Molecular Science
Eukaryotic Cells and Organisms |
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There are several exciting research endeavours in the Molecular Science Program dedicated to the study of eukaryotic cells and organisms. The individual research programs range from studies on protein complex analysis, through sub-cellular, cellular and tissue levels of organization to the patterning and function of higher organisms. In particular, the program offers research opportunities to study how the cell's organelles are built and how membrane flows from one organelle to another. Alternatively, one may pursue studies on how cells respond to changes to their environment such as infection and inflammation. Particularly, opportunities exist to investigate the signal transduction and the intracellular signaling pathways by mass spectrometry and gene expression. Our faculty is interested in the cellular response to diarrheagenic E. coli bacteria and the activities of both the host and the virally-encoded proteins that are involved in the HIV-1/AIDS infection. Moreover, investigatory work is being done to understand the developmental and molecular processes involved in the establishment of patterning in complex nervous systems, using the invertebrate, C. elegans as a model. This wide range of research activities means that an incoming student has a choice among a broad range of research topics and potential supervisors. Courtesy of Dr. D. Foster  Courtesy of Dr. M. Kolios |
 Courtesy of Dr. D. Foster  Courtesy of Dr. R. Botelho  Courtesy of Dr. M. Killeen  Courtesy of Dr. R. Botelho |
Faculty
| Name | Topics |
| Roberto Botelho rbotelho@ryerson.ca My Website |
Intracellular lipid signaling, organelle identity, membrane trafficking, phagocytosis |
Lesley Campbell |
Plant evolution and plant mating systems in agricultural ecosystems |
| Mario Estable mestable@ryerson.ca My Website |
Molecular retrovirology |
| Jeffrey Fillingham jeffrey.fillingham@ryerson.ca My Website |
Chromatin Dynamics, Genetics, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry |
| Debora Foster dfoster@ryerson.ca My Website |
Microbial pathogens; cellular microbiology |
| Marie Killeen mkilleen@ryerson.ca My Website |
Biofilm fundamentals and industrial applications; infection control |
| Michael C. Kolios mkolios@ryerson.ca My Website |
Ultrasound imaging and therapeutics, ultrasound imaging, heat transfer in tissue, thermal therapies; the use of high frequency ultrasound imaging (20-60MHz) for the detection of cell death |
| John Marshall 4marshal@ryerson.ca My Website |
Extracellular protein complexes, cell signaling |
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