Archived Biochemistry Seminars

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 - 1:00pm

Investigating the functional roles of NBEAL2 in megakaryocytes and platelets
Richard Wei Chi Lo
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 - 1:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Walter Kahr
MSB 3278
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 4:00pm

How phage L capsid decoration protein distinguishes between nearly identical binding sites on an icosahedral virion
DR. KRISTIN PARENT
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michigan State University
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 4:00pm
Host: Annoj Thavalingam
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture
Poster available: PDF icon Connell 2018_Kristin Parent.pdf

Monday, October 22, 2018 - 9:00am

The transmembrane associations of HIV-1 Vpu and its human targets
Gregory Cole
Monday, October 22, 2018 - 9:00am
Supervisor: Dr. Simon Sharpe
MSB Room 3278
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 4:00pm

Last Stand: Small Molecule Inhibitors Halt Apoptosis Initiation By Directly Binding Executors BAX and BAK
Justin Pogmore
PhD Student
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. David Andrews, Committee Members: Dr. Peter Kim, Dr. Sergio Grinstein
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
SPOP Oligomerization Drives the Assembly of Multivalent Cullin3-RING Ubiquitin Ligase Complexes
Darren Yong
PhD Student
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Gil Privé, Committee Members: Dr. Trevor Moraes, Dr. Frank Sicheri
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Friday, October 12, 2018 - 2:00pm

Regulation of CFTR function and stability by phosphorylation and its membrane environment
Stephanie Chin
Friday, October 12, 2018 - 2:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Christine Bear
CCBR Red Room
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ph.D.Poster.Stephanie.Chin_.pdf

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 4:00pm

Investigating the structure, function, and bioengineering applications of the Moraxella bovis lactoferrin-binding protein B
Nicholas Ostan
PhD Student
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Trevor Moraes, Committee Members: Dr. Jim Rini, Dr. Gil Prive
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Using high throughput FLIM-FRET to screen drugs targeting anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins in live cells
Elizabeth Osterlund
Graduate Student
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. David Andrews
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 4:00pm

Protecting the genome by homologous recombination: BRCA2 and its role in genomic integrity maintenance
DR. MARIA JASIN
Member, Developtmental Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 4:00pm
Host: Jennifer Jung Ho
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture
Poster available: PDF icon Connell 2018_Maria Jasin (New).pdf

Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 10:00am

PHOSPHOINOSITIDE METABOLISM AND SIGNALING DURING LATE PHAGOSOME MATURATION AND PHAGOLYSOSOME RESOLUTION
Roni Levin
Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 10:00am
Supervisor: Dr. Sergio Grinstein
CCBR Black Room
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Exam Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ph.D.Poster.Roni_.Levin_.pdf

Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - 4:00pm

Propagation of hamster prions in a novel cell model
Matthew Bourkas
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Joel Watts, Committee Member: Dr. Simon Sharpe, Committee Member: Dr. Gerold Schmitt-Ulms
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Do Bone Marrow White Adipocytes Favour the Development of Tissue Invasive Ly6Chigh Monocytes?
Parastoo Boroumand
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Amira Klip; Co-supervisor: Dr. Stephen Girardin, Committee Members: Dr. Hoon-ki Sung and Dr. Khosrow Adeli
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Thursday, July 19, 2018 - 4:00pm

Structure and mechanism of a master regulator of cell fate determination in the human immune system: Two heads really are better than one
Gregory Petsko
Professor of Neuroscience, Brain and Mind Research Institute , Weill Cornell Medical College and Arthur J. Mahon Professor of Neuroscience, Brain and Mind Research Institute , Weill Cornell Medical College
Thursday, July 19, 2018 - 4:00pm
Host: Scientific Symposium in Honor of Professor Emil F. Pai: Why Structure Matters
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture
Poster available: PDF icon Emil F Pai Symposium Schedule July 19 2018.pdf

Tuesday, July 10, 2018 - 1:00pm

Peptide-based studies of hydrophobicity in membrane environments
Tracy Stone
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 - 1:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Charles Deber
MSB 4279
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ph.D.Poster.Tracy_.Stone_.pdf

Thursday, June 28, 2018 - 9:00am

The Organization and Evolution of Biological Networks in Bacteria
Cedoljub Bundalovic-Torma
Thursday, June 28, 2018 - 9:00am
Supervisor: Dr. John Parkinson
MSB 4171
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ph.D.Poster.Ceda_.pdf

Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - 1:00pm

Rad5 Recruitment and Function in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Replication Stress Response
David Gallo
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - 1:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Grant Brown
CCBR Red Room
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Exam Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ph.D.Poster.Dave_.Gallo_.pdf

Thursday, May 24, 2018 - 10:10am

Functional and Structural Characterization of human Rvb1 and Rvb2 and Screening for Inhibitors of their ATPase Activity
Nardin Nano
Thursday, May 24, 2018 - 10:10am
Supervisor: Dr. Walid Houry
MSB 2173
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ph.D.Poster.Nardin.Nano_.pdf

Monday, May 21, 2018 - 4:00pm

Probing neurodegeneration with genome-wide perturbations and 3D histology
Dr. Adriano Aguzzi
Director, Institute of Neuropathology, University of Zurich
Monday, May 21, 2018 - 4:00pm
Host: Dr. Igor Stagljar
CCBR Red Room
Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture
Poster available: PDF icon Connell 2019_Adriano Aguzzi.pdf

Wednesday, May 16, 2018 - 4:00pm

New chemical interactions between Streptomyces and the model fruit fly
Louis Ho
PhD Student
Wednesday, May 16, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Justin Nodwell
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Do Bone Marrow White Adipocytes Favour the Development of Tissue Invasive Ly6Chigh Monocytes?
Parastoo Boroumand
PhD Student
Wednesday, May 16, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Amira Klip
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, May 9, 2018 - 4:00pm

Investigating a nuclear retention element that inhibits mRNA export
Eliza Lee, PhD
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Alex Palazzo, Dr. Craig Smibert, Dr. Karim Mekhail
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, May 9, 2018 - 2:00pm

Structural and mechanistic characterization of the core mammalian Hippo tumor suppressor pathway
Shawn Xiong
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 - 2:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Frank Sicheri
MSB 2173
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ph.D.Poster.Shawn_.Xiong_.pdf

Monday, April 23, 2018 - 9:00am

Structure-Function Studies of CorA-Mrs2-Alr1 Superfamily of Magnesium Channels: Bacterial CorA and Yeast Alr1
Natalya (Natasha) Kruglyak
Monday, April 23, 2018 - 9:00am
Supervisor: Dr. Emil Pai
MSB 2173
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ph.D.Poster.Natasha.Kruglyak.pdf

Wednesday, April 18, 2018 - 5:00pm

13th Annual Schachter Lecture
Mr. Richard Bozzato, PhD
Senior Advisor at MaRS Discovery District
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 - 5:00pm
Host: BGSU
Music Room, Hart House
Department of Biochemistry Schachter series
Poster available: PDF icon Schachter poster2018.pdf

Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 4:00pm

Moving forward with PilT
Matthew McCallum
PhD Student
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. P. Lynne Howell, Committee: Dr. Justin Nodwell, Dr. John Rubinstein, and Dr. Lori L. Burrows
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Uncovering fundamental principles of septins through in vitro polymerization
Forooz Soroor
PhD Student
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. William Trimble, Committee: Dr. Julie Brill and Dr. John Rubinstein
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, April 4, 2018 - 4:00pm

Quantitative biological insights through high resolution microscopy: studies of membrane and sarcomeric proteins
Amine Driouchi
PhD Student
Wednesday, April 4, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Christopher Yip, Committee : Scott Gray-Owen, Angus McQuibban and Jonathan Rocheleau
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Modulating Parkin-mediated mitophagy using ROCK inhibitors
Natalia Moskal
PhD Student
Wednesday, April 4, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Angus McQuibban, Committee: Drs. Roman Melnyk and Joanne Nash
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - 4:00pm

Self-adjuvanted Nanoparticles as an HIV Vaccine Platform
Taylor Sicard
PhD Student
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: J.P. Julien, Committee: Roman Melnyk and Jim Rini
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Evaluating small molecule inhibitors of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm exopolysaccharide deacetylase, PelA
Erum Razvi
PhD Student
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. L. Howell, Committee: Dr. Roman Melnyk and Dr. Mark Nitz
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - 4:00pm

Characterizing the type I-E anti-CRISPR AcrE2
Marios Mejdani
PhD Student
Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Alan Davidson, Committee: Drs. William Navarre, Angus McQuibban
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Structural insights into fungal polysaccharide processing in biofilm formation
Natalie Bamford
PhD Student
Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Lynne Howell, Committee: Drs. Christine Bear and Mark Nitz
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 4:00pm

