The Chemistry Seminar Program brings visitors from across Canada and beyond to present seminars in their area of expertise.  The seminars are open to everyone, including undergrad students.

Monday, September 26
11:30 a.m.
David Turpin Building A110 and Zoom (see link below)

Karen Waldron
University of Montreal
http://www.mapageweb.umontreal.ca/waldronk/Files/Home.html

“Crosslinked proteolytic enzymes for microscale proteomics applications”

Proteolytic enzymes are routinely used to cleave the potentially thousands of proteins in a biological sample into smaller, more manageable peptide fragments. This facilitates their separation and identification by nano-HPLC, capillary electrophoresis (CE) and/or mass spectrometry (MS). This process, called peptide mapping, is one of the steps used in the workflow for identifying, quantifying, characterizing or probing the function of proteins in the vast field of proteomics, specifically “bottom-up” proteomics. Insoluble proteolytic enzymes (i.e., trypsin, chymotrypsin, pepsin, Lys-C, Asp-N, etc.) offer several benefits such as limited autolysis, reusability and rapid digestion because high enzyme-to-substrate ratios can be used. The added advantage of adaptability to microreactor formats and microfluidic platforms comes from using glutaraldehyde (GA) to crosslink enzymes and render them insoluble instead of immobilizing them on solid-phase supports. In 2004 we reported a multi-step GA-crosslinking procedure for trypsin and compared its specific activity and peptide maps to trypsin immobilized onto GA-functionalized glass beads. The procedure was later adapted for chymotrypsin to digest nanomolar concentrations of fluorescently labelled protein substrate with peptide mapping by CE laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) detection. A GA-chymotrypsin microreactor was fabricated in a capillary column by programing reagent delivery in a CE instrument. Despite the ease in making GA-crosslinked trypsin and chymotrypsin “particles”, their re-use for multiple digestions has been problematic. Our successes and setbacks will be discussed, as well as our efforts to improve the robustness of the crosslinked enzymes using a Design-of-Experiments (DOE) approach to investigate the experimental parameters in our multi-step crosslinking method.

This seminar will be live streamed on Zoom.
https://uvic.zoom.us/j/83657240884?pwd=3pDZp5892dS4gsAKoaplX1t2j9kgbh.1
Meeting ID: 836 5724 0884
Password: 379943

View the full list of seminars at https://events.uvic.ca/chemistry/.

Join us for a free screening of Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani in celebration of Women in Math Day! Hosted by UVic Math & Stats EDI and Women in Math UVic Student Chapter.

Thursday May 12^th from 3:30 – 5:00 pm in the David Strong Building (DSB C118)

Examine the life and mathematical work of Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian immigrant to the United States who became a superstar in her field. In 2014, prior to her untimely death at the age of 40, she became both the first woman and the first Iranian to be awarded the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics, often equated in stature with the Nobel Prize.

For more information visit the Faculty of Science Events Calendar – Uvic Events – University of Victoria

Are you planning to graduate in June?  The Department of Chemistry is planning a photo session with all undergraduate students who have applied to graduate this June.

Friday, April 8 at 12:15 at the Petch Fountain (in front of the library). 

We hope you can be there to document your achievement!

International Centre for Students will host a live Pathways to Permanent Residence Q&A session. This session is aimed to provide general immigration information to UVic international students. UVic assumes no liability to the information shared by the presenter.

This live Q&A session will be hosted by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) Outreach Officers. Prior to the session, watch the video recording that will provide an overview of the available federal immigration programs in Canada for international graduates. After watching the video recording, you will then have the opportunity to submit your questions before the live Q&A session by using Slido.

Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Time: 2:30pm – 3:15pm (PT)
Location: Online Q&A Session – WebEx event

Registration required: Register online. WebEx Password: Island2022^

Video Recording: Watch here before the live Q&A session. Password: Pathways2022

Slido: Submit your questions before the live Q&A session here. Code access: Island22

*Once you have registered for the event, you will receive a reminder email one day prior the session. If you do not submit questions before the session, you will also have the opportunity to ask your questions during the live Q&A session.*

You are invited to attend the Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference held at the University of Calgary from May 27-29.  This conference is a unique opportunity that solely showcases undergraduate chemistry research and is many students’ first introduction to conferences.  Abstracts can be submitted to https://forms.gle/xMEpkwtPcKoizjGF8 by April 8, 2022.

Wondering what you can do with your degree?

Learn how you can make the leap from university to a rewarding career at this panel focused on Working in Medical and Health Sciences. Hear from industry experts about how they broke into their sectors PLUS learn what the job market looks like!

When: Wednesday, March 23

Time: 1 – 2:15 p.m.

Where: Online

Who: Open to all UVic students and alumni (students studying Science, Medicine, and Health Information Science may find this event particularly interesting)

Register: Sign in to the Co-op and Career portal to register!

Panelists:

• Daryl Roddan (Nursing), Nurse
• Kate Ritchie (Chemistry for Medical, Public Health and Policy), Policy Analyst, BC Ministry of Health
• Peter Stirling (Biochemistry), Senior Scientist and Associate Professor, Terry Fox Laboratory and University of British Columbia
• Rachel Fellner (Health Information Science), Analyst, Office of the Chief Medical Information Officer at Island Health
• Sarah Douglas (Biomedical Engineering, MD), Medical Student and former Engineer

Check out panelist biographies and learn more.

Join the International Centre for Students Exchange Team to learn more about spending 1-2 terms abroad during your UVic degree. On exchange, students can live and learn abroad while earning UVic credits, and continuing to pay UVic tuition fees. Visit the Exchange Program website for more details.

This information session will go over the perks of studying abroad through the exchange program, and the steps to apply. The session will also feature a special guest from one of our English partner universities to share some highlights of studying with them in the UK!

Exchange Program Information Session

When: Monday, March 14^th at 3:00-4:00pm (PT)

Where: In person at UVic’s Welcome Centre, 1^st floor of the Jamie Cassels Centre

Registration: Please register your attendance here!

We look forward to seeing you there!

Best wishes,

Maddy & Kiran

Maddy Palmer (she/her) & Kiran Nagra (she/her)

Exchange Student Advisers | goglobal@uvic.ca  

International Centre for Students

University of Victoria | Victoria, BC | Canada| www.uvic.ca/ics