Archived Biochemistry Seminars

Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - 4:00pm

In Silico screening using IBM Watson to identify novel small molecule enhancers of mitophagy
Natalia Moskal
PhD Student
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Angus McQuibban, Committee Members: Dr. Roman Melnyk, Dr. Joanne Nash
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Thursday, April 25, 2019 - 2:00pm

Investigation of the immunogenicity and specificity of the Transferrin binding proteins from bovine pathogenic bacteria
Anastassia Pogoutse
Thursday, April 25, 2019 - 2:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Trevor Moraes
CCBR, Black Room
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ph.D.Poster.Ana_.Pogoutse.pdf

Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - 4:00pm

PROTEIN TRANSPORT ACROSS MEMBRANES
DR. Tom Rapoport
Professor of Cell Biology and HHMI Investigator, HHMI/Harvard Medical School
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - 4:00pm
Host: Kathleen Orrell
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture
Poster available: PDF icon Connell 2019_Tom Rapoport.pdf

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 4:00pm

Getting excited about NMR, structure, mechanisms, the unknown and curing cancer
Dr. Gerhard Wagner
Elkan R. Blout Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 4:00pm
Host: Alexander Orazietti
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture
Poster available: PDF icon Connell 2019_Gerhard Wagner.pdf

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 9:00am

Chaperone Systems in Model Organisms
Kamran Rizzolo
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 9:00am
Supervisor: Dr. Walid Houry
MSB 2173
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Exam Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ph.D.Poster.Kamran.Rizzolo.pdf

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 4:00pm

Transmission of misfolded proteins in neurodegenerative disorders – a common mechanism of disease progression
DR. VIRGINIA M.-Y. LEE
Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Director, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research
Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 4:00pm
Host: Raphaella So
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture
Poster available: PDF icon Connell 2019_Virginia M.Y. Lee.pdf

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 9:30am

Biochemistry Graduate First Seminar Symposium (9:30am - 1:05pm)
MSc, PhD students
Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 9:30am
MaRS 15th floor, room 1522 AND MaRS 16th flloor, room 1622
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
Special Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon FinalRev4.Posted_1st.talk_.schedule_2018.19.xls-1.pdf

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 9:30am

Biochemistry Graduate First Seminar Symposium (9:30am - 12:30pm)
MSc, PhD students
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 9:30am
MaRS 15th floor, room 1522 AND MaRS 16th flloor, room 1622
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
Special Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon FinalRev4.Posted_1st.talk_.schedule_2018.19.xls-1.pdf

Monday, April 8, 2019 - 2:00pm

Structural and functional characterization of ubiquitin variants and ubiquitin binding proteins
Noah Manczyk
Monday, April 8, 2019 - 2:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Frank Sicheri
Medical Sciences Building, Room 3278
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Rev.Ph_.D.Poster.Noah_.Manczyk.pdf

Monday, April 8, 2019 - 9:30am

Biochemistry Graduate First Seminar Symposium (9:30am - 12:30pm)
MSc, PhD students
Monday, April 8, 2019 - 9:30am
MaRS 15th floor, room 1522 AND MaRS 16th flloor, room 1622
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
Special Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon FinalRev4.Posted_1st.talk_.schedule_2018.19.xls-1.pdf

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 4:00pm

Alginate acetylation and export in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Andreea Alexandra Gheorghita
PhD Student
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. P. Lynne Howell, Committee Members: Dr. Christine Bear, Dr. Trevor Moraes
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Optimizing a cellular model of cross species prion replication
Hamza Arshad
PhD Student
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Joel Watts, Committee Members: Dr. Avi Chakrabartty, Dr. John Glover, Dr. Gerold Schmitt-Ulms
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Friday, March 29, 2019 - 2:00pm

Mechanism of Galactosaminogalactan Biosynthesis and Modification in Aspergillus fumigatus Biofilm Formation
Natalie Bamford
Friday, March 29, 2019 - 2:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Lynne Howell
MSB 4171
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ph.D.Poster.Natalie.Bamford.pdf

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - 4:00pm

Comparison of the Vacuolar and Golgi V-ATPases from S. Cerevisiae
Thamiya Vasanthakumar
PhD Student
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. John Rubinstein, Committee Members: Dr. Christine Bear & Dr. Trevor Moraes
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Understanding the DNA replication stress response to gemcitabine in pancreatic tumour cells
Tajinder Ubhi
PhD Student
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Grant Brown, Committee Members: Dr. Stephane Angers and Dr. Daniel Durocher
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 4:00pm

