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:

     

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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.

 

Journal Club Schedule

Date Presenter Supervisor Platform Technology Group
2009
January

Drs. Lui & Charpentier
Pre-Clinical
Pre-Clinical/Phytochemistry
March
Dr. Brown
Plant Biotechnology
April
Dr. Chakrabarti
Dr. Arnason
Pre-Clinical
Phytochemistry
November
Drs. Lui & Charpentier
Pre-Clinical/Phytochemistry
December
Dr. Karmazyn
Pre-Clinical
2010
January
Dr. Coolen
Pre-Clinical
February
Dr. Ciriello
Pre-Clinical
May
Dr. Bailey
Safety
October
Dr. Feng
Dr. Feng
Advanced Processing
Pre-Clinical
December
Dr. Chakrabarti
Pre-Clinical
2011
January
Dr. Ciriello
Dr. Karmazyn
Pre-Clinical
Pre-Clinical
February
Dr. Rogers
Dr. Noble
Pre-Clinical
Pre-Clinical
March
Dr. Charpentier
Advanced Processing
September
Dr. Noble
Pre-Clinical
October
Drs. Lui & Charpentier
Dr. Madrenas
Pre-Clinical
Pre-Clinical
2012
February
Qingping Feng
Morris Karmazyn
Pre-Clinical
Pre-Clinical
April
Cancelled
May
Andrew Watson
John Ciriello
Subrata Chakrabarti
Safety
Pre-Clinical
Pre-Clinical
October
Ed Lui
Jesse Zhu
Pre-Clinical
Advanced Processing
2013
January
Earl Noble
Ed Lui
Pre-Clinical
March
Paul Charpentier
Qingping Feng
Advanced Processing
Pre-Clinical

 

Journal Club Archives

 

Wednesday,  27 March 2013, 3.00pm:  Medical Sciences Building, 212 B

Title: Advanced processing of ginseng polysacchardies for controlled drug delivery

Presentation by Farida Akhter
Supervised by Dr. Charpentier

Title: North American ginseng protects against cardia dysfunction in mouse endotoxemia

Presentation by Jing Tang
Supervised by Dr. Feng


Attendees:  Farida Akhter, Wendy Ambrose-Hope, Michelle Calder, Tomasz Dzialoszynski, Tahira Fatima, Qingping Feng, Mao Jiang, Morris Karmazyn, Robbie Li, Sharon Lu, Ed Lui, Inna Stetsenko, Jing Tang, John Trevithick, Susan Underhill

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Tuesday,  15 January 2013, 3.00pm:  Medical Sciences Building, 212 B

Title: The effects of American ginseng extracts on streptozocin-induced diabetic sciatic neuropathy in exercised Sprague Dawley rats

Presentation by Guangyu (Robbie) Li
Supervised by Dr. Noble

Title: In vitro immuno-modulation effect of polysaccharide fractions from American ginseng root

Presentation by Lijun Wang (visiting graduate student)
Supervised by Dr. Lui


Attendees:  Farida Akhter, Wendy Ambrose-Hope, Chike Azike, Michelle Calder, Brendan Caraher, Tomasz Dzialoszynski, Tahira Fatima, Maha Hoseh, Kourosh Karimi-Shahri, Paul Kim, Ed Lui, Earl Noble, Hua Pei, Mehrnaz Salarian, Sahar Samimi, Inna Stetsenko, John Trevithick, Susan Underhill, Di Wu

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Thursday, 25 October 2012, 3.00pm: Medical Sciences Building, 212 A/B

Title: North American ginseng & Auricularia sp. mushroom aq. extract have beneficial effect on cyclophosphamide induced immunosupression in mice

Presentation by Al Hassan Kyakulaga (visiting graduate student)
Supervised by Dr. Lui

Title: Flow enchancement of ginseng and other fine powders with rotational fluidized bed

Presentation by Sima Manifar
Supervised by Dr. Zhu

Attendees: Wendy Ambrose-Hope, Chike Azike, Michelle Calder, Tomasz Dzialoszynski, Tahira Fatima, Kourosh Karimi-Shahri, Al Hassan Kyakulaga, Bryant Lam, Clayton Law, Ed Lui, Ying Ma, Sima Manifar, Earl Noble, John Trevithick, Susan Underhill, Ganjian Zhao

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Friday, 18 May 2012, 3.00pm: Medical Sciences Building, 212 A/B

Danyka Belanger
Supervised by Drs Feyles and Watson

Megan Migchels
Supervised by Dr. Ciriello

Subhrojit Sen
Supervised by Dr. Chakrabarti

Attendees: Wendy Ambrose-Hope, Chike Azike, Danyka Belanger, John Ciriello, Tomasz Dzialoszynski, Kourosh Karimi-Shahri, Morris Karmazyn, Ying Ma, Sima Manifar, Megan Migchels, Hua Pei, Mehrnaz Salarian, Sahar Samimi, Subhrojit Sen, Susan Underhill, Andrew Watson, Di Wu, Ganjian Zhao

