The Rainey Lab
Dal logo Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada

LAB ALUMNI


Links: Current group; Past group photos

David Tsitrin Rose (David) Tsitrin - Medical Sciences Honours Student and Summer Student (2022-2023) B.Sc. Medical Sciences - Dalhousie - in progress E-mail
Postdoctoral fellows
Pascaline at the peptide synthesizer Pascaline Ngweniform (01/2009-04/2012)

Current: Practicing pharmacist

B.Sc. - University of Buea, 1997
M.S. (Chemical education)
- University of Yaounde I, 1999
M.S. - University of Yaounde I, 2001
Ph.D. -
Kagoshima University, 2006
Postdoctoral fellow - University of Oklahoma, 2006-2008

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Muzaddid Muzaddid Sarker - co-supervisor Dr. Roy Duncan (07/2010-06/2016)

Current:  Scientific Support Specialist at Health Canada

B.Sc. - University of Dhaka, 1994
M.Sc. 
University of Dhaka, 1996
M.Sc. Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2006
Ph.D. Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2010

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Lingling Lingling Xu - co-supervisor Dr. Paul Liu (02/2014-01/2020)

Current: Protein Group Leader at Zymo Research Corporation

B.Sc. - Northeast Forestry University, 2006
Ph.D. - Donghua University, 2014

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Farideh Badichi Akher Farideh Badichi Akher

Member - Cancer Research Training Program

B.Sc. - University of Sistan and Baluchestan, 2009
M.Sc. -
University of Sistan and Baluchestan, 2012
Ph.D. -
University of Sistan and Baluchestan, 2016
PDF -
University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2017-2019
PDF - University of Cape Town, 2019-2021

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PhD Students
Tyler R. Tyler Reddy - Ph.D. program (Biochem & Mol Biol 05/2007-07/2011)

Current: Staff Scientist at  Los Alamos National Lab

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2005
Ph.D. - Dalhousie, 2011

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David post PhD David Langelaan - Ph.D. program (Biochem & Mol Biol 09/2007-04/2012)

Current: Assistant Professor at Dalhousie

B.Sc. - Acadia, 2007
Ph.D. - Dalhousie, 2012

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Tim K Timothy Key - Ph.D. program (Microbiology & Immunology) - co-supervisor with Dr. Roy Duncan


Current: Director of Business Development, Notch Therapeutics

B.Sc. - Mount Allison, 2008
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h.D. - Dalhousie, 2014

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Lingling
Lingling Xu - Visiting Ph.D. student (Donghua University, Shanghai, China) - co-supervisor Dr. Paul Xiang-Qin Liu

Current: Protein Group Leader at Zymo Research Corporation

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Jolene R Jolene Read - Ph.D. program (Microbiology & Immunology) - co-supervisor with Dr. Roy Duncan

Current: Cell Therapy Research Technician at UHN, Toronto

B.Sc. - Mount Allison, 2008
Ph.D. - Dalhousie, 2014

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Marie
Marie-Laurence Tremblay - Ph.D. program (Biochem & Mol Biol) & past honours student

Current: Manager, Research Ethics at Nova Scotia Health Authority

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2009
Ph.D. Dalhousie, 2015

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Aditya P Aditya Pandey - Ph.D. program (Biochem & Mol Biol) - co-supervisor Dr. Paul Xiang-Qin Liu

Current: Process Development Scientist at IBEX Pharmaceuticals

B.Tech. (Biotechnology) - Bengal College of Engineering and Technology, 2009
Ph.D.
Dalhousie, 2016

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Mona in the lab
Mona Alharbi - Ph.D. program (Biochem & Mol Biol) 2016-2017

Current: ?

