Xiaoying (Eden) Wu
Project: Summer Student 2021
Research Focus: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Heart Health Study
Supervisor: Dr. Donna Vine
What I like to do outside of the lab? I like dancing with friends, going to the gym and taking my dog to the dog park.
Email: xewu@ualberta.ca
Gala Araujo
Project: Summer Student 2021 (MSc at the MCVD Lab Fall 2021-2023)
Research Focus: Study(ing) arterial lipoprotein interactions with an anti-glycosaminoglycan antibody in diet-induced insulin resistant animal models as an atherosclerotic biomarker.
Supervisor: Dr. Spencer Proctor
What I like to do outside of the lab?: I really like watching scary movies and hanging out with my cat Bao.
Email: garaujo@ualberta.ca
Hope Kurylo
Project: NSERC Scholarship Award - May 1, 2017 - 2018
Research Focus: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Supervisor: Dr. Donna Vine
What I like to do when I'm not in the lab: Outside of the lab I enjoy creating delicious food, especially baked goods. I also love to volunteer with the Boys and Girls Club, spend time with my niece, explore the river valley, read novels, and visit the art gallery.
Email: hkurylo@ualberta.ca
Maria Kupreeva
Project: Summer Student, 2012
Research focus: General laboratory work with a focus on lipid detection in plasma and lymph.
Supervisor: Dr. Donna Vine
What I like to do outside of the lab: I like spending time with my family and friends. I also enjoy cooking, travelling, running and yoga.
Email: kupreeva@ualberta.ca
Chitra Bakshi
Project: Summer Student 2012
Research Focus: The role of creatine supplementation, and other analogs like creatinine on the triglyceride, protein and phospholipid acculumation in the rat hepatocytes, McArdles under the presence of fatty acids.
Supervisor: Dr. Rene Jacobs abd Dr. Robin da Silva
What I like to do outside of the lab: I enjoy spending time (biking, hiking, tracking) at the Wm. Hawrelak Park, with family and friends. I also enjoy reading poetry collections of Michael Ondaatje, and fictional works of Abraham Verghese. I involve myself weekly at the University of Alberta Hospital, as a Literary Artist, and I volunteer with the Special Olympics Edmonton in training intellectually disabled athletes for the Canada and Provincial Games in the sport of speed skating.
Email: chitra@ualberta.ca