421/422 Projects

SSP Project/Supervisor Selection:

Step 1: You will find all projects listed on our website beginning December 17. You will have an opportunity to go through them over the holidays to see where your interest is.

Step 2: Once you return in January, you should arrange to meet with potential supervisors to ask questions about the lab and research project. (Please note: Supervisors would not be able to guarantee during the discussions that you would be selected into their lab).

Step 3: Rank your top three selections. The document will close at 4pm on January 31, 2025. We will endeavor to do our best to give you one of your choices. Please only submit your choices once.

Step 4: In the case where more than one person have listed the same supervisor for 1st choices, the supervisor will be given the opportunity to choose. Keep in mind that there is no guarantees or promises given to students in advance of our decision. You will know by February 21, 2025 who your supervisor will be and which project you will be working on.

Step 5: Once final marks in May have been received we will ensure that everyone meets the requirements to be in BCHM 421 and BCHM 422.

PREREQUISITE: Level 4 and (registration in a BCHM Specialization Plan) and (a cumulative GPA of 2.9 in BCHM 313/3.0, BCHM 315/3.0, BCHM 316/3.0, BCHM 317/6.0, BCHM 218/3.0).

Abraham, Sheela	Investigating Extracellular Vesicles in Aging and Cancer
Allingham, John #1	Investigating assembly and disruption of fungal biofilms
Allingham, John #2	Regulation of kinesins involved in infections and cancer
Aristizabal, Maria	Function and regulation of Cdk8
Brennan, Faith	Neuroinflammation of spinal cord injury
Brockhausen, Inka #1	Biosynthesis and function of poly-GlcNAc polysaccharide in bacteria
Brockhausen, Inka #2	Biosynthesis of Acinetobacter baumannii capsules: discovery and characterization of novel enzymes
Brockhausen, Inka #3	Mechanisms of neuronal degradation by aggregated proteins: Study of cultured human neuronal cells and stem cells and relevance to dementia and neurodegenerative diseases
Capicciotti, Chantelle #1	Cellular Glyco-Engineering to Investigate Glycan-Protein Binding Interactions
Capicciotti, Chantelle #2	Bioconjugation through Glyco-Engineering to prepare Antibody-Conjugated Nanomedicines
Chan, Edmond	Targeting mitochondria inner membranes to inhibit cancer metabolism
Craig, Andrew	Genome editing of C19MC-positive melanomas to identify functions and targets of C19MC miRNAs
Craig, Andrew & Gaudreau, Olivier	Develop a co-culture model for testing new combination cancer immunotherapies for lung cancer
Craig, Andrew & Kubes, Paul	Defining immune interplay with ovarian tumours using mouse models and advanced imaging approaches
Davies, Peter (4 spots available)	Strategies to block bacterial infections
Howe, Graeme	TBA
Smith, Steve	Structural and functional analyses of KLF-associated transcriptional networks associated with cardiac development and disease
Yang, Xiaolong	Exploring a novel role of microproteins in mammary tumorigenesis and metastasis
Zongchao, Jia (2 spots available)	A Novel Protein Modification by Polyphosphate and Its Implications in Inflammation, Cancer, Neurodegenerative Disorders, and Immune Regulation

SSP Project/Supervisor Selection:

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