The Jakeman Research Group

Research Involving Aspects of Medicinal Chemistry, Structural Biology, Carbohydrate Enzymology and Natural Products discovery

Current group members

Undergraduates

Camilo Martinez-Farina is isolating novel jadomycins for anticancer and antibacterial studies

Katherine Lines is synthesizing thiosugar phosphates as enzyme inhibitors

Graduate students

Andrew Robertson (NSERC PGSD) is studying natural product glycosyltransferases

Matthew Loranger (NSERC PGSD) is developing phosphonate analogues of sugar nucleotides

Gaia Aish is synthesizing potential glycosyltransferase inhibitors

Research assistant

Stephanie Forget is synthesizing keto-phosphonates and analyzing their interactions with carbohydrate-active enzymes

Post-doctoral fellow

Debabrata Bhattasali is synthesizing functionalized enzyme substrates and inhibitors for carbohydrate-active enzymes

Visiting Scientist

Roy Mosher, rmosher@wagner.edu, Associate Professor, Wagner College, New York, is investigating the genes involved in the regulation of antibiotic biosynthesis in Streptomyces venezuelae.

Professor Emeritus

Leo C. Vining, Professor Emeritus, is working alongside us in the laboratory in the College of Pharmacy.

Former group members

Jonathan Melong (Pharmacy undergraduate)

Stephanie Dupuis (NSERC PGSM, M.Sc. 2010, Research and development Scientist, Gilead Sciences, Alberta)

Stephen Beaton (M.Sc. 2010, Chemical Safety office, Dalhousie University)

Tony Weingartshofer (Chemistry honours student 2010 / 2011)

Catherine Hart (Biochemistry honours student 2010 / 2011)

Ishrat Jahal (Biochemistry honours student 2009 / 2010)

Zakia Biswas (Co-op student 2009)

Thomas Veinot (Pharmacy undergraduate)

Ali Sadeghi-Khomami (now with Precision Biologics, in Halifax)

Stephanie Lucas (Pharmacy undergraduate)

Jason Wentzell (Pharmacy undergraduate)

Jessica Young (co-op student 2007)

Malcolm P. Huestis (technician, 2007/2008, Genetech San Francisco)

Shannon Timmons Faculty member, Lawrence tech University, USA; (Ph.D. 2007, NSERC PDF Thorson Lab, University of Wisconsin, USA)

Sherri McFarland (3 month visiting scientist, Assistant Prof, Acadia University)

Alfred Rolle (Chemistry honours project student 2006)

Taryn Reid (Pharmacy summer student 2004-2006)

Charles Borissow (PDF 2005-2006, currently PDF Leicester University, UK)

Ray Syvitski (PDF 2003-2006, currently research officer, NRC, Halifax)

Sheryl Knowles (Pharmacy summer student 2005)

Samy Mohamady (M.Sc. October 2005, currently at Tanta University, Egypt)

Wendy Young (M.Sc. October 2005, currently trainee patent officer, Gatineaux, QC)

Laura Whyte (Chemistry honours project student 2005, currently medical School, Dal)

Spring Farrell (Chemistry honours project student 2004, currently grad. student, pharmacology, Dal)

Adam Priddle (Pharmacy summer student 2004, currently pharmacy undergraduate)

Kelda Smith (Chemistry honours project student)

Andrew Leslie (Co-op student Fall 2003, currently M.Sc. candidate, Dal.)

Catherine Croft (Pharmacy summer student 2002 & 2003, pharmacist, Nova Scotia)

Rene Doucet (Pharmacy summer student 2002, pharmacist, Alberta)

Jacequeline de Mestral (technician 2002/2003, currently technician at Dal.)

Catrionia Wallace (summer student 2002, currently grad. student, pharmacology, Dal)

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