SSP Project/Supervisor Selection:
Step 1: You will find all projects listed on our website beginning December 18, 2020. 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 are encouraged to meet with potential supervisors if you have questions about the lab and research project. Supervisors will not be able to guarantee you will be selected to their lab.
Step 3: You can go to this document: https://forms.gle/fPSUr3tyeTLwuSeA7 to rank your top three selections. The document will open on January 5, 2021 and close at 4pm on January 31, 2021. 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 15, 2021 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).
Participating Faculty 2021-2022
SUPERVISOR
PROJECT TITLE
Capiciotti, Chantelle Developing Antibody-drug conjugate through site-specific Glycoengineering
Chan, Edmond #1 Investigating mitochondrial fusion in cancer cell metabolism and downstream stress responses
Chan, Edmond #2 Mechanisms of SARS-CoV2 in the subversion of mitochondrial anti-viral immunity
Craig, Andrew A novel melanoma subtype defined by chromosome 19 miRNA cluster expression
Craig, Andrew & Allingham, John Developing novel actin-targeting antibody drug conjugates for metastatic cancers
Davies, Peter #1 Antimicrobial strategies by blocking bacterial adhesion
Davies, Peter #2 Structure-function relationships in ice nucleation proteins
Ghasemlou, Nader #1 In silico and in vivo approaches to identify novel pain mediators
Ghasemlou, Nader #2 Neuropeptide control of immune cell recruitment and activation
Howe, Graeme Engineering a ‘self-sufficient’ Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase
Jia, Zongchao #1 Structure-guided inhibition of polyphosphate kinases in P. aeruginosa as a novel antivirulence approach
Jia, Zongchao #2 Structure and functional insights into the alpha-kinase eEF2K and its regulation
Mueller, Christopher #1 A blood test for directing Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer
Mueller, Christopher #2 A blood test for Prostate Cancer, replacing PSA
Mueller, Christopher #3 A blood test for Breast Cancer, replacing mammography
Mueller, Christopher #4 A blood test for Pancreatic cancer
Ormiston, Mark Manipulating blood vessel growth in the lung using bone morphogenetic proteins
Ross, Avena Investigating the biosynthesis of tambjamine natural products
Snedden, Wayne Investigating calcium signal transduction in plants
Participating Faculty 2020-2021:
SUPERVISOR
PROJECT TITLE
Allingham, JohnInvestigating the roles of kinesin motors in stress adaptation by Candida albicans
Allingham, John #2Kinesins that control actin polymerization dynamics in cancer cells
Capicciotti, ChantelleInvestigating cellular glycan-protein interactions with photo-crosslinking probes
Chan, EdmondModulating mitochondrial dynamics to target breast cancer cells
Cote, GrahamStudies on the alpha-kinase family of protein kinases
Craig, AndrewA novel melanoma subtype defined by chrosome 19 miRNA cluster expression
Craig, Andrew & Allingham, JohnDeveloping novel actin-targeting antibody drug conjugates for metastatic cancers
Davies, Peter #1
Discovery of new ligand-binding domains in bacterial adhesins
Davies, Peter #2
Structure-function relationships in ice nucleation proteins
Ghasemlou, Nader #1Circadian control of neuroimmunity and chronic pain
Ghasemlou, Nader #2Neuroimmune control of postoperative pain
Jia, Zongchao #1
Jia, Zongchao #2
Jia, Zongchao #3Structural and functional characterization of biosynthesis of Coenzyme Q
Mueller, Christopher #1A blood test for pancreatic cancer
Mueller, Christopher #2A blood test for directing immunotherapy in lung cancer
Mueller, Christopher #3A blood test for prostate cancer, replacing PSA
Mueller, Christopher #4A blood test for breast cancer, replacing mammography
Plaxton, William
Ross, AvenaInvestigating the biosynthesis of tambjamine natural products
Smith, StevenEngineering designer enzyme complexes for directed production of biomass-based high-value chemicals
Snedden, Wayne
Investigating calcium signal transduction in plants
Zechel, DavidThe mechanisms and substrate specificities of the phosphonate degrading enzymes PhnY and PhnZ