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 […]
Allan Mills – Completed MSc Thesis
Congratulations Allan! At the end of September, Allan successfully defend his MSc thesis,“Characterization of interactions of TonB and Colicin M with FhuA reconstituted into Nanodiscs”. Allan studied in the Duong lab.
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research: 10 Biochem Post Docs Receive Awards
MSFHR Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards Biomedical Category – July 2013 (total 30 in category) Award Recipient Project Title: Lab Julien Bergeron Architecture and assembly of the bacterial type III secretion system injectisome Natalie Strynadka Deborah G. Conrady Characterization of the bacterial cell wall synthesis enzyme BacA Natalie Strynadka Ulrich Eckhard Placental proteomics: protease networks to identify […]
Pieter Cullis: New Director of the Life Sciences Institute
Effective immediately, Pieter Cullis appointed as new director of the Life Sciences Institute.
Christian Kastrup – 2013 Early Career Award Recipient
The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies announced the 2013 Early Career Scholar Award. Dr. Christian Kastrup is one of thirteen outstanding UBC faculty to receive this award. “Each scholar is provided with $10,000 in funding, and an additional $10,000 to be used to secure a course release during their term of appointment. The term […]
Thomas Jefferies – Completed MSc Thesis
Congratulations Thomas! He successfully defend his MSc thesis “Expression, purification, and characterization of RD3, the protein associated with Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis Type 12”. Thomas studied in Dr. Robert Molday’s lab.