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Principal Investigator: Dr. Kyle Duncan<\/strong>
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Vancouver Island University
Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PDF Uppsala University (Advisor Dr. Ingela Lanekoff) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PhD University of Victoria (Advisors Dr. Chris Gill, Dr. Erik Krogh, Dr. Tom Fyles)

Dr. Duncan specializes in custom ambient ionization mass spectrometry technology for imaging metabolites and bioactive lipids in tissue. He is one of a few groups in the world currently developing and applying nano-DESI, a highly versatile and powerful technique for spatial metabolomics. Current research areas include expanding metabolite coverage in MSI, and using custom ionization approaches for confident metabolite annotation with direct mass spectrometry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Joseph<\/strong> Monaghan<\/strong>, Ph.D. in Chemistry (UVic), B.Sc. (VIU)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alora Keyowski, B.Sc.<\/strong> Major in Chemistry Minor in Biology<\/strong>
Alora is a UVic graduate student in Chemistry working on imaging metabolites in tumor tissues using nano-DESI MSI. Alora aims to use mass spectrometry imaging to gain a better understanding of the localized metabolisms taking place within diverse tissues made up of many different cell types. She has always been amazed and interested in how complex our world is, which has driven her to study science.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nick Woytowich, B.Sc. in Chemistry for the Medicinal Sciences<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kiera Nguyen<\/strong>, B.Sc. Major in Chemistry<\/strong>
Keira recently graduated from VIU with a B.Sc. majoring in chemistry. Currently Kiera is working on developing direct mass spectrometric methods to differentiate prostaglandin isomers. Kiera loves science, as it fuels her curiosity. She is intrigued by the many different ways science plays a role in our lives. It helps us understand the world around us and offers endless opportunities to make a positive impact on society through innovative research and advancements.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Emily Mahony<\/strong>
Emily is a third-year student pursuing a Bachelor of Science with a double major in Chemistry and Biology, and a minor in Psychology at VIU. She is working on a method for absolute quantification of metabolites from thin tissue sections. Emily is interested in pursuing science because it provides her with the opportunity to find the answers to questions she has about the world, and also challenges her to look for different ways to solve problems.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Katie Raw<\/strong>
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Samantha Krauza<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kanav Bajaj<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Abby Isaak<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Alumni<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maquinna Sloan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bailey Maltesen, B.Sc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ember Westerhof<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Niki Gholamiaval<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Summer 2023 research group (missing: Ember Westerhof)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Principal Investigator: Dr. Kyle DuncanAssistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Vancouver Island UniversityAdjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria PDF Uppsala University (Advisor Dr. Ingela Lanekoff) PhD University of Victoria (Advisors Dr. Chris Gill, Dr. Erik Krogh, Dr. Tom Fyles) Dr. Duncan specializes in custom ambient ionization mass spectrometry technology for imaging metabolites and bioactive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4566,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/duncan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/duncan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/duncan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/duncan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4566"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/duncan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/duncan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":388,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/duncan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/duncan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}