Patrizio Panelli – Defended MSc Thesis
Congratulations Patrizio! On April 1, 2015, Patrizio Panelli successfully defended his thesis, “Characterization of the Potential Role of Myosin IIa in Parkin Translocation during Mitophagy.” He has been studying in Dr. Thibault Mayor’s lab.
Spence Macdonald – Completed MSc Thesis
Congratulations Spence! In December, Spence successfully defended his MSc thesis, ”A metagenomic search for glycoside phosphorylases using a phosphate dependent 2, 4-dinitrophenyl glycoside colorimetirc assay ” Spence studied in Dr. Withers’ lab.
2014 Michael John Page Postdoctoral Fellow Award
Dr. Michael Yuchi to receive the 2014 Michael John Page Postdoctoral Fellow Award. Award Presentation Michael Yuchi and Roger Page
Benjamin Martin at the Commonwealth Games
Benjamin Martin a PhD student in the Howe Lab is representing team Canada in field hockey at the Commonwealth Games.
Alym Moosa – Completed MSc Thesis
Congratulations Alym! Alym successfully defend his MSc thesis,”Characterization of cellular abnormalities due to loss of TSC2.” Alym studied in Michel Roberge’s lab.
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 […]
Leon Chew – Completed MSc thesis
Congratulations Leon! Leon successfully defend his MSc thesis,”Structural characterization of the Atg1 kinase complex by single-particle electron microscopy.” Leon studied in Calvin Yip’s lab.
Gary Brayer Research – Cover Art in the journal Glycobiology
A recent paper from Gary Brayer’s research lab has proved to be very well-received…in fact the “Most Popular” paper of 2013 in the journal Glycobiology. See the banner headline on their website http://glycob.oxfordjournals.org/. The paper is titled, “The structure of the Mycobacterium smegmatis trehalose synthase reveals an unusual active site configuration and acarbose-binding mode“.
Jonathan Penfield – Completed MSc Thesis
Congratulations Jonathan! Jonathan successfully defend his MSc thesis,“The substrate specificity and conformational flexibility of ketosteroid hydroxylases”. Jonathan studied in the Eltis lab.
Antonio Ruzzini’s research highlighted in Biochemistry
Some of Antonio Ruzzini’s PhD thesis work has been selected to be highlighted on Biochemistry’s website. http://pubs.acs.org/journals/bichaw/index.html “A substrate-assisted mechanism of nucleophile activation in a Ser-His-Asp containing C-C bond hydrolase.” Author(s): Ruzzini, Antonio; Bhowmik,Shiva; Ghosh, Subhangi; Yam, Katherine; Bolin, Jeffrey; Eltis, Lindsay Published in American Chemical Society Journal Biochemistry. Biochemistry. 2013 52:7428-38. Summary Meta-Cleavage product […]