Archived Biochemistry Seminars

Wednesday, February 5, 2014 - 4:00pm

eIF5A Promotes Polyproline Protein Production Thomas Dever, PhD National Institutes of Health, USA Wednesday, February 5, 2014 - 4:00pm Host: Frank Sicheri PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Dever Poster.pdf

Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 4:00pm

Characterization of the Borg family of proteins in the regulation of Septin-dependent processes Nolan Beise Ph.D. Student Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Trimble, Committee members: Dr. David Bazett-Jones and Dr. Zhengping Jia PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Development of a Targeted Intracellular Delivery Platform for Protein Therapeutics Minyoung Park M.Sc. Student Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Roman Melnyk, Committee members: Dr. David Williams and Dr. Shana Kelley PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Friday, January 24, 2014 - 2:00pm

Mitochondrial-localized phosphatidylethanolamine in mitochondrial dynamics and autophagy . Eliana Chan Ph.D. Student Friday, January 24, 2014 - 2:00pm Host: Department of Biochemistry Supervisor: Dr. Angus McQuibban CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.E.Chan_.pdf

Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 4:00pm

Structure and dynamics of elastin cross-linking domains Aditi Ramesh Ph.D. Student Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Simon Sharpe and Dr. Régis Pomès, Committee members: Drs. Hue Sun Chan, Julie Forman-Kay, Fred Keeley PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Interaction of the Host Restriction Factor Tetherin and its Viral Antagonists Gregory Cole Ph.D. Student Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Simon Sharpe, Committee members: Dr. Charles Deber, Dr. Jeffrey Lee PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 4:00pm

Topic TBA Seo Jung Hong M.Sc. Student Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 4:00pm PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Topic TBA Priya Sharda M.Sc. Student Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 4:00pm PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 4:00pm

Finding a soluble construct of the deubiquitinase USP37 Noah Manczyk M.Sc. Student Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Frank Sicheri, Committee members: Dr. Grant Brown, Dr. Stephane Angers MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Identification of an RNA Element that Mediates the p180-Dependent Endoplasmic Reticulum-Targeting of mRNA Xianying Amy Cui Ph.D. Student Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Alexander F. Palazzo, Committee Members: Dr. David Williams and Dr. Henry Krause MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Monday, December 9, 2013 - 1:00pm

Genome-wide analysis of translation in the early Drosophila embryo. Jason Dumelie Department of Biochemistry Monday, December 9, 2013 - 1:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Craig Smibert MSB 4279 Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar

Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 4:00pm

Role of FGF receptors in rescue of ΔF508-CFTR Anthony Chen M.Sc. Student Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Daniela Rotin, Committee Members: Dr. Dr. Walid Houry, Dr. Neil Sweezey MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

The role of RMI1 in DNA replication progression Edith Cheng Ph.D. Student Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Grant Brown, Committee members: Dr. Igor Stagljar and Dr. Brigitte Lavoie MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 10:00am

Mechanism of Repression by the Sequence-Specific mRNA-Binding Protein Vts1p Melissa Bieman Department of Biochemistry Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 10:00am Supervisor: Dr. Craig Smibert MSB 2173 Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.M.Bieman.pdf

Tuesday, December 3, 2013 - 12:00pm

From Kornberg to Cajal: Polymerization, Metabolic Regulation, and Human Disease Prof. Jim Wilhelm Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego Tuesday, December 3, 2013 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Craig Smibert CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Wilhelm Poster.pdf

Monday, December 2, 2013 - 2:00pm

Heterophilic Cell Adhesion Molecule TgrC1 and its Partners during Dictyostelium discoideum Development." Gong Chen Ph.D. Student Monday, December 2, 2013 - 2:00pm Host: Department of Biochemistry Supervisor: Dr. Chi-Hung Siu CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.G.Chen_.pdf

Monday, December 2, 2013 - 9:00am

Insights into the interactions between CFTR and small molecule modulators Stanislav Pasyk Ph.D. Student - Department of Biochemistry Monday, December 2, 2013 - 9:00am Supervisor: Dr. Christine Bear MSB 2173 Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Exam Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.S.Pasyk_.pdf

Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 4:00pm

Investigating the interaction of Amphiphysin and dNedd4 in Drosophila Melanogaster Frozan Safi M.Sc. Student Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Daniela Rotin Committee members: Drs. William Trimble and Gabrielle Boulianne MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Exploration of the role of BIK in apoptosis regulation at the endoplasmic reticulum Elizabeth Osterlund M.Sc. Student Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. David Andrews, Committee Members: Dr. Peter Kim, Dr. Allen Volchuk, Dr. David Williams MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 4:00pm

Converging on Fis1 Mechanism in Fission: Evolution or Intelligent Design? Blake Hill, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Angus McQuibban MSB 4171 Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Hill Poster.pdf

Monday, November 25, 2013 - 2:00pm

Understanding the Molecular Mechanism of MGM1 Function in Mitochondrial Dynamics Jarungjit (Mod) Rujiviphat Biochemistry Graduate Student Monday, November 25, 2013 - 2:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Angus McQuibban CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.Mod_.R.pdf

Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 9:45am

Functional and Structural Characterization of Rvb1 and Rvb2 of S.cerevisiae. Jennifer Huen Department of Biochemistry Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 9:45am Supervisor: Dr. Walid Houry CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.J.Huen_.pdf

Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 4:00pm

Development of potential therapeutic agents against prion-mediated diseases Maxime Sawicki M.Sc. Student Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: David Williams Committee members: John Glover and Gerold Schmitt-Ulms MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 4:00pm

