Meet Our Team
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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.
Favourite quote: “You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don’t take.” - Wayne Gretzky
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Sharwan Kumar (PhD candidate)
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.
Favourite quote: “There is nothing lost or wasted in this life.” - Bhagavad Gita
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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.
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Peter Jian (graduate student)
Research interests: Modulatory role of CO₂ on bacterial protein homeostasis.
BSc: Simon Fraser University
Hobbies: Running, reading, and resting.
Favourite quote: "It is what it is." - J.E. Lawrence
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Sadia Sumiya (co-op student)
Research interests: Investigating the effects of CO₂ modification on the structure and function of proteins.
BSc candidate: Simon Fraser University
Hobbies: Reading books, Sketching
Favourite quote: “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” ~ Mark Twain
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Keerat Sangha (USRA student)
BSc candidate: Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: X-ray crystallography and using it as a means of modelling the impact of CO2 on protein function
Hobbies: listening to music and going on road trips
Favourite quote: “And I knew exactly what to do. But in a much more real sense, I had no idea what to do.” - Michael Scott
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Yuvraj Kaura (USRA student)
BSc candidate: Simon Fraser University
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Pooria Taheri (directed research 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.
Favourite quote: “Don't fear failure - Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.” - Bruce Lee
Alumni
Chengzhi He (RA) - Associate Director of Institute of Innovation Research at Sino Biological Inc.
Shannon Wu (Volunteer) - BSc candidate at UofT.
Zohra Salimi (USRA student) - BSc candidate at SFU.