B.Sc. - King Saud University, 2008

M.Sc.
- King Saud University, 2014

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Kyung
Kyungsoo Shin - Ph.D. program (Biochem & Mol Biol) & past honours thesis (2010-2011), NSERC USRA summer student (2009 & 2010) & summer student (2011) - co-supervised by Dr. Younes Anini

Current: Assistant Professor at Medical College of Wisconsin

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2011

Ph.D.
- Dalhousie, 2017

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Andy at Grab-a-Gift Qinyan (Andy) Song - Ph.D. program (Biochem & Mol Biol) - co-supervisor with Dr. Paul Liu

Current: Process Development Scientist at BioVectra

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2014
Ph.D. -
Dalhousie, 2020

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Anamika Anamika Sulekha - Ph.D. program (Biochem & Mol Biol)

Member - NSERC CREATE Training Program in BioActives

Current: PDF at IRIC/Université de Montréal

B.S. & M.S. - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram (IISER-TVM), 2016
Ph.D. - Dalhousie, 2022

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Jeff at Jan's place Jeffrey Simmons - Ph.D. program (Biochem & Mol Biol)

Member - NSERC CREATE Training Program in BioActives

Current: Process Engineer at 3D BioFibR Inc.

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2017
Ph.D. -
Dalhousie, 2022

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MSc Students
Hiren starting an SDS-PAGE Hirendrasinh Parmar - M.Sc. Thesis Project, with Distinction, in Rainey Lab (University of Skövde, Sweden)

Current: Biologist/Evaluator,
Health Canada

B.Sc. - Saurashtra University, 2007
M.Sc. -
University of Skövde - 2009

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Aaron B. Aaron Banks - M.Sc. program (Biochem & Mol Biol 09/2010-04/2012); past Honours thesis & NSERC USRA summer student

Current: ?

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2010

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Nigel at Grad Research Day Nigel Chapman - M.Sc program (Biochem & Mol Biol) - co-supervised by Dr. Denis Dupré

Current: making sweet music with Nap Eyes

B.Sc. - Queen's, 2010
M.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2014

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Robin Robin Patterson - M.Sc. program (Biochem & Mol Biol)

Current: Manager, Central Surgical Services Program, Nova Scotia Health Authority

B.Sc.
- Dalhousie, 2013
M.Sc
. - Dalhousie, 2016

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Matthew at his desk Nathan Weatherbee-Martin - M.Sc. program (Biochem & Mol Biol) & past co-op student

Current: Technical Services Specialist, Pillar5 Pharma

B.Sc. - Acadia, 2014
M.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2016

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Stefan at Potluck Stefan Warkentin - M.Sc. program (Biochem & Mol Biol)

Current: Standards Technician, Canadian Grain Commission

B.Sc. - Manitoba, 2014
M.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2020

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Lizzy Baker Lizzy Baker - M.Sc. program (Biochem & Mol Biol, co-supervisor: Dr. John Frampton)

Current: MD Program, Dalhousie

B.Sc. - Mount Allison, 2019
M.Sc.
- Dalhousie, 2021

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Zach Visser Zachary Visser - M.A.Sc. program (Biomedical Engineering; primary supervisor: Dr. John Frampton)

Current: MD Program, Memorial University of Newfoundland

B.Sc. - Acadia, 2019
M.A.Sc.
- Dalhousie, 2021

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Undergraduates
Michal W. Michal Wieczorek -  Co-op student (Jan-Apr/07 & May-Aug/09)

Current: Assistant Professor, ETH

B.Sc. - Guelph - 2010

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Photo from second workterm
Laura R Laura Reithmeier - Summer student (May-Sept/07)

Subsequent position: MSc at Dalhousie

B.Sc. - Mount St. Vincent University - 2008

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Nicolas' photo Nicolas Portalis - Applied Physics & Instrumentation habilitation (Mar-Sept/07)

Current:
Instructor, Armed Forces College, France

Diplôme d'Ingénieur (2007) - Polytech'Savoie

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Meghan B. Meghan Bebbington - Honours thesis & summer student (NSERC USRA) (May/07-April/08)

Current: MD

B.Sc. - Dalhousie - 2008

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Jason W. Jiaxi (Jason) Wang - Honours thesis & summer student (May/07-April/08)

Current: ?

