RUZZINI LAB
micro(bio)chemistry
LAB MEMBERS
DR. ANTONIO RUZZINI
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Assistant professor, Department of Veterinary Microbiology
Western College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Saskatchewan
Associate member, Department of Biochemistry Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan
Member of Molecular Design Research Cluster (U of S, CoM)
Member of the Proteomics Research in Interactions and Structure of Macromolecules (PRISM) Group (U ofS)
Education & Training
Post-doctoral fellow, Harvard Medical School (2014-2017), supervised by Dr. Jon Clardy
Post-doctoral fellow, University of Paris-Sud (2013-2014), supervised by Jean-Luc Pernodet
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia (2008-2013), supervised by Lindsay Eltis
BSc, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Trent University (2008)
DR. POONAM DHINDWAL
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(pod898@usask.ca)
Post-doctoral fellow, University of Saskatchewan, Canada (2020-)
Ph.D., Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada (2015-2020)
MSc, Biotechnology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India (2012-2014)
BSc, Microbiology and Biochemistry, St. Xaviers University, Mumbai, India (2011-2014)
KATHYANA DEEYAGANHAGE
PhD candidate
(hkd912@mail.usask.ca)
BSc, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2013-2017)
Research interest: Antimicrobial peptides and their mechanism of action
RADWA ASAR
PhD candidate
(rra016@mail.usask.ca)
Bachelor of Pharmacy, University of Alexandria, Egypt (2009)
MSc in Pharmacognosy, University of Alazhar, Egypt (2017)
Research interest: Bile modification by the bison gut microbiome
DR. ELHEM YACOUB
Post-Doctoral Fellow co-supervised by Dr. Murray Jelinski
(elhem.yacoub@usask.ca)
Post-doctoral fellow, University of Saskatchewan, Canada (2020-)
Ph.D., Biology, University of Tunis El Manar – Pasteur Institute of Tunis (2017)
M.Sc, Microbiology, University of Tunis El Manar – Pasteur Institute of Tunis (2011)
B.Sc, Life Sciences – Biotechnology, University of Tunis El Manar (2008)
Research interests: Mycoplasmas, beef feedlot pathogens & AMR
DANIEL KOS
MSc candidate, co-supervised by Dr. Murray Jelinski
(daniel.kos@usask.ca)
BSc, University of Victoria (2021)
Research interest: BRD pathogens & AMR in beef feedlots
FATIMA MASOOD
MSc candidate co-supervised by Dr. Sarah Wood
(fam088@mail.usask.ca)
BSc, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada (2021)
Research interest: European foulbrood diseases in Bees
JENNY LIANG
Lab technician
(jel434@mail.usask.ca)
BSc, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (2012)
MALLORY NORFIELD
Summer student
Mallory is entering her 4th year in the College of Agriculture majoring in animal biosciences.
She is co-supervised by Dr Ruzzini and Dr Jelinski for her 4th year thesis project.
RYLAN BAHREY
Summer student
Rylan is entering his 3rd year in Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology at College of Medicine. His project involves screening antimicrobial peptides against different classes of bacteria.
In his spare time, he enjoys singing and participating in broadway plays.
ALI RIZVI
Summer student
Ali is entering his 2nd year in Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology. He is working along with Radwa in understanding the kinetics of Bile salt hydrolase. He enjoys programming and is also involved in protein modelling using autofold4.
KOA PLANEDIN
Summer student
Koa is co-supervised by Dr Ruzzini and Dr. Jelinski Lab. She is working alongside Daniel on BRD pathogens and AMR in beef feedlots.
IRYNA
Project student
Iryna has joined Ruzzini lab as a project student and is working on understanding the mechanism of action of leaderless bacteriocins from S. aureus.
