Archived Biochemistry Seminars

Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 4:00pm

The mechanism of damaged peroxisome degradation
Kelsey Law
Ph.D. Student
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Peter Kim, Committee members: Drs. John Brumell & Sergio Grinstein
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Chemical perturbation of secondary metabolism
Vanessa Yoon
Ph.D. Student
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Justin Nodwell. Committee: Drs. Shana Kelley, Andrew Wilde
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 4:00pm

Characterizing novel interactions of transcriptional repressor protein BCL6B
Geoffrey Lundell-Smith
M.Sc. Student
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Gil Privé, Committee members: Drs. John Rubinstein, Jeff Lee
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 4:00pm

Repetitive DNA and genome stability: From spatial genome organization to RNA-DNA hybrid regulation
Dr. Karim Mekhail, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor & Canada Research Chair in Spatial Genome Organization, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 4:00pm
Host: Dr. Alex Palazzo
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture
Poster available: PDF icon Mekhail Poster.pdf

Wednesday, November 26, 2014 - 4:00pm

Antimicrobial Properties of Actinorhodin
Stefanie Mak
Ph.D. Student
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 - 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
AfsQ1: A Skeleton Key to Unlock The Undiscovered Secondary Metabolites
Martin Daniel-Ivad
M.Sc. Student
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Justin Nodwell, Committee members: Dr. Alan Davidson and Dr. Roman Melnyk
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 4:00pm

Dynamics and Selectivity in mRNA Localization to the Endoplasmic Reticulum
Christopher Nicchitta, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology, Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 4:00pm
Host: Dr. Alex Palazzo
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture
Poster available: PDF icon Nicchitta Poster.pdf

Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 4:00pm

Photorhabdus Virulence Cassettes (PVC's) - novel bacterial mechanisms derived from phages
Maria Vladimirov
Ph.D. Student
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Alan Davidson, Committee members: Dr. Scott Gray-Owen, Dr. Justin Nodwell
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Investigating Dynamic CFTR Interactome using MaMTH
SangHyun Lim
M.Sc. Student
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Igor Stagljar, Committee members: Dr. Christine Bear, Dr. Reinhart Reithmeier
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 4:00pm

Topic TBA
Mandeep Gill
M.Sc. Student
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 4:00pm
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Topic TBA
Alex Yang
M.Sc. Student
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 4:00pm
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 4:00pm

Characterization of CEACAM1 structure and dynamics by correlated homo-FRET and dSTORM imaging
Amine Driouchi
M.Sc. Student
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Christopher Yip, Committee members: Dr Angus McQuibban, Dr Scott Gray-Owen, Dr Jonathan Rocheleau
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
The Role of N-glycosylation in Trafficking of Human SLC26 Anion Transporters: Implication in Disease
Chloe Rapp
M.Sc. Student
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Reinhart Reithmeier and Dr. David Williams, Committee members: Dr. Christine Bear and Dr. David Clarke
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 4:00pm

Structural and biochemical characterization of UDP-glucose: glycoprotein glucosyltransferase
Xuyao Li
M.Sc. Student
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. James Rini, Committee members: Dr. David Williams, Dr. Gil Privé
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
New Antibiotics in the Age of Resistance
Tomas Gverzdys
Ph.D. Student
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Justin Nodwell, Committee members: Drs. John Parkinson, Alex Ensminger
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 4:00pm

Streptomyces as a tool for investigating cell division inhibitors
Scott McAuley
Ph.D. Student
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Prof. Justin Nodwell, Committee members: Prof. Barbara Funnell / Prof. Brian Shoichet
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Identifying Scaffolding Elements in Proteasome Storage Granules
Jerry Gu
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 4:00pm
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 4:00pm

Drug Discovery for (really smart) Dummies : Overview of the SickKids Drug Discovery capabilities
Anick Auger
Service Core Manager SPARC BioCentre Sickkids
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 4:00pm
Host: Trevor Moraes
MSB 4279
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
Special Seminar

Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 4:00pm

Anillin is an enhancer of Rho dependent formin activation
Anan Chen
M.Sc. Student
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Andrew Wilde, Committee members: Alex Palazzo & William Trimble
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Structure-function investigation of eukaryotic magnesium channels
Natasha Kruglyak
Ph.D. Student
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Emil F. Pai, Committee members: Christine Bear and Gil Privé
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Monday, June 2, 2014 - 11:00am

Macromolecular Crystallography in Drug Discovery
Dr. Ursula Egner
Director/Head of Structural Biology, Global Drug Discovery - Lead Discovery, Bayer Pharma AG
Monday, June 2, 2014 - 11:00am
Host: Emil F. Pai
MSB 4279
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
Special Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Special Seminar Egner.pdf

Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 4:00pm

Probing the Communication Pathway of Magnesium channel CorA
Angela Li
Ph.D. Student
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Emil F. Pai, Committee members: Dr. Christine Bear and Dr. Gil Privé
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Structural characterization of prion protein misfolding using scrapie-specific antibodies
Ondrej Halgas
Ph.D. Student
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Emil F. Pai, Committee members: Avi Chakrabartty and Gil Privé
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - 4:00pm

The RSC complex functions in ploidy maintenance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae 
Tina Sing
Ph.D. Student
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Dr. Grant Brown, Committee members: Dr. Craig Smibert, Dr. Laurence Pelletier
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Structure and Function of KCTD proteins
Alan Xian Ji
Ph.D. Student
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Gil Privé, Committee members: Drs. Stephane Angers and Lynne Howell
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - 4:00pm

Investigating the structure of MacB, an ABC Transporter
Yaseen Manan
M.Sc. Student
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Gil Privé, Committee members: Drs. Oliver Ernst, Simon Sharpe
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 4:00pm

