Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

Spotlight on Faculty

Brandon Lillie professor of Pathobiology, Bioinformatics

Brandon Lillie

My research focuses primarily on the genetic regulation of innate immunity in animals, with a particular focus on innate immune pattern recognition proteins.

University of Guelph Biomedical Sciences Professor Laura A. Favetta

Laura Favetta

The research that we conduct in my laboratory aims to understand the causes of infertility at the gene level and pinpoint the mechanisms through which toxicants affect fertility both in humans and farm animals. Understanding how things happen will help in finding ways of overcoming it.​

Email: lfavetta@uoguelph.ca

Headshot of Dawn Cornelio

Dawn Cornelio

My research focuses on contemporary French women's writing and the theory and practice of literary translation. I have been general editor of Women in French Studies for the past 5 years. My literary translations have been...

Email: dcorneli@uoguelph.ca

University of Guelph Biotechnology Professor Andrew Hamilton-Wright

Andrew Hamilton-Wright

We look at interesting data problems with real-world impact.​

Email: andrew.hamilton-wright@uoguelph.c

Portrait of Dr. Wendy Pearson

Wendy Pearson

My research program seeks to understand the underlying physiology of diseases common in horses, and how these diseases can be modified with targeted nutrition, with a focus on cartilage biology.

Email: wpearson@uoguelph.ca

Portrait of Dr. Rosario Gómez

Rosario Gómez

Language is in a constant process of change. Understanding the hows and whys of change and the effects it has on society can help us better understand each other as human beings.

Email: rogomez@uoguelph.ca

Portrait of Dr. Sarah Wootton, Pathobiology at the University of Guelph

Sarah Wootton

The overarching goal of research in my lab is to engineer viruses to prevent, treat and cure diseases, including monogenic lung diseases, infectious diseases, and cancer.​