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Biochemistry, Physiology and Toxicology

Biology Professors

Dr. Kyle Biggar

  • Functional Proteomics
  • Protein methylation
  • Drug development
  • Peptide biochemistry

Dr. Jenny Bruin

  • Diabetes
  • Islet biology
  • Toxicology
  • Stem cells

Dr. James Cheetham

  • Membrane Biochemistry

Dr. Steven Cooke

  • Aquatic ecology
  • Conservation Biology
  • Physiological Ecology
  • Animal Behavior
  • Environmental Science.

Dr. Jeffrey Dawson

  • Neuroethology and Biomechanics of Insect Flight

Dr. Eugene Fletcher

  • Industrial biotechnology
  • Synthetic biology
  • Fermentation
  • Metabolism
  • Microbial physiology and stress

Dr. Ashkan Golshani

  • Functional Genomics
  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Interaction Networks
  • Systems Biology

Dr. Shelley Hepworth

  • Plant Molecular Genetics,
  • Developmental Biology

Dr. Iain Lambert – Professor Emeritus

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetic Toxicology

Dr. Heath MacMillan

  • Integrative and Comparative Animal Ecophysiology

Dr. Bruce McKay

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology
  • Genomics
  • Cancer Biology

Dr. Owen Rowland

  • Plant Molecular Biology
  • Biotechnology

Dr. William G. Willmore

  • Biochemistry
  • Biotechnology

Dr. Jayne Yack

  • Neuroethology
  • Bioacoustics

Dr. Susan Aitken – Affiliated Faculty

  • Protein and Pathway Engineering
  • Enzymology
  • Amino Acid Metabolism
  • Pyridoxal Phosphate Biochemistry

Teaching Stream Faculties

Note: Teaching stream faculties can supervise undergraduate research

Dr. Iain McKinnell

  • Embryology
  • Developmental Biology
  • Anatomy & Physiology

Dr. Martha Mullally

  • Biology Education
  • Evidence Based Learning

Adjunct Professors

Note: Adjuncts are able to co-supervise undergraduate and graduate research

Dr. Angela Crawley – Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Dr. Robert Letcher –  Environment Canada

  • Xenobiotic Metabolism
  • Contaminant-protein Interactions

Dr. Amanda MacFarlane –  Health Canada

Dr. Azam Tayabali –  Health Canada

  • Cellular and Physiological Responses to Microbial or Nanomaterial Exposure

Dr. Sue Twine – National Research Council Canada

  • Biochemistry