Wei Feng et al. offer critical review on
Signal amplification by the trans-cleavage activity of CRISPR-Cas systems: Kinetics and performance.
Analytical Chemistry , 2023, 95 (1), DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c04555
Teresa Kumblathan and Yanming Liu et al. report on
An efficient method to enhance recovery and detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater.
Journal of Environmental Sciences , 2023, 130, 139–148.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2022.10.006
Congratulations to Chester Lau, who received an Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship from the government of Alberta.
Congratulations to Camille Huang, who received a Bell McLeod Educational Fund Graduate Entrance Scholarship.
Congratulations to Teresa Kumblathan, who received a Dean's Doctoral award and an Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship.
Congratulations to Xiaojian Chen, who successfully defended her MSc thesis and completed her MSc program in October 2022.
Congratulations to Jordan Schofield, who successfully defended MSc thesis and completed MSc program in September 2022.
Congratulations to Wei (Claire) Feng, who successfully defended her PhD thesis and completed her PhD program in August 2022.
Congratulations to Jingyang Xu, who was awarded an Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral (CGS D) renewal.
Congratulations to Jeffrey Tao, who was awarded an NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship Doctoral (PGS-D) renewal.
Congratulations to Wei (Claire) Feng, who was awarded an Andrew Stewart Graduate Research Prize.
Dr. Jessica Boyd gave an invited presentation in the Analytical and Environmental Toxicology Seminar Series, titled “The clinical toxicology laboratory and how I ended up there”. Dr. Boyd is the Medical Director, Urine Toxicology and Trace and Toxic Elements, at University of Utah/ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City.
Students and postdoctoral researchers in Our Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology delivered 14 oral presentations and 5 posters at the 105th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference (CCCE2022), held in Calgary on June 13-18, 2022. Congratulations to everyone for excellent presentations and professional communications.
Congratulations to Teresa Kumblathan who received the best graduate student oral presentation award in the Environment Division.
Congratulations to Chester Lau who received the best poster award in the Analytical Chemistry Division.
Congratulations to Wei (Claire) Feng who received the 2022 CIC Analytical Chemistry Division Ryan-Harris Graduate Award.
Congratulations to Wei (Claire) Feng, who received the 2022 CIC Analytical Chemistry Division Ryan-Harris Graduate Award in honor of Douglas E. Ryan. Claire will present her award lecture at the 105th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference, to be held in Calgary on June 13-18, 2022.
Yiping Wu et al. report on
One-step preparation of SnO2-AuNPs as nanocomposites on photoelectrodes to enhance photoelectrochemical detection of nitrite and superoxide"
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.116412
Yanming Liu et al. report on
On-site viral inactivation and RNA preservation of gargle and saliva samples combined with direct analysis of SARS-CoV-2 RNA on magnetic beads.
ACS Measurement Science Au , DOI: 10.1021/acsmeasuresciau.1c00057
ACS Editors' Choice article
This paper was featured on the front cover of Volume 2, Issue 3 (May/June, 2022)
Congratulations to Tetiana Davydiuk, who received a Robert Swindlehurst Graduate Book Prize in Chemistry.
Congratulations to Claire Feng, who received an Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship from the government of Alberta.
Congratulations to Bo Pang who successfully completed his PhD program.
Dr. Feng Li, a former member of the group, published a critical review article.
The CRISPR-Cas toolbox for analytical and diagnostic assay development.
Chemical Society Reviews, DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00098e
This paper was featured on the inside front cover of Volume 50, Issue 21 (November 7, 2021)
Yiren Cao et al. report on
Split locations and secondary structures of a DNAzyme critical to binding-assembled multicomponent nucleic acid enzymes for protein detection.
Analytical Chemistry , DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c03617
Wei (Claire) Feng and Hanyong Peng et al. discuss details on
Integrating reverse transcription recombinase polymerase amplification with CRISPR technology for one-tube assay of RNA.
Analytical Chemistry , DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c03456
This work was featured with supplementary cover of Volume 93, Issue 37 (September 21, 2021)
In collaboration with Dr. Lorne Tyrrell’s group, Connie Le and Yanming Liu et al. published
A CRISPR technique incorporated with single-cell RNA sequencing for studying hepatitis B infection.
Analytical Chemistry , DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c02227
This work was feature with a supplementary cover of Volume 93, issue 31 (August 10, 2021)
Yiren Cao et al. report on
CRISPR/Cas12a-mediated gold nanoparticle aggregation for colorimetric detection of SARS-CoV-2.
Chemical Communications, DOI: 10.1039/d1cc02546e
The work was featured on the back cover of Volume 57, Issue 56 (July 18, 2021)
Congratulations to Yiren Cao who successfully completed his PhD program.
Congratulations to Jiaojiao (Jane) Xie who successfully completed her PhD program.
