Archived Biochemistry Seminars

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 4:00pm

Characterizing the promiscuous yet specific interactions of HIV-1 Vpu and its human targets Gregory Cole MSc Student Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Simon Sharpe, Committee Members: Dr. Charles Deber and Dr. Jeffrey Lee PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 9:00am

Elucidating the Role of Alternative RNA Export Promoting Signal Sequence Coding Regions in Potentiating Translation Kohila Kulendra Department of Biochemistry Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 9:00am Supervisor: Dr. Alex Palazzo CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.K.Kulendra.pdf

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 4:00pm

The Role of Arginine Methylation in Disease Jocelyn Côté University of Ottawa Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Alex Palazzo CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar Special Seminar Poster available: Poster_Jocelyn Cote.pdf

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 1:00pm

Assembly of Slx4 Checkpoint Signaling Complexes Behind Stressed DNA Replication Forks Attila Balint Department of Biochemistry Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 1:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Grant Brown CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Exam Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.A.Balint.pdf

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 4:00pm

Adaptations to mitochondrial dysfunction via inter-organelle communication Cole Haynes PhD Associate Member, Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Walid Houry MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Haynes Poster.pdf

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 9:30am

Investigating mRNA Sequence Features That Regulate Nuclear Export Abdalla Akef Department of Biochemistry Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 9:30am Supervisor: Dr. Alex Palazzo CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Exam Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.A.Akef_.pdf

Monday, March 14, 2016 - 1:00pm

Musings on the weary travels of cellular RNAs and RNA binding proteins Éric Lécuyer Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) and L’Univeresité de Montréal Monday, March 14, 2016 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Alex Palazzo CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar Special Seminar

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 4:00pm

Structure and function of acid sphingomyelinase Zijian Xiong MSc Student Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. James Rini and Dr. Sergio Grinstein PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Chemical remodelling of B. subtilis cell size extension Scott McAuley MSc Student Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 4:00pm PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 4:00pm

Developing mitochondrial targeted small molecule probes using releasable peptide vectors Eric Lei PhD Student Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 4:00pm PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Novel Phage Tail-like Bacterial Structures and Their Role in Streptomyces Maria Vladimirov MSc Student Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 4:00pm PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 4:00pm

Investigating the functional roles of NBEAL2 in megakaryocytes and platelets Richard Lo PhD Student Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 4:00pm PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Investigating the Dynamic CFTR interactome using the Mammalian Membrane Two-Hybrid (MaMTH) assay Sang Hyun Lim PhD Student Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Igor Stagljar PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 9:00am

Structures of CRISPR-Cas surveillance complexes Dr. David Taylor Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 9:00am Host: Dr. Justin Nodwell MSB 2170 Department of Biochemistry Seminar Departmental Search Candidate Poster available: Poster_David Taylor.pdf

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 4:00pm

Roles and regulation of Rad5, Mgs1 and Pso2 at stressed DNA replication forks in S. cerevisiae David Gallo MSc Program Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 4:00pm PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Exploring conformational states of a AAA+ unfoldase by CryoEM Zev Ripstein MSc Program Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. John Rubinstein PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 9:00am

A mechanism for cellular rejuvenation in mammalian neural stem cells Dr. Darcie Moore Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 9:00am Host: Dr. Justin Nodwell MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry Seminar Departmental Search Candidate Poster available: Poster_Darcie Moore.pdf

Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 4:00pm

investigating mRNA export pathways Abdalla Akef PhD Program Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Alex Palazzo MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Functional Cooperativity Among ATP-dependent Proteases and Molecular Chaperones Kamran Rizzolo PhD Student Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Walid Houry MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Monday, February 1, 2016 - 9:00am

Elucidating the Molecular Mechanisms of SLX4-Nuclease Complexes in DNA Repair Dr. Haley Wyatt Monday, February 1, 2016 - 9:00am Host: Dr. Justin Nodwell MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry Seminar Departmental Search Candidate Poster available: Poster_Haley Wyatt.pdf

Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 4:00pm

MARK family kinases negatively regulate Hippo signaling pathway Emad Heidary Arash MSc Student Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 4:00pm PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Topic TBA Nero Thevakumran MSc Student Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 4:00pm PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 9:00am

Advances in cryo-EM: visualizing flexible assemblies at higher resolutions Dr. Alexis Rohou Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 9:00am Host: Dr. Justin Nodwell MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry Seminar Departmental Search Candidate Poster available: Poster_Alexis Rohou.pdf

