Travel Awards 2017

• MSc candidate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Dalhousie University
• Supervisor: Dr. David Langelaan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University
• Work presented: Structure Determination of a Class IB Hydrophobin by NMR

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• PhD Candidate in Physics at the University of Toronto and Department of Chemical & Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga
• Supervisor: Dr. Claudiu Gradinaru, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, and Department of Chemical & Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga
• Work presented: Probing the Spatial Organization & Conformational Dynamics of G protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) and G proteins using Single-molecule Fluorescence

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• PhD Student in Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
• Supervisor: Dr. D.Peter Tieleman, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
• Work presented: More than a pore: The role of the dimeric intermediate in the pore-forming mechanism of fragaceatoxin C, an actinoporin from the sea anemone Actinia fragacea

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• Biophysical Chemistry MSc Candidate, University of Calgary
• Supervisor: Dr. Peter Tieleman, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
• Work presented: Molecular Views of a Eukaryotic Plasma Membrane Model

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• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia
• Supervisors: Dr. Jörg Rottler, Dr. Steven Plotkin, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia
• Work presented: Exploring the Fidelity of Coarse-Grained Protein Models for Simulated Force Spectroscopy

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• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alberta, Department of Biochemistry
• Supervisor: Supervisor: Dr. Joanne Lemieux, University of Alberta, Department of Biochemistry
• Work presented: Mechanistic Insight into a Possible Regulatory Region of an Intramembrane Enzyme Diacylglycerol acyltransferase

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• Chemistry MSc Candidate, Université Laval
• Supervisor: Dr. Michèle Auger, Department of Chemistry, Université Laval
• Work presented: Structural Investigations of Supercontracted Spider Silk Dragline

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• Physics PhD candidate, University of Guelph, Department of Physics
• Supervisor: Dr. Leonid Brown, University of Guelph, Department of Physics
• Work presented: Biosynthetic Production of an Isotopically Labelled Retinal in E. coli

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• Physics PhD candidate, Concordia University, Department of Physics
• Supervisor: Dr. Guillaume Lamoureux, Concordia University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Work presented: Molecular Modelling of Hexamer and Tetramer Forms of the Orai Calcium Channels

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• Physics PhD candidate, Simon Fraser University, Department of Physics
• Supervisor: Dr. Nancy Forde, Simon Fraser University, Department of Physics
• Work presented: The Influence of Ionic Strength, pH and Collagen Sources on Molecular Flexibility

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