Zhiqiang Fu et al. report on
Mapping isoform abundance and interactome of the endogenous TMPRSS2-ERG fusion protein by orthogonal immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry assays.
Molecular & Cellular Proteomics , DOI: 0.1016/j.mcpro.2021.100075
Wei (Claire) Feng et al. critically review and provide perspectives on:
CRISPR technology incorporating amplification strategies: Molecular assays for nucleic acids, proteins, and small molecules.
Chemical Science, DOI: 10.1039/D0SC06973F
This work was featured on the back cover of Volume 12, Issue 13 (April 7, 2021)
Qingqing Liu, who is now a professor at Southwest University, led the development of a mass spectrometry technique that enables:
Discovery and identification of arsenolipids using a precursor-finder strategy and data-independent mass spectrometry.
Environmental Science & Technology, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c07175
Jinjun Wu and Hanyong Peng et al. report on:
Binding-mediated formation of ribonucleoprotein corona for efficient delivery and control of CRISPR-Cas9.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202014162
Pang et al. report on a single-tube assay for SARS-CoV-2 in patient samples.
Isothermal amplification and ambient visualization in a single tube for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 using loop-mediated amplification and CRISPR technology.
Analytical Chemistry, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04047
Molecular diagnosis of COVID-19: Challenges and research needs.
New Perspective article featured on the front cover of Analytical Chemistry (August 4, 2020), highlighting that molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2 is critical to clinical diagnosis of COVID-19.
Congratulations to Ashley Newbigging, who has been appointed as a Clinical Biochemistry Fellow at the University of Alberta.
Congratulations to Jagdeesh Uppal, who received an Andrew Steward Graduate Research Prize from the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alberta.
Congratulations to Ashley Newbigging, who successfully completed her PhD program.
Congratulations to Ashley Newbigging, who received the Bell McLeod Educational Fund Graduate Research Prize from the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta.
Congratulations to Claire Feng, who received an Alberta Innovates Graduate Scholarship from the government of Alberta.
Congratulations to Gurcharan Uppal, who received an Alberta Innovates Summer Scholarship from the government of Alberta.
Congratulations to Jagdeesh Uppal, who received an Alexandra Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS-D) from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
Congratulations to Jeff Tao, who received a Postgraduate Scholarship Doctoral (PGS-D) from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
Congratulations to Jeff Tao, who received an Alberta Innovates Graduate Scholarship from the government of Alberta.
Congratulations to Hanyong Peng, who received a MedStar Award from the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta.
Hanyong Peng et al. report on a genome editing nanomachine constructed with a CRISPR system and activated by a near-infrared laser.
A genome editing nanomachine constructed with a Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats system and activated by near-infrared illumination.
ACS Nano, 14(3), 2817-2826 (2020). doi: 10.1021/acsnano.9b05276.
Congratulations to Professor Xing-Fang Li for receiving the 2020 Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) Ricardo Aroca Award. Dr. Li is recognized for her distinguished contributions to analytical chemistry for water research and environmental toxicology.
The CSC Ricardo Aroca Award “is presented to a scientist residing in Canada who has made a distinguished contribution to the field of analytical chemistry while working in Canada”.
The award will be presented during the 103rd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CCCE2020 http://ccce2020.ca/), which is taking place in Winnipeg on May 24-28, 2020.
Congratulations to Professor Steve Hrudey on his appointment to the Order of Canada. Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, announced new appointments on December 28, 2019.
"Created in 1967, the Order of Canada is one of our country’s highest honors. Presented by the governor general, the Order honors people whose service shapes our society, whose innovations ignite our imaginations, and whose compassion unites our communities."
Dr. Hrudey is Professor Emeritus in our Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology. He is honored "for his contributions to environmental health sciences and for his advocacy of safe drinking water".
Congratulations to Karen Hoy, who received an Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES) from the government of Alberta.
Congratulations to Ashley Newbigging, who received an Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES) from the government of Alberta.
Congratulations to Jeff Tao, who received an Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES) from the government of Alberta.
Congratulations to Professor Hongquan Zhang, who received a Discovery Grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
Congratulations to Katerina Carastathis, who received the 2019 Staff Recognition Award “in Recognition of Excellence in Supporting Students”.
Our research group actively participated in the 2019 “Discovery, Research, Innovation, and Education” event on April 12-13. Ashley, Hanyong, Jagdeesh, Jinjun, and Zhiqiang delivered platform presentations. Claire, Jeff, Karen, Peter, and Yiren presented posters. Congratulations to everyone for excellent presentations and to Ashley and Hanyong who received Best Oral Presentation Awards.
Congratulations to Karen Hoy, who successfully presented her Chem502 seminar on “Compact, automated, inexpensive, and field-deployable vacuum-outlet gas chromatograph for trace-concentration gas-phase organic compounds” (April 10, 2019).
