Sarah Jurchuk
Master’s Student

Biological and Biomedical Engineering

Email: sarah.jurchuk@mail.mcgill.ca

Education Background:

Bachelor of Engineering in Bioengineering, Department of Bioengineering, McGill University (2022)

Favourite Lab Equipment:

Parafilm

Research Projects and Interests:

Bacterial drug delivery for metastatic melanoma

  • Biological and Biomedical Engineering Graduate Recruitment Award

    BioTalent Student Work Placement Program Subsidy

    MedTec McGill Design Day Award - 1st Place

    J. W. McConnell Award

  • Peer-Reviewed Articles:

    Paun, RA, Jurchuk, S, Tabrizian, M. A landscape of recent advances in lipid nanoparticles and their translational potential for the treatment of solid tumors. Bioeng Transl Med. 2023;e10601. doi:10.1002/btm2.10601

    Imanbekova, Meruyert, Suarasan, Sorina, Lu, Yao, Jurchuk, Sarah and Wachsmann-Hogiu, Sebastian. "Recent advances in optical label-free characterization of extracellular vesicles" Nanophotonics, vol. 11, no. 12, 2022, pp. 2827-2863. https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2022-0057

    Patents:

    Rout B, Jurchuk S, Safavieh R, Girard-Lauriault P-L. Fluid Resistant Coating for Substrates. Provisional application P1213.70000US00. 2022.

  • Surface engineering for tunable hydrophilic, hydrophobic, and oleophobic PECVD/sol gel coatings

  • Bioengineering Undergraduate Student Society Academic Committee (2021-2022)

    McGill Formula Electric - Accumulator Lead (2019-2020); Drivetrain Lead (2018-2019); Member (2017-2018)

    McGill BioDesign Team - Prototype Lead (2018)