{"id":222,"date":"2009-10-13T13:06:36","date_gmt":"2009-10-13T17:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?page_id=222"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:40:10","slug":"biochemistry-and-physiology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/biochemistry-and-physiology\/","title":{"rendered":"Biochemistry, Physiology and Toxicology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-52-1024x512.png); 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Professor Emeritus<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Molecular Biology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Genetic Toxicology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/heath-macmillan\/\">Dr. Heath MacMillan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Integrative and Comparative Animal Ecophysiology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/bruce-mckay\/\">Dr. Bruce McKay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Molecular Biology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cell Biology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Genomics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cancer Biology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"[culink page_id=669]\">Dr. Owen Rowland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Plant Molecular Biology <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biotechnology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"[culink page_id=709]\">Dr. William G. Willmore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Biochemistry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biotechnology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"[culink page_id=717]\">Dr. Jayne Yack<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Neuroethology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bioacoustics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"[culink page_id=571]\">Dr. Susan Aitken<\/a> &#8211; Affiliated Faculty <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Protein and Pathway Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enzymology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amino Acid Metabolism<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pyridoxal Phosphate Biochemistry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"teaching-stream-faculties\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching Stream Faculties<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: Teaching stream faculties can supervise undergraduate research<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/iain-mckinnell\/\">Dr. Iain McKinnell<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Embryology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Developmental Biology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anatomy &amp; Physiology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/martha-mullally\/\">Dr. Martha Mullally<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Biology Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evidence Based Learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"adjunct-professors\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adjunct Professors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: Adjuncts are able to co-supervise undergraduate and graduate research<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/angela-m-crawley\/\">Dr. Angela Crawley<\/a> <em>&#8211;&nbsp;Ottawa Hospital Research Institute<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/robert-letcher\/\">Dr. Robert Letcher<\/a><em> &#8211; 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