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Who we are: BOTA 505 Class of 2005-2006
 


BOTA 505 Class of 2005-2006
Back row (left to right): Shawkat Ali, Patrick Lilley, Will Iles, Jacqueline Monaghan, Yan Zhuang
Front row (left to right): Nancy MacPherson, Sharon Jeffery, Gillian Gile, Isidro Ojeda

Shawkat Ali
Hons. B.Sc., Gomal University, Dera Ismail khan, Pakistan
M. Phil, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Ph.D. candidate (Supervisors: Dr. Guus Bakkeren and Dr. Xin Li)
Research Topic: Avirulence (Avr) genes in Ustilago hordei, covered smut of barley.

Gillian Gile - Editor
B.Sc., Humboldt State University, Arcata, USA
Ph.D. candidate (Supervisor: Dr. Patrick Keeling)
Research Topic: Endosymbiotic gene transfer in Chlorarachniophytes

William Iles
Hons. B.Sc., University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
M.Sc. candidate (Supervisor: Dr. Sean Graham)
Research Topic: Molecular systematics of Melanthiaceae

Sharon Jeffery - Cartographer
B.Sc., University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
M.Sc. candidate (Supervisors: Dr. Tomas Tomascik and Dr. Rob DeWreede)
Research Topic: Role of eelgrass (Zostera marina) as a juvenile fish habitat

Patrick Lilley – Web Designer and Webmaster
Hons. B.Sc., University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
M.Sc. candidate (Supervisor: Dr. Mark Vellend)
Research Topic: Drivers of plant distributions in Garry oak ecosystems

Nancy MacPherson
B.Sc., Bishop's University, Lennoxville, QC, Canada
M.Sc. candidate (Supervisor: Dr. Shannon Binns)
Research Topic: Aboriginal health, Indigenous health systems, traditional foods and medicines and intellectual property rights

Jacqueline Monaghan - Secretary and Specimen Coordinator
Hons. B.Sc., University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
M.Sc. candidate (Supervisor: Dr. Xin Li)
Research Topic: Molecular genetics of plant innate immunity

Isidro Ojeda Alayon
B.Sc., Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan (University of Yucatan), Mexico
M.Sc., Centro de Investigacion Cientifica de Yucatan (CICY), Mexico
Ph.D. candidate (Supervisor: Dr. Quentin Cronk)
Research Topic: Phylogenetics, molecular evolution and flower development in Legumes

Yan Zhuang - Photographer
B.Sc., Wuhan University, China
M.Sc. candidate (Supervisor: Dr. Keith Adams)
Research Topic: Poplar gene expression

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