2023

Michael McPhee

PhD Student, Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

Investigating the interactions of lipids and proteins at the surface of nuclear lipid droplets and the inner nuclear membrane

Location

Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg and Room 102 DMNB

PhD Thesis Defence - KATHERINE STRYNATKA

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University 

Discovery of Small Molecule Interactors of Human ARFGAP1 and their Potential use for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease

Location

MS Teams

PhD Thesis Defence - TARYN JAKUB

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University 

Using Drosophila Models to Investigate Human Disease Variants Implicated in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Location

Room 3107 Mona Campbell Building 

Stanley Ibeh 

PhD Candidate, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University 

The Role of Neuronal Cholesterol Turnover on Synaptic Plasticity

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Cédric Blais

PhD Candidate, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University 

Examining patterns of viral lateral gene transfer in the genome of Acanthamoeba castellanii

Location

Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building and Room 102 DMNB

Dr. Curtis French

Associate Professor of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Maintaining vision in zebrafish

Location
Room Dent 3156, Carleton Campus, Dentistry Building (Halifax, NS)

Dr. Vahid Adibnia

Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair, Department of Applied Oral Sciences and School of Biomedical Engineering, Dalhousie University

"Tuning Intermolecular Interactions in Biosourced and Bioinspired Polymeric Biomaterials"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Dr. Matthias Bierenstiel

Professor, Department of Chemistry, Cape Breton University & CEO and co-founder, Maskwiomin

"Combating Antibiotics Resistance: Selective Iron-Capture Polymer and a Traditional Mi'kmaq Medicine"

Location
MS Teams (Virtual)

Lara Virgilio

M.Sc. Candidate, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"Investigating the dual role of a marine antifreeze protein, winter flounder AFP6"

Beatriz Gil Marti

PhD student, Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain)

"Does SOCIAL interaction generate MEMORY in Drosophila?"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Dr. Alejandro Lomniczi

Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Dalhousie University

"Metabolic programming of developmental pathways: ​A central role of epigenetic mechanisms"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Taryn Jakub

PhD Candidate, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"Using Drosophila models to investigate human disease variants in neurodevelopment disorders"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Neda Miandashti

PhD Candidate, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"The Role of SWI/SNF Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in Cognitive Function"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

MSc Thesis Defence - Emma Michele Ferguson

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"Optimizing the Purification and Investigating the Function of Rhodoquoinone Biosynthesis Enzyme A"

Location
Room 2L7, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building Link

Dr. Doug Allan

Professor, Department of Cellular and Physiological Science, University of British Columbia

"Using flies to identify novel synaptic maturation mechanisms and test human autism variants."

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102 DMNB (Saint John, NB)

PhD Thesis Defence - Nicholas Raun

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"Navigating memory and neuron identity with the COMPASS complexes"

Location
Room 3107 Mona Campbell Building

PhD Thesis Defence - Adithi Pisapati

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"Role of Transcription Factor EB in obesity mediated cardiac dysfunction"

Location
Room 2L7, Sir Charles Tupper Building Link and Room 105 DMNB

PhD Thesis Defence - Joshua Hayden

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"Studies on the Inhibition of Mandelate Racemase by Arylboronic Acids"

Location
Room 2L7, Sir Charles Tupper Building Link and Room 105 DMNB

Dr. Iva Zovkic

Department of Psychology, University of Toronto

"An emerging role for H2A variants in memory and Alzheimer’s disease"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

PhD Thesis Defence - Spencer Jones

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"The Role of Transcription and Chromatin in Making Long-Term Memories"

Location
Room 3107 Mona Campbell Building

Dr. Katherine Borden 

Faculté de Medicine, Université de Montréal

"Cancer hijacks RNA metabolism to reprogram cells "

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

PhD Thesis Defence - Alexandra Brown

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of CBP/p300 Recruitment by the Transcriptional Regulators MITF and β-catenin"

Location
Room 3107 Mona Campbell Building

Erik Debler

Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University

"Structure, Mechanism, and Regulation of the Atypical Trypanosoma Brucei DOT1A Histone H3K76 Methyltransferase"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Nicholas Raun 

PhD Candidate, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"Epigenetic programming by trithorax supports a neuronal cell identity by establishing metabolic capacity"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Kelsey Williamson

PhD Candidate, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"Tracing the origins of complex life: genomic and phylogenetic approaches to understanding eukaryotic evolution"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

MSc Thesis Defence - Amanda Black

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"Studies on Ligand Binding and Catalysis by Isoleucine Epimerase and CTP Synthase"

Location
Room 2L7, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 221, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Anupama Ghimire

PhD Candidate, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"Recombinant Hybrid Spider Silks: Development and Comparative Biophysical-Mechanical Correlation"

Adithi Pisapati

MSc Candidate, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"Role of Transcription Factor EB in obesity mediated cardiac dysfunction"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Dr. Louis Lapierre

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Université de Moncton

"Location, location, location: Subcellular protein partitioning modulates proteostasis and lifespan"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Purvi Trivedi, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) Reduces Inflammatory Bowel Disease Symptoms in Mice"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Amanda Black

MSc Candidate, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"Investigating the Effects of Lid L11 Substitutions in EcCTPS"

Joshua Hayden

MSc Candidate, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"Studying the inhibition of mandelate racemase by substituted phenylboronic acids"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Dr. Matthew Smith

Principal Investigator, Cancer Signalling and Structural Biology Research Unit, IRIC
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Université de Montréal

"Structural Determinants of Signalling from RAS small GTPases"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Emma Ferguson

MSc Candidate, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"Investigating the function of rhodoquinone biosynthesis enzyme A"

Alexander Mora Collazos

MSc Candidate, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"Solving the complex interactions between the dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina and its microbiome on ecological, genomic, and metabolic scale"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Trần Thanh Tâm (Tam) Phạm

PhD Candidate, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"¹⁹F NMR spectroscopy - A powerful tool to probe biomolecular interactions"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Maggie Pickard

MSc Candidate, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"Role of Secretion Associated Ras-related GTPase 1B (Sar1b) in Skeletal Muscle Insulin Signaling"

Anu José

MSc Candidate, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"The role of lipid phosphate phosphatase-3 in cardiac insulin function and energy metabolism"

Location
MS Teams (Online)

Kathleen Vergunst

PhD Candidate, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

"Sequence properties, not just structure, influence hydrophobin function and assembly"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)
Reception to follow in Tupper Room 9-A1

Dr. Nancy Ford

Professor, Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University

"Unravelling the structural-mechanical coupling of our unstable protein building blocks"

Location
Microsoft Teams (Online)