The Postdoctoral Association of the University of Calgary

Executive

PDAC represents all postdocs in all disciplines at the University of Calgary.

The current members of the PDAC executive are:

 

 

 

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Julia Boughner

BSc Hons (Physical Anthropology), University of Toronto

PhD (Anatomy), University College London

Current Supervisor: Dr. Benedikt Hallgrimsson

Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy

O’Brien Centre for the Bachelor of Health Sciences

Research Interests: Craniofacial development and evolution using a mouse model.

 

 

Stuart Netherton, PDAC chair

BSc (Biology & Pharmacology), McMaster University

PhD (Pharmacology), Queen’s University

Current Supervisor: Dr. Shirin Bonni

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute

Research Interests:  Regulation of the transforming beta pathway and its role in cancer growth and progression.

Committees: 

· University of Calgary representative for Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Scholars

 

Eoin O’Grady, Website Administrator

BSc Hons (Microbiology), University College Cork, Ireland

PhD (Microbiology), University College Cork, Ireland

Current Supervisor: Dr. Pamela A. Sokol

Department of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Research Interests: Regulation of virulence mediated by cell-cell communication in the opportunistic pathogen Burkholderia cenocepacia.

Committees:

· Faculty of Medicine Council

If you are a postdoc at the University of Calgary and would like to get involved with the executive committee or provide assistance with event planning, please contact us at pdac@ucalgary.ca

Heather Jamniczky

BSc Hons (Zoology), University of Calgary

PhD (Zoology), University of Calgary

Current supervisor: Dr. Benedikt Hallgrimsson

Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy

O’Brien Centre for the Bachelor of Health Sciences

Research Interests: Evolution and development of the vertebrate skull and its associated soft tissues.

Committees:

· Executive Faculty of Medicine Council

Peter Jones, Tax Subcommittee

BSc Hons (Biochemistry and Genetics), University of Leeds, UK

PhD (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), University of Leeds, UK

Current position: Dr. Wayne S.R. Chen

Department of Physiology and Biophysics,

LIBIN Institute

Research Interests: Regulation of the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2) and its role in heart failure.

 

 

Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowitz

Committees:

· Faculty of Medicine Academic Appointment Review Committee