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Aleixo Muise and Sick Kids researchers find defect in blood vessels the cause of new intestinal disease

6 August 2015|

In a study published in Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Aleixo Muise, Clinician-Scientist and Co-Director of the IBD Centre, and a team of Sick Kids researchers reveal that a genetic defect causes a mutation of the PLVAP gene. The mutation leads to the loss of the protein filter in blood vessels in the bowel. Further research into this new disease may lead to new treatments and a […]

News & Views "Structural biology: Arresting developments in receptor signalling” by Jeffrey Benovic.

Ernst lab contributes DEER spectroscopy to Nature paper on rhodopsin-arrestin complex structure

6 August 2015|

The GPCR-arrestin complex crystal structure was solved using data collected at the Stanford LCLS X-ray free electron laser. Ned van Eps and Lydia Caro from the Ernst lab used pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy to validate the rhodopsin–arrestin complex assembly. The study published online 22 July 2015 in Nature has been downloaded more than 22,000 times in the first week after publication.

New CIFR Research Programs

New CIFAR research program co-directed by Oliver P. Ernst and R.J. Dwayne Miller

7 July 2015|

A new CIFAR Research Program co-directed by Oliver P. Ernst and R.J. Dwayne Miller advertised in The Globe and Mail on June 24, 2015.

The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research launched four new research programs. Two Biochemistry faculty, Lewis E. Kay and Oliver P. Ernst, as well as R.J. Dwayne Miller from the Departments of Chemistry and Physics are members of the program […]

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Warren Lee interviewed by CTV on flu treatment findings

12 June 2015|

Dr. Warren Lee, critical care physician and cell biologist with St. Michael’s Hospital, teamed up with drug researchers at Sunnybrook Hospital to test Vasculotide, a new drug treatment that prevents lung blood vessels from leaking when attacked by the flu virus. Previous flu drugs attempt to defeat the virus while Vasculotide successfully treats the host.

The research findings are published in Scientific Reports and announced in […]

Larry Moran Quoted in the New York Times Magazine

21 March 2015|

In a followup to an article on Junk DNA that appeared in the New York Times Magazine on March 8th, the paper surveyed the reaction amongst online commentators. In the article Larry Moran was quoted:

the general public has been snowed by the Encode publicity campaign and by naïve journalists who have enthusiastically reported that junk DNA is dead.

Yuqing Wang

Grad Student Yuqing Wang featured in Faculty of Medicine News article

5 March 2015|

 

Yuqing Wang was featured in the article She Does It Her Way (And It Works) for the Faculty of Medicine News webpage. Yuqing, a PhD grad student in the Peter Kim and Angus McQuibban Labs, discussed her challenges and numerous triumphs in her studies and life in Canada.

 

 

Alex Palazzo

Alex Palazzo and Ryan Gregory interviewed for the New York Times

5 March 2015|

Alex Palazzo and his collaborator, Ryan Gregory from the University of Guelph, were interviewed by New York Times science writer Carl Zimmer. The article, Is Most of Our DNA Garbage? revealed the realities and misconceptions surrounding junk DNA and the ENCODE project.

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Grad students Scott McAuley and Leo Mui featured in U of T Magazine article

5 March 2015|

 

Scott McAuley, a grad student in the Nodwell lab, and business partner Leo Mui, were featured in the recent issue of U of T Magazine. The two U of T grad students formed the company Lunanos and are developing a reusable disinfectant indicator sticker for use on rolling hospital equipment as a tool for infection control. Prototypes will shortly be tested in hospitals in Toronto and the Philippines.

Larry Moran Interviewed on the Future of Academia

19 December 2014|

In today’s Globe and Mail Larry Moran comments on the increased pressure felt by researchers due to changes in the priorities of funding institutions.

Dr. Igor Stagljar portrait October 2014

Igor Stagljar interviewed on CIHR funding

16 December 2014|

In today’s Globe and Mail, Dr. Stagljar was interviewed on the current funding climate and what this means for early-to-mid career researchers.

 

Dr. Christine Bear

Christine Bear interviewed for the 25th anniversary of the CFTR gene discovery

1 October 2014|

In September, the Hospital for Sick Children celebrated the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the gene that causes Cystic Fibrosis: CFTR. To explain to the public the importance of the discovery, Christine Bear, Senior Scientist and Co-director of the Sick Kids Cystic Fibrosis Centre, was interviewed by several media outlets including CTV News, CBC, Global, and Cystic Fibrosis News Today.

“The Case for Junk DNA” by Alex Palazzo

9 May 2014|

Dr. Palazzo, in collaboration with Dr. T. Ryan Gregory from the University of Guelph, published a perspective titled “The Case for Junk DNA” that appeared in the May 2014 issue of PLOS Genetics. It was highlighted on the National Geographic website.

Overview of the Paper:

With the advent of deep sequencing technologies and the ability to analyze whole genome sequences and transcriptomes, there has been […]