B.Sc. - Dalhousie - 2008

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Mac's photo - after first year MacGregor Grant - Summer student (shared with Graham Dellaire - 2008)

B.Sc. - Mt. Allison - in progress

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Jon Jonathan Melong - NSERC USRA summer student (2008)

Current:
MD program at Dalhousie

B.Sc.Pharm. - Dalhousie, 2012

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Caitlin Caitlin Reid - NSERC USRA summer student (2008 & 2010); summer student 2009 & part time research assistant 2009-2010

Current: Pharmacy program at Dalhousie

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2011

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marie
Marie-Laurence Tremblay - Honours thesis & part-time summer student (01/2008-12/2008)

Current: graduate student in the lab

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2009

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Mike B Michael Bawden - Honours thesis & part-time summer student  (05/2008-04/2009)

Current: ?

B.Sc. - Dalhousie - in progress

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Aaron B. Aaron Banks - Honours thesis (2009-2010) & NSERC USRA summer student (2009 & 2010)

Current: ?

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2010

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Duncan in AFM lab Duncan D'Arcy - Co-op student (05/2010-08/2010)

Current: ?

B.Sc. - Dalhousie - in progress

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Erica by UV/Vis Erica Connors - NSERC USRA summer student (2010 & 2011)

Current: MD student at Toronto

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2013

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Chris Christopher Doyle - Honours thesis (Chemistry) & summer student (2010 & 2011)

Current: graduate student McGill Chemistry

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2011

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Jordan by the fumehood Jordan Hirtle - summer student (2011)

Current:
MBA program at Dalhousie


B.Sc. - Dalhousie - in progress

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Yuri Youri Kim - co-op student (co-supervised by Dr. Laurent Kreplak)

Current: MD program, U Alberta

B.Sc. - Guelph, 2013

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Lesley Lesley Seto - Honours thesis (2010-2011) & summer student (2010 & 2011)

Current: research assistant Montreal Neurological Institute

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2011

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Ryan loading a gel Ryan Holstead - Honours thesis (2011-2012) & NSERC USRA summer student (2011)

Current: MD student at Syracuse

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2012

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Matthew at his desk Matthew Speckert - summer student (2011 & 2012) & honours thesis (2011-2012)

Current:
MD student at Toronto

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2012

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Matthew at his desk Nathan Weatherbee-Martin - co-op student (co-supervised by Dr. Laurent Kreplak - Jan-Aug 2012 and May-Aug 2013)

Current: graduate student in the lab

B.Sc. - Acadia, 2014

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Sara on the AFM
Sara Sparavalo - summer student (2012 & 2013) & honours thesis (2012-2013)

Current: MASc program, Biomedical Engineering, Dal

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2013

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Sam K
Sam Kerzner - BIOC 3620  (2013) & honours thesis (2013-2014)

B.Sc. - Dalhousie - in progress

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Ellie in 10H Ellie Scott - BIOC 3620  (2013), summer student (2013) & honour thesis (2013-2014)

Current: Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2014

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Johnny F Johnny Farah - summer student (2014) - co-supervised with Dr. Laurent Kreplak

Current: MASc program, Ottawa

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2015

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Jessi B Jessi Bak - volunteer & summer student (2014-2015; co-supervised by Dr. Paul Liu)

Current: MSc program, Alberta

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2016

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Danielle L Danielle LeBlanc - summer student (2012, 2013 & 2014), honours student (2014-2015)

Current: MD program, MUN

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2015

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Doug
Doug Miller - BIOC 3620 student (Winter 2014) & honours student (2014-2015)

Current: MSc program, McMaster

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2015

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Ben M Ben Morash - summer student (2014 & 2015) & honours student (2014-2015)

Current: PhD program, UBC

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2015

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Kathleen O Kathleen Orrell - summer student (2012 & 2015); NSERC USRA summer student (2013, 2014), BIOC 3620 student (Fall 2013) & honours student (2014-2015)

Current: MSc program, Toronto

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2015

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Emily Summer 2014
Emily Truong - volunteer, BIOC 3620 student (Winter 2014),  NSERC USRA summer student (2014) & honours student (2014-2015)

B.Sc. - Dalhousie,2015
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Kate H Kate Huang - NSERC USRA summer student (2014 & 2015), BIOC 3620 student (Fall 2014) & honours student (2015-2016)

