Tung T Hoang's Lab

From right to left

Xiaojun Lu (M.Sc.)
Mike S. Son (Ph.D.)
Rolin Kuba (Undergraduate Researcher)
David T. Nguyen (M.Sc.)
Yun Kang (Ph.D.)
Lucas J. Beversdorf (Ph.D.)
Dr. Tung T. Hoang (Administrative Clerk)

Previous students

Kristen O’Donnell Joachimides (M.Sc.)
Wendy Yang (Undergraduate Researcher/M.D.)
Karin Lundquist (Undergraduate Researcher)

Education: B.Sc. CMMB (University of Calgary)
M.Sc. Biochemistry (University of Calgary)
Research:
• Microarray analysis of P. aeruginosa lung surfactant degradation
• Real-time PCR determination of regulation of fad-genes

• 1st prize award winner (Hawaii Branch ASM 2003) for best graduate presentation and 2nd prize winner in 2004
• The American Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Studentships (2003/2004)

Education: B.Sc. Microbiology (China Agriculture University)

Research:
• Pentachlorophenol degradation pathways
• Flip/FRT systems for gene-replacement
• Sphingomonas genetics

• 1st prize award winner (Hawaii Branch ASM in 2004) for best graduate presentation

Education: B.Sc. Biochemistry (University of Calgary)

Research:
Fatty acid degradation (Fad) regulation in P. aeruginosa:
• Reporter-gene fusions development
• DNA binding sites of Fad-regulator

Education: B.Sc. Biology and Chemistry (Marian College)

Research:
• Characterization of genes in the Fad pathways of P. aeruginosa
• Protein purification/Kinetic determination of Fad-enzymes

Howard Hughes Undergraduate Fellowship (2001) University of Iowa

Education: B.Sc. Microbiology (Wuhan University)

Research:
• Development of universal protein expression systems
• Pentachlorophenol degradation improvement via DNA shuffling of pcp-genes

Mike still wearing funky shoes after two years!

Last updated April 20, 2005