Congratulations to Jagdeesh Uppal, who received an Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship from the government of Alberta (Alberta Innovates).
Division of Analytical & Environmental Toxicology (AET) hosted an annual Christmas party on December 13, 2018, and celebrated major scholarly achievements.
Congratulations to Yanwen Lin, who successfully defended her PhD thesis “Binding-induced DNA assembly for detection of proteins and nucleic acids”, and completed her PhD program in Analytical Chemistry (December 14, 2018).
Congratulations to Michael S. Reid, who successfully defended his PhD thesis “Isothermal amplification of nucleic acids and homogeneous assays for proteins”, and completed his PhD program in Analytical Chemistry (August 3, 2018).
Congratulations to Rebecca E. Paliwoda, who successfully defended her PhD thesis “Assays for specific DNA, microRNA, and proteins using DNA nanostructures”, and completed her PhD program in Analytical Chemistry (June 25, 2018).
Congratulations to Aleksandra Popowich, who successfully defended her PhD thesis “Investigating arsenic-protein interactions using mass spectrometry: from hemoglobin to p53”, and completed her PhD program (May 26, 2018).
Members of the Analytical & Environmental Toxicology Division successfully presented 20 papers and chaired 8 sessions at the 101st Canadian Society for Chemistry annual conference, held in Edmonton on May 27-31, 2018.
Congratulations to those who have received oral presentation and poster presentation awards
Congratulations to Jagdeesh Uppal, who received a Canada Graduate Scholarship (CSS-M) from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
Congratulations to Jagdeesh Uppal, who received a Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship from the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alberta.
Congratulations to Ashley Newbigging, who received an Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship from the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alberta.
Congratulations to Jeffrey Tao, who received a Medical Sciences Graduate Program Scholarship from the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta.
Congratulations to Hanyong Peng, who received a MedStar Award for an outstanding publication by a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta.
Congratulations to Wei (Claire) Feng, who received a China Scholarship Council (CSC) full scholarship for four years, in support of her PhD program. She also received a Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship from the University of Alberta.
Congratulations to Aleksandra Popowich, who received an Alberta-Smithsonian Internship, supporting her to conduct research at a Smithsonian institute in Washington, DC.
Congratulations to Lily Sun, who received an Award for Best Poster Presentation in Pharmacology and Toxicology, at the 58th Annual National Medical Student Research Forum, Texas, USA. April 21, 2017.
Group members presented research at the 100th Canadian Society for Chemistry annual conference, held in Toronto.
Congratulations to everyone for outstanding presentations and active participations in the conference events.
Hanyong Peng et al. report on design and operation of DNA nanomachine for cell imaging.
A microRNA-initiated DNAzyme motor operating in living cells.
Nature Communications, 8: 14378 (2017). doi: 10.1038/ncomms14378.
Global News Edmonton Health Matters Su-Ling Goh reports (February 28, 2017):
“Molecular machines could change cancer detection”
University of Alberta Ross Neitz reports (February 28, 2017):
“How molecular machines may drive the future of disease detection and drug delivery”
Collaborator Dr. Hailin Wang et al. discover that RecA utilizes its DNA binding-dependent ATPase activity to remodel the nucleofilaments and to promote homologous recombination in maintaining genomic integrity.
ATPase activity tightly regulates RecA nucleofilaments to promote homologous recombination.
Cell Discovery, 3, 16053 (2017). doi:10.1038/celldisc.2016.53
Xiaowen Yan et al. publish in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, demonstrating the capture and identification of arsenic-binding proteins from live cells.
p-Azidophenylarsenoxide: An arsenical "bait" for the in-situ capture and identification of cellular arsenic-binding proteins.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55, 14051-14056 (2016).
Dr. Chris Le edited an Arsenic Special Issue of the Journal of Environmental Sciences. The special issue
honors Dr. William R. Cullen for his outstanding contributions to arsenic research.
Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2016, volume 49, pages 1-232.
Birget Moe et al. publish in the Arsenic Special Issue of the Journal of Environmental Sciences, comparing cytotoxicity of 14 methylated and thiolated arsenic species.
Comparative cytotoxicity of fourteen trivalent and pentavalent arsenic species determined using real-time cell sensing.
Journal of Environmental Sciences, 49, 113-124 (2016).
Aleksandra Popowich et al. review the mystery of arsenobetaine, published in National Science Review.
Arsenobetaine: The ongoing mystery.
National Science Review , 3 (4), 451-458 (2016).
Qingqing Liu et al. publish in Environmental Health Perspectives, revealing arsenic metabolites in chicken meat.
Arsenic species in chicken breast: temporal variations of metabolites, elimination kinetics, and residual concentrations.
Environmental Health Perspectives, 124 (8), 1174- 1181 (2016).
