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Altshuler

Douglas

Science

-

Biology, Birds

animal flight, biomechanics, motor control, vision, hummingbirds

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Beyers

Rene

Science

French

Africa, Animals, Biology, Environment, Science, Wildlife

conservation biology wildlife biology african wildlife

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Borgland

Stephanie

Medicine

-

Addictions, Biology, Brain, Drugs, Mental Health, Physiology, Research and Development, Science

Brain Reward, Motivation, Synaptic plasticity, dopamine, obesity, addiction

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Brumer

Harry

Science

-

Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Plants, Science

enzymes,polysaccharides,carbohydrates,biomass,biomaterials,cellulose,plant cell walls,microbiota

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Coombs

Daniel

Science

-

Biology, Mathematics, Microbiology

mathematical biology, theoretical immunology, applied mathematics

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Dong

Xuesen

Medicine

Chinese

Biology, Physiology, Science

molecular endocrinology, cancer endocrinology, reproduction biology

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DUTZ

Jan Peter

Medicine

french, german

Arthritis, Biology, Blood, Cancer, Drugs, Medicine

Vasculitis, Scleroderma, Lupus, Pemphigus, Psoriasis, Vaccine design, Melanoma, Sun protection, Dermatomyositis

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Francis

Gordon

Medicine

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Aging, Biochemistry, Biology, Health Care, Heart Disease, Medicine, Physiology

Cholesterol, lipoproteins, HDL, lipid disorders, dyslipidemia, familial hypercholesterolemia, familial dyslipidemia, hypertriglyceridemia, LDL,cardiovascular disease, heart disease risk factors, heart disease prevention, preventive medicine, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, diabetes prevention, cholesterol transport

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Frankel

Adam

Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Biochemistry, Biology, Science

arginine methylation, post-translational modifications, protein arginine N-methyltransferases, enzyme kinetics, proteins, epigenetics, cancer, cardiovascular disease

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GHOSH

SANJOY

IK BARBER SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Hindi, Bengali

Biochemistry, Biology, Exercise, Heart Disease, India, Nutrition, Physiology

diet and heart disease, diabetes, exercise, antioxidants, oxidative stress, dietary fats, omega-3 and omega-6 PUFAs

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Gibson

Deanna

IKBSAS

-

Biology, Medicine, Microbiology, Nutrition

chronic and infectious intestinal disease, microbiota, nutrition, immunity

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Goodey

Wayne

Science

-

Animals, Biology, Birds, Environment, Fisheries, Science, Sustainability, Teaching, Wildlife

behavior, evolution, conservation; ecological balance; fish behavior, population models for conservation; animal behavior; evolution; conservation; philosophy of science; experimental design; history in science; ecology / conservation issues, human impact

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Gordon

Michael

Science

-

Biology, Brain, Genetics

Drosophila, feeding, taste, neural circuits, behavior, neuroscience, smell, olfaction, genetics

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Goward

Trevor

Science

none

Biology, Environment, Plants

lichens,oldgrowth forests,forest ecology,

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Henry

Greg

Arts

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Biology, Canada, Environment, Geography, Plants, Science, Wildlife

Arctic tundra ecosystems, climate change in the Arctic, warming experiments, caribou and muskox populations, reconstruction of Arctic climate, treeline, the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX), ArcticNet, the International Polar Year (IPY)

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Hodges

Karen

Barber School of Arts and Sciences

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Animals, Biology, Environment, Forestry, Natural Resources, Science, United States, Wildlife

conservation biology, ecology, Species at Risk Act, habitat fragmentation, predator-prey dynamics, snowshoe hares, biodiversity, critical habitat, mammals, wildlife, climate change

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Johnson

James

Medicine

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Aging, Anatomy, Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Brain, Cancer, Heart Disease, Medicine, Physiology, Research and Development

diabetes, hormones, cell biology, signal transduction, apoptosis or programmed cell death, heart failure, heart disease, calcium signalling, pancreatic cancer, obesity, longevity, imaging

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Kobor

Michael

Medicine

German

Aging, Biology, Brain, Environment, Genetics, Human Behavior, Science, Stress

social and population epigenetics; Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging; DNA metylation; yeast chromatin; genomic embedding of early life experiences

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Lu

Xiaonan

Land and Food Systems

Mandarin

Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology

Food Safety, Foodborne Disease, Bacteria, Viruses, biosensor

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Lynn

Francis

Medicine

-

Biology, Biotechnology, Cancer, Medicine, Physiology, Research and Development, Science

Stem cells, diabetes, embryology, regeneration medicine, gene expression, development, endocrine, insulin, transplantation, pancreas

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Maldonado

Maria

Science

Spanish

Biology, Environment, Pollution

Phytoplankton, toxic algal blooms, iron fertilization, copper, trace elements, marine primary productivity, biological oceanography, microscopic algae

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Milsom

Bill

Science

-

Animals, Biology, Exercise, Physiology

respiratory physiology, comparative physiology, control of breathing, gas exchange, chemoreception, hypoxia, hypothermia, exercise, diving, altitude,

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Mohn

William

Science

French

Biology, Biotechnology, Environment, Forestry, Microbiology, Pollution, Science, Waste Management, Water

pollutant biodegradation, pollutant bioremediation, biological treatment of forest industry effluents and wastes, microbial ecology, environmental biotechnology, forest soil microbial ecology, tuberculosis, microbial genomics

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Myers

Judith

Science

-

Agriculture, Biology, Environment, Insects, Plants, Science, Women's Issues

insect ecology; biological control (weeds and insects); insect diseases; women in science;introduced plants; invasive organisms;population ecology;tent caterpillar outbreaks,insect outbreaks,

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Pakhomov

Evgeny

Science

Russian

Aquaculture, Biology, Environment, Fisheries, Oceanography, Pollution

biological oceanography, polar ecology, coastal ecosystems, pelagic food webs

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Roskams

Jane

Science

French

Alzheimer's, Biology, Brain, Cancer, Genetics, Medicine, Schizophrenia, Science

neural regeneration; neural degeneration; neural stem cells; spinal cord regeneration;epigenetics; sensory loss; developmental brain disorders; multiple sclerosis; Alzheimer's disease; brain tumours

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Sarfraz

Rana

Science

English, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi etc.

Agriculture, Biology, Canada, Insects, Plants, Research and Development, Sustainability

insect ecology, biological control, pest control, climate warming, invasive species, insect diseases, introduced plants, population ecology, tent caterpillars,insect outbreaks, greenhouse crops, urban entomology, bedbugs, entomology, chemical control, IPM, cabbage moth, diamondback moth, canola, European chafer, insects, Genetically modified crops, GM crops

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Van Petegem

Filip

Medicine

English, French, Dutch

Biochemistry, Biology, Heart Disease

cardiac arrhythmia, Ryanodine Receptors, X-ray crystallography, structural biology, electrophysiology, protein biochemistry, calcium signaling, ion channels, excitation-contraction coupling, calmodulin,voltage-gated sodium channels, voltage-gated calcium channels

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Wang

Siyun

Land and Food Systems

Mandarin

Biology, Biotechnology

Food Safety, Food Microbiology, Foodborne Disease

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Zaph

Colby

Medicine

-

Biology, Microbiology, Science

Immunology, infectious disease, parasite, intestine, T cell, cytokine, epigenetics, helminth, retinoic acid

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