Pelling
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Laboratory for Biophysical Manipulation
University of Ottawa












Group Leader
Andrew E. Pelling
Canada Research Chair and Assistant Professor

Postdoctoral Fellow, University College London
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
BSc (Hons), University of Toronto

Biography

Post-Doctoral Fellows
Dr. Nickolay Bukoreshtliev
Dipl-Ing, Mannheim University of Applied Sciences
PhD, University of Bergen

"Internal Cellular Strain Mapping"
Dr. Charles M. Cuerrier
BSc, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
MSc, Université de Sherbrooke
PHD, Université de Sherbrooke
FRSQ Postdoctoral Fellow

"Heat Shock Protein 27: A Novel Treatment for Lowering Blood and Vessel Wall Cholesterol Content"
Co-Supervised with Prof. Ed O'Brien (University of Ottawa Heart Institute)
Dr. Dominique Tremblay
BEng, Polytechnique Montréal
MASc, Polytechnique Montréal
PhD, McGill University
FQRNT Postdoctoral Fellow

"Cellular Responses to Mechanical Microenvironments and Dynamical Strain"

Graduate Students
Zeinab Al-Rekabi (PhD Student, Physics, uOttawa)
BSc, University of British Columbia

"Mechanotransduction in Muscle Precursor Cells Investigated with Traction and Atomic Force Microscopy"
Co-Supervised with Prof. James L. Harden
Corinne Gullekson (PhD Student, Physics, uOttawa)
MSc, Dalhousie University
BSc, Queens University

Kristina Haase (PhD Student, Physics, uOttawa)
MASc, University of Ottawa

"Cell Membrane Loading and Deformation"
Sebastian Hadjiantoniou (PhD Student, Biology, uOttawa)
MSc, University of London Kings College
BSc, The Open University

"Modulation of Stem Cell Fate in Mechanical Microenvironments"
Joan Macadangdang (MSc Student, Physics, uOttawa)
BSc, Ateneo de Manila University Quezon City

"Mechanics of Nuclei in Adherent and Non-Adherent Cells"
Pamela Wu (MSc Student, Biology, uOttawa)
BSc, University of Ottawa

"Correlated and Collective Cell Behaviour"
Co-Supervised with Prof. James L. Harden

Undergraduate Students
Alexandre Leclerc (BASc Student, uOttawa)

"Effects of Substrate Topography on Cell Morphology"
Daniel Modulevsky (BSc Student, uOttawa)

"Atomic Force and Interference Reflection Microscopy of Cell Contacts"

Alumni
Justin RoyBSc Student, 2010-2011, uOttawa.
Louise GuollaMSc Student, 2009-2011, uOttawa.
Jiashan Wang4th Year Thesis Student and NSERC CREATE Summer Undergradate, 2009-2011, uOttawa.
Dr. Patricia KundaVisiting Scientist, Baum Group at the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, Summer 2010.
Jonathan MelongSummer NSERC Undergraduate Research Student, Dalhousie University, 2009.
Zichun Ken TangSummer Student, University of Toronto, 2009.
Yaron R. SilberbergPhD Student, University College London, 2006-2009.