Archived Biochemistry Seminars

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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

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

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

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Ph.D.Poster.Chris_.Ing_.pdf

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 4:00pm

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

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

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: 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: Ph.D.Poster.Stella.Lu_.pdf

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 4:00pm

Cellular exit of Salmonella Typhimurium by exocytosis: implications for cell-to-cell spread of infection Glenn Walpole MD/PhD Student Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Sergio Grinstein & Dr. John Brumell, Committee Members: Dr. Peter Kim, Dr. Mathieu Lemaire MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Integrin engagement and recycling in phagocytosis Philip Ostrowski PhD Student Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Sergio Grinstein, Committee Members: Dr. Gregory Fairn, Dr. Boris Hinz MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Tuesday, November 6, 2018 - 9:00am

Integrating Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Virtual Reality into the Structural Biology Pipeline Aidin Balo Tuesday, November 6, 2018 - 9:00am Supervisor: Dr. Oliver Ernst MSB 3278 Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.Aidin_.Balo_.pdf

Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 10:00am

Investigation of the tail fibres and tail fibre assembly proteins of contractile-tailed phages Olesia Ivantsiv Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 10:00am Supervisor: Dr. Alan Davidson CCBR Black Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.Olesia.Ivantsiv.pdf

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 - 4:00pm

Molecular and comparative genomic studies on the Large Clostridial Toxin translocase Kathleen Orrell PhD Student Wednesday, October 31, 2018 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Roman Melnyk, Committee Members: Dr. Trevor Moraes, Dr. Christine Bear MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Inhibition of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) by statins Manpreet Malhi PhD Student Wednesday, October 31, 2018 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Jason T. Maynes, Committee Members: Dr. Roman Melnyk, Dr. John Coles MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar