Events

November Graduation

Congratulations Biochemistry graduates!! UBC will be conferring Biochemistry degrees on Friday, November 30th at 9:00 a.m. in the Chan Centre. Fall 2018 schedule

Simon Sau Yin Law – Doctoral Exam

“Structural insights into Inhibitory Mechanisms of Cathepsin K”, by Simon Law, PhD Candidate, Bromme Lab. Friday, November 30, 2018 at 9:30 am in LSC 4510, 2350 Health Science Mall.

BMBDG Seminar: PhD Exit Seminar – Stefanie Novakowski

“Delivery of mRNA to platelets using lipid nanoparticles”, by Stefanie Novakowski, PhD Candidate, Kastrup Lab. Platelets are small, anucleate cells that circulate in the blood stream and mediate hemostasis, inflammation, and angiogenesis. Platelet transfusions are used to treat active bleeding as well as to prevent bleeding during thrombocytopenia or prior to surgery. A method for […]

Stefanie Novakowski – Doctoral Exam

“Delivery of messenger RNA to platelets using lipid nanoparticles,” by Stefanie Novakowski, PhD Candidate, Kastrup Lab. Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 12:30 pm 1416, LSC, 2350 Health Sciences Mall.

A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a  Happy New Year! Biochemistry and Molecular Biology office will be closed for the holidays, from noon Monday, December 24, 2018 and will re-open Wednesday, January 2, 2019. image from

BMBDG Seminar: PhD Exit – Steve Hur

The roles of fibrinolysis in regulating coagulation factor XIII”, by Steve Hur, PhD Candidate,  Kastrup Lab. Coagulation factor XIII (FXIII) is a protransglutaminase enzyme that is activated at the end of the coagulation cascade. Activated FXIII (FXIIIa) stabilizes the blood clot from premature lysis by covalently crosslinking fibrin molecules to itself and to other anti-fibrinolytic […]

Steve Hur – Doctoral Exam

“The Roles of Fibrinolysis in Regulating Coagulation Factor XIII,” by Steve Hur, Candidate in Kastrup Lab. Abstract: Coagulation factor XIII (FXIII) is a protransglutaminase enzyme that is activated at the end of the coagulation cascade. Activated FXIII (FXIIIa) stabilizes the blood clot from premature lysis by covalently crosslinking fibrin molecules to itself and to other […]

BMBDG Seminar – Robert T. Dirksen

“Role of Orai1-dependent Ca2+ Entry in Muscle Adaptation to Exercise and Tubular Aggregate Myopathy,” by Robert T. Dirksen, Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center. Poster Monday, January 28, 2019, 3:00 pm in LSC#3 Host: Dr. Filip Van Petegem

BMBDG Seminar – Sriram Subramaniam

“Cryo-EM and integrative structural biology, ” by Dr. Sriram Subramaniam, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UBC. Monday, February 25, 2019 at 3:00 pm, LSC #3 Host: Dr. Leoanard Foster