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Isaac T.S. Li
Associate Professor
Canada Research Chair
in Single-Molecule Biophysics and Mechanobiology (Tier 2)
Michael Smith Scholar
Department of Chemistry | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The University of British Columbia - Okanagan campus
isaac.li@ubc.ca | @isaacliUBC
250.807.8069 (office) |
250.807.9825 (lab)
FIP343 - 3247 University Way,
Kelowna, BC V1V1V7
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Biophysics) |
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University of Toronto (Chemistry) |
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University of Toronto (Biomedical Engineering) |
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University of Toronto (Engineering Science) |
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Group photos |
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Seong Ho Kim
PDF, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Korea University of Science and Technology (UST)
2020/11 - present
Research interests: mechanobiology, single-molecule biophysics
Awards: BSC travel award 2023, Michael Smith BC Health Research Postdoc Fellowship 2023 |
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Adam Yasunaga
PhD -
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UBC
(2018/9 - present)
BSc (Hons.) - Biochemistry, UBC
(2017/5 - 2018/8)
Research interests: cell adhesion, motility and mechanical signalling, single-molecule biophysics
Awards: UGF 2019-2021, NSERC CGS-M, NSERC PGS-D, GDES, URA, Graduate Travel Award, 3 poster awards (URC, BSC, and BGS), WCBC presentation award, Special UBCO Graduate Award, BSC Trainee Paper Award 2022. |
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Scott Minh An
MSc - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UBC
(2019/9 - present)
BSc -
Biochemistry, UBC
(2018/5 - 2019/8)
Research interests: optical tweezers, coding, making stuff!
Awards: URC poster award, GDES, UGF 2021 |
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Liubov Frolova
PhD - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UBC
(2021/1 - present)
MSc -
Nanobiotechnology, Moscow State University
Research interests: exosome biogenesis & bioengineering
Awards: GDES, International Doctoral Partial Tuition Award, Special UBCO Graduate Award, UGF 2021
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Micah Yang
PhD - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UBC
(2022/9 - present)
BSc (Hons.) - Biochemistry, UBC
(2020/5 - 2022/8)
Research interests: SMFS and DNA nanomechanics
Awards: NSERC-USRA 2021, 2022, GDES 2022, Faculty of Science Graduate Entrance Awards 2022, Chemistry URC poster award 2021, BSC poster award 2022, OKBC2022 presentation award, Finch Family Award 2022 |
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Dyuti Raghu
PhD - Chemistry, UBC
(2022/9 - present)
BSc (Hons.) - Biochemistry, UBC
(2021/5 - 2022/8)
Research interests: kinetics and applications of DNA nanostructures
Awards: UBCO Graduate Research Scholarship 2022, IURA 2021
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Shilong Pan
MSc - Chemistry, UBC
(2022/9 - present)
BSc (Hons.) - Biochemistry, UBC
(2021/5 - 2022/9)
Research interests: exosome characterization
Awards: NSERC-USRA 2022, NSERC CGS-M 2022
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David Bakker
MSc - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UBC
(2022/9 - present)
BSc (Hons.) - Biochemistry, UBC
(2020/9 - 2021/4)
Research interests: topological molecular structures
Awards: UBCO GRA 2022, Hong-Mou Tsui graduate award.
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Irving Zhang
MSc - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UBC
(2023/7 - present)
BSc (Hons.) - Biochemistry, UBC
Research interests: mechanobiology
Awards:
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| Undergraduate Students |
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Ryan Riopel
Undergraduate, Biochemistry, UBC
(2023/5 - present)
Research interests: Super-resolution force imaging
Award: NSERC USRA
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Viv Kiss
Honours Thesis, Biochemistry, UBC
(2023/9 - present)
Research interests: Molecular Biology
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Lab Alumni |
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Enze Gong
Undergraduate, Chemistry, Xian Jiaotong University
(2023/8 - 2023/10)
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Aryan Gupta
Mitacs Globalink (2023/5 - 2023/7)
Undergraduate, Chemistry, IIT Bombay |
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Lisa Graßmel
MITACS Globalink (2022/8 - 2022/10)
Physics, Georg-August Universität Göttingen
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Shawn Huang
Mitacs Globalink (2023/6 - 2023/8)
Undergraduate, Biomedical Engineering, University of Hong Kong |
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George Ng
Undergraduate, Engineering (2022/5 - 2022/9)
Current position: undergraduate, UBCO
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Bahram Talebjedi (co-sup. Hoorfar)
PhD - Mechanical Engineering (2019/1 - 2023/1)
MSc - Biomedical Engineering, University of Tehran
Award: GDES, International Doctoral Partial Tuition Award |
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Allison Leam
Undergraduate thesis, Microbiology (2020/5 - 2022/05)
Awards: NSERC-USRA 2020, URA 2021
Current position: Going for med school!
