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Biochemistry Graduates

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2008
Ph.D.
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M.Sc.
Degrees |
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22nd |
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Elida
Lai
Supervisor:
Allen Volchuk
Thesis Title:
Diabetes and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Pancreatic Cells: Effects
on Insulin Biosynthesis and Cell Apoptosis |
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Jan.
22nd |
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Kaajal
Nagar
Supervisor:
William Trimble
Thesis Title:
Examining the Role of SNAREs in Mammalian Cytokinesis |
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Dec.
11th |
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Tania
Roberts
Supervisor:
Grant Brown
Thesis Title:
Characterization of the DNA Damage Resistance Gene RTT107 |
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Nov.
16th |
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Guillaume
Thibault
Supervisor:
Walid Houry
Thesis Title:
The role of the N-terminal zinc binding domain of ClpX in cofactor
and substrate recognition |
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Sept.
28th |
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May
Tsai
Supervisor:
Lynne Howell
Thesis Title:
Structural and Functional Studies to Determine the Argininosuccinate
Lyase / Fumarase C Superfamily Catalytic Mechanism |
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Sept.
26th |
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Shao-Yang
Ku
Supervisor:
Lynne Howell
Thesis Title:
5-Methylthioribose Kinase: Structure, Function and Drug Design |
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May
30th |
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Jamie
Snider
Supervisor:
Walid Houry
Thesis Title:
Characterization of the MoxR Family of AAA+ ATPases |
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Apr.
30th |
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Johnny
Tkach
Supervisor:
John Glover
Thesis Title:
Analysis of Hsp104-Mediated Protein Folding In Vitro and In Vivo. |
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Apr.
10th |
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Tomas
Rodinger
Supervisor:
Régis Pomès
Thesis Title:
Efficient Free Energy Simulations for Structure Based Drug Design |
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Jan.
10th |
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Christopher
Tsang
Supervisor:
William Trimble
Thesis Title:
Septin GTPases in the Central Nervous System: an Investigation into
Axon Specification, Formation and Function. |
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Jan.
30th |
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Rachel
Johnson
Supervisor:
Charles Deber
Thesis Title:
Determinants of Membrane Protein Folding |
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| Nov.
2nd |
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Sophia
Chan
Supervisor:
Jao Sodek & Bernhard Ganss
Thesis Title:
Overexpression of the transcription factor Zfp60 in a multipotential
mesenchymal cell line and its effects on gene expression and cell
differentiation potential |
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Sept.
12th |
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Diana
Wong
Supervisor:
Khosrow Adeli
Thesis Title:
Proteomic Profiling of PCTVs involved in Assembly and Secretion
of Apd848 containing Chylomicrons by the Intestine |
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| May
31st |
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Dana
Patterson
Supervisor:
William Trimble
Thesis Title:
Study of the Relationsheip between Parkin and Septin5 in Neurons |
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Apr.
18th |
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Roni
Gordon
Supervisor:
James Rini
Thesis Title:
Structural Insights into Rabbit N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase
I Donor Specificity, Acceptor Binding & Catalysis |
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Dec.
6th |
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Lellean
Jebailey
Supervisor:
Amira Klip
Thesis Title:
The role of Rho GTPases in Insulin-induced Actin Remodeling and
GLUT4 Mobilization in L6 muscle cells |
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Sept.
26th |
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Jianfei
Qi
Supervisor:
Chi Hung Siu
Thesis Title:
Role of N-cadherin and beta-catenin signaling during transendothelial
migration of melanoma cells |
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| May
4th |
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Karen
Rothfels
Supervisor:
Jacqueline Segall
Thesis Title:
Cys2-His2 zinc-finger transcription factors in the regulation of
expression of the 5S RNA and DIT genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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May
2nd |
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Ahlia
Khan
Supervisor:
Peter Lewis
Thesis Title:
Enzymatic Properties of Sir2 Proteins |
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| Dec.
19th |
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Hsin
Hen Kuo
Supervisor:
Charles Deber
Thesis Title:
Alginate in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Matrix: Barrier to
Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides |
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Dec.
15th |
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Hyejin
Lee
Supervisor:
Jaro Sodek
Thesis Title:
Critical Role of Membrane-Type 1 Matrix Metalloproteinase in Collagen
Phagocytosis by Fibroblasts |
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| Dec.
