Recent Biochemistry Graduates

 


2008

Ph.D. Degrees



   

 

     

 

 

   

 

M.Sc. Degrees



Jan.
22nd

Elida Lai

Supervisor: Allen Volchuk

Thesis Title:
Diabetes and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Pancreatic Cells: Effects on Insulin Biosynthesis and Cell Apoptosis

  Jan.
22nd

Kaajal Nagar

Supervisor: William Trimble

Thesis Title:
Examining the Role of SNAREs in Mammalian Cytokinesis


 

 

2007

Ph.D. Degrees



Dec.
11th
 

Tania Roberts

Supervisor: Grant Brown

Thesis Title:
Characterization of the DNA Damage Resistance Gene RTT107

   

 

 

   

Nov.
16th
 

Guillaume Thibault

Supervisor: Walid Houry

Thesis Title:
The role of the N-terminal zinc binding domain of ClpX in cofactor and substrate recognition

   

Sept.
28th

 

May Tsai

Supervisor: Lynne Howell

Thesis Title:
Structural and Functional Studies to Determine the Argininosuccinate Lyase / Fumarase C Superfamily Catalytic Mechanism

 

Sept.
26th
 

Shao-Yang Ku

Supervisor: Lynne Howell

Thesis Title:
5-Methylthioribose Kinase: Structure, Function and Drug Design

    May
30th
 

Jamie Snider

Supervisor: Walid Houry

Thesis Title:
Characterization of the MoxR Family of AAA+ ATPases

 

Apr.
30th
 

Johnny Tkach

Supervisor: John Glover

Thesis Title:
Analysis of Hsp104-Mediated Protein Folding In Vitro and In Vivo.

    Apr.
10th
 

Tomas Rodinger

Supervisor: Régis Pomès

Thesis Title:
Efficient Free Energy Simulations for Structure Based Drug Design

 

Jan.
10th
 

Christopher Tsang

Supervisor: William Trimble

Thesis Title:
Septin GTPases in the Central Nervous System: an Investigation into Axon Specification, Formation and Function.

    Jan.
30th
 

Rachel Johnson

Supervisor: Charles Deber

Thesis Title:
Determinants of Membrane Protein Folding

 

 

M.Sc. Degrees



Nov.
2nd

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

  Sept.
12th

Diana Wong

Supervisor: Khosrow Adeli

Thesis Title:
Proteomic Profiling of PCTVs involved in Assembly and Secretion of Apd848 containing Chylomicrons by the Intestine


May
31st

Dana Patterson

Supervisor: William Trimble

Thesis Title:
Study of the Relationsheip between Parkin and Septin5 in Neurons

  Apr.
18th

Roni Gordon

Supervisor: James Rini

Thesis Title:
Structural Insights into Rabbit N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I Donor Specificity, Acceptor Binding & Catalysis




2006

Ph.D. Degrees



Dec.
6th
 

Lellean Jebailey

Supervisor: Amira Klip

Thesis Title:
The role of Rho GTPases in Insulin-induced Actin Remodeling and GLUT4 Mobilization in L6 muscle cells

    Sept.
26th
 

Jianfei Qi

Supervisor: Chi Hung Siu

Thesis Title:
Role of N-cadherin and beta-catenin signaling during transendothelial migration of melanoma cells

 

May
4th

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

 

  May
2nd

Ahlia Khan

Supervisor: Peter Lewis

Thesis Title:
Enzymatic Properties of Sir2 Proteins


 

M.Sc. Degrees



Dec.
19th

Hsin Hen Kuo

Supervisor: Charles Deber

Thesis Title:
Alginate in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Matrix: Barrier to Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides

  Dec.
15th

Hyejin Lee

Supervisor: Jaro Sodek

Thesis Title:
Critical Role of Membrane-Type 1 Matrix Metalloproteinase in Collagen Phagocytosis by Fibroblasts


