Past Lab Members
础.听听听 Post Doctoral Fellows
No |
Name of Trainee 听 |
Period |
Project Title |
Current Position |
1 |
Dr. Dhriti Battacharyia |
2014- 2015 |
Indexing bioactivity of seaweed projects |
听 |
2 |
Dr. Surender Singh |
2015 |
Non coding RNAs in Arabidopsis |
听 |
3 |
听Dr. Jinghua Liu |
2011- 13 |
Health benefits of select red seaweeds 听 |
听 |
4 |
Dr. Saveetha Kandasamy |
2010鈥�2014 |
Anti-stress effects of brown seaweeds |
A&L Biologicals, London, ON |
5 |
Dr. Jatinder Singh Sangha |
2008- 2014 |
Marine bio-products for the management of stem rot of canola |
Research Scientist, AAFC, Swift Current, SK |
6 |
Dr. Owen Walley |
2010-12 |
Elicitation of plant growth regulators by components of Ascophyllum nodosum |
Research Scientist AAFC, London Ontario |
7 |
Dr. Wajahatullah Khan |
2008-10 |
Plant-microbe interactions |
Associate Professor, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia |
8 |
Dr. Jitheshmundya Naryanan |
2007-09 |
Novel strategies for mitigation plant abiotic stress |
Assistant Professor of Biotechnology, Jain University, Bangalore, India |
9 |
Dr. Pragya Kant |
2006-07 |
Ascophyllum nodosum and salinity tolerance in plants |
Bioscience, Govt. Victoria, Australia |
B.听听听听 Research Associates
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No. |
Name of Trainee |
Period |
Project Title 听 |
Current Postion |
1 |
Amir Farid |
2006-07 |
Plant growth promoting effect of seaweed extracts听 |
听 |
2 |
Ravishankar 听Palanisamy |
2008-09 |
Bioactivity of seaweed 听extracts |
Ph.D. graduate Student, University of Montreal |
3 |
Prasanth Rayorath |
2008-09 |
Plant growth promoting effect of seaweed extracts听 |
Program Officer, CFIA, Ottawa |
4 |
Usha Rayorath |
2009 |
Genetics of plant root-microbe interaction |
Ph.D. Graduate Student, University of Guelph |
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C.听听听 Graduate Students
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听 |
Name of Trainee |
Period |
Project Title 听 |
Current Position |
1 |
Sowmya Subramanian |
2006-08 |
Studies on Ascophyllum nodosum extract elicited resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana against Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato DC3000 |
Post doc, McGill University |
2 |
Prasanth Rayirath (NSERC-IPS) |
2007-09 |
Molecular characterization of Ascophyllum nodosum extracts mediated enhanced freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana |
RBC |
3 |
Di Fan |
2008-10 |
Ascophyllm nodosum extracts improve shelf life and nutritional quality of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) |
Ph.D. Graduate Student, McGill University |
4 |
Peter Corey |
2010-12 |
The effect of nitrate and temperature on Chondrus crispus |
Manager, Scotian Halibut Inc. Woods Harbour |
5 |
Chaminda De Silva Weeraddana 听 |
2010-12 |
Extracts of the brown seaweed, Ascophyllum nodosum, affect Arabidopsis thaliana-Myzus persicae interaction |
Ph.D. Graduate Student, University of Alberta |
6 |
Sridhar Ravichandran |
2009-2014 |
Genetic and biochemical basis of plant root-microbe interactions |
Visiting Fellow, AAFC, Ottawa |
7 |
Ruiji Zhai |
2010-2013 |
Seaweed product to improve nodulation in Alfalfa |
unknown |
8 |
Malinda Thilakarathna (Co-supervision) |
2009-2013 |
Studies on nitrogen transfer from clover to companian grass in mixed pasture stand |
Post doc, University of Guelph |
9 |
Stephen Kalloway (NSERC-IPS) |
2010- 2013 |
Compost teas for the management of dollar spot disease in turf grass |
Research Scientist, Cape Breton University |
10 |
