Joseph P. Bielawski
Professor, Department of Biology,
Department of Mathematics & Statistics,
Dalhousie UniversityInstitute for Comparative Genomics (ICG)
e-mail: j.bielawski@dal.ca
See also this site for more information about this research is contributing to "The Evolutionary Gaia Project": https://www.evolutionarygaia.org/
Katherine A. Dunn
Research Scientist, Division of
Hematology/Oncology IWK Health Centre;
Department of Biology, Dalhousie Univiersity
Institute for Comparative Genomics (ICG)
e-mail: kathy.dunn@dal.ca
Dr. Dunn's current research focuses on understanding
how the human microbiome and its metabolites impact
health and disease. This research uses
metagenomics and metabolomics from stool samples to
answer questions in paediatric health. She has several
ongoing projects with researchers at IWK Health and
Dalhousie University. She is examining the impact of the
microbiome and their metabolites on treatment and side
effects in oncology patients with specific interests in
patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia undergoing
asparaginase therapy. In another project she is
investigating the use of the microbiome to predict
remission status in Crohn’s disease patients and the
impact of different diet therapies on the microbiome and
metabolome. She is also examining bacterial heat shock
protein genes in Crohn’s disease patients and how they
change over the course of different treatments, and how
they may relate to remission. Lastly, she
contributes to an ongoing investigation of how the
development of the preterm microbiome is impacted by
early diet and the NICU environment.
Postdoctoral
Research Fellows
Dr. Christopher Jones, Department of Biology
Project: Modelling evolutionary dynamics of multi-species systems: microbiomes to Gaia
e-mail: cjones2@dal.ca
Graduate
Students
Paul Bjorndahl, PhD candidate, Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Project: Modelling and analysis of complex microbial community dynamics and metabolic potential during the spring blooms in freshwater and marine ecosystems.
e-mail: bjorndahl@dal.ca
Leticia Magpali, PhD candidate, Department of Biology
Project: Phylogenomic analysis of phenotype-genotype relationships in cetaceans
e-mail: lt604115@dal.ca
Sarah Organ PhD candidate, Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Project: Modelling and analysis of microbial community function and dynamics in municipal water treatment systems.
e-mail: Sarah.Organ@dal.ca
Yuri Kulish, PhD candidate, Department of Biology
Project: Joint (multi-level) modelling of molecular-level and organism-level trait dynamics and inference of functional divergence of genes and genomes over macro-evolutionary timescales.
e-mail: Yuri.Kulish@Dal.Ca
Undergraduate
Student (Biology Honours Program)
Ashley Chaisson, Department of Biology
Honours Project: "Improved inference and analysis of the fungal DNA component within the microbial meta-genome of pediatric oncology patients.'
Project: Applying the psychological "Science of Wellbeing” to diversifying who succeeds in undergraduate science education.
e-mail: AChiasson@dal.ca