Dec.
5th

Gerald Quon

Supervisor: Shoshana Wodak

Thesis Title:
The Landscape of False-Positive Transcription Factor Binding Sites in Yeast

  Nov.
17th

Gong Chen

Supervisor: Chales Deber

Thesis Title:
Interhelical interactions of transmembrane segments 9 and 10 in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator


Oct.
4th

Gregory Block

Supervisor: David Bazett-Jones

Thesis Title:
Transcriptional Potential of the Promyelocytic Leukemia Nuclear Body Transcriptional Potential of the Promyelocytic Leukemia Nuclear Body

  Sept.
22nd

Roberta Siu

Supervisor: Daniela Rotin

Thesis Title:
Regulation of Axon Growth by PTPsigma and its Substrates N-cadherin and beta-catenin


May
15th

Martin Chung

Supervisor: Fred Keeley

Thesis Title:
Phylogenetic Analysis of Tropoelastin Structure and Sequence in Vertebrates

  Jan.
19th

Winnie Luong

Supervisors: Christine Bear & Lynne Howell

Thesis Title:
Biochemical Studies of the Regulation of the Gating of C1C-2


Jan.
16th

Eden Fussner

Supervisor: Gil Privé

Thesis Title:
Heterodimerization and Oligomerization of the BTB domain

   Jan.
10th

Wing Lau

Supervisor: Emil Pai

Thesis Title:
Translocation of neisserial a-proteins into mammalian cells




2005

Ph.D. Degrees



Sept.
13th

Michael Chang

Supervisor: Grant Brown

Thesis Title:
Identification of Novel DNA Damage Response Genes Using Functional Genomics

  Aug.
17th
 

Joanne Cheung

Supervisor: Reinhart Reithmeier

Thesis Title:
Topology and Biosynthesis of the Anion Exchanger 1 Mutant of Southeast Asian Ovalocytosis



July
15th

Cameron Scott

Supervisor: Sergio Grinstein

Thesis Title:
Control of Phagocytosis and Phagosome Maturation by Phosphoinositides

  May
20th
 

Jeffrey Lee

Supervisor: Lynne Howell

Thesis Title:
Structural and Functional Studies of 5'-Methyladenosine / S-Aadenosylhomocysteine Nucleosidase



Mar.
28th

Doron Betel

Supervisor: Christopher Hogue

Thesis Title:
A Computational Study of the Role of Conserved Domains in Protein Interactions

  Jan.
25th
 

Peter Hwang

Supervisor: Lewis Kay

Thesis Title:
Solution NMR Spectroscopy of Integral Membrane Proteins



 

M.Sc. Degrees



Dec.
21st
 

Kathy Nethery-Brokx

Supervisor: Daniela Rotin

Thesis Title:
Subcellular Localization of Human Nedd4-2 Splice Isoforms

    Sept.
21st
 

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

 



Aug.
16th
 

Paul Paroutis

Supervisor: Sergio Grinstein

Thesis Title:
Quantitative and Dynamic Assessment of the Endoplasmic Reticulum to Phagosome Formation

    June
27th
 

Chandrasagar Dugani

Supervisor: Amira Klip

Thesis Title:
Morphological Characterization of Perinuclear GLUT4 Distribution in L6 Myoblasts

 



Jan.
24th

Quang Nguyen

Supervisor: Peter Lewis

Thesis Title:
Structural and Functional Characterization of Yeast Histone Deacetylase Hos3

  Jan.
21st

Ruth Isserlin

Supervisor: Christopher Hogue

Thesis Title:
Developing a Confidence Measure for Protein-Protein Interactions in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae




Jan.
20th

Bhooma
Thiruvahindrapuram

Supervisor: Boris Steipe

Thesis Title:
SCHEMATIKON, An Encyclopedia of Structural Motifs in Proteins

  Jan.
20th

Sten Thomson

Supervisor: David Williams

Thesis Title:
Delineation of the Lectin Site of the Molecular Chaperone Calreticulin





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