OGIRC

Education & Training

The OGIRC offers an enriched educational experience to its trainees – beyond the scope of the typical University graduate program. Besides the inherent advantage of working within a multi-disciplinary, multi-sector research consortium, our students are exposed to a broad range of opportunities and activities to develop their communication and leadership skills. Trainees are invited to:

  • Lead and participate in outreach activities such as the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
  • Mentor undergraduate Work-Study students
  • Work with industrial partners such as A&L Laboratories Canada and Jamieson Labs
  • Hone their presentation skills through seminars, workshops, and international conferences

 

Jamieson Graduate Student Travel Award

The OGIRC is pleased to administer the Jamieson Graduate Student Travel Award funded by our private sector partner, Jamieson Laboratories.  The objectives of this travel fund are to 1) enhance education and training experience of graduate student trainees through the presentation of their research to the wider scientific community, and 2) reduce the financial strain on supervisors to provide graduate students with travel funds from their OGIRC sub grants.

Travel funds may be awarded to defray expenses incurred by graduate students to present their ginseng research at a significant national conference (up to $700) or international conference (up to $1400.00).

Since the announcement of the Jamieson Graduate Student Travel Award, the fund has supported travel to the following conferences:

  1. ACS Green Chemistry, Washington, DC
  2. Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CESP), Quebec City, Quebec
  3. Society for Neuroscience, Washington,DC
  4. Phytochemical Society of North American (PSNA), Hawaii

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Journal Club

The OGIRC Journal Club is a seminar/presentation series that runs throughout the academic year (Sept - April). The purpose of the Journal Club sessions is to communicate with others outside of your specialty and familiarize the group with relevant work in your research area. For example, explaining the effects of ginseng on diabetes to agriculturalists, or an engineer showing pre-clinical researchers how a new technique in product development will facilitate ginseng digestion.

 

2011 - 2012 Journal Club Schedule

 
Date Presenter Supervisor Platform Technology Group

September 2011

Mehrbod Estaki

Earl Noble

Pre-Clinical

October 2011

 

Chike Azike

Holly Lemmon

Ed Lui

Quim Madrenas

Pre-Clinical

Pre-Clinical

February 2012

 

Hoda Moazzen

Ganjian Zhao

Qingping Feng

Morris Karmazyn

Pre-Clinical

Pre-Clinical

April 2012

 

Subhrojit Sen

 

Megan Migchels

Subrata Chakrabarti

John Ciriello

Pre-Clinical

 

Pre-Clinical

May 2012

 

Danyka Belanger

Di Wu

Andrew Watson

Dan Brown

Safety

Plant Biotechnology

June 2012

 

Farida Akhter

Robbie Li

Paul Charpentier

Earl Noble

Advanced Processing

Pre-Clinical

 

Journal Club Archives

 

Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 3.00 pm:  Medical Sciences Building, 212 A/B

Mehrbod Estaki
Supervised by Dr Earl Noble
Protective Effects of North American Ginseng Against Exercise-Induced Muscular Damage

Attendees:  Farida Akhter, Wendy Ambrose-Hope, Chike Azike, Dr Ciriello, Jessica Davie, Adwita  Dey, Tomasz Dzialoszynski, Mao Jiang, Dr Karmazyn, Holly Lemmon, Robbie Li, Dr Lui, Ying Ma, Sima Manifar, Megan Migchels, Dr Noble, Hua Pei, Mehrnaz Salarian, Sahar Samimi, Subhrojit Sen, Dr Trevithick, Susan Underhill, Di Wu.

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Thursday, 20 October 2011, 3.00 pm:  Medical Sciences Building, 212 A/B


Chike Azike
Supervised by Drs Lui and Charpentier
Paradoxical Immuno-modulatory Effect of North American Ginseng Aqueous Extract

Holly Lemmon
Supervised by Dr Madrenas
Effects of Ginseng Extracts on Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses

Attendees:  Farida Akhter, Wendy Ambrose-Hope, Dr  Charpentier, Dr Ciriello, Mao Jiang, Dr Lui, Ying Ma, Sima Manifar, Francis Okinda, Hua Pei, Mehrnaz Salarian, Sahar Samimi, Dr Trevithick, Susan Underhill

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March 14, 2011, 3:00 PM - Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Pavilion Rm. 3335

Sahar Samimi

"Extraction of Ginsenosides from NA Ginseng: Selectivity and Immunoactivity"

and

Mehrnaz Salarian

"An injectible angiogenic poly(propylene fumarate)/TiO2 based bone cement"