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Friday, 17 February 2012, 3.00pm: Medical Sciences Building, 212 A/B

Title: Cyclo-oxygenase 2 (COX-2) as a Target for the Inhibition of the Hypertrophic Effects of Endothelin-1 by Ginseng

Hoda Moazzen
Supervised by Dr. Feng

Ganjian Zhao
Supervised by Dr. Karmazyn

Attendees: Farida Akhter, Wendy Ambrose-Hope, Naz Amirahmadi, Chike Azike, Danyka Belanger, Adrianna Cimo, John Ciriello, Tomasz Dzialoszynski, Qingping Feng, Tracy Gan, Mao Jiang, Morris Karmazyn, Carmen Leung, Robbie Li, Ying Ma, Sima Manifar, Megan Migchels, Hoda Moazzen, Hua Pei, Mehrnaz Salarian, Sahar Samimi, Subhrojit Sen, Susan Underhill, Andy Watson, Di Wu, Ganjian Zhao

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

Title: Paraxodical immuno-modulatory effect of North American ginseng aqueous extract

Presentation by Chike Azike
Superved by Drs. Lui and Charpentier

Title: Effects of ginseng extracts on innate and adaptive immune responses

Presentation by Holly Lemmon
Supervised by Dr. Madrenas

 

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

Title: Protective Effects of North American Ginseng Against Exercise-Induced Muscular Damage

Presentation by Mehrbod Estaki
Supervised by Dr. Earl Noble


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

Title: Extraction of ginsenosides from North American ginseng: selectivity and immunoactivity

Presentation by Sahar Samimi
Supervised by Dr. Charpentier

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

Presentation by Mehrnaz Salarian
Supervised by Dr. Charpentier

 

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

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February 17, 2011, 3:00 PM: Medical Sciences Building, 447 (Anatomy & Cell Biology Conference Room)

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

Presented by Colin Carruthers
Supervised by Dr. Rogers

Title: American ginseng acutely regulates the contractile function of the heart

Presented by Mao Jiang
Supervised by Dr. Noble

 

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

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

Title: Chronic North American ginseng administration alters metabolic variables in the rat

Presented by Megan Migchels
Supervised by Dr. Ciriello

Title: Ginseng attenuates leptin-induced cardiac hypertrophy through inhibition of the RhoA/ROCK and associated pathways

Presented by Melissa Moey
Supervised by Dr. Karmazyn

 

Attendees: Dr. Ciriello, Dr. Karmazyn, Dr. Noble, Mao Jiang, Subhrojit Sen, Sijun Zhou, Di Wu, Hua Pei, Colin Carruthers, Jessica Davie, Yan Wu, Tracey Gan, Tomasz Dzialoszynski, Sahar Samimi, 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

Title: American Ginseng Prevents Extracellular Matrix Formation in Diabetic Nephropathy

Presented by Subhrojit Sen
Supervised by Dr. Chakrabarti

 

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)

Title: Value added Ontario ginseng products

Presented by Robert Bi
Supervised by Dr. Feng

Title: Ginseng protects the heart from ischemia-reperfusion injury via P13K/Akt/eNOS pathway

Presented by Yan Wu
Supervised by Dr. Feng

 

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)

Title: In vitro ginseng inhibition of CYP3A4-mediated drug metabolism

Presented by Cheryl Lui
Supervised by Dr. Bailey

 

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)

Title: Ginseng effects on sleep apnea and blood pressure

Presented by Megan Mighchels
Supervised by Dr. Ciriello

 

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

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

Title: Effects of American ginseng on erectile function and sexual behaviour

Presented by Matthew Barnes
Supervised by Dr. Coolen

 

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 Zigler, Waseem Iqbal, Hua Pei

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

Title: Ginsenosides attenuate cardiomyocyte hypertrophy via Na+ - H+ exchanger/calcineurin inhibition

Presented by Dr. Juan Guo
Supervised by Dr. Karmazyn

 

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)

Title: Separation and characterization of immuno-modulatory polysaccharides of North American ginseng root (Panax quinquefolius L.)

Presented by Chike Azike
Co-supervised by Dr. Lui and Dr. Charpentier

 

Attendees: Dr. Lui, Dr. Chakrabarti, Dr. Ciriello, Dr. Karmazyn, Raziye Samimihaghgozar, Robert Bi, Jirui Hou, Subhrojit 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

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

Presented by Subhrojit Sen
Supervised by Dr. Chakrabarti

Title: Ginsenoside phytochemical variation

Presented by Kristina McIntyre
Supervised by Dr. Arnason

 

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

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

Title: A highly efficient protocol for micropropagation of North American ginseng

Presented by Sijun Zhou
Supervised by Dr. Brown

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)

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

Presented by Dr. Ed. Lui

Title: North American ginseng root (Panax quinquefolium)

Presented by Chike Azike
Supervised by Drs. Lui and Charpentier

 

Attendees: List not available