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RESEARCH

Dr. Mike BUTLER
email
474-6543, 474-6574 (dean's office) 418 Buller bldg
Animal cell biotechnology. The development of strategies for improved productivity from genetically-engineered mammalian cells.

Silvia T. Cardona
email 474-8997 418 Buller Bldg

Molecular mechanisms that allow environmental bacteria to evolve as opportunistic pathogens, primarily the genus Burkholderia.

Dr. Deborah COURT
email 474-8263, 301A Buller bldg
Mechanisms controlling the synthesis of proteins involved in mitochondrial DNA replication and structure-function studies of mitochondrial proteins.

Dr. Teresa Dekievit
email
474-8987, 137A Buller bldg
Investigation of the pathogenicity of Burkolderia cepacia and its interaction with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Dr. Pavel DIBROV
email
474-8059, 425 Buller bldg
Molecular genetics of sodium-proton antiporters.

Dr. Georg HAUSNER
email
474-8059, 404 Buller bldg

Mitochondrial genetics of Neurospora crassa and its application in attenuating virulence in Dutch Elm Disease. Molecular evolution of group-I and group-II mitochondrial introns within the lower eukaryotes.

Dr. Peter LOEWEN
email
474-8334, 414A Buller bldg
Genetics and biochemistry of oxidative stress responses in bacteria focusing on the catalase structure and function.

Dr. Kathleen LONDRY
email
474-7199, 127 Buller bldg

Microbial ecology and environmental microbiology. Microbial diversity related to extreme environments and astrobiology. Anaerobic biodegradation of toxic pollutants.

Dr. Brian MARK
email 480-1430, 420 Buller Building
Three-dimensional structure and molecular function of enzymes involved in bacterial cell wall biology
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Dr. Ivan ORESNIK
email
474-7587, 414D Buller bldg
Molecular biology of plant-microbe interactions focussing on the rhizobia/legume symbiosis.Genetic responses of bacteria to low nutrient stress. Genetic and biochemical characterization of periplasmic redox proteins in Rhizobium.

Dr. Richard SPARLING  
email
474-8320, 414B Buller bldg
C1 transfer and electron flow for biosynthesis in methane producing archaebacteria. Mercury methylation by anaerobic bacteria.
sparlng@ms.umanitoba.ca

Dr. Elizabeth WOROBEC
email 474-8473, 305 Buller bldg
Molecular role of porins in the antibiotic resistance of Serratia marcescens. Molecular and biochemical analyses of glucose transport in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Dr. Jim WRIGHT (on leave)
Biochemical/molecular investigations on growth regulation, cellular differentiation, carcinogenesis, and somatic cell variation with mammalian cells grown in vivo and in culture.

Dr. Vladimir YURKOV
email
474-6303, 421 Buller bldg
The study of biological biodiversity of unique aerobic phototrophic bacteria. Microbial bioremediation of toxic heavy metals. Microbial populations in extreme environments of the deep ocean hydrothermal vents, so-called "black smokers".