The Quarmby Lab

The Quarmby Lab is Celebrating!

Lynne — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:42:00 +0000

SFU has recently announced the 2011 Teaching Excellence Awards and Lynne was one of the recipients. You can read all about it here.

2011 meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB): Denver, Dec 3-7, 2011

Lynne — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:46:37 +0000

Denver was cold: the walk to meet colleagues for breakfast at 7 am was about -16^oC (3^oF) with blowing wind and snow. As usual, the symposia, poster sessions and innumerable other events were packed with exciting new data and new ideas. The collisions with colleagues and friends, random and planned, stoked the fire that keeps it all going. I left filled with new ideas and a renewed energy. Remind me to never miss this meeting.

It is impossible to attend everything at ASCB. One fun event that I missed was the Cell Dance competition. Fortunately for me (and you) the winning videos can be viewed on line.

And when the conference was over, a few of us had some time before our flights home. We walked in the glorious Denver sunshine to the DAM (Denver Art Museum) to see the Xu Beihong exhibit. A satisfying end to a spectacular five days in Denver.

See you at ASCB 2012!

“The Crux” is launched

Lynne — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:04:23 +0000

The Crux is now live and awaiting your participation. Yes, you (hehe). A description of my aspirations for this new site was posted last night. Please click on “The Crux” logo at the top of this page to see what … Continue reading →

Quarmby lab welcomes two new researchers

Lynne — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:30:37 +0000

Stephanie Campbell recently completed her B.Sc. Honours thesis in the lab of Dr. Rosemary Cornell at SFU. Steph’s research project explored the autoinhibitory silencing mechanism of an enzyme called CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase (CCT) that exists in both soluble and membrane-bound states. When she is not in the lab, Stephanie enjoys being active and outdoors – running, hiking, skiing, cycling and gardening. She also enjoys travel and has her sights set on visiting the island of Santorini in Greece.

Negin Rahanjam recently received her M.Sc. from Leiden University , The Netherlands where she worked on apoptosis-related genes and autolysis in Aspergillus. Negin lives in Richmond with her husband Ali and their dog Gismo. They are anticipating the birth of their first baby in January 2012. Negin is originally from Iran and lived in The Netherlands for 6 years before moving to Vancouver.

Both Steph and Negin have joined us as part-time research assistants for the fall semester to help Laura Hilton crack the case of the mysterious CNK2.

Launch Party!

Lynne — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:17:48 +0000

Welcome to the new Quarmby Lab Website. Help us celebrate the launch by saying hello!

Although the primary purpose of the lab website is to serve as our interface with the cell biology community, we also want to provide a window into our work for the interested public. While much of the site remains technical and will only provide a vague feel of the work to those outside the field, there is more to come.

In October we will launch our new blog, “The Crux.” It is here that you, the interested public, will (we hope) find access to what we are on about.

Phillippe Jones is responsible for the design and functionality of the new site. We are thrilled with his accomplishment and something you can’t see (or maybe you can) — it is totally fun working with him. Thanks, Phil. You are the best.