OUR TEAM

Principal Investigator: Peter J. Thompson, PhD
 

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.

 Research Technician: Gabriel Brawerman, MSc

Gabriel completed his BSc in Genetics (Honours) and MSc in Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of Manitoba. His thesis focused on the effects of Resveratrol supplementation in a gestational diabetic pregnancy to determine whether it would prevent adverse outcomes in the offspring. His MSc work has been published in the Journal of Physiology. After his MSc training, he was hired as a technician in the laboratory of Dr. Vern Dolinsky at CHRIM to further develop his skills and techniques. He is very excited to be joining the Thompson lab where he is hoping to learn many more techniques that will further his career as well as help students with their research goals. Outside the lab, he enjoys watching TV and soccer, following the news, listening to music, walking, video games, eating good food and hanging out with family and friends.

Interested in joining the team?

Dr. Thompson is always interested in hearing from talented and qualified prospective undergrad summer students, grad students and postdocs. Please see the guidelines on applying to the lab below.

Update: Graduate Student Recruitment for Fall 2021.

Dr. Thompson is tentatively planning on recruiting 1 or 2 graduate students (MSc or PhD) to start in Fall 2021. Interested students should send a cover letter detailing their previous experience and research interests, transcripts from previous study and a CV with 2 academic references. If you have previously sent your application materials, they will be assessed, there is no need to send again. Application materials will be assessed and references will be contacted. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted for video interview on Zoom by January 2021.



**Prospective international students are advised to monitor the University of Manitoba COVID-19 international student resource website and the government of Canada website for details regarding student admittance and applications for new visas, as these regulations are constantly changing during the evolution of COVID-19 pandemic.**

Summer 2021 Undergraduate Research Opportunity.

Dr. Thompson is currently seeking to recruit an undergraduate student for the upcoming 2021 Undergraduate Research Award competition to work on identifying new transcriptional regulators of beta cell senescence in T1D. For more information on this award, please see the UM Undergrad Research Awards main page below. Interested students can find information on the position below.

Deadline to inquire and apply with Dr. Thompson is January 5th, 2021. Final URA application deadline is January 25th, 2021.