5th |
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Gerald
Quon
Supervisor:
Shoshana Wodak
Thesis Title:
The Landscape of False-Positive Transcription Factor Binding Sites
in Yeast |
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Nov.
17th |
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Gong
Chen
Supervisor:
Chales Deber
Thesis Title:
Interhelical interactions of transmembrane segments 9 and 10 in
the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator |
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| Oct.
4th |
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Gregory
Block
Supervisor:
David Bazett-Jones
Thesis Title:
Transcriptional Potential of the Promyelocytic Leukemia Nuclear
Body Transcriptional Potential of the Promyelocytic Leukemia Nuclear
Body |
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Sept.
22nd |
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Roberta
Siu
Supervisor:
Daniela Rotin
Thesis Title:
Regulation of Axon Growth by PTPsigma and its Substrates N-cadherin
and beta-catenin |
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| May
15th |
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Martin
Chung
Supervisor:
Fred Keeley
Thesis Title:
Phylogenetic Analysis of Tropoelastin Structure and Sequence in
Vertebrates |
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Jan.
19th |
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Winnie
Luong
Supervisors:
Christine Bear & Lynne Howell
Thesis Title:
Biochemical Studies of the Regulation of the Gating of C1C-2 |
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| Jan.
16th |
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Eden
Fussner
Supervisor:
Gil Privé
Thesis Title:
Heterodimerization and Oligomerization of the BTB domain |
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Jan.
10th |
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Wing
Lau
Supervisor:
Emil Pai
Thesis Title:
Translocation of neisserial a-proteins into mammalian cells |
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2005
Ph.D.
Degrees |
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| Sept.
13th |
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Michael
Chang
Supervisor:
Grant Brown
Thesis Title:
Identification of Novel DNA Damage Response Genes Using Functional
Genomics |
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Aug.
17th |
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Joanne
Cheung
Supervisor:
Reinhart Reithmeier
Thesis Title:
Topology and Biosynthesis of the Anion Exchanger 1 Mutant of Southeast
Asian Ovalocytosis |
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| July
15th |
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Cameron
Scott
Supervisor:
Sergio Grinstein
Thesis Title:
Control of Phagocytosis and Phagosome Maturation by Phosphoinositides |
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May
20th |
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Jeffrey
Lee
Supervisor:
Lynne Howell
Thesis Title:
Structural and Functional Studies of 5'-Methyladenosine / S-Aadenosylhomocysteine
Nucleosidase |
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| Mar.
28th |
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Doron
Betel
Supervisor:
Christopher Hogue
Thesis Title:
A Computational Study of the Role of Conserved Domains in Protein
Interactions |
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Jan.
25th |
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Peter
Hwang
Supervisor:
Lewis Kay
Thesis Title:
Solution NMR Spectroscopy of Integral Membrane Proteins |
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M.Sc.
Degrees |
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Dec.
21st |
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Kathy
Nethery-Brokx
Supervisor:
Daniela Rotin
Thesis Title:
Subcellular Localization of Human Nedd4-2 Splice Isoforms |
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Sept.
21st |
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Damanpreet
Bawa
Supervisor:
James Gurd
Thesis Title:
Effects of transient global ischemia on distribution and phosphorylation
of the ±-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid
receptors at the synapse |
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Aug.
16th |
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Paul
Paroutis
Supervisor:
Sergio Grinstein
Thesis Title:
Quantitative and Dynamic Assessment of the Endoplasmic Reticulum
to Phagosome Formation |
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June
27th |
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Chandrasagar
Dugani
Supervisor:
Amira Klip
Thesis Title:
Morphological Characterization of Perinuclear GLUT4 Distribution
in L6 Myoblasts |
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| Jan.
24th |
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Quang
Nguyen
Supervisor:
Peter Lewis
Thesis Title:
Structural and Functional Characterization of Yeast Histone Deacetylase
Hos3 |
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Jan.
21st |
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Ruth
Isserlin
Supervisor:
Christopher Hogue
Thesis Title:
Developing a Confidence Measure for Protein-Protein Interactions
in SaccharomycesCerevisiae |
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| Jan.
20th |
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Bhooma
Thiruvahindrapuram
Supervisor:
Boris Steipe
Thesis Title:
SCHEMATIKON, An Encyclopedia of Structural Motifs in Proteins |
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Jan.
20th |
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Sten
Thomson
Supervisor:
David Williams
Thesis Title:
Delineation of the Lectin Site of the Molecular Chaperone Calreticulin |
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