Biochemistry

This class comprises research and experimental development in biochemistry.
Parent Category
Sub-Categories
Analytical biochemistry
Enzymes (including kinetics and mechanisms, and biocatalyst)
Proteomics
Intramolecular interactions
Metabolomics
Nucleic acids studies
Lipid biology (including lipidomics)
Glycomics and glycobiology
Chemical genetics
Protein and gene networks
Synthetic biology
Systems biology
Forensic biology
Biochemistry, n.e.c.
 
 
 
 

UBC Researchers conducting research in Biochemistry

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Brumer, Harry

Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Biochemistry; Chemical sciences; Genomics; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; biomass; carbohydrates; cellulose; Chemical Synthesis and Catalysis; Enzymes; microbiota; plant cell walls; polysaccharides

C

Ciernia, Annie

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Biochemistry; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Autism; Brain development; Epigenetics; Gene-Environment Interactions; Neurodevelopmental disorders

D

Dee, Derek

Food, Nutrition & Health, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Enzymes (including kinetics and mechanisms, and biocatalyst); Proteomics; Nanofabrication, growth and self-assembly; Food chemistry (including fermentation); Protein Folding; protein stability; protein aggregation; protein engineering; funtional amyloid; bacterial amyloid; protein nanofibrils; food proteins; legume proteins; aspartic proteases; psychrophilic enzymes; precision fermentation; Biophysics; food chemistry; alternative food proteins; optical tweezers; single molecule force spectroscopy; cryoEM

DeMarco, Mari

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Other medical sciences; Analytical chemistry, n.e.c.; Biochemistry; Biomarkers; Neurodegenerative diorders; Alzheimer's disease; Frontotemporal degeneration; Clinical mass spectrometry; Parkinson's disease; Lewy body dementia; ALS

E

Eltis, Lindsay

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Biochemistry; Genomics; Immunology; Microbiology; Bacterial catabolism of steroids and lignin; biocatalyst development; Enzymes and Proteins; Metabolism (Living Organisms); Mycobacterium tuberculosis

F

Foster, Leonard

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michael Smith Laboratories, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Biochemistry; Genomics; Agriculture; antigen presentation; Bioinformatics; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Biotechnology; Cell Signaling and Infectious and Immune Diseases; Honey bees; host-pathogen interactions; Immune System; Microbiology; Proteomics; Systems Biology

Frankel, Adam

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Enzymes (including kinetics and mechanisms, and biocatalyst); Other basic medicine and life sciences; Protein Biochemistry; arginine methylation; Histones; Nucleosomes; post-translational modifications; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Organic Molecules and Biomolecules; Bioactive Molecules; Proteins; Chemical Biology; drug discovery; Target Engagement; Amino acids

H

Hoodless, Pamela

Department of Medical Genetics, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Computational cell biology; Cancer; Genomics; Medical and biomedical engineering; Nucleic acids studies; Developmental Genetics; Embryology; Embryonic Development; Epigenetics; Heart Valve / Valvular Diseases; Heart valve formation; Liver; Liver development; Stem Cells and Organogenesis; transcriptional regulation

Huan, Tao

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bioinformatics, n.e.c.; Analytical spectrometry; Metabolomics; Separation science; Cancer progression and metastasis; Human nutrition and metabolism; Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Machine Learning; Bioinformatics

J

Jan, Eric

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Biochemistry; Virus; Nucleic Acids; Proteomics; Antiviral innate immunity; Zika; coxsackievirus; enterovirus; Innate immunity; molecular biology; picornavirus; protease; Protein synthesis; RNA; RNA structure function; RNA virus; ribosome; SARS; tRNA; translation; Virology; virus host interactions; mRNA therapeutics

Jean, Francois

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Medical virology; Protein trafficking in cell biology; Proteomics; Enzymes (including kinetics and mechanisms, and biocatalyst); Organelle function; Virology; Systems biology; Cellular virology; Emerging human viruses; COVID-19; Host-virus interactions; Broad-based antiviral agents; Antiviral agents; Natural products as antiviral agents; Lipid-modulating drugs; Cellular protease inhibitors; Viral protease inhibitors; Human coronaviruses; SARS-CoV-2; Human flaviviruses; Dengue virus; Zika virus; West Nile virus; Influenza A virus; Human microRNAs; Therapeutic microRNA; Viral and cellular biomarkers; Molecular diagnostics for detecting viral infection; Circulating exosomes; Exosomal microRNAs; Proteomics-based technologies; Multiplexed and Mass Spectrometric quantitation assays

K

Kobor, Michael

Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Biochemistry; Bioinformatics; Genetic medicine; Genomics; Chromatin Biology; Epigenetics; molecular biology; Social Epigenetics