Qingqing Liu et al. study accumulation and transport of Roxarsone, arsenobetaine, and inorganic arsenic using Caco-2 cells, published in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
Accumulation and transport of Roxarsone, arsenobetaine, and inorganic arsenic using the human immortalized Caco-2 cell line.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 64 (46), 8902-8908 (2016).
Congratulations to Qingqing Liu, who successfully completed her PhD program in November 2016.
Congratulations to Ashley Newbigging, who received an CIHR Frederick Banting and Charles Best Graduate Scholarship (CGS-D), 2016-2019.
Congratulations to Lily Sun, who received the Best Poster presentation Award at the 49th Annual Summer Research Day, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, October 15, 2016.
Congratulations to Jeffrey Tao, who received the Best Poster presentation Award at the 49th Annual Summer Research Day, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, October 15, 2016.
Qi Zhang et al. publish in Molecular Pharmaceutics, describing polymeric micelles for the delivery of arsenic to breast cancer cells.
Terpolymer micelles for the delivery of arsenic to breast cancer cells: The effect of chain sequence on polymeric micellar characteristics and cancer cell uptake.
Molecular Pharmaceutics, 13 (12), 4021-4033 (2016).
Congratulations to Qi Zhang, who successfully completed her PhD program in June 2016.
Congratulations to Rebecca Paliwoda, who received a Mary Louise Imrie Graduate Student Award, from the University of Alberta.
Congratulations to Aleksandra Popowich, who received the Jean Cooley Graduate Scholarship in Analytical Chemistry, from the University of Alberta.
Congratulations to Michael Reid, who received the Best Poster Presentation Award, at the 2016 Canada China Analytical Chemistry Conference.
Congratulations to Qingqing Liu, who received a DynaLife Publication Prize, from the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta.
Analytical and Environmental Toxicology Seminar Series replaced the former Environmental Health Sciences Seminar Series
| Most Recent Seminar | August 10, 2007 | Dr. Greg Tyrrell Provincial Laboratory and Dept. Lab. Med. Pathol. | Streptococci - health effects, surveillance, and epidemiology |
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Formely Environmental Health Sciences Seminar Series
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
Time: 2:00 pm
Date: Friday
Location: 10-120 Clinical Sciences Building
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
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| 2007 | ||
| August 10 | Dr. Greg Tyrrell Provincial Laboratory and Dept. Lab. Med. Pathol. | Streptococci - health effects, surveillance, and epidemiology |
| June 15 | Li Huang | Development of a real-time cell sensing electronic microarray for cytotoxicity study of environmental contaminants |
| June 8 | Dr. Chris Le | Conducting scientific research: What? why? and how? |
| June 1 | Adrienne LeBlanc | Imunoelectrophoretic detection of BPDE-DNA addumcts in white blood cells |
| May 25 | Jon Benskin | Isomer-specific uptake, tissue distribution, and elimination of PFAs in rats |
| May 18 | Kristi Lew Dr. Xiumei Han | Children's exposure to arsenic in playgrounds Determination of naphathenic acids using LC-MS |
| May 11 | Dr. Qiang Zhao Vichaya Charoensuk | Sandwitch assays for thrombin using aptamers Effects of arsenic on the glutathione system |
| May 4 | Dr. Paul Jones Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Toxicology Centre University of Saskatchewan | Biochemistry and Toxicology of Perfluorinated Compounds |
| May 3 | Dr. Dr. John Giesy Professor and Canada Research Chair in Environmental Toxicology University of Saskatchewan | Perfluorinated Chemicals: The History of an Environmental Issue |
| April 27 | Hongquan Zhang Dr. Shengwen Shen | Affinity CE-LIF assays for multiple proteins. Effects of arsenic on DNA repair |
| March 23 | Camille Hamula | A novel technique for selection of aptamers binding to microorganisms |
| March 16 | Tony McKnight-Whitford | Detection of trivalent arsenicals using LC-ESIMS |
| February 23 | Dr. Elaine Leslie Departments of Physiology and Lab. Medicine & Pathology | Transport proteins in toxicology: studies of arsenic efflux and cadmium uptake |
| February 16 | Dr. Qiang Zhao | Protein separation on capillary monolithic columns modified with DNA aptamers |
