Positions for the 2019-20 Academic Year are now complete. This page will be updated in December for those in third year beginning September 2020.
SSP Project/Supervisor Selection:
Step 1: You will find all projects listed on our website beginning December 20, 2019. 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://docs.google.com/forms/d/1VxPqndTe_7XAFVAHx7FbVSQaFcaIeoBYopjWhAgGVEg to rank your top three selections. The document will open on January 3, 2020 and close at 4pm on January 31, 2020. 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.
Step 4: You will know by February 14, 2020 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). Final approval will be complete by May 10, 2019.
Participating Faculty 2020-2021:
SUPERVISOR PROJECT TITLE
Allingham, John Investigating the roles of kinesin motors in stress adaptation by Candida albicans
Allingham, John #2 Kinesins that control actin polymerization dynamics in cancer cells
Capicciotti, Chantelle Investigating Cellular Glycan-Protein Interactions with Photo-Crosslinking Probes
Chan, Edmond Modulating mitochondrial dynamics to target breast cancer cells
Cote, Graham Studies on the alpha-kinase family of protein kinases
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 Discovery of new ligand-binding domains in bacterial adhesins
Davies, Peter #2 Structure-function relationships in ice nucleation proteins
Ghasemlou, Nader #1 Circadian control of neuroimmunity and chronic pain
Ghasemlou, Nader #2 Neuroimmune control of postoperative pain
Jia, Zongchao #1 Structure-guided inhibition of polyphosphate kinases in P. aeruginosa as a novel antivirulence approach
Jia, Zongchao #2 Polyphosphate biosynthesis as a virulence factor determinant in multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogens
Jia, Zongchao #3 Structural and functional characterization of biosynthesis of Coenzyme Q
Mueller, Christopher #1 A Blood test for Pancreatic Cancer
Mueller, Christopher #2 A blood test for directing Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer
Mueller, Christopher #3 A blood test for Prostate Cancer, replacing PSA
Mueller, Christopher #4 A blood test for Breast Cancer, replacing mammography
Plaxton, William Molecular, regulatory, and functional properties of key enzymes of plant carbohydrate and phosphate metabolism
Ross, Avena Investigating the biosynthesis of tambjamine natural products
Smith, Steven Engineering designer enzyme complexes for directed production of biomass-based high-value chemicals
Snedden, Wayne Investigating calcium signal transduction in plants
Zechel, David The mechanisms and substrate specificities of the phosphonate degrading enzymes PhnY and PhnZ
Participating Faculty 2019-2020:
SUPERVISOR PROJECT TITLE
Abraham, Sheela #1 Extracellular Vesicle Biogenesis in Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia
Abraham, Sheela #2 How extracellular vesicles effect stem cell function in Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia
Allingham, John Investigating the roles of kinesin motors in genome plasticity of Candida albicans
Capicciotti, Chantelle Investigating Glycan-Protein Interactions in Cells with Photo-Crosslinking Probes
Chan, Edmond #1 Regulation of mitochondria fusion machinery by nutrient stress
Chan, Edmond #2 Role for mitochondria dynamics in cancer cell growth
Craig, Andrew Defining targets of tumour suppressor microRNAs in malignant melanoma
Craig, Andrew & Allingham, John Developing novel actin-targeting antibody drug conjugates for metastatic cancers
Davies, Peter #1 Discovery of new ligand-binding domains in bacterial adhesins
Davies, Peter #2 Discovery and characterization of new antifreeze proteins
Davies, Peter #3 Structure-function relationships in ice nucleation proteins
Davies, Peter #4 Structure, function and inhibition of the calcium-activated calpain-3 protease
Ghasemlou, Nader #1 Profiling circadian rhythms in sensory neuron
Ghasemlou, Nader #2 Dissecting the inflammatory component of spinal cord injury pain
Jia, Zongchao #1 Structure-guided inhibition of polyphosphate kinase in P. aeruginosa as a novel antivirulence approach
Jia, Zongchao #2 Polyphosphate biosynthesis as a virulence factor determinant in multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogens
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
Plaxton, William Molecular, regulatory, and functional properties of key enzymes of plant carbohydrate and phosphate metabolism
Ross, Avena Genome Guided Discovery of Marine Natural Products
Smith, Steven Engineering designer enzyme complexes for directed production of biomass-based high-value chemicals
Snedden, Wayne Investigating calcium signal transduction in plants
Wu, Gang & Smith, Steven Synthesis of 17O-labeled amino acids and their incorporation into proteins
Zechel, David #1 Biosynthesis of a Fluorinated Natural Product in Streptomyces calvus
Zechel, David #2 The mechanisms and substrate specificities of the phosphonate degrading enzymes PhnY and PhnZ