Structural studies of septin protein assemblies by direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy Adriano Vissa M.Sc. student Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr.'s Christopher Yip and Peter Kim Committee members: Bill Trimble, Laurence Pelletier MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Molecular Dynamics studies of ion permeation in human voltage gated proton channel hHv1 Kethika Kulleperuma Ph.D. student Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Regis Pomes Committee members: Dr.'sChristine Bear and Emil Pai MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 4:00pm

Tuning Drug Targeting Vectors for Bacterial Specificity and Localization Eric Lei M.Sc. Student Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Shana Kelley, Committee members: Drs. Justin Nodwell and Roman Melnyk MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Probing the mitochondrial effects of platinum-based DNA damaging agents using organellar targeting Simon Wisnovsky Ph.D. Student Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Shana Kelley, Committee members: Drs. Grant Brown, Rebecca Laposa MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 4:00pm

The jelly path through nuclear pores Prof. Dirk Goerlich Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. John Glover MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture

Monday, October 21, 2013 - 2:00pm

Rac GTPase regulation of GLUT4 traffic in muscle cells: mechanisms and implications Ting (Tim) Chui Department of Biochemistry Monday, October 21, 2013 - 2:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Amira Klilp CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Exam Seminar

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 4:00pm

Characterization of Anillin in the Brain Nolan Beise M.Sc. Student Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. William Trimble, Committee members: Dr. Zhengping Jia, and Dr. David Bazett-Jones MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Intracellular protein relocalization during DNA replication stress Nikko Torres Ph.D. Student Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Grant W. Brown, Committee members: Drs. Sachdev Sidhu and David Bazett-Jones MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 4:00pm

Mechanism of damaged peroxisome degradation Kelsey Law M.Sc. Student Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Peter Kim, Committee members: Dr. John Brumell and Dr. Sergio Grinstein MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

The Catalysis and Selectivity of Na+ Permeation in the Bacterial Sodium Channel NavAb Christopher Ing Ph.D. Student Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Régis Pomès, Committee members: Drs. John Rubenstein, Christine Bear MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 9:00am

Characterization of VPS16B, a Novel Protein Involved in Platelet _-Granule Biogenesis Denisa Urban Department of Biochemistry Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 9:00am Supervisor: Walter Kahr MSB 4171 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series PhD Exam Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.D.Urban_.pdf

Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 4:00pm

Topic TBA Dr. Zayna Khayat University of Western Ontario & International Centre for Health Innovation Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 4:00pm MSB 2172 Dr. Benjamin Schachter Memorial Lecuture, Dept of Biochemistry Poster available: Schachter Poster 3.pdf

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 4:00pm

Organizing the Cell from the Inside-Out: Nuclear Positioning in Cell Polarity & Disease Gregg Gundersen Professor, Columbia University Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Alex Palazzo MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Gundersen Poster.pdf

Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 12:00pm

Infectious Protein Misfolding Per Westermark Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Avi Chakrabartty CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Westermark Poster.pdf

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 - 3:25pm

Derek Ng Ph.D. Oral Seminar Derek Ng Department of Biochemistry Wednesday, June 5, 2013 - 3:25pm Supervisor: Dr. Charles Deber MSB 2173 Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Exam Seminar

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 4:00pm

Decoding the message: How cells know which RNA should be translated to proteins? Abdalla Akef Ph.D. Student Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Alex Palazzo, Committee members: Drs: Craig Smibert, Fritz Roth MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Structural and Functional Analysis of PLZF-Corepressor Complexes Andrew Zhai M.Sc. Student Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Gil Prive, Committee members: Drs: Frank Sicheri, Brian Raught MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 4:00pm

GLUT4 finds its way to the Insulin-Responsive Compartment Kevin Foley Ph.D. Student Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Amira Klip, Committee members: Drs: David Williams, Daniela Rotin MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Structural and Biochemical Characterization of Protein O-Fucosyltransferase 2 Kristina Han Ph.D. Student Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. James Rini, Committee members: Drs: Julie Forman-Kay, James W. Dennis MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Friday, April 26, 2013 - 2:00pm

The structural role of BTB proteins in the assembly and control of cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases Wesley Errington Department of Biochemistry Friday, April 26, 2013 - 2:00pm Supervisor: Gil Privé CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.W.Errington.pdf

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 4:00pm

Functional and structural characterization of the human R2TP complex. Nardin Nano Ph.D. Student Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Walid Houry, Committee members: Drs: John Glover, Igor Stagljar MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Loops of Small Multidrug Resistance Proteins. Erik Tralman-Baker M.Sc. Student Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Charles Deber, Committee members: Drs: Simon Sharpe, Roman Melnyk MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 4:00pm

Investigating the function of septins in primary cilia. Theodore Pham Ph.D. Student Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. William Trimble, Committee members: Drs: Sergio Grinstein, Christopher Yip MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

SUMO- regulates the nuclear export and translation of subset of mRNAs encoding secretory proteins Kohila Mahadevan Ph.D. Student Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Alex Palazzo, Committee members: Drs: Alan Cochrane, Craig Smibert MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 4:00pm

The Autophagic Degradation of Peroxisomes Graeme Sargent Ph.D. Student Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Peter Kim, Committee members: Drs: Alexander Palazzo, Allen Vochuk MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

CRISPR and anti-CRISPR: A battle between phages and their bacterial hosts. April Pawluk M.Sc. Student Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Alan Davidson, Committee members: Drs: Angus McQuibban, William Navarre MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 2:00pm

Structural Characterization and Membrane Interactions of the Amyloid Peptide PrP(106-126) Patrick Walsh Department of Biochemistry Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 2:00pm Supervisor: Simon Sharpe MSB 4279 Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.P.Walsh_.pdf