What we offer
We are proud to offer several educational programs in biochemistry and medical genetics, at multiple levels of expertise.
Our story
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Department research themes
We are committed to advancing our understanding of biochemistry and medical genetics and improving patient outcomes through our advanced research.
Research projects within the Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics are wide-ranging and cover a number of topics. Our department is currently studying environmental impacts during development, new therapies for cancer or rare genetic disorders, as well as computer-based approaches to develop new diagnostic tools and understand our risk for drug-related adverse effects.
The Department has state-of-the-art equipment to enable experiments in the following five research themes. Our collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects often span multiple themes.
Find an advisor for your graduate studies
You must have an advisor willing to accept you as a student to pursue graduate studies in our department.
If you are interested in pursuing a graduate degree under the mentorship of a faculty researcher not listed, you are welcome to contact that faculty member directly to inquire about potential graduate positions.
Advisors accepting graduate students
Faculty advisor | Keywords |
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Versha Banerji | |
Robert Beattie | cortical development, developmental biology, genetics, gliogenesis, lineage tracing, molecular biology, mosaic analysis with double markers, neural stem cells |
Julie Chen | bioinformatics, omics data sciences, machine learning, microbial omics, computational molecular biology |
Brad Doble | cancer, developmental disorders,epigenetics, epigenomics, genetic diseases, micropatterning, proteomics, stem cells, transcriptomics, transcription, WNT signaling |
Britt Drögemöller | genomics, bioinformatics, pharmacogenomics, precision medicine, pediatric and maternal populations |
Meaghan Jones | bioinformatics, birth cohorts, data analysis, DNA methylation, DOHAD, epigenetics, mouse models |
Paul Marcogliese | disease models, drosophila, functional genomics, genetics, molecular biology, movement disorders, neurobiology, neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, Parkinson’s disease, rare disease |
Kirk McManus | chromosome instability, colorectal cancer, drug target discovery, high-grade serous ovarian cancer, organoid/spheroid models, patient samples, quantitative imaging microscopy, siRNA, shRNA, CRISPR/Cas9, synthetic lethality |
Yale Michaels | genome engineering, synthetic biology, pluripotent stem cells, immunotherapy, CAR-T |
Mojgan Rastegar | DNA methylation, epigenetics, gene regulation, transcriptional control, stem cells, Rett Syndrome, MeCP2 isoforms, neurodevelopmental disorders, stem cell differentiation |
Jeffrey Wigle | homeodomain transcription factors, angiogenesis, myofibroblasts, lymphangiogenesis |
Advisors accepting postdoctoral fellows
Faculty advisor | Keywords |
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Versha Banerji | |
Robert Beattie | cortical development, developmental biology, genetics, gliogenesis, lineage tracing, molecular biology, mosaic analysis with double markers, neural stem cells |
Britt Drögemöller | genomics, bioinformatics, pharmacogenomics, precision medicine, pediatric and maternal populations |
Meaghan Jones | bioinformatics, birth cohorts, data analysis, DNA methylation, DOHAD, epigenetics, mouse models |
Paul Marcogliese | disease models, drosophila, functional genomics, genetics, molecular biology, movement disorders, neurobiology, neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, Parkinson’s disease, rare disease |
Kirk McManus | chromosome instability, colorectal cancer, drug target discovery, high-grade serous ovarian cancer, organoid/spheroid models, patient samples, quantitative imaging microscopy, siRNA, shRNA, CRISPR/Cas9, synthetic lethality |
Yale Michaels | genome engineering, synthetic biology, pluripotent stem cells, immunotherapy, CAR-T |
Mojgan Rastegar | DNA methylation, epigenetics, gene regulation, transcriptional control, stem cells, Rett Syndrome, MeCP2 isoforms, neurodevelopmental disorders, stem cell differentiation |
Laurel Thorlacius | Clinical Biochemistry Post-Doctoral Residency Program |
Jeffrey Wigle | homeodomain transcription factors, angiogenesis, myofibroblasts, lymphangiogenesis |
Community and partners
University of Sierra Leone
Department faculty, Dr. Francis Amara and Dr. Etienne Leygue, visited Sierra Leone in 2019 to train future leaders in STEM. During their visit, they established teaching and research partnerships with the University of Sierra Leone’s Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences and have since been appointed as adjunct professors.
Scholarship of Education Group
The Scholarship of Education Group is an exchange forum for international bioscience educators to share their educational research findings to guide curricular development and teaching decisions.
Human Rett Syndrome Brain Bio-Repository Laboratory
Dr. Mojgan Rastegar established a new Human Rett Syndrome Brain Bio-Repository Laboratory in the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM). Establishment of the lab was supported by private donations from Rett Syndrome parents and the Ontario Rett Syndrome Association (ORSA). Rett Syndrome parents from British Columbia, Ontario and Manitoba, as well as ORSA President, Kevin Morton, were among the attendees at the grand opening of this new laboratory in September 2019.
Educating Young Manitobans
Our department worked with event coordinator Kristine Macalinao to host the “Let’s Talk Science-GeneTalks High School Symposium” on May 14, 2019. Introducing more than 50 high school students to bioinformatics and microscopy and their applications in cancer research studies.
Faculty and staff
Our team
Our faculty and staff are committed to supporting learners, colleagues and the community. Contact us to learn more about our department and what we have to offer:
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Biochemistry and Medical Genetics
Room 336 Basic Medical Sciences Building
745 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9 Canada