Prof. Maureen McKeague
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry | Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
McGill University
EDUCATION:
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Toxicology, ETH Zurich (2016-2018)
NSERC PDF in Bioengineering, Stanford University (2012-2016)
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Carleton University (2007-2012)
B.Sc. in Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Carleton University (2003-2007)
Maira Rivera Valdés
PROJECT: Development of screening method for small molecules targeting SAM riboswitches
Country: Chile
Eiman Osman
PROJECT: Developing RNA riboswitches for studying regeneration in Zebrafish
Country: Sudan
Micaela Belleperche
PhD Candidate, Chemistry
PROJECT: Aptamer biosensing
Awards: NSERC CGS-M, David Noble Harpp Fellowship
Omma Shahara Ayon
MSc Candidate, Chemistry
PROJECT: Affinity Analysis of Ligands to the Thiamine Pyrophosphate Riboswitch
Awards: Graduate Excellence Award
Country: Bangladesh
Olivia Kovecses
PhD Candidate, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
PROJECT: "Drugging" transcription factors in leukemia using RNA therapeutics
Awards: CIHR Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship, PROMOTE CREATE Graduate Award, CRBS Studentship Award, Max Stern Recruitment Fellowship, Graduate Excellence Award
Country: Canada
Bruktawit Maru
PhD Candidate, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
PROJECT: Identification and Targeting of Predictive Biomarkers of Cytarabine Efficacy in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Awards: Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé (FRQ-S) Doctoral Scholarship, Cole Foundation Doctoral Fellowship, PROMOTE CREATE Graduate Award, CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarships - Masters (CGS-M), McGill Graduate Excellence Award