The Virophysics research team
Current Virophysics group members | |||
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Catherine Beauchemin Professor, Physics at Toronto Metropolitan University Senior Visiting Scientist in iTHEMS at RIKEN |
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Christian Quirouette Doctoral Student, Physics (Complex Systems) Toronto Metropolitan Univesity September 2018 - current |
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Jialin Huang TMU, Medical Physics Undergrad 4th year thesis, Medical Physics September 2021 - April 2022 | ||
Collaborators | |||
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Sarah Sabatinos Department of Chemistry and Biology Toronto Metropolitan University |
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Kathleen Wilkie Department of Mathematics Toronto Metropolitan University |
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Jordan Feld Department of Medicine (Hepathology) University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health |
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Shingo Iwami Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences Kyushu University, Japan PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) |
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Guy Boivin Microbiology and Infectious diseases CRI/CHUL, Université Laval |
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Alan S. Perelson Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Los Alamos National Laboratory |
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Philippe Simon Medical microbiology University of Manitoba |
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John DeVincenzo Professor of Pediatrics, Molecular Sciences, Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry Le Bonheur Children's Hospital University of Tennessee Health Science Center |
eMembers | |||
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Keroro CPU: Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83 GHz (4C) Graphics: Intel 4 Series Chipset Integrated RAM: 4 GB Friend: C. Beauchemin |
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Nyororo CPU: Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.2 GHz (2C,4T) Graphics: Intel HD Graphics (Clarkdale) RAM: 6 GB Friend: None |
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Tamama CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.4 GHz (4C,4T) Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 2500 (Ivy) RAM: 4 GB Friend: C. Quirouette |
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Dororo CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.4 GHz (4C,4T) Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 2500 (Ivy) RAM: 4 GB Friend: None |
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Momoka CPU: Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz (4C,8T) Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 2000 (Sandy) RAM: 4 GB Friend: None | ||
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Natsumi CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.4 GHz (4C,8T) Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy) RAM: 8 GB Friend: None |
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Aki CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.4 GHz (4C,8T) Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy) RAM: 8 GB Friend: Server |
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Koyuki CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.4 GHz (4C,8T) Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy) RAM: 8 GB Friend: Server |
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Mutsumi CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.4 GHz (4C,8T) Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy) RAM: 8 GB Friend: Server |
Past Virophysics group members | |||
Postdoctoral fellows | |||
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Blessing Emerenini Postdoctoral Fellow March 2016 - June 2017 |
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Tinevimbo Shiri Postdoctoral Fellow March 2013 - June 2015 |
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Eric Paradis Postdoctoral Fellow August 2013 - September 2014 |
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Valeriu Predoi Postdoctoral Fellow February 2013 - February 2014 |
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Hana Dobrovolny Postdoctoral Fellow October 2008 - July 2012 |
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Benjamin Holder Postdoctoral Fellow November 2008 - May 2012 |
Doctoral graduates | |||
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Kenneth Blahut Doctoral Student, Biomedical Physics September 2014 - January 2019 [Talk @ 2014 CAP Congress] |
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Laura Liao Doctoral, Biomedical Physics September 2013 - August 2017 |
Masters graduates | |||
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Diana Schwendener Forkel Masters, Molecular Science September 2014 - September 2016 |
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Shabnam Shamloo Masters, Biomedical Physics September 2010 - September 2012 [AMMCS 2011 poster] |
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Nada Younis Masters, Biomedical Physics September 2010 - September 2012 [AMMCS 2011 poster] |
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Marc Baron Masters, Biomedical Physics July 2008 - December 2009 [M.Sc. thesis] |
Undergraduate research assistants | |||
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Meiyun Cao Ryerson University, Medical Physics Undergrad 4th year thesis, Medical Physics September 2020 - April 2021 | ||
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Amal Botan Undergrad research assistant Biomedical Engineering October 2020 - April 2021 |
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Risavarshni Thevakumaran Biomedical Engineering, Ryerson University NSERC Undergrad Student Research Assistant May-August 2019 |
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Daniel Cresta Ryerson University, Medical Physics Undergrad Research Assistant/NSERC USRA September 2016 - April 2018 Undergrad 4th year thesis, Medical Physics September 2018 - April 2019 |
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Alex (Huy) Nguyen NSERC Undergraduate Research Assistant Minerva Schools at KGI May 2016 - August 2016 |
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Ivan Sanaev Undergrad 4th year thesis, Biology September 2014 - April 2015 |
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Mithunan Modchalingam NSERC Undergraduate Research Assistant May 2014 - August 2014 |
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Szymon Kowal 4th year thesis, Medical Physics September 2013 - April 2014 |
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Diana Schwendener Forkel 4th year thesis, Biophysics September 2012 - April 2013 Undergraduate Research Assistant September 2013 - April 2014 |
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Daniel Cardenas Undergraduate Research Assistant June 2013 - August 2013 |
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Jonas Große Sundrup Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Heidelberg, Physics (DAAD-RISE) August 2013 - October 2013 |
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Keith Poore 4th year thesis, Medical Physics September 2011 - April 2012 [4th year/SHARCNET poster] |
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John Palmer Undergraduate Research Assistant September 2010 - April 2012 [AMMCS 2011 poster] |
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Laura Liao Undergraduate Research Assistant September 2008 - June 2010 May 2011 - August 2011 |
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(Thanh) Hue Ngo 4th year thesis, Medical Physics September 2010 - April 2011 [4th year poster] |
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Wendy Wong 4th year thesis, Medical Physics September 2009 - April 2010 [4th year thesis] [4th year/CAP 2010 poster] |
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Karen Yip Undergraduate Research Assistant May 2008 - August 2008 [SMB 2008 poster] |
High school students | |||
Our 2011 ROPES students: Andrea Schneider (left) and Sarah Zhou (right)
A word from them: Prior to the ROPES programme, both of us had no experience in programming software or in university-level math. Dr. Catherine Beauchemin was an excellent teacher and supervisor and she helped us to pick up these skills quickly, as our time at Ryerson was limited. In just a month, we were able to simulate and graph models of influenza infection using Netlogo and Matlab, our first experience with programming software. Though the learning experience was difficult at times, it challenged us and gave us a perspective of the life of a research assistant.
ROPES was an excellent program and we hope to use the skills we have acquired through this month in our futures. We would like to thank TMU for this excellent opportunity, Dr. Catherine Beauchemin who went out of her way to prepare our projects and to all the graduate students in KHS 235 who put up with us in the office for the month!
ROPES is no more, but you can learn about other initiatives to engage high school students in TMU's Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science here.
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