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 4:00pm

R2TP, a novel complex chaperoning the assembly of critical cellular complexes Tangzhi Li PhD Student Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Walid Houry PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Slam: a novel translocation system for lipidated virulence factors in Gram-negative bacteria Yogesh Hooda PhD Student Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Trevor Moraes PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Monday, January 18, 2016 - 9:00am

Cryo-EM of Membrane Proteins Dr. Gabriel Frank Monday, January 18, 2016 - 9:00am Host: Dr. Justin Nodwell MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry Seminar Departmental Search Candidate Poster available: Poster_Gabriel Frank.pdf

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 4:00pm

Structural, Functional, and Inhibitory Studies of the PelA Deacetylase Domain Erum Razvi MSc Student Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Lynne Howell PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

The mechanism of mammalian pexophagy Graeme Sargent MSc Student Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 4:00pm PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 9:00am

Bacteriophages: from structure to function in human health Dr. Karen Maxwell Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 9:00am Host: Dr. Justin Nodwell MSB 2170 Department of Biochemistry Seminar Departmental Search Candidate Poster available: Poster_Karen Maxwell.pdf

Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 4:00pm

Topic TBA Alexander Orazietti MSc Student Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 4:00pm PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Topic TBA Heather Lau MSc Student Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 4:00pm PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 4:00pm

Identifying small molecules that activate the neuroprotective E3 ubiquitin ligase Parkin Natalia Moskal MSc Student Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Angus McQuibban MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

The role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa's AlgL in alginate biosynthesis & its enzymatic mechanism Steven Wong MSc Student Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Lynne Howell MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 4:00pm

Investigating the Role of NBEAL2 in Megakaryocytes and Platelet Alpha-Granule Biogenesis Kevin To MSc Student Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 4:00pm Supervisor: TBA MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Unraveling the role of VPS33B and VPS16B in megakaryocyte and platelet alpha granule biogenesis Chang Hua (Carrie) Chen MSc Student Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 4:00pm Supervisor: TBA MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 4:00pm

Identifying protein regulators of protein re-localizations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae during replication stress Brandon Ho MSc Student Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Grant Brown MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Identification of Novel Pathways Involved in Ploidy Maintenance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Minnie Hung MSc Student Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 4:00pm Supervisor: TBA MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 4:00pm

Characterizing the Deubiquitinase USP35 and its Role in Mitophagy Eliane Barras MSc Student Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Angus McQuibban/Peter Kim MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Proteasome Dynamics - Nuclear Export of Yeast Proteasomes Julianne Burçoglu MSc Student Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Cordula Enenkel MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 4:00pm

MicroDNAs, tRFs and lncRNAs: novel nucleic acids revealed by high throughput sequencing Dr. Anindy A. Dutta Professor and Chair, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Walid Houry MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Dutta Poster.pdf

Wednesday, November 11, 2015 - 4:00pm

Topic TBA Krystal Laframboise MSc Student Wednesday, November 11, 2015 - 4:00pm MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Topic TBA Yuan-Heng Chang MSc Student Wednesday, November 11, 2015 - 4:00pm MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 4:00pm

Towards a cultured cell model of prion formation Matthew Bourkas MSc Student Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Joel Watts, Committee members: Dr. Simon Sharpe and Dr. Gerold Schmitt-Ulms MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Topic TBA Karen Fung MSc Student Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 4:00pm MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 4:00pm

Optimizing Image Contrast for Cryo-EM Nikolaus Grigorieff Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Alex Palazzo MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Grigorieff Poster.pdf

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 4:00pm

New Insights into the Antimicrobial Properties of Actinorhodin Stephanie Mak PhD Student Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Justin Nodwell, Committee members: Dr. Trevor Moraes & Dr. Reinhart Reithmeier MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Targeting phage virulence: a new paradigm for antimicrobial drug research Renee Duan MSc Student Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Alan Davidson, Committee members: Roman Melnyk, Justin Nodwell MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 - 4:00pm

BCL-XL- Inhibiting Apoptosis at Mitochondrial Membranes Justin Pogmore MSc Student Wednesday, October 14, 2015 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. David Andrews, Committee Members: Angus McQuibban, Sergio Grinstein, and Peter Kim MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Structure and Function of Anti-CRISPR AcrE2 Marios Mejdani MSc Student Wednesday, October 14, 2015 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Alan Davidson, Committee Members: William Navarre & Angus McQuibban MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 4:00pm

Biosynthesis and quality control of membrane proteins Ramanujan Hegde MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Peter Kim MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Hegde Poster.pdf