The lab is pleased to welcome two new members including, Mr James Wells and Dr. Zerihun Demissie. James is co-op student joining us from the Queen’s University Biochemistry Coo-op Program. He is undertaking an 8 month term with us working on enzymes involved in carotenoid metabolism in wheat kernels. Ze joins us having recently completed his PhD in Plant Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at UBC-Okanagan with Dr. Solheil Mahmoud, and a short post-doctoral stint at Brock University with Dr. Vince DeLuca. Ze will be working on projects focused on hormone signalling and ABC transporter targets as they relate to the development of resistance to the wheat fungal pathogen, Fusarium Head Blight.
