Jennifer Thompson

Assistant Professor

Libin Cardiovascular Institute


Contact information

Phone

Office: 403-220-3873

Web presence

Thompson Lab

Location

Office : HMRB78

Research and teaching

Activities

Our research aims to understand the mechanisms linking maternal metabolic dysfunction to disease risk in the offspring.

Techniques used in the laboratory

Pressure/wire myography
Molecular biology 
Immunofluorescence
Cell culture
Mouse models

 

Administrative Assistant

Theresa Connolly
tconnoll@ucalgary.ca
403-220-3018


Biography

Dr. Thompson received her masters in kinesiology and doctorate in physiology at Western University in London, Ontario. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship in the Vascular Biology Center at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, she moved to Calgary and took a faculty position at the Libin Institute in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary in July 2017.