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 open on January 7, 2025 and close at 4pm on January 24, 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	TBD
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
Davies, Peter	Strategies to block bacterial infections
Smith, Steve	Structural and functional analyses of KLF-associated transcriptional networks associated with cardiac development and disease
Zongchao, Jia	A Novel Protein Modification by Polyphosphate and Its Implications in Inflammation, Cancer, Neurodegenerative Disorders, and Immune Regulation

SSP Project/Supervisor Selection:

Participating Faculty 2025-2026