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
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
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
IRYNA MYZIUK
Technician
Iryna joined Ruzzini lab as a technician in May 2022 and is working on understanding the mechanism of action of leaderless bacteriocins produced by S. aureus.
JENNY LIANG
Lab technician
(jel434@mail.usask.ca)
BSc, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (2012)
MALLORY NORFIELD
Summer student
Mallory is co-supervised by Dr. Ruzzini and Dr Jelinski (LACS), and will be entering the WCVM's DVM program in August 2022.
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
NSERC USRA 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 studies.
KOA PLANEDIN
University of Victoria Co-op student
Koa is co-supervised by Dr. Ruzzini and Dr. Jelinski (Large Animal Clinical Sciences). She is study AMR genes present in western Canadian beef feedlots.