Both presenters are supervised by Dr. Paul Charpentier (Advanced Processing PTG)

Attendees: Dr. Lui, Dr. Charpentier, Dr. Trevithick, Dr. Bailey, Sijun Zhou, Di Wu, Colin Carruthers, Tomasz Dzialoszynski, Melissa Moey, Guangyu Li, Mehrbod Estaki, Kazi Ekhter, Megan Migchels, Matthew Barnes, Hua Pei, Hoda Moazzen, Wendy Ambrose-Hope

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February 17, 2011, 3:00 PM - Med Sci Building Rm. 447 (Anatomy & Cell Biology Conference Room)

Presenters: Colin Carruthers (Pre-Clinical PTG, supervised by Dr. Rogers)

"Influence of North American ginseng extract on the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis"

and

Mao Jiang (Pre-Clinical PTG, supervised by Dr. Noble)

"American Ginseng Acutely Regulates the Contractile Function of the Heart"

Attendees: Dr. Lui, Dr. Ciriello, Dr. Rogers, Dr. Noble, Dr. Chakrabarti, Subhro Sen, Di Wu, Jessica Davie, Tomasz Dzialoszynski, Jirui Hou, Melissa Moey, Gaijiang Zhao, Wendy Ambrose-Hope, Jen Heidenheim

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January 24, 2011, 2:30 PM - Dental Sciences Building Rm. 00040

Presenters: Megan Migchels (Pre-Clinical PTG, supervised by Dr. Ciriello)

"Chronic North American Ginseng Administration Alters Metabolic Variables in the Rat"

and

Melissa Moey (Pre-Clinical PTG, supervised by Dr. Karmazyn)

"Ginseng Attenuates Leptin-induced Cardiac Hypertrophy through Inhibition of the RhoA/ROCK and Associated Pathways"

Attendees: Dr. Ciriello, Dr. Karmazyn, Dr. Noble, Mao Jiang, Subhro Sen, Sijun Zhou, Di Wu, Hua Pei, Colin Carruthers, Jessica Davie, Yan Wu, Tracey Gan, Tomasz Dzialoszynski, Raizye Samimihaghgozar, Mehrbod Estaki, Jirui Hou, Matt Barnes, Jason Moreau, Waseem Iqbal, Shawn Luo, Wendy Ambrose-Hope, Jen Heidenheim

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December 14, 2010, 3:00 PM - The Grad Club, Middlesex College, UWO Campus

Presenter: Subhrojit Sen (Pre-Clinical PTG, supervised by Dr. Chakrabarti)

"American Ginseng Prevents Extracellular Matrix Formation in Diabetic Nephropathy"

Attendees: Dr. Ciriello, Dr. Bailey, Tomasz Dzialozsynski, Hua Pei, Jirui Hou, Mehrbod Estaki, Melissa Moey, Shali Chen, Wendy Ambrose-Hope, Jen Heidenheim

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October 15, 2010, 3:30 PM - Physiology & Pharmacology boardroom (UWO Campus, MSB 212B)

Presenters: Robert Bi (Advanced Processing PTG, supervised by Dr. Feng)

"Value added Ontario Ginseng Products"

and

Yan Wu (Pre-Clinical graduate student supervised by Dr. Feng)

"Ginseng Protects the Heart from Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury via P13K/Akt/eNOS pathway"

Attendees: Dr. Lui, Dr. Feng, Dr. Karmazyn, Dr. Ciriello, Dr. Trevithick, Tomasz Dzialozsynski, Jirui Hou, Mehrbod Estaki, Juan Guo, Tracey Gan, Melissa Moey, Di Wu, Jirui Hou, Megan Migchels, Jessica Davie, Colin Carruthers, Sharon Lu, Lily Xiang, Hoda Moazzen, Zhixin Shan, Murong Liu, Carmen Leung

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May 10, 2010, 3:30 PM - Physiology & Pharmacology boardroom (UWO Campus, MSB 212B)

Presenter: Cheryl Lui (Safety PTG undergraduate co-op student supervised by Dr. Bailey)

"In Vitro Ginseng Inhibition of CYP3A4-Mediated Drug Metabolism"

Attendees: Dr. Lui, Dr. Bailey, Dr. Chakrabarti, Waseem Iqbal, Megan Migchels, Jason Moreau, Colin Carruthers, Sahar Samimi, Mehrnaz Salarian, Subhrojit Sen, Wendy Ambrose-Hope

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February 25, 2010, 3:30 PM - Physiology & Pharmacology boardroom (UWO Campus, MSB 212B)

