Archived Biochemistry Seminars

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Ph.D.Poster.Alan_.Wong_.pdf

Wednesday, January 10, 2018 - 4:00pm

BLM Complex Interactome Profiling Reveals Novel Genome Stability Proteins Jennifer Ho MSc Student Wednesday, January 10, 2018 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Grant Brown, Committee: Dr. Anne-Claude Gingras and Dr. Michael Ohh MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Interplay Between Glycolysis and Post Transcriptional Regulation Nevraj Kijiou MSc Student Wednesday, January 10, 2018 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Alex Palazzo , Committee: Dr. Craig Smibert Dr. Amy Caudy MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Multiparametric classification of endoplasmic reticulum stress protection via PPAR delta Hilary Wong MSc Student Wednesday, January 10, 2018 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. David Andrews, Committee: Dr. Daniela Rotin, Dr. Robert Screaton, and Dr. David Spaner MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, January 3, 2018 - 4:00pm

No topic submitted Ingrid Grozavu MSc Student Wednesday, January 3, 2018 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. I. Stagljar PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Trying to forget: enigmatic spacer loss in a Legionella pneumophila type I-F CRISPR-Cas system Shayna Deecker MSc Student Wednesday, January 3, 2018 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Alex Ensminger, Committee: Dr. Alan Davidson and Dr. Will Navarre PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Proteomics Interactome Analysis of the Membrane Contact Site Protein VAPB Noel Garber MSc Student Wednesday, January 3, 2018 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Peter K. Kim, Committee: Dr. Brian Raught and Dr. William Trimble PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, December 20, 2017 - 4:00pm

Understanding the role of LRBA deficiency and apoptosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease Zuhra Omary MSc Student Wednesday, December 20, 2017 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Aleixo Muise, Committee: Dr. John Brumell and Dr. Peter Kim PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

No topic submitted Anjali Balakrishnan MSc Student Wednesday, December 20, 2017 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. C. Schuurmans PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Functional analysis of Neutrophil Cytosolic Factor 4 (NCF4) in the pathogenesis of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Vritika Batura MSc Student Wednesday, December 20, 2017 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Aleixo Muise, Committee: Dr. Walter Kahr, Dr. Mathieu Lemaire PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, December 13, 2017 - 4:00pm

The Role of Diacylglycerol Kinase Epsilon on PI-Cycle Phospholipids and Endothelial Cell Function Vincent So MSc Student Wednesday, December 13, 2017 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Mathieu Lemaire, Committee: Dr. Sergio Grinstein, Dr. Warren Lee, Dr. Christoph Licht MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Lipid Transport at Peroxisome-Endoplasmic Reticulum Contact Sites Alison Lam MSc Student Wednesday, December 13, 2017 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. P. Kim MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Deciphering the molecular mechanisms that regulate lineage selection and the timing of neuronal differentiation in the developing neocortex Sisu Han MSc Student Wednesday, December 13, 2017 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Carol Schuurmans, Committee: Dr. David W. Andrews & Dr. JoAnne McLaurin MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Friday, December 8, 2017 - 12:00pm

Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy Studies of Protein Association and Higher-Order Structure Adrian Alexei Vissa Friday, December 8, 2017 - 12:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Christopher Yip and Dr. Peter Kim MSB 2173 Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.Adrian.Vissa_.pdf

Friday, December 8, 2017 - 9:00am

Structural insights into biosynthesis and export of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pel biofilm exopolysaccharide Lindsey Marmont Friday, December 8, 2017 - 9:00am Supervisor: Dr. Lynne Howell MSB 2173 Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.L.Marmont.pdf