The Heit lab is excited to announce the discovery of membrane cages, a previously undescribed membrane structure. This discovery has been published in the journal Scientific Reports. Membrane cages act to transiently block the diffusion of membrane proteins, thus structuring proteins in cellular membranes over short periods of time. This discovery was made, with our collaborator Dr John de […]
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Dr. Gregor Reid, professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Western Ontario, was just named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada! Dr. Reid is a pioneer in the study of probiotic organisms and the microbiome, and is leads our departments priobiotic research group. More information on his research
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This week the newest graduate students began working in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. The Heit lab would like to welcome all of these new students to our department, including to Kyle, the newest member of the Heit lab!
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Yesterday Dr. Roger Y. Tsein of the University of Californian, San Diego, passed away. Dr. Tsein’s work has had a profound impact on the work performed in the Heit lab. Indeed, over half of the experiments we conduct would not have been possible without his discovery and development of fluorescent proteins such as GFP. In our