Examining the relative contribution of vesicular and non-vesicular transport pathway of Phosphatidylserine
Yanbo Yang
PhD Student
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Greg Fairn, Committee Members: Dr. Julie Brill, Dr. William Trimble
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 2:00pm

Towards a treatment for Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff disease through protein engineering
Brian Mark
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics University of Manitoba
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 2:00pm
Host: Gil Privé
Room 1622 MaRS West, 16th Floor
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
Special Seminar

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 9:00am

Structural investigation of saposin/hydrolase systems
Zi-Jian Xiong's PhD Oral Exam
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 9:00am
Supervisor: Dr. Gil Prive
MSB Room 3278
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ph.D.Poster.Zi_.Jian_.Xiong_.pdf

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 - 4:00pm

Potent antibody lineage against malaria transmission elicited in human by Pfs25 vaccination
Brandon McLeod
PhD Student
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Jean-Philippe Julien, Committee Members: Dr. Kevin Kain, Dr. Trevor Moraes
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Strains of alpha-synuclein in the synucleinopathies
Heather Lau
PhD Student
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Joel Watts, Committee Members: Dr. JoAnne McLaurin, Dr. Avi Chakrabartty
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 - 4:00pm

Self-adjuvanted nanoparticles for HIV vaccine design
Taylor Sicard
PhD Student
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Jean-Philippe Julien, Committee Members: Dr. Roman Melnyk, Dr. Jim Rini
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Nuclear Export of Proteasomes
Julianne Burçoǧlu
PhD Student
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Cordula Enenkel, Committee Members: Dr. Angus McQuibban, Dr. Walid Houry
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 - 4:00pm

Identifying novel substrates and adaptors of the human chaperone complex R2TP
Katie Mao
PhD Student
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Walid Houry, Committee Members: Dr. Peter Kim and Dr. Liliana Attisano
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 - 4:00pm

Checkpoint kinases regulate protein subcellular location during replication stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Brandon Ho
PhD Student
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Grant Brown, Committee Members: Dr. Amy Caudy & Dr. William Trimble
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 4:00pm

BLM Complex Interactome Profiling Reveals Novel Genome Stability Proteins
Jennifer Ho
PhD Student
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Grant Brown, Committee Members: Dr. Anne-Claude Gingras, Dr. Michael Ohh
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Towards understanding the regulation of complex biochemical processes within membraneless organelles
Brian Tsang
PhD Student
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Julie Forman-Kay, Committee Members: Dr. Avi Chakrabartty, Dr. Peter St.George-Hyslop
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - 4:00pm

Examining the role of natural Apolipoprotein AI variants in cardiovascular disease
Karen Fung
PhD Student
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Greg Fairn & Dr. Warren Lee, Committee Members: Dr. Reinhart Reithmeier & Dr. Tara Moriarty
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Discovery of genotype-phenotype associations through deep learning
Javi Zhang
PhD Student
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. John Parkinson, Committee Members: Dr. Alex Palazzo, Dr. Alex Ensminger
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 4:00pm

Siamycin-I targets lipid II at the Gram-positive cell surface
Stephanie Tan
PhD Student
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Justin Nodwell, Committee Members: Dr. Walid Houry, Dr. John Parkinson
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
The regulation of Taz expression by fibrogenic stimuli
Maria Zena Miranda
PhD Student
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr.Andras Kapus, Committee Members: Dr. Craig Simmons, Dr. Katalin Szaszi, Dr. Boris Hinz, Dr. Amira Klip
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - 4:00pm

Identifying new players in the selective autophagy of peroxisomes
Nicholas Demers
PhD Student
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Peter Kim, Committee Members: Dr. John Brumell, Dr. Daniela Rotin
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Investigating the Dynamic CFTR Interactome using the Mammalian Membrane Two-Hybrid (MaMTH) Platform
Sang Hyun Lim
PhD Student
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Igor Stagljar, Committee Members: Dr. Christine Bear, Dr. Reinhart Reithmeier
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Wednesday, December 19, 2018 - 4:00pm

Biochemistry's Connell Top Publication Winner and Retreat Poster Winners Presentations
Winners
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 - 4:00pm
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Monday, December 17, 2018 - 2:00pm

Characterization of CEACAM1 spatial distribution, self-association and dynamics using high-resolution microscopy techniques
Amine Driouchi
Monday, December 17, 2018 - 2:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Christopher Yip
MSB 2173
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ph.D.Poster.Aminie.Driouchi.pdf

Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 4:00pm

Deciphering the molecular mechanisms that regulate lineage selection and the timing of neuronal differentiation in the developing neocortex
Sisu Han
PhD Student
Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Carol Schuurmans, Committee Members: Dr. David Andrews, Dr. JoAnne McLaurin
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Strategies for lineage conversion of fibroblasts to a Schwann cell-like fate
Anjali Balakrishnan
PhD Student
Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Carol Schuurmans, Committee Members: Dr. David Andrews, Dr. Alain Dabdoub
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, December 5, 2018 - 4:00pm

Oxysterol-binding protein-related proteins and phosphatidylinositol phosphates are required for the proper growth and movement of peroxisomes
Derrick Cheng
PhD Student
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Peter Kim, Committee Members: Dr. William Trimble, Dr. Alex Palazzo
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
A Molecular Simulation Method to Predict the Solvation, Orientation and Self-assembly of Helices in Membranes
Jingjing Huang
PhD Student
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Régis Pomès, Committee Members: Dr. Christopher Yip, Dr. Hue Sun Chan
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, December 5, 2018 - 1:30pm

A solid state conceptualization of information transfer from gene to message to protein
DR. STEVEN McKNIGHT
Professor, Department of Biochemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 - 1:30pm
Host: Brian Tsang
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture
Poster available: PDF icon Connell 2018_Steven McKnight.pdf

Wednesday, November 28, 2018 - 4:00pm

The ion transporter NKCC1 regulates the Leu transporter and mTORC1 activity
Wael Demian
PhD Student
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Daniela Rotin, Committee Members: Dr. John Brumell, Dr. Andras Kapus
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
The effect of opioids on cancer growth through metabolic modulation
Doorsa Tarazi
PhD Student
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Jason T. Maynes , Committee Members: Dr. John Rubinstein, Dr. Charles Deber, Dr. Rosanna Weksberg
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, November 21, 2018 - 4:00pm

Determining the Activity of Novel CRISPR-Cas Systems
Marios Mejdani
PhD Student
Wednesday, November 21, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Alan Davidson, Committee Members: Dr. Angus McQuibban, Dr. William Navarre
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Mechanism of nickel-activated DNA binding by the Helicobacter pylori transcription factor NikR
Karina Baksh
PhD Student
Wednesday, November 21, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Deborah Zamble, Committee Members: Dr. Trevor Moraes, Dr. Gil Prive
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Monday, November 19, 2018 - 2:00pm

The assembly of the autotransporter family of bacterial outer membrane proteins
Dr. Harris Bernstein, Ph.D.
Protein Biogenesis Section, Genetics and Biochemistry Branch- NIH Intramural Research Program (NIH/NIDDK) Bethesda, MD, USA
Monday, November 19, 2018 - 2:00pm
Host: Dr. Trevor Moraes
CCBR Red Room
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
Special Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Poster_Harris Bernstein.pdf

Monday, November 19, 2018 - 9:00am

Characterization of Slam-mediated surface lipoprotein translocation across the bacterial outer membrane
Yogesh Hooda
Monday, November 19, 2018 - 9:00am
Supervisor: Dr. Trevor Moraes
MSB 2173
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ph.D.Poster.Yogesh.Hooda_.pdf

Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 1:00pm

Ion Permeation and Selectivity in Voltage-gated Sodium Channels
Christopher Ing
Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 1:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Regis Pomes
MSB 4171
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ph.D.Poster.Chris_.Ing_.pdf

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 4:00pm

Dissecting how cortical actin is regulated by DIAPH1 and IQGAP1 during cytokinesis
Anan Chen
PhD Student
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Andrew Wilde, Committee Members: Dr. Alex Palazzo, Dr. Boris Hinz, Dr. William Trimble
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Say no to discrimination: Anti-CRISPR protein that allows for specific and nonspecific DNA binding
Wang-Ting Lu
PhD Student
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Alan Davidson, Committee Members: Dr. Trevor Moraes, Dr. Karen Maxwell
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 9:00am

Engineering Diphtheria Toxin as an Intracellular Protein Delivery Platform
Minyoung Park
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 9:00am
Supervisor: Dr. Roman Melnyk
CCBR Red Room
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ph.D.Poster.Minyoung.Park_.pdf

Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 9:00am

Regulation of Phagocyte Function by Sterols and Endocytosis by Membrane Curvature
Stella Lu
Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 9:00am
Supervisor: Gregory Fairn
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ph.D.Poster.Stella.Lu_.pdf

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