Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Dalhousie University

2025

Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 10:30 am

Jena Barter
MSc Student (Karten Lab), Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg and Room 102 DMNB
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 10:30 am

Stanley Ibeh
PhD Student (Karten Lab), Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg and Room 102 DMNB
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 10:30 am

Dr. Babak Nami
Postdoctoral Fellow (Pulinilkunnil Lab), Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University (DMNB)

Location
MS Teams
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM

Alexander Mora Collazos
PhD Student (Slamovits Lab), Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg and Room 102 DMNB
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at  4 pm

MacPherson Seminar Series

Dr. Courtney W. Stairs
Department of Biology, Lund University, Ekologihuset, Sweden

Location

Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg and Room 102 DMNB
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 10:30 am

MacPherson Seminar Series

Dr. Thomas Lagace
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Location

Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg and Room 102 DMNB
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 10:30 am

Jeffy Fernando
MSc Student (Kienesberger Lab), Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University (DMNB)

&

Max Merilovick
PhD Student (Pulinilkunnil Lab), Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University (DMNB)

Location

MS Teams
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 10:30 am

Dina Rogers
MSc Student (Langelaan Lab), Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

&

Jordan Cucksey
MSc Student (Davey Lab), Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg and Room 102 DMNB
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 10:30 am

Jessica Latimer
MSc Student (Archibald Lab), Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

&

Dmytro Tymoshenko
PhD Student (Archibald Lab), Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg and Room 102 DMNB
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 4:00 pm

Dr. Jyh-Yeuan (Eric) Lee
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine

I spy with my little eye, something that sees transport substrates

Location

Room 3H, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg 
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 9:30 a.m.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Trilok Neupane
Ph.D. Candidate, 
BSc (Pharmacy), Kathmandu University, 2014
MSc (Pharmacy), Kyungpook National University, 2019

Biochemical characterization of rhodoquinone biosynthesis enzyme (RquA)

Location

Microsoft Teams and room 3107 of the Mona Campbell Building
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 10:30 am

Anu Jose
PhD Student (Kienesberger Lab), Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University (DMNB)

Role of Lipid Phosphate Phosphatase 3 in Obesity-Induced Cardiomyopathy

&

Gurpreet Kaur
MSc Student (Pulinilkunnil Lab), Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University (DMNB)

Metabolic regulation of transcription factor E3 in obesity and diabetes-related heart disease

 

Location

Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg and Room 102 DMNB
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 10:30 am

Parsa Kamali
MSc Student (Fairn/Hesketh Labs), Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

Examining the role of S-acylation in the regulation of PNPLA3 activity

&

Tugba Atalay
MSc Student (Roger Lab), Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University

Developing a Spatial Proteomic Map of a Potentially Mitochondrion Lacking Eukaryote

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg and Room 102 DMNB
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 10:30 am

Dr. Alexander Baker
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University

Peptide-Powered Hydrogels and Reactors for Protein Synthesis 

Location

Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg and Room 102 DMNB
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 12:00 pm

Greduate Studnet Symposium

Location

Room 14B02, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg and Room 221 DMNB
Wednseday, March 19, 2025 at 3 pm

Honours Research Presentations

Location

Room 3H, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg and Room 221 DMNB
Monday, March 17, 2025 at 3 pm

Honours Research Presentations

Location

Room 3H, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg and Room 221 DMNB
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 10:30 am

Dr. Jay Penney
Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Prince Edward Island.

Microglia in Neurodegenerative Disease

Location

Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg and Room 102 DMNB
Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 10:30 am

Dr. Pegah Poursharifi
Senior Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate,
CHUM Research Center, Montreal, Canada

Candidate for the position of Assistant Professor in Cell Biology and Metabolism

Harnessing distinct pathways of the glycerolipid cycle to mitigate metabolic disorders.

Location

Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg and Room 102 DMNB
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 10:30 am

Dr. Rebeca Martín-Jiménez
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biology. Université de Moncton

Candidate for the position of Assistant Professor in Cell Biology and Metabolism

Mitochondria: a promising therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases

Location

Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg and Room 102 DMNB
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 10:30 am

Dr. Vanessa DeLey Cox
Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Protein engineering enables novel chemistry for DNA sequencing 

Location
MS Teams
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 10:30 am

Dr. Zachary Herde
Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Exploring Allosteric Communication in the Lactose Repressor

Location

MS Teams