Leslie Williams – Doctoral Exam, May 28

Leslie Williams – Doctoral Exam, May 28

Thesis title, “Structural Studies of Alpha-Amylase Inhibition” by Leslie Williams. Wednesday, May 28 at 4:00 pm in  Room 200, Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Road.

Kristina McBurney and Alym Moosa Awarded Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards

Kristina McBurney and Alym Moosa Awarded Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards

Kristina McBurney and Alym Moosa have been selected to receive the 2013/2014 UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. In recognition of the valuable role that teaching assistants play in our undergraduate programs, the university annually awards teaching prizes to sixteen UBC Teaching Assistants. The award includes a certificate and $1,000 prize. With over 2000 Teaching […]

BMBDG Seminars – PhD Exit Seminars: Leslie Williams and Huan Bao

BMBDG Seminars – PhD Exit Seminars: Leslie Williams and Huan Bao

Leslie Williams – Thesis title, “Structural Studies of Alpha-Amylase Inhibitions” Huan Bao – Thesis title, “The regulatory mechanisms of the maltose transporter” Monday, April14 in LSC #3 at 3:00 pm, 2350 Health Sciences Mall

BMBDG Seminars: George Mackie Retirement Seminar Series – George Chaconas

BMBDG Seminars: George Mackie Retirement Seminar Series – George Chaconas

Our third seminar in the George Mackie Retirement Series, will be Dr. George Chaconas presenting, “From Molecules to Mice: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Lyme Disease Spirochete”. Dr. Chaconas is from the Department of Biochemistry, University of Calgary.  Monday, April 7th @ 3:00 pm, LSC #3, 2350 Health Sciences Mall

BMBDG Seminar:  Herbert Waite

BMBDG Seminar: Herbert Waite

“Translating mussel adhesion: Much more than DOPA!” by Herbert Waite, Professor, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology University of California, Santa Barbara.  Monday, March 31st @ 3:00 pm, LSC #3, 2350 Health Sciences Mall

BMBDG Seminar: Scott D Emr, on March 27

BMBDG Seminar: Scott D Emr, on March 27

“Protein quality control at the plasma membrane – Role for the ESCRT machinery and a ubiquitin-ligase adaptor network”, by Scott D Emr, Professor, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Director of the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University.  Thursday March, 27, 2014, @ 11:00 a.m. Michael Smith Labs, Room102. Hosted by: Biochemistry & Molecular […]

Neng Nancy Fang – Doctoral Exam, March 27

Neng Nancy Fang – Doctoral Exam, March 27

Thesis title, “Good Riddance to Bad Proteins:  Identification of Novel Protein Quality Control Pathways Targeting Cytosolic Misfolded Proteins for Degradation”.  Thursday, March 27, 2014 @12:30 pm, Room 337, Michael Smith Labs, 2185 East Mall.

BMBDG Seminar – PhD Exit Seminars: Alina Chan and Lynn Kimlicka

BMBDG Seminar – PhD Exit Seminars: Alina Chan and Lynn Kimlicka

Alina Chan – Thesis title: “DNA:RNA Hybrid Genome-Wide Profiling and Links to Genomic Instability”. Lynn Kimlicka – Thesis title: “Structural and biochemical characterizations of the skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle ryanodine receptor N-terminal disease-associated mutants”. Monday, March 17 in LSC #3 at 3:00 pm, 2350 Health Sciences Mall

BMBDG Seminar: Chuan He

BMBDG Seminar: Chuan He

“Reversible DNA and RNA methylation in biological regulation”, by Chuan He, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Director of the Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago. Thursday, March 20th @ 3:00 pm, LSC #3, 2350 Health Sciences Mall

Lynn Kimlicka – Doctoral Exam

Lynn Kimlicka – Doctoral Exam

Thesis title: “Structural and biochemical characterizations of the skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle ryanodine receptor N-terminal disease-associated mutants”, by Lynn Kimlicka. Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at 4:00 pm, Room 203, Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Road.