The search for eukaryotes in the gut microbiome: method design and application
Ana Popovic
PhD Student
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. John Parkinson, Committee:‎ Drs. Leah Cowen, Alex Ensminger
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Phosphoinositides coordinate dynamic podosome-like structures during phagocytosis
Philip Ostrowski
PhD Student
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Sergio Grinstein, Committee: Drs. Gregory Fairn and Boris Hinz,
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 - 4:00pm

Chemical perturbation of bacterial morphology, growth and development as a tool for antibiotic discovery
Scott McAuley
PhD Student
Wednesday, March 7, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Justin Nodwell, Committee: Drs.Trevor Moraes & Barbara Funnell
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
The effect of matrix stiffness on ILK:parvin protein complexes and cardiac myocyte function
Julia Plakhotnik
PhD Student
Wednesday, March 7, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Jason Maynes, Committee: Dr. John Coles, Dr. Julie Forman-Kay and Dr. Christine Bear
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Friday, March 2, 2018 - 1:00pm

Expanding the Applications of Mitochondrial Targeted Delivery Peptides
Eric Lei
Friday, March 2, 2018 - 1:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Shana Kelley
MSB 4171
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ph.D.Poster.Eric_.Lei_.pdf

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - 4:00pm

Accessing ‘Cryptic’ Metabolites Through Genetic Manipulation of Streptomyces Isolates
Martin Daniel-Ivad
PhD Student
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Justin Nodwell, Committee: Drs. Alan Davidson & Roman Melnyk
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Hedgehog pathway regulates ciliogenesis
Tara Akhshi
PhD Student
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Bill Trimble, Committee: ?
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 - 4:00pm

A structural investigation of the Saposin-hydrolase system
Zi-Jian Xiong
PhD Student
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Gilbert Privé, Committee: Drs. James Rini and Sergio Grinstein
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Development of an Intracellular Protein Delivery Platform: Implications for Therapy
Minyoung (Emily) Park
PhD Student
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Roman Melnyk, Committee: Dr. Shana Kelley, Dr. Michael Ohh
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 4:00pm

A method to assay membrane protein refolding on a solid support by EPR spectroscopy
Aidin Balo
PhD Student
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Oliver Ernst. Committee members: Drs. Emil Pai and Scott Prosser.
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Characterization of a novel splicing factor possessing dual RING-like domains
Andrew Zhai
PhD Student
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Gilbert Privé, Committee: Dr. Frank Sicheri, Dr. Brian Raught
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 4:00pm

How to build an endospore and develop faster ways to find antibiotics
Dr. Kit Pogliano
Professor and Dean, Graduate Division of Biological Sciences, UC San Diego
Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 4:00pm
Host: Lab of Dr. Justin Nodwell
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture
Poster available: PDF icon Kit Pogliano Poster.pdf

Wednesday, January 24, 2018 - 4:00pm

Characterization of a novel Type II anti-CRISPR, AcrIIC2Nme
Annoj Thavalingam
MSc Student
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Karen Maxwell, Committee: Dr. Alan Davidson and Dr. Trevor Moraes
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Molecular mechanisms of ceramide sensing and feedback inhibition by Orm proteins
Omar Mourad
MSc Student
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Greg Fairn, Committee: Dr. Grant Brown, Dr. Gil Prive
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, January 17, 2018 - 4:00pm

Small molecule anti-phage defense mechanisms in Streptomyces
Sarah Kronheim
MSc Student
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Karen Maxwell, Committee: Dr. Justin Nodwell and Dr. Roman Melnyk
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Exosomes engage Wnts and PCP (Planar Cell Polarity) pathway components in Neurite Outgrowth
Samar Ahmad
PhD Student
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. L. Attisano, Committee: Drs. Daniela Rotin, Andrew Wilde, William S. Trimble
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Tuesday, January 16, 2018 - 1:00pm

Structure- Assisted Design of Universal Vaccines and Therapeutics against Influenza Virus
Ian A. Wilson, D.Sc., FRS, FRSE
Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California
Tuesday, January 16, 2018 - 1:00pm
Host: Dr. James Rini
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
Special Seminar

Monday, January 15, 2018 - 2:00pm

Receptor Binding Domains in Coronavirus Adaptation and Evolution
Alan Ho Ming Wong
Monday, January 15, 2018 - 2:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. James Rini
CCBR Red Room
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ph.D.Poster.Alan_.Wong_.pdf

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