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
Veterinary Microbiology
(pod898@usask.ca)
Ph.D., Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada (2020)
MSc, Biotechnology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India (2014)
BSc, Microbiology and Biochemistry, St. Xaviers University, Mumbai, India (2014)
KATHYANA DEEYAGANHAGE
PhD candidate
Veterinary Microbiology
(hkd912@mail.usask.ca)
BSc, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2017)
Project: Antimicrobial peptides and their mechanism of action
RADWA ASAR
PhD candidate
Veterinary Microbiology
(rra016@mail.usask.ca)
Bachelor of Pharmacy, University of Alexandria, Egypt (2009)
MSc in Pharmacognosy, University of Alazhar, Egypt (2017)
Project: Bile modification by a common resident of the bison gut
IRYNA MYZIUK
MSc candidate
Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology
BSc, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine (2021)
Project: Characterization of macrolide esterases
FATIMA MASOOD
MSc candidate
Veterinary Microbiology
co-supervised by Dr. Sarah Wood
(fam088@mail.usask.ca)
BSc, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada (2021)
Project: Melissococcus plutonius AMR
DR. ELHEM YACOUB
Post-doctoral fellow
Large Animal Clinical Sciences
co-supervised by Dr. Murray Jelinski
(elhem.yacoub@usask.ca)
PhD, Biology, University of Tunis El Manar, Pasteur Institute of Tunis (2017)
MSc, Microbiology, University of Tunis El Manar, Pasteur Institute of Tunis (2011)
BSc, Life Sciences – Biotechnology, University of Tunis El Manar (2008)
Project: Characterization of Mycoplasmopsis bovis infections in vitro
DANIEL KOS
MSc candidate
Large Animal Clinical Sciences
co-supervised by Dr. Murray Jelinski
(daniel.kos@usask.ca)
BSc, University of Victoria, Canada (2021)
Project: Microbial & AMR profiles in beef feedlots
DANILO WADT
MSc candidate
Large Animal Clinical Sciences, co-supervised with Murray Jelinski
BSc, Veterinary Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (2020)
Project: Isolation and characterization of BRD pathogens
JENNY LIANG
Lab technician
(jel434@mail.usask.ca)
BSc, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (2012)
