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Supervising, Mentoring, and Advising Students

Students & Post-Docs involved in Science Outreach Programs at AMBL

Many of the science outreach programs that AMBL offers involve the excellent and enthusiastic teaching talents of a number of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. As part of my role at AMBL, I supervise, collaborate with, and facilitate these talented teams of graduate students and post-docs who participate in our programs through both volunteer + paid roles.

Adrienne Nye, graduate student volunteering during MSL Lab Tours, photo by Nick Wiebe

Adrienne Nye, volunteering during MSL Lab Tours, photo by Nick Wiebe

  • Meeta Mistry, Ph. D. Student, Bioinformatics, UBC
  • Jody Wright, Ph. D. Student, Microbiology and Immunology, UBC
  • Elizabeth Ross, Masters of Fine Arts Student, Creative Writing, UBC
  • Mike Christie, Masters of Fine Arts Student, Creative Writing, UBC
  • Lars Rose, UBC Let’s Talk Science Partnership Program Co-ordinator, Ph. D. Student, Mechanical Engineering, UBC
  • Adrienne Nye, Masters Student, Land and Food Systems, UBC
  • Jessica McLellan, Ph. D. Student, Medical Genetics, UBC
  • Marco Gallo, Ph. D. Student, Medical Genetics, UBC
  • Nick Wiebe, Masters Student, Bioinformatics Graduate Program, UBC
  • Eric Abbot, Masters Student, Botany, UBC
  • Hardy Hall, Ph.D. Student, Botany, UBC
  • Arshad Chaudhry, Post Doctoral Fellow, Michael Smith Labs, UBC
  • Erin Boyle, Postdoctoral Fellow, Michael Smith Labs, UBC
  • Curtis Hughesman, Ph.D. Student, Chemical & Biological Engineering, UBC
  • Veronique Lecault, Masters Student, Chemical & Biological Engineering, UBC
  • Derek van Pel, Ph.D. Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UBC
  • Victor Jensen, Ph.D. Student, Medical Genetics, UBC
  • + more, my apologies to any I’ve missed
photo by Nick Wiebe

Dr. Arshad Chaudry presenting to teachers at 2008 MSL teacher conference, photo by Nick Wiebe

Student Mentoring Programs & Events

UBC Tri-Mentoring Program, Computer Science

  • Mentor for Ruby Chou and Katie Skinner, October 2009 – April 2010
  • Mentor for Piam Kiarostami and Hosna Jabbari, October 2007 – April 2008
  • Mentor for Zsuzsanna Hollander and Maria Tkatchenko, 2004-2005

Student Biotechnology Network Events:

  • SBN 5th Annual Biotech Expo & Conference, Tuesday Feb 10th, 2009
  • SBN Networking Event, September 25th, 2008
  • SBN Career Expo, February 13th, 2008
  • SBN Networking Event, November 29th, 2007
  • SBN Networking Event, September 26th, 2007

Science Fair Alumni Mentorship & Related Programs

  • Let’s Talk Science Volunteer, 2009-2010
  • Richmond School District’s 3rd Annual Science Expo, March 4th, 2009
  • Let’s Talk Science Volunteer, 2008-2009
  • BC Science Fair Foundation, Alumni Mentorship Event, November 24th, 2008
  • BC Science Fair Foundation, Alumni Mentorship Event, November 28th, 2007

XX-Evening, Science World, for women in Science, Engineering and Technology

  • March 24, 2010
  • March 4th, 2008
  • March 2, 2004
  • March 3rd, 2003

Other Events

  • Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC), Faculty Sponsor and Session Moderator, March 6, 2010, UBC
  • 3 Course Connection Dinner, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Arts, Sauder School of Business, UBC Alumni Event, March 12, 2009

Co-Operative Education Students, Summer students, Undergraduate Volunteers:

micb405_students_2In my role as an educator at the UBC Bioinformatics Centre (UBiC), I had the unique opportunity to make connections with the student community at UBC. On the research side, I’ve supervised undergraduate students working on Atlas bioinformatics research project at UBiC. I also have experience supervising and training students in a wet-lab research environment. On the education and training side, I’ve hired, supervised, and mentored undergraduate students working on the UseIT – User Support, Education, and Training project at UBiC and on various bioinformatics curricula development projects.

  • Michelle Chan, Undergraduate Student, Combined Honors Computer Science and Microbiology and Immunology, UBC
  • Nima Farzaneh, Undergraduate Student, Combined Major Computer Science and Microbiology and Immunology, UBC
  • Matthew Ingham, Undergraduate Co-Operative Education Student, Integrated Sciences, UBC
  • William Leung, Undergraduate Student, Integrated Sciences, UBC
  • Mike Low, Undergraduate Co-Operative Education Student, Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria
  • Misbah Naseer, Undergraduate Student, Science, UBC
  • Sonia Tamlinco, Undergraduate Co-Operative Education Student, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Calgary

Teaching Mentorship – Graduate Students:

My interactions with this set of students was in a teaching mentorship role. I designed a student project aimed at testing bioinformatics curricula that I developed. These students delivered a 1-day hands-on bioinformatics training workshop based on this curricula. These workshops were delivered in the Spring of 2005. My role was to oversee the workshop delivery and provide teaching mentorship and feedback to these student instructors.

  • Debra Fulton, Graduate Student, CIHR/MSFHR Bioinformatics Training Program, UBC
  • Carri-Lyn Mead, Graduate Student, CIHR/MSFHR Bioinformatics Training Program, UBC
  • Alison Meynert, Graduate Student, CIHR/MSFHR Bioinformatics Training Program, SFU