Former Members of the Lab
The Undergraduate and Summer Students
Destiny DeBoer
Project: Microscopy of Neonatal Pig Islet Xenograft
Rayat GR (supervisor)
Funding: HYRS summer studentship
2021
Project: Microscopy of Neonatal Pig Islet Xenograft
Rayat GR (supervisor)
Funding: HYRS summer studentship
2021
Freya Blackie
[email protected] Project: Rayat Lab website Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: HYRS summer studentship 2020 |
Jeongbeen (Jenny) Kim
[email protected] Project: Rayat Lab website Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: HYRS summer studentship 2020 |
Ashley Farkas
[email protected] Project: Cadherins and the development of neonatal pig islets post transplantation Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: HYRS summer studentship 2019 |
Seanna Menard
[email protected] Project: Evaluation of the effect of CURUS on the immune cells of NOD mice Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: GC Marketing, Inc. 2018 - 2019 |
Muhammad Shahzad
[email protected] Project: Evaluation of the effect of CURUS on the onset of diabetes in NOD mice Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: GC Marketing, Inc. 2018 - 2019 |
Amena Thraya
[email protected] Project: Evaluation of the role of E-cadherin on the development of pig islets Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: AIHS-HYRS studentship 2018 |
Nathaniel Khan
[email protected] Project: Understanding the molecular mechanisms of early postnatal development of pig islets Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: NSERC Discovery Grant 2017 |
Norman Kim
[email protected] Project: Evaluation of the roles and effects of three specific cadherins on intracellular organization of pig islet cells Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: Sanofi Biogenius Canada 2017 |
Jennifer Croden
[email protected] Project: Autophagy as a survival mechanism of human islets treated with Cyanidini-3-O-Glucoside Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: Alberta Diabetes Institute Summer Studentship Achievement: won honorable mention for a poster presentation of her research project by an undergraduate student at the 2016 Alberta Diabetes Institute Research Day 2016 |
Kaja Matovinovic
Project: Evaluation of the effects of C3G on beta cell inflammation Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: Dr. Rayat’s Grant 2016 |
Josue Rodriguez Silva
[email protected] Project: Evaluation of the effect of C3G on human islet graft survival Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: Supervisor’s grant Achievement: won honorable mention for a poster presentation of his research project by an undergraduate student at the 2016 Alberta Diabetes Institute Research Day 2015 - 2016 |
Mazzen Black
[email protected] Project: Evaluation of the role of E-cadherin in the postnatal development of pig islets Can cellulose nanofibrous membranes enhance the survival of newborn pig islet transplants? Characterization of human immune cells-mediated rejection of neonatal porcine islet xenograft Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: 2017 AIHS Summer Studentship, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Summer Studentship, 2018 NSERC undergraduate student research award 2015 - 2018 |
Zachary Tourand
[email protected] Project: Evaluation of the correlation between islet yield and function of neonatal pig islets Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: Canada Summer Career Placement Fund From 2015 onward, Zach worked as a summer technician at the RRSMRI 2014 - 2020 |
Eric Boivin
[email protected] Project: Immunophenotyping of neonatal porcine islets by flow cytometry Immune mechanism of pig islet xenograft rejection by human immune cells Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: Canada Summer Career Placement Fund, AIHS – HYRS Studentship 2018 Northern Alberta Clinical Trials and Research Centre (NACTRC) Summer Student Award 2013 - 2018 |
Abigail Mills
[email protected] Project: Can C3G improve the function of human islets? Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: AIHS – HYRS Studentship 2014 |
Dana Kanerva
[email protected] Project: PD-L1 expression on neonatal porcine islets Evaluation of combinations of various immunosuppressive drugs in preventing death of pig islets Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: Alberta Diabetes Institute (Robert Teskey) 2013 - 2014 |
