Students with strong computational skills and a working knowledge of the physical concepts relating to spectroscopy and diffraction will find unique research opportunities in this Department. This includes investigators using x-ray crystallography, NMR, electron microscopy and electron spin resonance spectroscopy to solve and investigate the structures of biological molecules and macromolecular assemblies.
Research labs in the Department currently seeking graduate students with a physics background:
DNA Replication, DNA Damage and Genome Instability
Grant W. Brown LaboratoryDonnelly Centre, Room 1206
160 College Street
Dr. Grant W. Brown
416-946-5733 grant.brown@utoronto.ca
Theoretical and Computational Investigations of Protein Folding, Interactions, and Evolution
Chan Research GroupMSB 5207
1 King's College Circle
Dr. Hue Sun Chan
416-978-2697 chan@arrhenius.med.utoronto.ca
Transmembrane Signaling by GPCRs
Ernst LabMSB, Room 5316A
1 King's College Circle
Dr. Oliver P. Ernst
416-978-3849 oliver.ernst@utoronto.ca
NMR of Supra-Molecular Machines; Characterizing Low Populated States of Proteins
Kay LaboratoryMedical Sciences Building, Room 1233
1 King's College Circle
Dr. Lewis E. Kay
416-978-0741 kay@pound.med.utoronto.ca
Membrane Protein Structural Biology
Moraes LabMaRS Center, West Tower
661 University Ave., Rm 1613
Dr. Trevor F. Moraes
416-946-3048 trevor.moraes@utoronto.ca
Computational Studies of Biomolecular Structure and Function
Pomès LabPGCRL Room 21.9713
Hospital for Sick Children
686 Bay St
Dr. Régis Pomès
416-813-5686 pomes@sickkids.ca
Using NMR to Investigate Protein Structure and Dynamics
Prosser LabUniversity of Toronto, Mississauga
South Building, Room
Dr. R. Scott Prosser
scott.prosser@utoronto.ca
Electron Cryomicroscopy of Macromolecular Machines
The Rubinstein LaboratoryRm. 20-9705
Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning
The Hospital for Sick Children
686 Bay Street, Toronto
Dr. John L. Rubinstein
416-813-7255 john.rubinstein@utoronto.ca
4D Genomics in Development
Sawh LabMaRS, West Tower Rm 1632
661 University Ave
Dr. Ahilya N. Sawh
ahilya.sawh@utoronto.ca
Molecular-Level Study of Macromolecular Assemblies in Human Health and Disease
Sharpe LabPeter Gilgan Center for Research and Learning
686 Bay St., Room 20.9714
Dr. Simon Sharpe
416-813-7852 ssharpe@sickkids.ca
Computational Biology, Complexity and Society
Steipe LabMedical Sciences Building, 5316-B
1 King's College Circle
Dr. Boris Steipe
(416) 946-7741 boris.steipe@utoronto.ca
Fundamental Mechanisms of Molecular Self-Assembly
Yip Lab404 - 160 College St
Dr. Christopher M. Yip
416-978-7853 christopher.yip@utoronto.ca