Lab members
This is what we’re like ALL the time. Really. (Baenziger lab winter 2016, left to right: Dan 2, Dan 1, Claire, Camille, Isabelle, Jaimee, Jiayin)
Current Research Group
Graduate Students
Camille Hénault
Ph.D. Candidate (01/2015-Present)
MSc Biochemistry, University of Ottawa (2013-2015)
B.Sc. Biochemistry/Min. Biol., University of Ottawa (2013)
Home town: Aylmer, Quebec
Research Project: The differential roles of M4 in the gating and allosteric modulation of human neuronal nAChRs
Awards:
- NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship CGS-D (2015-2018)
- 2nd place talk, BMI Seminar Day (2016)
- 3rd place poster, BMI Poster Day (2015)
- Award of Excellence in Graduate Studies (2014)
- 1st place poster, BMI Poster Day (2014)
- 2nd place poster, Protein Engineering Conference (2014)
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2014-2015)
- NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship CGS-M (2013-2014)
Jaimee Domville
M.Sc. Student (09/2015-)
B.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Ottawa (2015)
Home town: Aylmer, Quebec
Research Project: The role of aM4 in the gating and allosteric modulation of human muscle type nAChRs
Awards:
- University of Ottawa Admission Scholarship (Msc)
Undergraduate Students
Charlotte Wagner Searle
Annie Jiang
Shobhitha Balasubramaniam
Summer Undergrad Research Scholarship Student
B.Sc. Biomed (2015-2019)
Home town: Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Research Project: The role of aM4 in the gating and allosteric modulation of human muscle type nAChRs
Awards:
- Governor General’s Academic Medal
- 2015 Loran Scholarship Semi-finalist
- University of Ottawa Admission Scholarship (2015)
- University of Ottawa Undergraduate Research Scholarship
Recent Alumni
Undergraduate Students (2011-present)
Date Alumnus Graduating Position
2013-2016 Jiayin Sun Medical student
2012-2016 Daniel Therien Graduate student in Chemistry
2015-2016 Claire Edrington Graduate student in Biochemistry
2015-2016 Daniel Giguere Graduate student in Biochemistry
2014 – 2015 Jaimee Domville Graduate student in Biochemistry, University of Ottawa
2014 – 2015 Matthew Robert Vincent
2012 – 2013 Cameron Smithers Graduate student in Biochemistry, University of Alberta
2012 – 2013 Camille Hénault Graduate student in Biochemistry, University of Ottawa
2011 – 2012 Julian Surujballi Medical student, University of Western Ontario
2011 – 2012 Daniel Therien Graduate student in Biochemistry, University of Ottawa
Graduate Students
Date Alumnus Current Position (Jan 2016)
2008 – 2014 Casey Carswell, Ph.D. Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratory
2009 – 2013 Jon Labriola, M.Sc. Ph.D. candidate in Biochemistry, McGill University
2004 – 2009 Ngoc Vuong, M.Sc. Ph.D. candidate in Biochemistry, University of Ottawa
2005 –2008 Michel Sturgeon, M.Sc. Ph.D. candidate in Physiology & Neuroscience, Queen’s University
2000 – 2006 Corrie daCosta, Ph.D. Research Associate, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
2002 – 2005 Danny Hill, M.Sc. Hematologist, Sault Area Hospital
1994 – 2000 Stephen Ryan, Ph.D. Diagnostic Radiologist, Ottawa Hospital
1993 – 1997 Nathalie Méthot, Ph.D. Professeure, la cité collégiale
Postdoctoral trainees
Date Alumnus Current Position (Jan 2015)
2006 – 2009 Dr. Corrie daCosta Associate professor, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Science
2000 – 2002 Dr. Andrei Ogrel Consultant at International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Former Research Associate
Peter Juranka
Research Associate (06/2011-07/2015)
Ph.D. Microbiology, University of Toronto (1985)
Home town: Toronto, Ontario
Research Project: Functional characterization of nAChRs using single channel and whole cell electrophysiology techniques
1986-90 Post-doc, Ontario Cancer Institute – Dr. Victor Ling.
1991-92 Research Associate, U of Toronto – Dr. V.L. Chan
1993-2011 Research Associate, Neuroscience, OHRI – Dr. C.E. Morris