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Plummer Lab Home | Directors |
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Plummer Lab Directors
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T. Blake Ball, Ph.D.
Research Associate ( Dr.Francis A.Plummer's Lab)
Degrees:
B.Sc. Microbiology - University of Manitoba, 1991
M.Sc. Medical Microbiology - University of Manitoba, 1995
Ph.D. Medical Microbiology - Univeristy of Manitoba, 2001
Mailing Address:
730 William Avenue, Room 507
Winnipeg, MB
R3E 0W3
Telephone: (204)-789-3202
Fax: (204)-789-3926
Email: tball@cc.umanitoba.ca
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Positions Held: |
Immunology Lab Director - HIV Laboratory Manager for Dr. Frank Plummer
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Current Project: |
Gates Grand Challenge
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Areas of Expertise: |
Cellular Immunology, Immunogenetics |
Responsibilities: |
- Overseeing Day-to-day operation and maintenance of the Gates Grand Challenge.
- Antibody studies of HIV-R women
- Directing studies on mucosal immunology of HIV-R women
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Research Background:
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Dr. Ball is an outstanding immunogeneticist recently recruited to be the HIV Laboratory Manager for Dr. Frank Plummer.
Dr. Ball is responsible for the supervision of Dr. Plummer's technical personnel and graduate students employed at the University of Manitoba for this project.
Dr. Ball's main research interests revolve around Innate immunity (especially at the mucosal level) and the role it plays
in protection against infections diseases and how it instructs the adaptive immune response. |
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Dr. Ma Luo
Research Associate & Visiting Scientest ( Dr.Francis A.Plummer's
Lab)
Degrees:
M.D. (Manitoba, 1976), Diplomate (American Board of Internal
Medicine, 1979), F.R.C.P.C. (Manitoba, 1980)
Mailing Address:
1015 H3680, 1015 Arlington ST, HIV & Human Genomics, NML
Winnipeg, MB
R3E 3R2
Tel:(204)(204)-789-6074
Fax: (204)-789-3926
Email: Ma_Luo@hc-sc.gc.ca
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Current Project: |
Gates Grand Challenge
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Areas of Expertise: |
Molecular Biology |
Responsibilities: |
- Conducting genetic studies, including high-throughput HLA and IRF-1 typing
- Overseeing SNP and other genetic analyses
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Research Background:
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Ma Luo is a PhD molecular biologist. She will be performing the molecular class II genotyping and characterization of the
IRF-1 allele patterns among all study participants. She will oversee the proposed SNP studies and coordinate transport of
genetic specimens from Nairobi to Canada and ensure their appropriate storage prior to processing.
Ma Luo also manages the HIV and Human Genetics Group.
In addition to working with people in the group for their specific projects, she also works on several projects to understand the
basis of the natural resistance to HIV-1 and the long-term evolution of the HIV-1 epidemic, HLA class II and mother-child HIV
transmission, HIV viral evolution and host immunogenetics and none-bias genome SNPs screen to map genes associated with resistance
to HIV-1.
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