Recent
Milestones:
September 2007 - engaged to Anouk Behara
September 2004 - joined Kölner Eisbären
June 2004 -
started work for amaxa biosystems GmbH
in Köln (Cologne) Germany.
A brief journal
(with pictures) of my time in Germany is available here.
October 2002 - ran Canadian International
half-marathon
January 2001 -
started post-doctoral
fellowship under Dr.
Susanna Lewis at the Hospital
for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario. My work involves the
study
of aberrant V(D)J recombination which is related to cancers of the
immune
system such as leukemias and lymphomas
December 2000 - January 2001 -
2 week bicycle tour from San Diego, CA to Las Vegas, NV.
Click here
to see summary and photos of the trip.
July-September 2000
-
a 7-week bicycle tour of France (with brief excursions into
Switzerland,
Italy, Spain, Germany and England).
| To see details and photos
of the trip click here. |
May 2000 -
completed a Ph.D in molecular biology
from McMaster University.
| Here I am pictured having
the degree conferred
upon me by the chancellor of McMaster
University (left), while my thesis supervisor, Dr.
Andrew Rainbow, approaches to bestow the ceremonial hood. |
My research: involved
studying DNA repair mechanisms in human cells.
A general overview of these
important processes
and their relationship to many forms of cancer is presented in the DNA
Repair & Cancer pages of this site.
For more details on the specifics
of my research,
examine my CV
and/or a list of my publications.
Other
interests: are
listed to the left. Ultimately all will have links to related
material
but these sections are still under construction.
Additional notes and photos pertaining
to some of my other
interests and activities (see menu at left) will be added as time
permits.
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Curriculum
Vitae 
