2023

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)

Anupama Ghimire

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

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

Adithi Pisapati

M.Sc. 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)