RUZZINI LAB
micro(bio)chemistry
Lab members
Antonio Ruzzini
Principal Investigator
Associate 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)
Jenny Liang
Lab Technician
Veternairy Microbiology
Education & Training
BSc, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (2012)
Dr. Poonam Dhindwal
Post-doctoral Fellow
Veternairy Microbiology
Education & Training
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 (2012)
Project: Drug and target discovery of Mycoplasmopsis bovis
Iryna Myziuk
PhD Candidate
Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology
Education & Training
BSc, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine (2021)
Project: Characterization of macrolide esterases
Zahi Mulla
MSc. Candidate
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Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology
Education & Training
MSc, Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, 2024
BSc (Hons), Biomedical Science, University of Plymouth, 2023
Project: Characterization of serine-dependent esterase EstB
Yunyun Di
Research Technician
Veterinary Microbiology
Education & Training
Postdoctoral fellow, University of Saskatchewan (2022)
PhD, Pharmacy and Nutrition University of Saskatchewan (2016)
Taslimun Jannat
PhD Candidate
Veterinary Microbiology
Education & Training
MSc, Technology and Health, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France (2024)
MSc, Biotechnology, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2022)
Bachelor of Pharmacy, University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2018)
Project: Investigation of poorly annotated and orphan genes within antimicrobial resistance gene clusters
Sun Thai
Undergraduate student
Project: Evaluating the N-acyltransferase activities of a bile salt hydrolase (BSH) from the bison gut microbiome.
Ethne Martin
Undergraduate student
(Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology)
Project: Veterinary antimicrobial resistance
Aymeric Besnier
Visiting Research Student
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efw629@mail.usask.ca
Education & Training
Veterinary student at Institut Polytechnique UniLaSalle, (2022-2028)
Project: Veterinary antimicrobial resistance
Hassan Cheema
Undergraduate student
(Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology)
Project: Characterization of macrolide esterases
Past lab members
2025
Radwa Asar, PhD
Kathyana Deeyagahage, PDF
2024
Danilo Wadt, MSc
Mauricio Lopera, MITACS
Larissa Ducheiko, MITACS
2023
Daniel Kos, Research Assistant
Andrew Gentes, Undergraduate student
Anjali Pattathil, MITACS
Leslie Guerrero, MITACS
2022
Koa Planedin, Undergraduate student
Rylan Bahrey, Undergraduate student
Ali Rizvi, Undergraduate student
Mallory Norfield, Undergraduate student
Charis Thompson, MITACS
2021
Kendra McGougan, DVM student
2020
Fatima Masood, MSc student, graduated in 2023
Jessie Heisler, Undergraduate student
2019
Richa Jain, Lab technician, till 2022
Cole Simon, Undergraduate student
2018
Aimen Khan, Undergraduate student, till 2019
Alix Nelson, DVM student