| February 2 | Dr. Hailin Wang Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Beijing | Biocompatible micelle mediated ACE for study of protein binding of highly hydrophobic molecules |
| January 26 | Adrienne LeBlanc | Application of CE-LIF to the detection of BPDE-DNA adducts in white blood cells |
| January 12 | Dr. Jeff Guthrie | Affinity interactions in bioanalytical and environmental analysis |
| January 5 | Sherry Li | Vanadium speciation using ICPMS |
| 2006 | ||
| December 15 | Xiumei Han | Fiber-optic sensors for enzymes and bacteria |
| December 8 | Jessica Boyd | Introduction to RefWorks |
| December 1 | Tony McKnight-Whitford | Colorimetric sensor arrays for volatile organic compoiunds |
| November 3 | Camille Hamula | Aptamers for microorganisms |
| October 27 | Jonathan Benskin | Perfluoroalkyl isomer-specfic biotransformation rates in vitro using CYP isozymes |
| October 13 | Alya Goulko Hongquan Zhang | DNA damage induced by UV radiation Aptamer for a DNA repair protein |
| September 29 | Uduak Idiong Adrienne LeBlanc | Chromium speciation DNA adducts in mononuclear white blood cells |
| September 15 | Sherry Li | Vanadium speciation |
| September 8 | Tony McKnight-Whitford Camille Hamula | LC-MS detection of arsenic species Techniques for aptamer selection |
| September 1 | Dr. Qiang Zhao | Development of affinity monolithic column |
| August 25 | Warren Stein | Exposure analysis and data quality at the Swan Hills Special Waste Treatment Center |
| August 18 | Nicole Oro | Speciation of arsenic in saliva and in oilsands |
| July 14 | Tony McKnight-Whitford | Arsenic-thiol interactions |
| July -3 | Invited 30 speakers | International Wrokshop on Water Contaminants and Health Effects |
| June 9 | Dr. Jiangjun Li National Research Council | CE/MS and LC/MS studies of glycoproteins |
| April 21 | Dr. Linda Reha-Krantz Department of Biological Sciences | Dynamics of nucleotide incorporation: Snapshots revealed by 2-aminopurine fluorescence studies |
| April 11 | Dr. Brian Foster Therapeutic Products Directorate, Health Canada | Drug, food, and natural health product interactions: confounding issues and recent findings |
| April 7 | Hongquan Zhang | Ultrasensitive detection of proteins by amplificaiton of affinity aptamers |
| March 17 | Alya Goulko Camille Hamula Sherry Li | Assay for UV damage to DNA Aptamer selection Vanadium speciation |
| March 10 | Li Huang | Quartz-induced apoptosis of lung epithelial cells |
| March 3 | Dr. Susan Richardson (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) | The next generation of drinking water disinfection by-products and health issues |
| February 24 | Dr. Qiang Zhao Dr. Jeff Guthrie Hongquan Zhang | Fraction collection from microseparation DNA binding to modified cyclodextrans SELEX selection of aptamers |
| February 17 | Tony McKnight-Whitford Dr. Chungang Yuan Vichaya Charoensuk Huiming Yan | Arsenic binding to thiols Arsenic speciation in saliva Toxicity of arsenic in HL60 cells Affinity separation of arsenic-binding proteins |
| February 3 | Dr. Hailin Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences) | CE/LIFP studies of DNA wrapping by UvrB |
| January 13 | Camille Hamula | Use of DNA aptamers to detect pathogenic bacteria in drinking water |
| 2005 | ||
| November 29 | Dr. David Chen (University of British Columbia) | Understanding the Analyte Migration Behavior in Capillary Electrophoresis Based on Mass Transfer Equation |
| November 4 | Dr. Victor Tron (Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology) | Molecular Regulation of the Cutaneous UV Radiation Response |
| October 28 | Meiling Lu and Jeff Charrois | 1. Interaction of arsenic species with human hemoglobin; 2. N-nitrosamines in drinking water: from an analytical method to occurences and beyond |
| October 24 | Dr. Norman Dovichi (University of Washington) | Single cell proteomics |
| October 21 | Dr. Mahmoud Bataineh | Separation and determination of selected organic pharmaceuticals in waters by means of natural flat membranes, GC, HPLC, and mass spectrometry |
| October 7 | Dr. Qiang Zhao | Bioelectroanalytical investigation of modified electrodes based on carbon nanotubes |
| September 23 | Alya Goulko | Development of a CE-LIF bioassay for detection of UV damage in cellular DNA |
| September 9 | EHS group | Research progress updates and discussion |
| September 2 | Odell Pui | SNP-based microarray assay for detection and speciation of Campylobacter |
| August 26 | EHS group | Research progress updates and discussion |
| August 19 | Sarah Huang and Amanda Senior | 1. Arsenic in Alberta's drinking water; 2. Arsenic speciation in rat blood |
