Open House 2009

Members of the Biochemistry Grad Students Union (BGSU) arrive early to set up for Open House

Carol Gordon registers students from over 12 universities who arrived for the Open House

Relaxing over coffee, juice and cookies - just the thing on a chilly morning

Grad Admin. Asst. Carrie Harber and Prof. Lil Attisano organize registration

Lil Attisano chats with Acting Chair Roy Baker before events get underway

Grad Coordinator Jim Rini with grad students Dave Davidson and Stephen MacKinnon

Learning about grad school from Odile Lagacé (left)

Acting Chair, Roy Baker, welcomes students and gives an overview of the Department, its research and other activities

Grad Coordinator, Jim Rini, describes career opportunities in biochemistry and the diversity of research opportunities in the Department

Going through the online application process

A lively Q and A session helped answer questions

After an entertaining movie on research areas in the Department, pizza was just the thing to build up energy for tours of the Department

Grad Students (l to r) Phil Ip, Patrick Walsh, Patrick Kim Chiaw and Sabelo Lukhele were on hand to provide insights into student life over pizza

Visitor Lilian Wong gets some advice from grad student Yoav Farkosh

Jim Rini fields questions during lunch

Grad student Usheer Kanjee gives visitors a taste of some of his research findings

Signing up for tours of research facilities in the Medical Sciences Building, MaRS Centre and SickKids Research Institute

Yoav Farkosh leads his group on a tour of MaRS

Phil Ip describes how he studies protein misfolding
in neurodegenerative disorders

Wes Errington describes the delicate process of recovering crystals for protein structure determination by x-ray crystallography

Wes follows up with a fascinating description of how protein structures are solved from x-ray diffraction data

Travelling from MaRS to SickKids

At SickKids, Lindsay Baker shows how cryoelectron microscopy of protein molecules is used to reconstruct a 3-dimensional image of the protein

Getting a close-up view of proteins in full motion 3D

Chris Neale describes how the $1.5 million 3 meter display is used to study protein structure, dynamics and drug design

Spirits stay high throughout the tour - nothing like a combination of exciting research and the prospect of a chinese dinner at the end of the day

The NMR centre provides a fascinating look into the structure and dynamics of proteins in solution as described by grad student Joe Marsh

It's standing room only as Professor John Glover shows a group through a typical lab in the MSB and describes how he uses yeast to study protein folding and misfolding

A delicious dinner of chinese foood was just the thing
to help warm up after the tours

Dinner was also a great opportunity to discuss the day's events and contemplate the prospect of graduate work in biochemistry

Hmmmm.... M.Sc. or Ph.D?

Jim Rini joins visitors and fields more question over dinner

Régis Pomès provides a professor's perspective on grad work with visitors

A bit tired but still energetic enough to raise a glass, our enthusiastic BGSU volunteers
gather for some well-deserved relaxation at the end of the day

Members of the Biochemistry Grad Students Union (BGSU) arrive early to set up for Open House		Allison Pang demonstrates her supervisory skills
Carol Gordon registers students from over 12 universities who arrived for the Open House		Relaxing over coffee, juice and cookies - just the thing on a chilly morning
Grad Admin. Asst. Carrie Harber and Prof. Lil Attisano organize registration		Lil Attisano chats with Acting Chair Roy Baker before events get underway
Grad Coordinator Jim Rini with grad students Dave Davidson and Stephen MacKinnon		Learning about grad school from Odile Lagacé (left)
Acting Chair, Roy Baker, welcomes students and gives an overview of the Department, its research and other activities		Grad Coordinator, Jim Rini, describes career opportunities in biochemistry and the diversity of research opportunities in the Department
Going through the online application process		A lively Q and A session helped answer questions
After an entertaining movie on research areas in the Department, pizza was just the thing to build up energy for tours of the Department		Grad Students (l to r) Phil Ip, Patrick Walsh, Patrick Kim Chiaw and Sabelo Lukhele were on hand to provide insights into student life over pizza
Visitor Lilian Wong gets some advice from grad student Yoav Farkosh		Jim Rini fields questions during lunch
Grad student Usheer Kanjee gives visitors a taste of some of his research findings		Signing up for tours of research facilities in the Medical Sciences Building, MaRS Centre and SickKids Research Institute
Yoav Farkosh leads his group on a tour of MaRS		Phil Ip describes how he studies protein misfolding in neurodegenerative disorders
Wes Errington describes the delicate process of recovering crystals for protein structure determination by x-ray crystallography		Wes follows up with a fascinating description of how protein structures are solved from x-ray diffraction data
Travelling from MaRS to SickKids		At SickKids, Lindsay Baker shows how cryoelectron microscopy of protein molecules is used to reconstruct a 3-dimensional image of the protein
Getting a close-up view of proteins in full motion 3D		Chris Neale describes how the $1.5 million 3 meter display is used to study protein structure, dynamics and drug design
Spirits stay high throughout the tour - nothing like a combination of exciting research and the prospect of a chinese dinner at the end of the day		The NMR centre provides a fascinating look into the structure and dynamics of proteins in solution as described by grad student Joe Marsh
It's standing room only as Professor John Glover shows a group through a typical lab in the MSB and describes how he uses yeast to study protein folding and misfolding		A delicious dinner of chinese foood was just the thing to help warm up after the tours
Dinner was also a great opportunity to discuss the day's events and contemplate the prospect of graduate work in biochemistry		Hmmmm.... M.Sc. or Ph.D?
Jim Rini joins visitors and fields more question over dinner		Régis Pomès provides a professor's perspective on grad work with visitors
A bit tired but still energetic enough to raise a glass, our enthusiastic BGSU volunteers gather for some well-deserved relaxation at the end of the day