Immunology Research Student (IMM385, IMM450)

• September 2019 – April 2021
• Investigated the relation of IgA to HIV susceptibility under the supervision of Dr. Bryan Coburn (2019-2020).
• Investigated the different bacteria related to chronic lung allograft dysfunction and the detection of bacteria specific IgA under the supervision of Dr. Bryan Coburn (2020-2021).
• Cultured and worked with bacteria from female genital tract, conducted slideELISA experiment.
• Prepare and heat killed CLAD related bacteria, performed ELISA, DNA extraction, and qPCR experiments.

Research/Teaching Assistant (ENV399)

• Research Opportunity Program (September 2019 – April 2020).
• Teaching Assistant (April 2020 – April 2021).
• Used  COBWEB for herd immunity simulation.
• Conducted simulations on the impact of immunization and social distancing regarding COVID-19 under the supervision of Dr. Brad Bass.
• Assist students with problem regarding COBWEB and research in general, leads weekly office hours.
• Received publication on  UofT Arts Science website.

UofT Student Ambassador

• September 2018 – April 2021
• Participated in various on-campus and off-campus events to provide information and share experience regarding UofT.
• Managed and replied to emails from upcoming students regarding questions on university life.
• Cultured and worked with bacteria from female genital tract, conducted slideELISA experiment.

Volunteer Team Lead

• May 2018 – April 2022
• Volunteer Team Lead at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, UHN
• Volunteered at the geriatrics and the musculoskeletal unit.
• Updated and managed volunteer schedule, communication logs, patient logs.
• Visited and assisted patients with mobility and communication.

Biostatistics Practicum Research Student

• September 2021 – August 2022
• Under the supervision of Dr. Pingzhao Hu.
• Worked on unsupervised clustering of scRNA-seq data using graph autoencoders.
• Implemented Gaussian mixture model variational graph autoencoder (GMM-VGAE) clustering method on scRNA-seq data.
• scGMM-VGAE: A Gaussian mixture model-based variational graph autoencoder algorithm for clustering single-cell RNA-seq data.
  E Lin, B Liu, L Lac, DLX Fung, CK Leung, P Hu. Submitted, 2022.