| August 12 | Jessica Boyd | Drinking water disinfection byproduct nitrosamines |
| July 15 | Sherry Li | Vanadium compounds: uses and speciation |
| July 8 | Dr. Tom Hei Columbia University | Oxidiative Stress and Environmental Carcinogenesis |
| June 24 | Dr. Andrew Rencz Geological Survey of Canada | Natural levels of elements in the environment and implications to health: focusing on Arsenic |
| May 27 | Jeff Charrois | Nitrosamines in drinking water |
| May 20 | Hai Zhang | Genotyping of microbial pathogens by SNP |
| May 13 | Meiling Lu | Arsenic binding to hemoglobin in a rat model |
| May 6 | Dr. Zhongwen Wang | Interaction of arsenic species with thioredoxin |
| April 28 | Department Research Day | |
| April 22 | Dr. Rupasri Mandal | Mass spectrometric studies of platinum drug interactions with blood proteins and potential association with clinical effects |
| April 15 | Jun Peng | Characterization of interation between intact hemoglobin oxaliplatin using nanospray MS |
| April 8 | Dr. Yuan Yuan Zhao | Determination of microcystins in water using integrated SPME with HPLC/MS/MS |
| March 18 | Huiming Yan | Nucleic acid programmable protein array technology |
| February 25 | Huiming Yan | Nucleic acid programmable protein array technology |
| February 11 | Dr. Jeff Guthrie | A multi-technique approach for the study of speciation of Ni, Zn, Cd, Cu, and Pb in fresh waters |
| February 4 | Alya Goulko | Colorimetric lead (Pb) biosensers based on DNAzyme-assembled gold nanoparticles |
| January 14 | Daniel Jalba | Drinking water disinfection by-products |
| 2004 | ||
| December 10 | Research Group | Arsenic projects discussion |
| December 3 | Research Group | CE bioassay projects discussion |
| November 26 | Dr. John Crabtree (Micralyne) | Chip-based Research Performed with the Micralyne Microfluidic Tool Kit |
| November 2 | Dr. Barbara Beck (Gradient Corp., Cambridge) | Arsenic methylation: Considerations for risk assessment |
| October 29 | Hailin Wang | Uvr ABC and DNA damage recognition |
| October 22 | Hai Zhang | Microarray SNP analysis for identification and differentiation of pathogenic camplyobacter |
| October 8 | Vichaya Charoensuk | Cytotoxicity of arsenic compounds to APL cells |
| October 1 | Camille Hamula | PCR: a review |
| September 24 | Research group | Arsenic projects discussion |
| September 17 | Dr. Glen Loppnow (Department of Chemistry) | A New Technique for Detecting Nucleic Acid Damage and its Application to Comparative Studies of DNA and RNA Damage |
| September 10 | Yuan-yuan Zhao | Electrospray mass spectrometry studies of transferrin interaction with platinum drugs |
| September 3 | Research group | Capillary electrophoresis projects discussion |
| August 27 | Camille Hamula and Ruth Xing | Arsenic map of Canada |
| August 20 | Jessica Boyd and Jeff Charrois | Nitrosamines in Alberta |
| August 13 | Alya Goulko | CE-LIF bioassay for UV damage to DNA |
| July 16 | Seminar postponed | postponed |
| July 9 | Dr. Mark McDermott (Department of Chemistry) | Protein Adsorption: From Biomaterials to Microarrays |
| June 30 | Nicole Morin | Development of molecular and microarray techniques for the detection of viable E. coli O157:H7, Vibrio cholerae O1 and Salmonella Typhi |
| June 25 | Adam Peng | Mass spectrometry investigation of intact hemoglobin adducts of oxaliplatin |
| June 18 | Meiling Lu | Arsenic Interaction with Hemoglogin |
| June 11 | Dr. Jason Acker (Canadian Blood Services) | Biopreservation of Red Blood Cells - Past, Present, and Future |
| June 4 | Dr. Razmik Mirzayans (Cross Cancer Institute) | p53 Signaling and Cellular Response to DNA Damage |
| May 21 | Dr. Jillian Buriak (NINT and Chemistry) | Nanoscience - A Revolution at the Interface? |
| May 14 | Dr. Zhilong Gong | PCR-Based Site-Directed Mutagenesis |
| May 7 | Corinna Watt | Developing an Arsenic Map of Canada |
| April 30 | Hongquan Zhang | DNA adducts as biomarkers |
| April 23 | Shengwen Shen | Effect of Arsenic on the Induction and Repair of DNA Damage |
| April 16 | Vichaya Charoensuk | Medicinal Uses of Arsenic |
| April 2 | Dr. Rupa Mandal | In vitro and in vivo binding of oxaliplatin to blood proteins andclinical implications |
| March 26 | Jeff Charrois | Emergence of N-Nitrosamines as DBPs |
| March 19 | Dr. Hailin Wang | Biomarkers of DNA Adducts and Indicators of Cancer Risk |
| March 12 | David Robertson | Monitoring for Cyanobacterial Toxins in Source and Treated Water from Alberta Lakes |
