Dr. Louis R. Lapierre, PhD

Appointments: Associate Professor, Dept. Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton Affiliations: Université de Moncton, New Brunswick Centre for Precision Medicine Research interests: Lysosome, Proteasome, Aging, XPO1, Drug Resistance, Selective Autophagy, Solid cancers Research Summary: Location, location, location: Subcellular protein partitioning in oncogenesis. Our laboratory focuses on the biology of aging and proteostasis using different model … Read more

Dr. Zhenyu Cheng, PhD

Appointments: Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology Affiliations: Dalhousie University Research Interests: Proteome homeostasis, proteasome, protein translation, lung cancer, bacterial infection, host immunity, inflammation Linking protein homeostasis to cancer treatment Receptor for activated C kinase 1 (RACK1), a scaffold protein and core component of the protein translation apparatus, has emerged as a novel molecular … Read more