OUR TEAM
Thompson Lab, Spring 2023
Principal Investigator: Peter J. Thompson, PhD
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Peter completed his BSc in Genetics and MSc in Molecular Biology at the University of Alberta. He went on to a PhD in Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia where he studied epigenetic mechanisms of gene regulation in embryonic stem cells. He carried out his postdoctoral training at the Diabetes Center at University of California San Francisco, where he began applying his prior training in gene regulation and cell fate to investigate beta cell biology and diabetes. In 2020 he became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology & Pathophysiology and a Principal Investigator in the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM) at the University of Manitoba. Outside the lab, he enjoys resistance training, playing music, exploring the outdoors, checking out new restaurants and chess.
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Graduate student: Jasmine Pipella, BSc, PBD
Jasmine completed her BSc with a major in Biochemistry from the University of Jamestown in June 2021. In September 2021, she joined the lab as a postbaccalaureate diploma (PBD) student in the Department of Physiology & Pathophysiology for two terms of lab rotations in PHGY5012 and completed her PBD in medical physiology & pathophysiology. In September 2022 she joined the lab as an MSc student. Jasmine's project will examine the effects of anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody therapy on senescent beta cell accumulation in a mouse model for T1D.
Summer student: Jasmine Manji
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Jasmine is entering her fourth year of a Bachelor of Health Sciences in the Interdisciplinary Health Program at the University of Manitoba. She was the first undergraduate summer student to join the lab in 2022 and has returned for summer 2023. She will be continuing her project on transcriptional regulation of beta cell senescence during Type 1 Diabetes as well as contributing to the ongoing project about immune cells and their interaction with beta cells during Type 1 Diabetes. |
Summer student: Camille Prefontaine
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Camille is entering her fifth year of a BSc in Biology at the University of Manitoba. In May 2023, she joined the lab as a summer research student. Camille’s project focuses on identifying and characterizing novel biomarkers of senescent human beta cells. |
Lab Alumni.
Nicole Alcasid, Undergrad Science Co-op Student, Jan 2023 - Apr 2023
Jay Wieler, Undergrad Science Co-op Student, Jan 2023 - Apr 2023
Gabriel Brawerman, Research Technician, Sept 2020 - Oct 2022
Jasmine Manji, Summer Undergraduate Researcher, Summer 2022
Camille Prefontaine, Summer Undergraduate Research Assistant, Summer 2022
Jasmine Pipella, PBD rotation student PHGY5012, Fall 2021-Winter 2022
Jay Wieler, Undergrad Science Co-op Student, Jan 2023 - Apr 2023
Gabriel Brawerman, Research Technician, Sept 2020 - Oct 2022
Jasmine Manji, Summer Undergraduate Researcher, Summer 2022
Camille Prefontaine, Summer Undergraduate Research Assistant, Summer 2022
Jasmine Pipella, PBD rotation student PHGY5012, Fall 2021-Winter 2022
Open positions in the Lab.
Postdoctoral Scholar positions.
No new positions are available at this time. Please check back later in 2023 for details on openings for 2024.
Graduate Student positions.
All open positions have been filled and there are no new positions for 2023. Please check back in Nov 2023 for details on openings for fall 2024.
Summer undergraduate student positions.
Positions for summer 2023 have been filled. Please check back in Nov 2023 for details on openings for summer 2024.
