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Paolo Lobo completed MSc thesis
Congratulations Paolo for completing the MSc program! The title of his thesis is “Ligand and Modulator Binding in the Skeletal Muscle Ryanodine Receptor”. Paolo studied in Filip van Petegem’s lab.
BMBDG Seminar: Dec 17 @ 3:00 pm Jonathan Coleman
Jonathan Coleman presents: “P4-ATPase Structure-Function Relationships: Mechanism and Roles of ATP8A2-CDC50A in Aminophospholipid Transport, Protein Trafficking, and Visual Disorders”. December 17, 2012 @3:00 pm. in LSC #3. 2350 Health Sciences Mall, UBC
BMBDG Seminar: Dec 10 @ 3 pm – Dr. Anna Prudova
Dr. Anna Prudova, Post-Doc, Dr. Overall Lab, University of BC “Multiplex in vivo Degradomics: Connecting Proteases to their Functions” December 10, 2012 @ 3:00 p.m. in LSC 3, 2350 Health Sciences Mall
Jonathan Coleman – Doctoral Exam, January 9, 2013
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013 at 9:00 a.m., Room 200 Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Road Thesis Title: P4-ATPase Structure-Function Relationships: Mechanism and Roles of ATP8A2-CDC50A in Aminophospholipid Transport, Protein Trafficking, and Visual Disorders
BMBDG Seminar, 2012-2013 Boehringer-Ingelheim Lecture: Dr. Joseph Thornton, Dec 3 @ 3:00 pm
December 3, 2012 at 3:00 pm in LSC# 3, 2350 Health Sciences Mall Dr. Joseph Thornton, Howard Hugh Medical Institute, Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Oregon “The evolution of protein structure and function: tracing the mechanisms of evolution by resurrecting ancient proteins.” Read more
Dr. Christian Kastrup – Awarded Grand Challenge Grant
Christian Kastrup has won a grant from Grand Challenges Canada to develop a low-cost, easily-administered treatment for post-partum bleeding for use in low-income countries. The nano sized self-propelling coagulant particles can be used for other bleeding trauma. Read more
BMBDG Seminar: Dr. Lisa Craig, Nov 26 @ 3:00 pm – Type IV pilus dynamics in V. cholerae and enterotoxigenic E. coli colonization
November 26, 2012 @ 3:00 pm in LSC #3, 2350 Health Sciences Mall Dr. Lisa Craig, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University “Type IV pilus dynamics in V. cholerae and enterotoxigenic E. coli colonization”
Michael Kobor: “Genes and Immune System Shaped by Childhood Poverty, Stress”
Michael Kobor looks at how experiences beginning before birth and in the years after can affect the course of a person’s life. His findings were recently published in a special volume of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read more
BMBDG Seminar: Nov 19 @ 3:00 p.m. – Polyphosphate: An Ancient Molecule at the Nexus of Platelets, Coagulation, and Inflammation
November 19, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. LSC #3, 2350 Health Sciences Mall Dr. James Morrissey, Professor of Medical Biochemistry in the College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Polyphosphate: An Ancient Molecule at the Nexus of Platelets, Coagulation, and Inflammation
BMBDG Seminar: Nov 15 @ 3:00 pm – Derek van Pel: Evolutionary conserved synthetic lethal interaction networks (more)
November 15, 2012 at 3:00 pm in Michael Smith Labs Room 102, 2183 East Mall Dr. Derk van Pel, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology discusses: “Evolutionary conserved synthetic lethal interaction networks reveal targets for anticancer therapeutic development.”