In this webinar, Alexander Gebreamlak talks about his incredible academic journey as an undergrad at the University of Toronto studying Immunology and Health & Disease and his current research as an MPH Epidemiology Student at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, while simultaneously working as a student epidemiologist at Toronto Public Health and SickKids. Alex also provides valuable advice to students interested in pursuing similar studies. You may watch the webinar in the recording below.
In this webinar Dr. Kevin Bermea talks about his medical background which began in Monterrey, Mexico and has taken him all the way to Johns Hopkins University. In addition, he explains in detail the research that he does at the Adamo Cardiac Immunology Lab and its far-reaching implications, particularly in treating heart disease such as those caused by autoimmune conditions. Dr. Bermea also provides valuable advice that is worth listening to. You may watch the entire webinar in the video below.
Kevin Bermea is a post-doctoral fellow in the Adamo Cardiac Immunology Lab, with a previous fellowship at Johns Hopkins with Anne Margaret Murphy. He completed his M.D. and a M.Sc. in molecular biology and genetic engineering at the Universidad Autónoma de Nueva León. He worked as a physician in Monterrey, Mexico before moving to the University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley to work as a research associate. Among other endeavors, he has worked to discover proteomic biomarkers for cardiac disease, and his work with the Adamo Lab aims to unscramble enigmas involving complex immune processes in the heart. Kevin has authored a book chapter on the implications of interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein in diabetic retinopathy, and his work will be featured in several upcoming publications. (Source: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/heart-vascular-institute/cardiovascular-research/adamo-lab)
Our Founder, Amirali Banani, attended a two-week Pre-College program in his Medical School Intensive class at the Johns Hopkins University in July 2022.
In this webinar Dr. Michael Kobor talks about his medical background which began in Germany, how he continued his education in Canada, and the research he does in Epigenetics. Dr. Kobor also explains the work that his research team at UBC Medicine and BCCHR are doing to create a biological clock that measures the developmental maturity of children, and to better understand how childhood experiences affect health and behaviour later on in life. You may watch the entire webinar in the video below.
Dr. Michael Kobor, Canada Research Chair in Social Epigenetics, is exploring how childhood experiences can get “under the skin” to affect health and behaviour throughout a person’s life. Dr. Kobor’s research links fundamental molecular biology with psychology, pediatrics and anthropology, to name just a few fields of study. He and his research team are using a newly created biological clock to measure children’s developmental maturity, and assessing the factors that associate with epigenetic tags on DNA and how they change over time. Their work will improve our understanding of how gene/environment interactions lead to lifelong inequities in health outcomes, and could lead to the development of interventions that support at-risk populations. (Source) Our Founder, Amirali Banani, had an internship at the Kobor Lab—a lab run by Dr. Kobor specializing particularly in DNA methylation research—at the BC Children's Hospital Research Institute in August 2023.
In this webinar, Dr. Amy Tsurumi talks about her scientific background beginning in Japan and how she found her way into becoming an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and Mass General in Boston including the mentors she worked with and the research and networking she did along the way, as well as a few of the obstacles she faced. Her research and teachings span from epigenetics to epidemiology and everything in between. You may watch the entire webinar in the recorded video below.
BOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES
Dr. Tsurumi's research involves mechanistic characterization and prediction model development for aging and aging-related diseases, inflammatory conditions and traumatic injuries. She uses a wide variety of methods, including machine learning applications to analyze 'omics (transcriptomic, epigenomic and proteomic) and electronic health record datasets, conducting epidemiological studies using national survey data, and characterizing clinically relevant molecular mechanisms using Drosophila, mice, and cell culture models. (Source) Along with her work at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Dr. Tsurumi teaches the Epigenetics and Gene Regulation course at Harvard Summer School, a class that our Founder, Amirali Banani, attended in July/August 2022.
In this webinar, Amirali Banani interviews Abisola Zainab Kehinde, a Ph.D. candidate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Parker Lab at BCCHR, asking her about her background in the biological sciences, why she decided to study Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, why she decided to pursue her education in Canada from Nigeria, and the advice she would give to those looking to pursue a career in a similar scientific field. You may watch the entire webinar in the recorded video below.
VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA
Abisola is a Ph.D. candidate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Parker Lab (BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and UBC). She holds a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and an MSc in Biochemistry from UBC in Canada. With over six years of laboratory experience, Abisola is skilled in various cutting-edge cellular and molecular techniques. Her research focuses on understanding how nutrients and their transporters can be leveraged to mitigate or treat metabolic diseases. Abisola is a recipient of the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship and is currently investigating the metabolic consequences of systemic alanine depletion in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. She also serves as the chair of the Trainee Omics Group, providing support to fellow scientists in managing their research data.
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