Samantha Pagnotta
[email protected] Project: Can hydrogel support the function of islets in vitro and in vivo? Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: Canada Summer Career Placement Fund 2013 |
Long Deng
[email protected] Project: Expression of PERV on wild type and genetically modified neonatal pig islets Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: University of Alberta International Program 2012 |
Esther Lavall
[email protected] Project: Evaluation of the effect of a combination of novel organic dye and anti-LFA-1 monoclonal antibody in preventing rejection of pig islet transplants in a mouse model of type 1 diabetes Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: Sanofi Bioscience Challenge Canada Achievement: won the Best Elevator Pitch for her research project at the 2012 Sanofi Bioscience Challenge Canada Research Day. 2012 |
Yashna Beeson
[email protected] Project: Evaluation of the effect of a combination of novel organic dye and anti-LFA-1 monoclonal antibody in preventing rejection of pig islet transplants in a mouse model of type 1 diabetes Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: Sanofi Bioscience Challenge Canada Achievement: won the Best Elevator Pitch for her research project at the 2012 Sanofi Bioscience Challenge Canada Research Day. 2012 |
.Amogh Agrawal
[email protected] Projects:
Funding: Alberta Diabetes Institute Summer Studentship, Canada Summer Career Placement Fund. 2008 - 2009, 2012 |
James Xu
[email protected] Project: Evaluation of the efficacy of anthocyanins from Chinese bayberry extract on the survival of neonatal porcine islet xenografts Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry 2012 |
Ryan McCoy
[email protected] Project: Cryopreservation of neonatal pig islets for transplantation into humans with type 1 diabetes Rajotte RV (supervisor) / Rayat GR (co-supervisor) Funding: Alberta Diabetes Institute Summer Studentship 2011 |
Natale Marrazzo
[email protected] Project: Examination of the efficacy of mordant brown-1 in prolonging the survival of newborn pig islet xenografts in mice Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: Canada Summer Career Placement Fund 2011 |
Evan Compton
[email protected] Project: Elucidation of the mechanism of rejection and protection of newborn pig islet xenografts in NOD mice Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: Alberta Diabetes Institute Summer Studentship, Canada Summer Career Placement Fund Achievement: won honorable mention for a poster presentation of his research project by an undergraduate student at the 2011 Alberta Diabetes Institute Research Day. 2010 - 2011 |
Connie Le
[email protected] Project: Co-encapsulation of neonatal porcine islets with bone marrow and Sertoli cells Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: AHFMR Summer Studentship , Canada Summer Career Placement Fund, Sanofi-Aventis Biotalent Challenge Canada Achievement: won the Regional Sanofi-Aventis Biotalent Challenge competition 2009 - 2010 |
Kathryn Chevalier
[email protected] Project: Co-encapsulation of neonatal porcine islets with bone marrow and Sertoli cells Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: Canada Summer Career Placement Fund, Sanofi-Aventis Biotalent Challenge Canada Achievement: won the Regional Sanofi-Aventis Biotalent Challenge Competition 2009 - 2010 |
Sameer Dhar
[email protected] Project: Induction of tolerance to newborn pig islets by co- transplantation with Sertoli cells and anti-LFA-1 monoclonal antibody therapy Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: AHFMR – HYRS Summer Studentship 2009 - 2010 |
Brendan Sigalet
[email protected] Project: Induction of tolerance to newborn pig islets by co- transplantation with Sertoli cells and anti-LFA-1 monoclonal antibody therapy Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry 2009 - 2010 |
Victoria Tian
[email protected] Project: Characterization of islets isolated from different ages of newborn pigs Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: AHFMR Summer Studentship, Canada Summer Career Placement Fund, Sanofi-Aventis Biotalent Challenge Canada, Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science and Technology (WISEST) Achievement: won the Regional Sanofi-Aventis Biotalent Challenge Competition 2008 - 2010 |