M

Mayor, Thibault

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michael Smith Laboratories, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Biochemistry; Genomics; Aging; Cell Biology; Neurodegenerative diseases; Proteasome; Protein Degradation; Protein Folding; Proteomics; Proteostasis; Ubiquitin; Yeast Genetics

Morin, Gregg

Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Basic medicine and life sciences; Proteomics; mass spectrometry; RNA processing; Ribonucleoproteins; Splicing; Cancer; RNA sequencing

Murphy, Michael

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bacteriology; Enzymes (including kinetics and mechanisms, and biocatalyst); Alternatives to antibiotics; Bacterial pathogenesis; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Functional and Structural Proteomics; Microbial metal metabolism

P

Parker, Seth

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Metabolomics; Cell metabolism; Pediatric cancer; mass spectrometry; Childhood disease; Cancer; Solute carriers; Metabolism; Mitochondria; Stable-isotope tracing; Functional assay development

T

Teves, Sheila

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Biochemistry; Genomics; Epigenetics; Genetics; Genome Science; Molecular Epigenetics (MEG); molecular biology; Transcriptional memory and cellular identity in mouse embryonic stem cells

V

Van Petegem, Filip

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Biochemistry; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Genetic Diseases; Calcium signaling; Cardiac arrhythmia; electrical signaling; electrophysiology; Epilepsy; Ion channels; Structural Biology

Velenosi, Thomas

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences, n.e.c.; Cancer drug development and therapeutics; Cancer molecular targets; Metabolomics; Lipid biology (including lipidomics); Pharmacometabolomics; Pharmacology; Lipidomics; mass spectrometry; Cancer; Stable isotope tracing; Bioinformatics

W

Wisnovsky, Simon

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Cancer genetics; Tumour immunology; Cellular immunology; Glycomics and glycobiology; Chemical genetics; Systems biology; Cellular interactions (including adhesion, matrix and cell wall); Genomics; Cancer molecular targets; glycobiology; carbohydrates; Tumor immunology; Functional genomics; CRISPR screening; Glycomics; Biochemistry; Molecular Genetics; Cell Biology; Cancer

Wong, Judy

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Cancer genetics; Mechanisms of carcinogenesis; Drug discovery, design and delivery; Nucleic acids studies; Enzymes (including kinetics and mechanisms, and biocatalyst); Cancer biology; Aging; Genome Instability; Nucleic Acid Structures; Pharmacology; Genetics and Genomics

Y

Yip, Calvin

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Biochemistry; Gene Regulation and Expression; Genetic Diseases; Enzymes and Proteins; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Molecular Structure and Sizing; Imaging; Chromatin modification / epigenetic regulation; Molecular etiologies of rare diseases; Regulation of autophagy degradation

Z

Zulyniak, Michael

Food, Nutrition & Health, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Human nutrition and metabolism; Population health interventions; Systems biology; Nutritional epidemiology; metabolic diseases; Pregnancy; gestational diabetes; type-2 diabetes; Metabolism; Genetics; health disparity; Nutrition; lifestyle; precision nutrition
 

Student & Alumni Stories in Biochemistry

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Sepideh Soukhtehzari

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD)

Identification of polysialylated proteins in breast cancer and correlation with patient prognosis
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Naomi Potter

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD)

Patient-derived model systems to assess the in vitro efficacy of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) modulator therapies in cystic fibrosis

Colton Strong

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PhD)

Supercharging donor platelets for enhanced clotting using mRNA lipid nanoparticles

Olivier Hinse

Student

Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (MSc)

Hybrid antigenic peptides as a potential trigger of autoimmunity in rheumatoid arthritis

Alexandria Shaw

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PhD)

Investigating the molecular mechanisms of PI4KA regulation

Emily Yeh

Student

Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (MSc)

Investigating SETD2 germline mutations in contrasting neurodevelopmental syndromes

Abisola Kehinde

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PhD)

Understanding the metabolic consequences of the systemic alanine depletion in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
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Heather Baker

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PhD)

Identifying key E3 ubiquitin ligases and co-factors that target disease-associated mutant cytosolic proteins for degradation

Mopelola Akinlaja

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PhD)

Understanding host-pathogen interactions between

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Kimberly Tsz Ching Wong

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PhD)

Evolution of Multi-enzyme Metabolic Pathway

Lindsey Paskulin

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

The search for ancient chocolate: Using proteomics to identify cacao in archaeological ceramic vessels

Jay Hilsden

Student

Master of Arts in Anthropology (MA)

Using ancient proteins to identify archaeologically underrepresented fish on the Pacific Northwest Coast
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Atul Aravindakshan

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Built environment, metabolomics, and cancer risk
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Nisha Johal

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PhD)

Characterizing mitochondrial transport proteins in pancreatic cancer

 

Program Specializations in Biochemistry

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
 
 
 
French Name
Biochimie
French Description
Cette classe comprend la recherche et le développement expérimental en biochimie.
 
 

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