Presenter: Megan Migchels (Pre-Clinical graduate student supervised by Dr. Ciriello)

"Ginseng Effects on Sleep Apnea and Blood Pressure"

Attendees: Dr. Lui, Dr. Ciriello, Dr. Bailey, Tomasz Dzialozsynski, Jirui Hou, Mehrbod Estaki, Robert Bi, Salina Berhane, Melissa Moey, Juan Guo, Cheryl Lui, Mao Jiang, Judit Toth

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January 21, 2010, 3:30 PM - Physiology & Pharmacology boardroom (UWO Campus, MSB 212B)

Presenter: Matthew Barnes (Pre-Clinical graduate student supervised by Dr. Coolen)

"Effects of American Ginseng on Erectile Function and Sexual Behaviour"

Attendees: Dr. Lui, Dr. Noble, Dr. Bailey, Dr. Ciriello, Dr. Rogers, Dr. Feng, Cheryl Lui, Robert Bi, Melissay Moey, Colin Carruthers, Jessica Davie, Sijun Zhou, Juan Guo, Mao Jiang, Megan Migchels, Chike Azike, Jirui Hou, Tracey Gan, Blair Cappel, Peter Mitsopolous, Tomasz Dzialozsynski, Sean Jiang, Daniel Zeigler, Waseem Iqbal, Hua Pei

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December 3, 2009, 3:00 PM - The Grad Club, Middlesex College, UWO Campus

Presenter: Dr. Juan Guo (Pre-Clinical postdoctoral fellow supervised by Dr. Karmazyn)

"Ginsenosides Attenuate Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy via Na+ - H+ Exchanger/Calcineurin Inhibition"

Attendees: Dr. Lui, Dr. Karmazyn, Dr. Ciriello, Dr. Bailey, Dr. Noble, Dr. Madrenas, Dr. Feng, Tracey Gan, Robert Bi, Melissa Moey, Subhrojit Sen, Hua Pei, Chike Azike, Mehrbod Estaki, Matthew Barnes, Yan Wu, Sharon Lu, Colin Carruthers, Judit Toth, Jessica Davie, Waseem Iqbal, Megan Migchels, Sean Jiang

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November 19, 2009, 3:00 PM - Physiology & Pharmacology boardroom (MSB 212B)

Presenter: Chike Azike (Pre-Clinical/Phytochemistry graduate student co-supervised by Dr. Lui and Dr. Charpentier)

"Separation and Characterization of Immuno-modulatory Polysaccharides of North American Ginseng Root (Panax quinquefolius L.)"

Attendees: Dr. Lui, Dr. Chakrabarti, Dr. Ciriello, Dr. Karmazyn, Raziye Samimihaghgozar, Robert Bi, Jirui Hou, Subrojit Sen, Juan Guo, Mehrbod Estaki, Jason Moreau, Blair Cappel, Daniel Zigler

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April 15, 2009, 3:00 PM - The Grad Club, Middlesex College

Presenters: Subhrojit Sen (Pre-Clinical postdoctoral fellow supervised by Dr. Chakrabarti)

"The effects of ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) treatment on chronic diabetic complications"

and

Kristina McIntyre (Phytochemistry graduate student supervised by Dr. Arnason)

" Ginsenoside Phytochemical Variation"

Attendees: Dr. Arnason, Dr. Chakrabarti, Dr. Lui, Dr. Karmazyn, Dr. Brown, Dr. Zhu, Dr. Charpentier, Dr. Feng, Tracey Gan, Yan Wu, Robert Bi, Raziye Samimihaghgozar, Jirui Hou, Chike Azike, Juan Guo, Sijun Zhou

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March 5, 2009, 1:00 PM - Physiology & Pharmacology boardroom (MSB 212B)

Presenter: Sijun Zhou (Plant Biotechnology postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Brown's lab)

"A Highly Efficient Protocol for Micropropagation of North American Ginseng"

  • Download paper for discussion (Zhou & Brown (2006) High efficience plant production of North American ginseng via somatic embryogenesis from cotyledon explants. Plant Cell Rep 25: 166-173.)

Attendees: list not available

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January 21, 2009, 9:00 AM - Physiology & Pharmacology boardroom (MSB 212B)

Presenters: Dr. Ed Lui (Scientific Director and Pre-Clinical Team Lead)

"The immunomodulator ginsan induces resistance to experimental sepsis by inhibiting Toll-like receptor mediated inflammatory signals"

and

Chike Azike (Pre-Clinical/Phytochemistry graduate student co-supervised by Dr. Lui and Dr. Charpentier)

Attendees: List not available

 

 

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