| March 5 | Dr. Bei Wen | Accumulation, Speciation, and Desorption Kinetics of Rare Earth Elements in Soils |
| February 27 | Dr. Wojciech Gabryelski | High Field Asymmetirc Wave Ion Mobility Spectrometry - the Hubble Telescope of Mass Spectrometry |
| February 20 | Dr. Bin He | Arsenic Speciation in Blood Samples and Separation of Arsenic Species by SPE |
| February 13 | Dr. Marcus Arend | Identification of N-Nitrosamines with ESI-FAIMS-MS/MS at the Sub-ppt Level in Drinking Water |
| February 6 | EHS Research Group | Brief Description of Current Research Projects |
| January 9 | Dr. David Murray (Cross Cancer Institute) | Cellular Responses to Radiation DNA Damage |
| 2003 | ||
| December 12 | Janis Shaw (Career and Placement Services) | Career planning and job search |
| December 5 | No seminar today | |
| November 28 | Alya Goulko | Nucleotide excision repair: equilibrium and stop-flow kinetic studies |
| November 21 | Dr. John Klassen (Department of Chemistry) | Carbohydrate protein complexes characterized by NanoES-FT-ICR/MS |
| November 14 | Dr. Christian Beaulieu (Department of Biomedical Engineering) | Imaging of strokes using NMR/MRI (Tentative) |
| November 7 | Dr. Gary Horlick (Department of Chemistry) | Electrospray mass spectrometry for elemental speciation |
| October 31 | Meiling Lu | Interaction of trivalent arsenicals with human/rat hemoglobins |
| October 24 | Dr. Charles Wong (Department of Chemistry) | Environmental chemistry and fate of chiral polychlorinated biphenyls(PCBs): Implications for biotransformation of persistent organic pollutants |
| October 17 | Dr. Robert Campbell (Department of Chemistry) | Structural and spectral engineering of fluorescent proteins for use in live cell imaging |
| October 10 | Dr. Deib Birkholz (EnvironTest Laboratories) | Industrial perspectives of analytical chemistry |
| October 6 | Drs. William Cullen, Ken Reimer, Chris Le, Bill Mitchell, Daryl Hockley | Arsenic workshop |
| October 3 | Dr. Monica Palcic (Department of Chemistry) | Single Cell Enzyme Assays of Carbohydrate Modifying Enzymes |
| September 26 | Dr. Rupa Mandal | Comparison of the binding behavior of cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin with hemoglobin using mass spectrometric techniques |
| September 19 | Dr. Markus Arend | Detection of N-Nitrosamines with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry |
| September 15 | Dr. YingSheng Wang (Univ. California, Riverside) | Hunting for Novel Oxidative Crosslink Lesions of DNA |
| September 12 | Nicole Morin | Detection of viable bacteria using DNA microarray technology |
| September 5 | Warren Ma Karr-Hong Lee | 1. Heavy metals in herbal medicine. 2. Aptamer interaction with the amyloid peptide |
| August 29 | Elena Kwon Sheila Jessa | 1. Arsenic in playgrounds. 2. The genotoxic effects of inorganic and methylated arsenic species in human lung carcinoma cells |
| August 22 | Robyn Kalke | Interaction of hemoglobin with oxaliplatin. |
| August 15 | No meeting today | |
| August 8 | Jeff Charrois | A Method for the Detection of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in Drinking Water: Combing Solid Phase Extraction with GC/MS Ammonia Positive Chemical Ionization |
| August 1 | EHS Group | Laser induced fluorescence |
| July 25 | EHS Group | Mass spectrometry and chromatography |
| July 18 | EHS Group | Capillary electrophoresis |
| July 11 | Jeanette Buckingham and David Jones (University of Alberta Libraries) | Information Resources for Environmental Health |
| July 4 | Dr. Chris Le | Group organization and research discussions |
| June 27 | Dr. Liang Li (Department of Chemistry) | Proteomics from mass spectrometrisit's perspective |
| June 20 | Dr. Linda Pilarski (Cross Cancer Institute) | Genetic events in multiple myeloma |
| June 13 | Dr. Zhongwen Wang | Arsenic speciation in APL patients |
| June 6 | Dr. Hailin Wang | Nucleotide excision repair of DNA damage |
| May 30 | Dr. Richard A. Rothery (Department of Biochemistry) | Metal-Containing Prosthetic Groups in Echerichia coli Respiratory Chain Enzymes |
| May 23 | Dr. Glen Baker (Department of Psychiatry) | Antidepressants and neuroprotection in the central nervous system |
| May 16 | ||
| May 9 | Dr. Nicola Cherry | Laboratory correlates of male infertility |
| May 2 | Department Research Day | |
| April 25 | Dr. Diane Cox (Department of Medical Genetics) | Genes for Copper Toxicity |
| April 18 | Good Friday - Holiday | |
| April 11 | Dr. Linda Reha-Krantz (Department of Biological Sciences) | Using 2-Aminopurine Fluorescence to Study the Dynamics of DNA Polymerase Function |
