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 biomarkers for preterm labor	Chris Overall
Zhiseng Gao	Fight flu with mechanism-based covalent neuraminidase inhibitors	Steve Withers
Supipi Kaluarachichi Duffy	Dosage CIN genes: gene dosage effects on genome stability	Philip Hieter
Roland Scholz	Posttranslational modifications as a virulence strategy of diarrheagenic E. coli	Brett Finlay
Nichollas Scott	Response of the host interactome to Campylobacter jejuni invasion	Leonard Foster
Gesa Volkers	Mammalian polysialyltransferases in complex with NCAM and SynCAM	Natalie Strynadka
Zhiguang Yuchi	The FKBP12-binding domain in ryanodine receptors	Filip Van Petegem


Kush Dalal	Androgen Receptor dimerization as a potential therapy for prostate cancer	Former doctoral student in Franck Duong’s lab, now at Paul Rennie Lab, Prostate Cancer Centre