{"id":2980,"date":"2025-04-29T16:39:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T20:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/?page_id=2980"},"modified":"2025-09-14T16:02:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T20:02:44","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Research Clusters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/05\/laboratory-personnel-wearing-mask-inspects-test-tubes-conducts-microscopic-analysis-1-1600x700.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Our Research Clusters\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"institute-of-biochemistry-research\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Institute of Biochemistry Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"832\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/06\/Lightbulb-e1748978912853.png\" alt=\"Lightbulb with Research Clusters\" class=\"wp-image-3890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/06\/Lightbulb-e1748978912853.png 816w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/06\/Lightbulb-e1748978912853-512x522.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/06\/Lightbulb-e1748978912853-320x326.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/06\/Lightbulb-e1748978912853-768x783.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p>Research discoveries in biochemistry span several fields, with emphasis on three research clusters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Agri-food<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Environmental Toxicology<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Biomedical &amp; Therapeutics<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biotechnology innovations<\/strong>&nbsp;provide tangible solutions across those same fields, improving the health of humans and of the environment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The listings below indicate which field of application each researcher is focused in.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n    \n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--grey ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl bg-cu-black-50 max-w-screen-2xl mx-auto rounded-xl px-6 py-5 md:px-14 md:py-12 md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Agri-Food\n                    <\/h2>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                            \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/cu-people\/tyler-j-avis\/\">Dr. Tyler Avis<\/a> &#8211; <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">(Plant Microbiology, Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/cu-people\/shelley-hepworth\/\">Dr. Shelley Hepworth<\/a> &#8211; <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">(Plant biotechnology, Agriculture, Crop Breeding)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/cu-people\/yaxi-hu\/\">Dr. Yaxi Hu<\/a> &#8211; <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">(Agri-food System, Food Integrity, Analytical Chemistry)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/cu-people\/heath-macmillan\/\">Dr. Heath MacMillan<\/a> &#8211; <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">(Insect Mass Rearing)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/cu-people\/david-mcmullin\/\">Dr. David McMullin<\/a> &#8211; <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">(Natural Toxins)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/cu-people\/owen-rowland-2\/\">Dr. Owen Rowland<\/a> &#8211; <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">(Crop Protection, Sustainable Agriculture, Engineering Biology)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/cu-people\/apollinaire-tsopmo\/\">Dr. Apollinaire Tsopmo<\/a> &#8211; (<em>Food Chemistry, Food Bioactive Compounds, Structures, Functions and Mechanisms)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/cu-people\/tim-xing\/\">Dr. Tim Xing<\/a> &#8211; <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">(Biotechnology, Plant Protection<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Environmental Toxicology\n                    <\/h2>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                            \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/cu-people\/jenny-bruin\/\">Dr. Jenny Bruin<\/a> &#8211; <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">(Diabetes, Islet Biology, Toxicology)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/cu-people\/daniel-gregoire\/\">Dr. Daniel Gregoire<\/a> &#8211; <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">(Bioremediation, Biogeochemistry, Microbial Physiology)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/cu-people\/david-mcmullin\/\">Dr. David McMullin<\/a> &#8211; <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">(Metabolites in the Environment)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/cu-people\/amy-rand\/\">Dr. Amy Rand<\/a> &#8211; <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">(Forever Chemicals, Exposure, Fate)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n    \n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--grey ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl bg-cu-black-50 max-w-screen-2xl mx-auto rounded-xl px-6 py-5 md:px-14 md:py-12 md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Biomedical &amp; Therapeutics\n                    <\/h2>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                            \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/cu-people\/kyle-biggar\/\">Dr. Kyle Biggar<\/a> &#8211; <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">(Peptide Therapeutics, Machine Learning)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/cu-people\/jenny-bruin\/\">Dr. Jenny Bruin<\/a> &#8211; <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">(Diabetes, Islet Biology, Toxicology)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/cu-people\/heath-macmillan\/\">Dr. Heath MacMillan<\/a> &#8211; <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">(Microplastics and Nanoplastics)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/cu-people\/david-sabatino\/\">Dr. David Sabatino<\/a> &#8211; <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">(Precision Oncology<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/cu-people\/jeffery-smith\/\">Dr. Jeffrey Smith<\/a> &#8211; <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">(Lipidomics, Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.willmorelab.com\/home\">Dr. Bill Willmore<\/a> &#8211; <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">(Stress Biology, Tissue Engineering)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Institute of Biochemistry Research<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[40],"class_list":["post-2980","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-general"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2980"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4180,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2980\/revisions\/4180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=2980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}