| April 4 | Dr. Wojciech Gabryelski | Purity of commercial standards . mass spectrometry studies |
| March 28 | Dr. John-Bruce Green (Department of Chemistry) | Developments of AFM for enhanced chemical and biological discrimination |
| March 21 | Dr. Steve Hrudey | Quantitative insights on using environmental evidence for decision-making |
| March 14 | Alya Goulko | Ethidium bromide as a probe for studying DNA interaction with cationic amphiphiles |
| March 7 | Dr. Charles Lucy (Department of Chemistry) | Appropriate Technology in Analytical Separations |
| February 28 | Dr. Phil Fedorak (Department of Biological Sciences) | Applying chromatographic methods to study naphthenic acids biodegradation |
| February 21 | Dr. Chris Le | Introduction to some of our research projects (Con.t) |
| February 14 | Corrina Watt | Particulate arsenic in water |
| February 7 | Dr. Chris Le | Introduction to some of our research projects |
| January 31 | Dr. Donald LeGatt (Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology) | Urine – A Specimen for Clinical Toxicology Testing |
| January 24 | Dr. Wendy Gati (Department of Pharmacology) | Determinants of Cytotoxic Drug Activity in Cells from Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndrome |
| January 17 | Dr. Zhilong Gong | Microarray and SNP assay for human OGG |
| January 10 | Meiling Lu | Self-Assembled Nanoparticle Probes for Recognition and Detection of Biomolecules |
| 2002 | ||
| December 20 | Dr. Christine Teixeira | Single nucleotide polymorphisms in XRCC1 |
| December 13 | Jeff Charrois | Nitrosamines in drinking water |
| December 6 | Dr. Hailin Wang | Glutathione transferases |
| November 29 | Dr. Michael Weinfeld (Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute) | Chemical carcinogenesis |
| November 22 | Dr. Mike Belosevic (Dept. Biological Sciences) | Detection and Inactivation of Protozoan Parasites in Drinking Water |
| November 15 | Dr. Rupa Mandal | Cisplatin-protein interactions using nanospray quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry |
| November 8 | Dr. Vince St. Louis (Dept. Biological Sciences) | Mercury: the global pollutant |
| November 1 | Meiling Lu | Human and rat hemoglogin interaction with arsenic species |
| October 25 | Dr. Randy Whittal (Dept. Chemistry) | Protein-ligand interactions studied by electrospray mass spectrometry |
| October 18 | Dr. Victor Pavski | Aptamers and their analytical applications |
| October 11 | Dr. Wojciech Gabryelski | Mass spectrometry for compound identification |
| October 4 | Dr. Gonzalo Garcia-Vargas (University of Durango, Mexico) | Metal Exposure in Northern Mexico |
| September 27 | Dr. Marcus Arend | Organohalogen contaminants in fish of the Northern Pacific |
| September 20 | Warren Ma | Speciation of arsenic in beverages and stabilization of inorganic arsenic species |
| September 13 | Dr. Fengwu Wu | Analysis of volatile halogenated compounds in drinking water |
| September 6 | Sheila Jessa | Effects of specific protein on stability of BPDE-DNA complexes studied using CE/LIF |
| July 12 | Dr. Zhilong Gong | Speciation and preservation of arsenic |
| July 5 | Xiufen Lu | Arsenic speciation in urine |
| June 28 | Shengwen Shen | Thymine glycols – assay and repair |
| June 21 | Dr. Susan Andrew (Department of Medical Genetics) | DNA mismatch repair and tumourigenesis: Shedding light on response to UV damage |
| June 14 | Dr. Margaret-Ann Armour (Department of Chemistry) | Green Chemistry: Safety and Disposal Practices in the Laboratory |
| June 7 | Paula Murphy | Arsenic effect on the repair of BPDE-DNA adducts |
| May 31 | Karina Bodo | Exposure assessment for disinfection byproducts |
| May 24 | Dr. John Mackey (Cross Cancer Institute) | Breast cancer – An evolving molecular understanding |
| May 17 | Hao Fu | Fluorescent aptamers as probes for affinity capillary electrophoresis |
| May 10 | Brenda Wu | Nitrosamine |
| May 3 | Dr. Hailin Wang | Enhancement of immunocomplexes and application to immunoassays |
| April 26 | Nicole Morin | Hot embossing/PDMS applications |
| April 19 | Mary Woodland | Use of zwitterions in capillary electrophoresis |
| April 12 | Dr. Wojciech Gabryelski | FAIMS separation |
| April 5 | Dr. Fengwu Wu | GC/MS analysis of disinfection byproducts |
| March 28 (Thursday) | Dr. Guifeng Jiang | Interactions between metallothionein and arsenicals |
| March 22 | Dr. Xingfang Li | Testostorne analysis using LC/MS |
| March 15 | Dr. Ken Froese | FAIMS mass spectometry |
