards: CAS Janssen Fellowship in Anaesthesia 1995-1996 MRC Postdoctoral Fellowship 1996-1999 Research: RYR1 mutations causal of Malignant Hyperthermia and Central Core Disease Interests: Family, Work, Sleep E-mail: jul.loke@utoronto.ca Peng Leong Education: University of Toronto 1988-1992, B.Sc. (Hons) Biochemistry Awards: Medical Research Council of Canada Studentship, 1993-1998. Heart and Stroke Foundation research traineeship (1993) Josef Kerbel Scholarship, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (1992) Research: Ryanodine receptor/ dihydropyridine receptor interactions. Interests: modern fiction, food, health, and entertaining my dog E-mail: peng.leong@utoronto.ca Jiefei Tong Education: Shanghai Medical University, 1986-1989, M.Sc , Neurobiology Shanghai Medical University, 1981-1986, B.Sc, Pharmacy Awards: Connaught Studentship, 1994-95 Medical Research Council of Canada Studentship, 1995-2000 Research: Molecular defects in the ryanodine receptor causing malignant hyperthermia Interests: E-mail: j.tong@utoronto.ca
Top of Page Graduate Students Postdoctoral Fellows Technicians						Postdoctoral Fellows Yan Pan Education: Awards: Research: Interests: Alexander Kraev Education: Awards: Research: Interests: Michio Asahi Education: Awards: Research: Interests: GuoGuang Du Education: Jiangxi Medical College, 1979-1984, B. Med., Medicine Sun Yatsen Univ of Medical Science, 1986-1989, M.Sc., Medicine University of Oxford, 1993-1996, D. Phil., Physiology Awards: K. C. Wong Studentship, Oxford University, 1993-1996 Research: Structure-Function Relation of Ryanodine Receptor Interests: Sports Elena Zvaritch Education: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, 1977-1982, B. Sc. (Hons) Biochemistry Shemyakin Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1982- 1990, Staff Research Fellow, Shemyakin Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1990, Ph.D., Chemical Science Department of Biochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland, 1989- 1990, Invited Research Fellow Department of Biochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland, 1991- 1993, Postdoctoral Fellow Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) Sophia-Antipolis, France, 1994- 1995, Postdoctoral Fellow Awards: Federation of European Biochemical Societies Short Term Studentship Award, 1989 Federation of European Biochemical Societies Long-Term Fellowship Award, 1990- 1992 Academical Guest Award, Federal Institute of Technology Switzerland, 1993 National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) France, 1994- 1995, Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Research: Knock-out and transgenic mice as animal models for human skeletal and heart muscle diseases Interests: Art and travelling
Top of Page Graduate Students Postdoctoral Fellows Technicians						Technicians Vijay K. Khanna Education: Punjab University, Chandigarh, 1958-1962, B.Sc., Chemistry Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, 1971, Diploma in Computer Programming Interests: Cricket, music, reading E-mail: vijay.khanna@utoronto.ca Kazimierz K. Kurzydlowski Education: University of Maria Curie - Sklodowska, 1966, M.Sc. Chemistry University of Toronto, 1983, B.Sc. Chemical Engineering Interests: Philosophy and music Stella de Leon Education: Adamson University, Manila, Philippines, 1954-1958, B.Sc. Chemistry Interests: Films, Opera, Ballet, Theatre
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