Biography
FuiBoon Kai, Ph.D hails from Kluang, Malaysia. She earned her doctorate in Microbiology & Immunology at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada, where she studied cytoskeletal dynamics during cell migration and muscle cell fusion. FuiBoon joined the Weaver lab in August 2014 and is exploring how the glycocalyx affects receptor tyrosine kinase and integrin signaling.
Education
Education
- B.Sc. (Hons), combined Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Ph.D., Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Research Interests
- Glycocalyx
- Growth factor receptors
- Extracellular matrix
- Mechanobiology
- Microenvironment