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Lilian Ton Nu
Undergraduate, Science (2022/5 - 2022/9)
Awards: URA 2022
Current position: undergraduate, UBCO |
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Vanessa White
MSC - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2020/9 - 2021/9)
BSc -
Biochemistry, UBC
Awards: GDES, Stober Foundation Graduate Award in Chemistry, UGF 2021 |
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Omkar Kulkarni (co-sup. Menard)
MSc - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2019/9 - 2021/12)
BSc - Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Awards: UGF 2020, International Doctoral Partial Tuition Award, Special UBC Graduate Award |
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Elise Phelan
Undergraduate, Biophysics, UBC (2022/5 - 2022/9,
2021/5 - 2021/9)
Awards: NSERC-USRA 2022
Current position: undergraduate, UBCV |
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Zhongyi Dai
MSc - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2018/9 - 2021/8)
BSc - Life Science, Lanzhou University,
蘭州大學萃英學院
Awards: UGF, GDES, Mitacs Globalink, Globalink Graduate Fellowship, Covid Relief Funding
Current position: QC manager
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Runjhun Saran Narayan
Postdoc, Chemistry (2020/4 - 2021/3)
PhD, Chemistry, University of Waterloo |
M.Tech, Biotechnology, Anna University
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Duhan Yendi
Undergraduate thesis, Biochemistry (2020/09 - 2021/08)
Current position: undergraduate, UBCO
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Victor Sun
Research Technician (2019/10 - 2020/10)
Undergraduate thesis (2016/6 - 2017/4)
MSc, Chemistry, UVic |
BSc, Chemistry, UBC
Current position: Engineer, Infinti Electro-Optics |
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Rafaeal Hossain Rakin
MASc, Mechanical Engineering (2019/1 - 2020/12)
BASc,
Electrical Engineering, North South University
Awards: UGF
Current position: Project Engineer, LabTest Certification |
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Alexander Corbett
Undergraduate thesis,
Biochemistry (2018/5 - 2020/4)
Awards: 2xNSERC-USRA, MURPH Scholar
Current position: MSc, UofT |
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Summer Li
Postdoc, Chemistry (2018/4 - 2020/8)
PhD, MSc, Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, RMC
BSc, Biological Chemistry, University of Toronto
Current position: Assistant Professor,
Thompson River University
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Raunak Dey
Mitacs Summer Student (2019/5 - 2019/8)
BSc, Physics, IISER Kolkata
Current position: PhD, Georgia Tech
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Erfan Taatizadeh
MASc, Mech. Eng. (2018/1 - 2019/12)
BASc, Mech. Eng., Toosi University of Technology
Awards: UGF
Current position: PhD, UBCV |
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Varun Surendran
Research Assistant, Chemistry (2018/1 - 2019/5)
MTech, BTech, Nanotechnology, Amity University
Awards: Kerala Government Scholarship
Current position: PhD,
National Institute of Technology Calicut |
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Victoria Lange
NSERC USRA,
Biochemistry (2019/5 - 2019/8)
Awards: NSERC-USRA
Current position: Medical School
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Nicole Skidmore
Undergrad thesis, Biochemistry (2018/9 - 2019/5)
Awards: URC poster award (biology) |
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Sydney Fearnley
Undergrad thesis, Biochemistry (2018/5 - 2019/7)
Awards: Undergraduate Research Award (URA)
Current position: MSc,
McGill University |
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Yousif Murad
UBC Medical School (2018/9 - 2021/8)
MSc, Chemistry (2016/9 - 2018/8)
BSc - Biochemistry, UBC
Awards: UGF, Graduate Student Travel Grant, SSRP
Current position: Medical school, UBC |
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Riley Waters
(co-supervise with Abdallah Mohamed)
Undergrad thesis,
Computer Sciences (2017/9 - 2018/5)
Current position: MSc, Computer Science,
University of Washington |
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Sydney Neumeier
Work-Study, URA, Biochemistry (2018/5-8,
2019/5-8)
Awards: Undergraduate Research Award (URA) |
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Queena Pan
Undergradute volunteer,
Chemistry (2017/1 - 2018/8) |
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Sophia Ng
Undergrad thesis, Biochemistry (2016/9 - 2018/5)
Awards: Tuum Est
Fund
Current position: Clinical Operations Associate, Babylon Health |
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Yuechao Tang
Postdoc, Chemistry (2018/4 - 2018/8)
PhD, University of Alberta |
MSc, Fudan University |
BSc, Zhejiang University
Current position: Assistant Professor,
Chang'an University |
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Sara Tasnim
MSc, Chemistry (2017/1 - 2017/8)
Awards: GDES
Current position: MSc, UBCV |
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Keith Taverner
Undergrad thesis, Biochemistry (2017/5 - 2018/8)
Current position: MSc, Chemistry, UTM |
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Nadia Anvari
Undergrad volunteer, Biochemistry (2017/5 - 2017/9) |
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Melissa LeRose
Work-Study, Mechanical Engineering (2017/5 - 2017/9)
Current position: Mechanical engineer,
Integral Group |
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Dawei Gu
Undergradute volunteer, Biochemistry (2016/6 - 2016/12) |
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Christine Furrer
Undergrad thesis, Chemistry (2016/9 - 2017/4) |
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Nolan Frymire
Work-Study, Physics (2016/9 - 2017/4)
Current position: Software Developer,
QHR, Kelowna |
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