Loewen Lab

 

 

Shabnam Tavassoli, Jesse Chao, Barry Young, Ruud Cox, William Prinz, Anton de Kroon & Christopher Loewen (2013). Plasma membrane-endoplasmic reticulum contact sites regulate phosphatidylcholine synthesis, EMBO reports.  14(5):434-40. DOI: 10.1038/embor.2013.36.

 

LSI GSA Research Day

Moerman & Vogl Lab

Adam Warner, Ge Xiong, Hiroshi Qadota, Teresa Rogalski, A. Wayne Vogl, Donald G. Moerman & Guy M. Benian (2013). CPNA-1, a copine domain protein, is located at integrin adhesion sites and is required for myofilament stability in C. elegans, MBoC (Mol.Biol.Cell). 24:604-616. DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E12-06-0478

Van Petegem Lab

Lynn Kimlicka, Kevin Lau, Ching-Chieh Tung, Filip Van Petegem (2013).  Disease mutations in the ryanodine receptor N-terminal region couple to a mobile intersubunit interface, Nature Communications.4:1506.  DOI:10.1038/ncomms2501

Details of the article and an interview with Filip Van Petegem was published in Vancouver Sun   and UBC Faculty of Medicine’s website

There was also  some coverage on CTV and GlobalTV

Nabi Lab

Bharat Joshi, Michelle Bastiani, Scott S. Strugnell, Cecile Boscher, Robert G. Parton & Ivan R. Nabi (2012). Phosphocaveolin-1 is a mechanotransducer that induces caveola biogenesis via Egr1 transcriptional regulation, October 2012.  DOI:10.1083/jcb.201207089

Overall Lab

Ulrich auf dem Keller, Anna Prudova, Ulrich Eckhard, Barbara Fingleton & Christopher M. Overall (2013). Systems-Level Analysis of Proteolytic Events in Increased Vascular Permeability and Complement Activation in Skin Inflammation.  Journal of Science Signaling.  January 2013. DOI:10.1126/scisignal.2003512

LSI Members highlighted in UBC Reports, December 2012 issue


 

Dr. Mike Gold, Canadian Society for Immunology 2013 Cinader Award Lecturer

Dr. Julian Davies -2013 Abbott American Society for Microbiology Lifetime Achievement Award

Howe Lab & Lorincz Lab

Vicki E. Maltby, Benjamin J. Martin, Julie Brind’Amour, Adam T. Chruscicki, Kristina L. McBurney, Julia M. Schulze, Ian J. Johnson, Mark Hills, Thomas Hentrich, Michael S. Kobor, Matthew C. Lorincz & LeAnn J. Howe (2012). Histone H3K4 demethylation is negatively regulated by histone H3 acetylation. Journal of Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci (PNAS), November 2012. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1202070109