Vanessa Vitorino
[email protected] Project: Combination of anti-CD154 and anti-ICOS in preventing rejection of neonatal pig islets Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: Canada Summer Career Placement Fund 2010 |
Serge Goekjian
[email protected] Project: Efficacy of CTLA4-Ig in inhibiting the immune responses of individuals with and without type 1 diabetes against newborn pig cells in vitro Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: AHFMR Summer Studentship, WCHRI Summer Studentship Achievement: won one the best poster presentation at the 2009 Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Summer Students Research Day. 2009 |
Isha Ober
[email protected] Project: Co-encapsulation of neonatal porcine islets with bone marrow and Sertoli cells Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science and Technology (WISEST) Summer Studentship 2009 |
Scott MacKay
[email protected] Project: Efficacy of co-culture of neonatal porcine islets with bonemarrow and Sertoli cells Rajotte RV (Supervisor), Rayat (Co-supervisor) Funding: AHFMR Summer Studentship 2009 |
Lynn Unterschultz
Project: Expression of GLP-1 in newborn pig islets Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: AHFMR – HYRS Studentship 2007 |
Tracy Mah
[email protected] Project: Mechanism of rejection of newborn pig islet xenografts in autoimmune diabetic mice Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Summer Studentship 2007 |
Kailey Winton
[email protected] Project: In vitro immune modulation of newborn pig islets Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: Canada Summer Career Placement Fund 2007 |
Qahir Ramji
[email protected] Project: Protection of newborn pig islet xenografts by co-transplantation with Sertoli cells Rajotte RV (supervisor) / Rayat GR (co-supervisor) Funding: Canada Summer Career Placement Fund 2007 |
Matthew Caputo
Project: The role of NK cells on the onset of diabetes in NOD mice Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: AHFMR – HYRS Studentship 2006 |
Jarrett Rayat
Project: Modulation of neonatal porcine islets in vitro Rajotte RV (supervisor) / Rayat GR (co-supervisor) Funding: Canada Summer Career Placement Fund 2006 |
Graeme Armstrong
Project: Survival of neonatal porcine islets with Sertoli cells in mice treated with monoclonal antibody Rajotte RV (supervisor) / Rayat GR (co-supervisor) Funding: AHFMR Summer Studentship 2006 |
Matt Sadler
[email protected] Project: Elucidation of the importance of NK cells in induction of tolerance to rat islet xenografts in mice Rayat GR (supervisor) Funding: AHFMR Summer Studentship, NACTRC, Canada Summer Career Placement Fund Achievements:
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Stephanie Wilkes
[email protected] Project: The effect of combination of co-transplantation of Sertoli cells and islets with transient immunosuppression on the survival of islet grafts Rajotte RV (supervisor) / Rayat GR (co-supervisor) Funding: AHFMR Summer Studentship, Canada Summer Career Placement Fund 2004 - 2006 |
Raissa Petriw
Project: Strategic combinations of monoclonal antibodies for promoting long-term survival of newborn pig islet xenografts Rajotte RV (supervisor) / Rayat GR (co-supervisor) Funding: AHFMR Summer Studentship 2003 - 2005 |
Nimrit Najir
Lab assistant Koshal A (supervisor) / Rayat GR / Manji R (co supervisors) Funding: Supervisor’s grant 2003 |
Sean Owens
Lab assistant Gill RG (supervisor) / Rayat GR (co-supervisor) Funding: Supervisor’s grant 2002 |
Elizabeth Wilson
Lab assistant Gill RG (supervisor) / Rayat GR (co-supervisor) Funding: Supervisor’s grant 2001 |
Joy Tolver
Lab assistant Rajotte RV (supervisor) / Rayat GR (co-supervisor) Funding: Supervisor’s grant 1998 - 1999 |
Vanessa Krause
Project: Differentiation and growth of neonatal porcine islet cells in vitro
Rajotte RV (supervisor) / Rayat GR (co-supervisor)
Funding: MRC Burroughs Wellcome Fund Student Research Award
1997
Project: Differentiation and growth of neonatal porcine islet cells in vitro
Rajotte RV (supervisor) / Rayat GR (co-supervisor)
Funding: MRC Burroughs Wellcome Fund Student Research Award
1997