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Principal Investigator, PhD
Professor, Faculty of Science - Biological Sciences
Research interests: Infection and immunity, molecular immunology and virology, phylogeny and evolution of immune systems, genetics.
Teaching:
IMIN 200 - Infection and Immunity
IMIN 372 - Research Techniques in Immunology
IMIN 401 - Comparative Immunology
IMIN 501 - Advanced Comparative Immunology
Email: kmagor@ualberta.ca
Ximena Fleming
Lab Manager
Projects: I have many projects, I am usually the one who repeats experiments or finishes experiments for publications.
Research interests: immunology, virology, cell biology.
Hobbies: I love to read and cook but my main interest and hobby outside work is being the best mom I could be for my kids.
Janet Sperling
Affiliated Researcher, PhD
Projects: My research focusses on the bacteria associated with ticks. Detection of tick-borne pathogens in a complex mixture of other bacteria is critical for understanding disease risk. I am currently the president of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation and an advisor to the G. Magnotta Foundation.
Hobbies: When I'm not in the lab, I love skiing and sailing and spending time with family.
Mirza Kazbekov
Research Assistant, MSc
Project(s): Duck RIPLET and RIG-I activation in chicken cells.
Research interests: Molecular and Cellular Immunology, Virology.
Hobbies: biking, bird-watching, walking, learning to play piano:)
RJ Legaspi
PhD student
Project: Identifying RIG-I interactors in ducks and investigating the role of lncRNA
Research interests: Bioinformatics and genomics
Brooklyn Osborne
MSc student
Degree program: MSc in Physiology, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Project: Exploring interactions between influenza NS1 and RIPLET in humans and ducks
Research interests: Comparative immunology, virology
Alison Lee You Voon
Undergraduate researcher
Degree program: BSc Honors Immunology and Infection
Project: Antibody affinity maturation in zebrafish melanomacrophage centers.
Research interests: Comparative immunology, genetics, microbiology.
Hobbies: Tennis, running, photography, discovering new food places!
Corwin Freemark
Undergraduate researcher
Degree program: BSc Honors Immunology and Infection
Project: Chromosomal characterization of immortalized duck embryonic cell line.
Hobbies: Trying new board games and video games with friends, playing soccer, and skiing (Lake Louise is my favorite)
ALUMNI
ALUMNI
Angelina Botros, undergraduate researcher. 2025
Vagif Seyid, undergraduate researcher. 2025
Angela Chiriankandath, undergraduate researcher. 2023
Rucha Patel, undergraduate researcher. 2023
Akhilan Arulmozhi, summer volunteer. 2023
Lee Campbell, PhD. 2022
Calla McKague, summer volunteer. 2022
Dirk Taal, undergraduate researcher. 2022.
Michelle Lee, MSc. 2021
Danyel Evseev, PhD. 2020
Eric Friesen, MSc. 2020
Yanna Xiao, PhD. 2019
Wing Chan, MSc. 2015
Graham Blyth, MSc. 2015
David Tetrault, MSc. 2015
Alysson Blaine, MSc. 2013
Kristina Petkau, MSc. 2012
Megan Barber, PhD. 2011
Hillary Vanderven, MSc. 2011
Shawna Jensen, MSc. 2009
Jianguo Xia, MSc. 2006
Xiaoxin Guo, MSc. 2006
William Branton, MSc. 2004
Simona Veniamin, MSc. 2004
Christine Mesa, MSc. 2003
April 2023 lab meeting
Christmas 2021
NACI Workshop 2025
Halloween 2019
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