PhD student
University of Ottawa
Nepean, Ontario, Canada
Raliat Abioye is an MSc student in Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences at the University of Ottawa, Canada. She obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Honors Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) in 2019. She has published two articles in peer-reviewed journals and is a three-time winner of the Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. At UNBC, Raliat was appointed a Research Ambassador where she spent time advocating for research involvement amongst undergraduate students.
Her current research focuses on islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP), a hormonal peptide that functions in post-prandial glucose metabolism. IAPP has been identified as a potential target in mitigating Type 2 diabetes progression wherein its aggregation results in the cytotoxicity of pancreatic ß-cells in the Islets of Langerhans. As a result, identifying ways in which to inhibit the progression of IAPP aggregation is of high importance. Her focus is on the identification of food-derived bioactive peptides that have the ability to discourage IAPP aggregation through facilitating binding interactions.
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Wednesday, May 3, 2023
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