Conference Reports: EuPA Annual Conference and MaxQuant Summer School
The conference was a big success on both the scientific and the networking level. I was fortunate to secure a slot in one of the parallel sessions, where I could present our strategy on using TAILS N-terminomics to identify HPP “missing proteins” and our ongoing efforts to map the human heart N-terminome, fostering lively scientific discussions.
Neil Mackenzie Mentorship Excellence Award
CBR is proud to announce a new award: the Neil Mackenzie Mentorship Excellence Award! In memory of Dr. Neil Mackenzie, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Bromme’s lab, who was an outstanding mentor to his students and colleagues, CBR has created an award to recognize our dedicated members’ who are making a difference in their labs. […]
Striking a balance between blood product quality and safety
Dr. Peter Schubert, a Research Associate and Manager of Dr. Dana Devine’s Laboratory at CBR, collaborated with an industry partner, TerumoBCT, to investigate the impact of pathogen inactivation technologies in whole blood, as opposed to standard practice of individual blood components.
Kelly McNagny joins CDRD as a new Co-Scientific Director
“We are very fortunate to have Dr. McNagny join the organization. His deep experience and scientific expertise, particularly in the area of stem cell biology will allow us to bring added value to our stakeholders. We have collaborated with him on individual projects for several years, and now look forward to having him take on this expanded role as a part of our Executive Team.”
Taming antimicrobial peptides for treating bacterial infections
A toxic antimicrobial compound secreted by an Australian growling grass frog, Litoria raniformis, can prove useful against antibiotic resistant bacteria. The Kizhakkedathu group at CBR undertook this quest in their recent paper published in Biomacromolecules.
Where Will Your Graduate Education Take You?
Many students choose to enter graduate school because they enjoy research and are passionate about science, but few have a concrete idea of the type of career they would like following graduation.
Nichollas Scott: profile of a CBR researcher
Nichollas’ curiosity for the biological mechanisms of protein modification led him to his current research path, beginning with a PhD project at the Cordwell Laboratory at the University of Sydney, Australia.
“Measure twice, cut once” – in proteomics, speed is not everything.
In some cases, increasing the speed of analysis by mass spectrometry does not increase the likelihood of getting informative data and greater flexibility in the analysis of components is required.
Dr. Rossi’s team discovers new mechanisms to target muscular dystrophy
Researchers unraveled a mechanism governing the deregulation of connective tissue cells (FAPs) after muscle injury. The interaction between FAPs and Macrophages could be a target of the new anti-fibrosis therapies.
Bike to Work Week: CBR-LSC team has beat all records!
Twenty nine riders on the LSC team, of which 15 were members of the CBR, competed against other UBC teams and cycled to the 1st place.