Magolan Laboratory

Dr. Jakob Magolan

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Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biomedical Science

Boris Family Chair of Drug Discovery

Associate Member, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Member, DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research

BSc (2002) Queen's University, Canada (R. Lemieux)
PhD (2007) Western University, Canada (M. Kerr)

Postdoc (2007-2010) Griffith University, Australia (M. Coster)

2010 - 2017, Assist. & Assoc. Prof., University of Idaho

2017 - present, Assoc Prof., McMaster University

Dr. Jarrod Johnson

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Research Associate

BSc & PhD: University of Waterloo (G. Dimitrienko)
Postdoctoral research: Notre Dame (S. Mobashery); McMaster (G. Wright)

Project(s): antimicrobial medicinal chemistry

Dr. Mathew Piotrowski

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Postdoctoral Fellow 

PhD & BSc: Western University, Canada (M. Kerr)

Project(s): antimicrobial medicinal chemistry

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Dr. Marc Mackinnon

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Postdoctoral Fellow

BSc: Wilfrid Laurier University
PhD: Memorial University of Newfoundland (G. Bodwell)

Project(s): antimicrobial medicinal chemistry

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Patrick Darveau

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PhD Candidate, Chemical Biology

BSc: University of Laval

MSc: University of Laval

Research: antimicrobial medicinal chemistry; natural products synthesis

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Meghan Fragis

 

PhD Candidate, Chemical Biology

BSc: Unviersity of Guelph (W. Tam)

Research: organosulfur synthetic methods; anti-malarial natural products synthesis

 

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Matthew Squazzin

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PhD Candidate, Biochemistry

BSc: University of Waterloo (R. Lemieux)

Research: cardiovascular medicinal chemistry; synthetic methods

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Parul Pal

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MS Candidate, Chemical Biology

BSc: University of Mumbai

Research: antimicrobial medicinal chemistry; organosulfur synthetic methods

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Arnav Kaul

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MS Candidate, Biochemistry

BSc: McMaster University (J. Magolan)

Research: antimicrobial medicinal chemistry

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Nicole Ritchie

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MS Candidate, Chemistry

BSc: University of Waterloo (G. Murphy)

Research: antimicrobial medicinal chemistry

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Princeton Luong

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MS Candidate, Chemical Biology

BSc: University of Waterloo (M. Chong)

Research: anti-cancer medicinal chemistry

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Elizabeth Lach

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MS Candidate, Chemical Biology

BSc: McMaster University (A. Rullo)

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Lara Lima

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MS Candidate, Chemical Biology

BSc: Federal University of Ceara, Brazil

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Matthew Bacik

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Undergraduate Student, Health Sciences

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Vincent Wang

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Undergraduate Student, Health Sciences

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Brenda Nkonge​

 

Undergraduate Student, Biomedical Discovery and Commercialization​

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Ryan D'Souza

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Undergraduate Student, Biomedical Discovery and Commercialization

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Shomaila Rashid

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Undergraduate Student, Biochemistry

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