Garima Kulshreshtha (NSERC-IPS) 听 |
2010- 2015 |
The use of selected red macroalgae (seaweeds) for the reduction of Salmonella enteritidis in poultry using the Caenorhabditis elegans infection system |
Post Doc, University of Ottawa |
11 |
Mullaivanan Manoharan |
2011- 2013 |
Evaluation of compost tea, silica and seaweed extract for the management of dollar spot disease (Sclerotinia homoeocarpa)听 in Creeping Bentgrass |
Manager, Irving Nurseries, NB |
12 |
Abhinandan Kumar (NSERC-IPS) |
2011- 2013 |
Activity and mechanisms of Ascophyllum nodosum extract induced salinity tolerance in tomatoes |
Graduate Student, University of Calgary |
13 |
Nadun Chanaka Karunatilleke |
2011- 2014 |
Mitigation of water stress in tomato with Ascophyllum nodosum 听extracts 听 |
Graduate student, Western University, London, ON |
14 |
Swati |
2012-2014 |
Seaweed amendment for the management of seedling rot in the nursery |
Unknown |
15 |
Gayathri Ilangumaran |
2012-2014 |
Development of a plant protection product from lobster shell waste |
Graduate Student, McGill University |
16 |
Pramod Rathore |
2013-2014 |
Arabidopsis thaliana GR-RBP3 is a negative regulator of salinity stress |
Graduate Student, H漫画 U |
17 |
Mahboobeh Zamani |
2014- 2016 |
Tobacco BY2 cell line as a tool to investigate bioactivity of seaweed products |
Unknown |
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D.听听听 Undergraduate Students
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No. |
Name of Trainee |
Period |
Project Title 听 |
Current Position |
1 |
Sonya Kempt |
2017 |
Biological Control of late blight of potato |
听 |
2 |
Najja Galion |
2016 |
Development of a nematicidal compound using seaweed |
听 |
3 |
Emilie Davis |
2014 |
Investigation on the protective effect of extracts of a red seaweed, Chondrus crispus, against UV radiation using a Caenorhabditis elegans model |
Graduate Student |
4 |
Ashok. Somalraju |
2013 |
Mitigation of heat stress in Arabidopsis thaliana with chemical components from seaweeds |
Graduate student, UPEI |
5 |
Pramod Kumar Rathor 听Undergraduate Student |
2011-12 |
Seaweed extract aided gene discovery for salinity tolerance in A. thaliana听 |
Graduate Student, H漫画 University |
6 |
Alex .V. Zachariah 听Undergraduate Student |
2011-12 |
Seaweed extract aided gene discovery for salinity tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana听 |
Graduate Student, University of Manitoba |
7 |
Gayathri Ilangumaran |
2011 |
Biological effects of isoflavonoids from red clover |
Graduate Student, McGill |
8 |
Sowmya Purusothaman Undergraduate summer research assistant |
2010 |
Ascophyllum nodosum product for management of head rot of cauliflower 听 |
Currently employed in India |
9 |
Kyle MacRae |
2009 |
The effect of nitrate and temperature on Chondrus crispus |
Unknown |
10 |
Katie Wilson |
2009 |
The effects of alpha and beta endorphins on Arabidopsis thaliana () Heynh 听 |
Unknown |
11 |
Lindsay Rhodenizer听 听 |
2008 |
The effects of genotype on seed yield in Arabidopsis thaliana |
Unknown |
12 |
Jessica Murray (Undergraduate student) |
2009 |
The effects of plant derived compounds on the lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI |
13 |
David Hobson (NSERC UGSRA) |
2009 |
Genetics of plant root-microbe interactions |
Graduate Student, NSAC |
14 |
Ruiji Zhai |
2008 |
Biological effects of seaweed extract |
Graduate Student, NSAC |
15 |
Yiemei Lin |
2008 |
Effect of seaweed extract on plant growth |
Graduate Student, University of Toronto |
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