Archived Biochemistry Seminars

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: 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: 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: 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

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