Investigating beta-PIX as a novel upstream regulator of the Hippo pathway
Ki Myung Song
M.Sc. Student
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Liliana Attisano Committee members: Dr. Andrew Wilde, Dr. Michael Ohh
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Structure and Functional Characterization of the BCL6 and FBXO11 Complex
Darren Yong
M.Sc. Student
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Gil Privé, Committee members: Dr. Trevor Moraes and Dr. Frank Sicheri
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 4:00pm

Screening for Novel Genes Maintaining Genome Stability in S. cerevisiae
Jason A. Hendry
M.Sc. Student
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Grant W. Brown, Committee members: Dr. Alex Palazzo, Dr. Brenda Andrews
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Slx4 Regulates Mec1 Activity During DNA Replication Stress
Attila Balint
Ph.D. Student
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Grant Brown Committee members: Drs. Angus McQuibban, Brent Derry
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 4:00pm

βPix as an upstream regulator of Hippo signaling pathway
Emad Heidary Arash
Ph.D. Student
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Liliana Attisano, Committee members: Dr. Alex Palazzo, Dr. William Trimble and Dr. Igor Stagljar
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Exploring the diversity of anti-CRISPR proteins
April Pawluk
Ph.D. Student
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Alan Davidson, Committee members: Drs. William Navarre and Angus McQuibban
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 4:00pm

The mechanism of peroxisomal membrane protein import to the ER
Rong Hua
Ph.D. Student
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Peter Kim, Committee members: Dr. David Williams, Dr. William Trimble
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
A phage-encoded helper protein assists in phage tail fibre assembly
Olesia Ivantsiv
Ph.D. Student
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Alan Davidson, Committee members: Dr. Trevor Moraes, Dr. William Navarre 
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 4:00pm

The temporal regulation of smaug mRNA during Drosophila embryogenesis
Alexander Marsolais
M.Sc. Student
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Craig Smibert, Committee members: Drs. Angus McQuibban and Alex Palazzo
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Septins and the lateral compartmentalization of membranes
Theo Pham
Ph.D. Student
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. William Trimble, Committee members: Dr. Sergio Grinstein, Dr. Christopher Yip
MSB 2172
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 9:00am

Molecular Mechanism of Amyloid Inhibition By Inositol
Grace Li
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 9:00am
Host: Department of Biochemistry Supervisor: Dr. Régis Pomès
MSB 2173
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Exam Seminar

Friday, March 28, 2014 - 9:00am

Regulation of Septin Complex Assembly and Roles in Cytokinesis and Ciliogenesis
Moshe Kim
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 9:00am
Host: Department of Biochemistry Supervisor: Dr. William Trimble
MSB 4171
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Exam Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ph.D.Poster.M.Kim_.pdf

Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 4:00pm

Investigating the Pel polysaccharide synthase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Greg Whitfield
Ph.D. Student
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Dr. P. Lynne Howell, Committee members: Dr. Trevor Moraes, Dr. Frank Sicheri
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Modification and translocation of the biofilm exopolysaccharide PNAG
Dustin Little
Ph.D. Student
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Dr. P. Lynne Howell, Committee members: Dr. Mark Nitz, Dr. Trevor Moraes
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - 4:00pm

Evolution of Bacterial Biological Networks - A Systematic Study of Pathogens
Cedoljub Bundalovic-Torma
M.Sc. Student
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. John Parkinson, Committee members: Dr. Andrew Emili and Dr. Trevor Moraes
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Establishing the mechanism of Pel polysaccharide biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Lindsey Marmont
M.Sc. Student
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. P. Lynne Howell, Committee Members: Dr. John Rubinstein, Dr. Alan Davidson
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - 4:00pm

Diversity in Mechanisms of Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Activation
Mark A. Lemmon, Ph.D.
George W. Raiziss Professor and Chair, Dept. Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - 4:00pm
Host: Dr. Daniela Rotin
CCBR Red Room
Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture
Poster available: PDF icon Lemmon Poster.pdf

Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 4:00pm

Ubiquitin and autophagy networks in health and disease
Dr. Ivan Dikic
Institute of Biochemistry, Goethe University Medical School, Germany
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 4:00pm
Host: Dr. Daniela Rotin
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture
Poster available: PDF icon Dikic Poster.pdf

Monday, March 3, 2014 - 2:00pm

The RavA-ViaA Chaperone-like System Targets Specific Respiratory Complexes in Escherichia coli
Keith Wong
Monday, March 3, 2014 - 2:00pm
Host: Department of Biochemistry Supervisor: Dr. Walid Houry
CCBR Red Room
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar

Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 4:00pm

Structure and function of acid ceramidase and its interaction with SapD
Zi-Jian Xiong
M.Sc. Student
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Gil Prive, Committee members: Drs. James Rini, Sergio Grinstein
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Investigating the functional roles of NBEAL2 in megakaryocytes and platelets
Richard Lo
M.Sc. Student
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Walter Kahr, Committee members: Dr. William Trimble, Dr. Allen Volchuk
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

Monday, February 24, 2014 - 12:00pm

Protein misfolding diseases: challenge and opportunity
Neil Cashman, MD
Professor of Neurology UBC
Monday, February 24, 2014 - 12:00pm
Host: Drs. Simon Sharpe and Scott Prosser
MSB 4279
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
Special Seminar

Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 4:00pm

Structural and functional study of NDR family kinases - How does the elongated
Shawn Xiong
M.Sc. Student
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Frank Sicheri, Committee members: Drs. Helen McNeil and Avi Chakrabartty
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar
Investigating an RNA element that inhibits nuclear mRNA export
Eliza Lee
M.Sc. Student
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 4:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Alex Palazzo, Committee members: Drs. Craig Smibert, Karim Mekhail
PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series
Departmental Seminar

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