2022-23 Biochemistry Specialists
Welcome Biochemistry Specialists!
It’s a new year and the Department of Biochemistry would like to welcome this year’s incoming class of Biochemistry Specialists. They’ve begun their training in the introductory biochemistry lab – BCH242Y and are getting ready to be able to actively participate in research at the University of Toronto. Watch out world, here they come!
Biochemistry Departmental Retreat 2022
Our first in person Departmental Retreat in 3 years took place this past week! On September 21st, many of our talented faculty and trainees presented posters at the David Naylor Student Commons. On September 22nd, members of the department traveled to Centre Island to hear talks from our trainees, faculty, and invited speakers. A Biochemistry Olympics event was also held on the island!
Here are some highlights […]
Degrees of Success
Reinhart Reithmeier was a member of an Expert Panel convened by the Council of Canadian Academies on “The Labour Market Transition of PhD Graduates”. The key findings include:
- PhD graduates bring valued skills to a wide range of sectors, although these skills are often not fully recognized outside academia
- The number of PhD graduates in Canada is increasing, yet lags behind other OECD countries who have more robust R&D investment
Message from the Chair
Apologies for the delay – this semester has been pretty hectic and it’s been a while since I’ve had the bandwidth to put one of these notes together.
We’ve come through the semester pretty well all things considered. All reports are that undergraduate and graduate teaching has gone as well as can be expected – thanks to the Alexes, Jen Haughton and Carrie Harber for their hard work keeping those ships […]
Message from the Chair
Hello all,
Welcome to the new graduate students!
I would like to start by congratulating and welcoming all who have signed on to our graduate program for 2020-21. I realize that this is a strange time to be starting graduate school but I would like to say on behalf of the entire department, that we’re delighted you’re here. Normally we would all be off at our departmental retreat at this time however […]
Red Cell Anion Exchanger Makes the Cover of Biophysical Journal
Dario De Vecchis, a post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Antreas Kalli at Leeds, University, in a collaborative project with Reinhart Reithmeier used molecular dynamics simulations to build the first atomic scale model of the red cell anion exchanger in a complex lipid bilayer that mimics the native membrane. This work appeared in the latest edition of the Biophyisical Journal. The modelling revealed the dynamic nature […]