Dustin King (principle investigator)

BSc: University of Northern British Columbia

PhD: University of British Columbia

Postdoctoral research: Simon Fraser University

Hobbies: Hiking with golden retrievers Cioffi and Luna, hockey, watching survivor.

Favorite quote: “You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don’t take.” - Wayne Gretzky

Sharwan Kumar (graduate student)

Research interests: O-GlcNAcylation and protein homeostasis in neurodegeneration.

BSc: Mohanlal Sukhadia University

MSc: Bangalore University

Hobbies: listening to music, cooking, and spending time with friends and family.

Favorite quote: “There is nothing lost or wasted in this life.” - Bhagavad Gita

Peter Jian (graduate student)

Research interests: Modulatory role of CO₂ on bacterial protein homeostasis.

BSc: Simon Fraser University

Hobbies: Running, reading, and resting.

Favorite quote: "It is what it is." - J.E. Lawrence

Sondos Amran (graduate student)

Research interests: Developing chemical proteomic methods to study protein carboxylation.

BSc: Simon Fraser University

Hobbies: Photographing nature and swimming.

Random fact: I have lived on four different continents.

Zohra Salimi (USRA summer student)

BSc candidate: Simon Fraser University

Pooria Taheri (volunteer student)

Research interests: Working with Sharwan on understanding the biochemical mechanisms of O-GlcNAcylation in mammalian cells and it’s role in protein homeostasis.

BSc candidate: Simon Fraser University

Hobbies: Playing violin, exercising, video games, coding, and working on cars.

Favorite quote: “Don't fear failure - Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.” - Bruce Lee 

Shannon Wu (volunteer student)

BSc candidate: University of Toronto

Sadia Sumiya (volunteer student)

BSc candidate: Simon Fraser University

Alumni

Chengzhi He (RA) - Associate Director of Institute of Innovation Research at Sino Biological Inc.