Current: PhD program, Toronto

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2016

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Calem
Calem Kenward - volunteer, BIOC 3620 Student (Winter 2015) & honours student (2016)

Current: PhD program, UBC

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2017

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Tran Tran Ngo - Summer student (2018) - co-supervisor: Dr. Xiang-Qin Liu

B.Sc. - Dalhousie - in progress

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Andy at Grab-a-Gift
Xiaoyi (Chloe) Ma - Co-op student (2017) & honours student (2018)

Current: Medical Illustrator, BioHues Digital

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2019

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Isaac on the ice Isaac Bridge - Summer student (2018) & honours student (2018-2019)

Current: New England College of Optometry

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2020

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Madelaine Convocation Madelaine Robertson - Honours student (2019-2020; co-supervisor: Dr. John Frampton)

Current: PhD program, UBC

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2020

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Lilly Adams Lillian Adams - Honours student (2020-2021)

Current: Medical Assistant, Canadian Forces

B.Sc. - Dalhousie - 2021

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Minyoung
Minyoung Cho - Chemistry Experiential Learning Student (2022)

B.Sc. - Dalhousie - 2023

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Nathan
Nathan Chong - Medical Sciences Experiential Learning Student (2021) & Volunteer (2022)

B.Sc. (Medical Sciences) - Dalhousie - 2023

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Skylah
Skylah McLeod Van Wagoner - (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Experiential Learning Student (2021), Summer Student (2021 & 2022) & Honours Student (2021-2022)

B.Sc. - Dalhousie - 2022

Current:  MD program, Dalhousie

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Jayatee Ray Jayatee Ray -  NSERC USRA summer student (2020 & 2021), Medical Sciences Experiential Learning Student (2020) & Honours Student (2021-2022)

B.Sc. (Medical Sciences) - Dalhousie - 2022

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Jay Tang Xue (Jay) Tang -  Volunteer extraordinaire (since 1st year! 2018-2022)

B.Sc. - Dalhousie - 2023

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Jack Wuotila Jack Wuotila - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Experiential Learning Student (2022)

B.Sc. - Dalhousie - 2023

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Meike Lorenz Meike Lorenz - International Intern (2022-2023)

B.Sc. - City University of Applied Sciences Bremen - in progress

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Janna Albarda Janna Albarda - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Experiential Learning Student, NSERC USRA Summer Student and Honours Student (2022-2023)

B.Sc. - Dalhousie - 2023

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David Tsitrin Rose (David) Tsitrin - Medical Sciences Honours Student and Summer Student (2022-2023)

B.Sc. Medical Sciences  - Dalhousie - in progress

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Staff
Lesley Lesley Seto - Technician (2011-2012); past Honours thesis (2010-2011) & summer student (2010 & 2011)

Current: research assistant Montreal Neurological Institute

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2011

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Sara Sparavalo - technician (2013-Present) - past: summer student (2012 & 2013) & honours thesis (2012-2013)

Current: MASc program, Biomedical Engineering, Dal

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2013

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Nigel MSc Nigel Chapman - part-time technician/full-time rock star (past M.Sc graduate)
 
Current: Making sweet music with Nap Eyes

B.Sc. - Queen's, 2010
M.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2014

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Danielle L Danielle LeBlanc - summer student (2012, 2013 & 2014), honours student (2014-2015) & technician (2015-2016)

Current: MD program, MUN

B.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2015

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Nathan - MSc Nathan Weatherbee-Martin - Silk technology development

Current: Technical Services Specialist, Pillar5 Pharma

B.Sc. - Acadia, 2014
M.Sc. - Dalhousie, 2016

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Bruce Bruce Stewart - Lab Manager (~2007-2018) 

Current: Undergraduate Laboratory Technician, Department of Biology, Dalhousie

B.Sc. - Dalhousie

Link to Bruce's band OPHMIRocker

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High school students
Mac's photo MacGregor Grant - Co-op student (Feb-June/07)
Julia Julia Barrett - Co-op student (Citadel High School)

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Johanna at the fume hood Johanna Sildam - Co-op student (Citadel High School)

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Last Update: January 19, 2024