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Elizabeth Conibear

ResearcherMedical GeneticsUniversity of British Columbia

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Elizabeth Conibear

Researcher

Medical Genetics

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
15 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 8 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (6 CIHR, 3 NSERC), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 5 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2021.

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Research

Lipid Transport Membrane Contact Sites Yeast Genetics Cell Culture Vps13 Endoplasmic Reticulum Fundamental Cell Biology Organelle Biogenesis

Latest papers

The Rab GEF VINE couples phosphatase recruitment to GAP-mediated Rab5 inactivation.
The Journal of cell biology · 2026 · senior author
Septins associate with AP-3 to support trafficking to the vacuole/lysosome in yeast.
Molecular biology of the cell · 2026
Hoi1 targets BLTP2 to ER-PM contact sites to regulate lipid homeostasis.
The Journal of cell biology · 2026 · senior author

All 44 publications

Latest funding

Regulation of the bridge-like lipid transfer protein BLTP1 at membrane contact sites
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$994,500
The Role and Regulation of Endosomal GTP Exchange Factors
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$144,000
Targeting the VPS13 family of lipid transport proteins to membrane contact sites
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$100,000

All 16 grants and awards

44 publications.

The Rab GEF VINE couples phosphatase recruitment to GAP-mediated Rab5 inactivation.

Frier MS, Shortill SP, Davey M, Conibear E

The Journal of cell biology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202601107 PMID: 42412525

Septins associate with AP-3 to support trafficking to the vacuole/lysosome in yeast.

Leih M, McCright M, Angers C, Davey M, Conibear E, Merz A, Odorizzi G

Molecular biology of the cell2026

DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e26-01-0055 PMID: 41985082

Hoi1 targets BLTP2 to ER-PM contact sites to regulate lipid homeostasis.

Dziurdzik SK, Sridhar V, Eng H, Neuman SD, Yan J, Davey M, Taubert S, Bashirullah A, Conibear E

The Journal of cell biology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202502131 PMID: 41746219

Mechanistic dissection of BLTP2 targeting to ER-PM contact sites.

Neuman SD, Cavanagh AT, Sheffels N, Conibear E, Bashirullah A

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.12.718032 PMID: 42039411

A shared binding interface controls Vps13 organelle-specific targeting independently of its vacuolar protein sorting function.

Jeffers KR, Dziurdzik SK, Davey M, Drotsky JF, Conibear E

Molecular biology of the cell2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e25-08-0384 PMID: 41537739

Septins associate with AP-3 to support trafficking to the vacuole/lysosome in yeast.

Leih M, McCright M, Angers C, Davey M, Conibear E, Merz A, Odorizzi G

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

DOI: 10.64898/2026.02.13.705769 PMID: 41726955

TMEM170 proteins are lipid scramblases associated with bridge-type lipid transporters BLTP1/Csf1.

Rocha-Roa C, Chandran Blair P, Sidhu G, Álvarez D, Davey M, Conibear E, Vanni S

Nature structural & molecular biology2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41594-025-01716-0 PMID: 41299140

The molecular mechanism of lipid uptake by membrane-anchored bridge-like lipid transfer proteins.

Álvarez D, Blair PC, Rocha-Roa C, Davey M, Conibear E, Vanni S

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2520399123 PMID: 41564130

An S-acylated N-terminus and a conserved loop regulate the activity of the ABHD17 deacylase.

Holme S, Sapia J, Davey M, Vanni S, Conibear E

The Journal of cell biology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202405042 PMID: 39951021

Hoi1 targets the yeast BLTP2 protein to ER-PM contact sites to regulate lipid homeostasis.

Dziurdzik SK, Sridhar V, Eng H, Neuman SD, Yan J, Davey M, Taubert S, Bashirullah A, Conibear E

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1101/2025.02.11.637747 PMID: 39990326

Regulation of the bridge-like lipid transfer protein BLTP1 at membrane contact sites

Nominated PICIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Conibear, Elizabeth

Keywords: Endoplasmic Reticulum; Fundamental Cell Biology; Lipid Transport; Membrane Contact Sites; Organelle Biogenesis; Plasma Membrane; Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

$994,500

The Role and Regulation of Endosomal GTP Exchange Factors

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Conibear, Elizabeth

$144,000

Targeting the VPS13 family of lipid transport proteins to membrane contact sites

Nominated PICIHR2021Operating Grant - PA: Genetics (Bridge Funding: Research Priorities)

Principal investigators: Conibear, Elizabeth

Keywords: Cell Culture; Lipid Transport; Membrane Contact Sites; Vps13; Yeast Genetics

$100,000

Identifying novel adaptors and localization mechanisms of the neurological disease-associated protein, VPS13

SupervisorCIHR2021Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Jeffers, Kevin R

Keywords: Cellular Biology; Co-Immunoprecipitation; Fluorescent Microscopy; Genetics; Lipid Trafficking; Molecular Biology; Neurological Diseases; Protein Interactions; Vacuolar Protein Sorting; Yeast

$105,000

Targeting the VPS13 family of lipid transport proteins to membrane contact sites

Nominated PICIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Conibear, Elizabeth

Keywords: Cell Culture; Lipid Transport; Membrane Contact Sites; Vps13; Yeast Genetics

$669,375

Investigating the intracellular transport of a viral restriction factor homolog

SupervisorCIHR2021Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Frier, Mia S

Keywords: Antiviral Proteins; Fluorescence Microscopy; Functional Genomics; Hiv/Aids; Membrane Trafficking; Model Organisms; Rab Gtpases; Retrograde Trafficking; Serinc-Family Proteins; Vps9 Domain Gefs

$105,000

Identification of membrane-targeting factors for neurodegeneration-associated proteins VPS13C and VPS13D

SupervisorCIHR2019Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Dziurdzik, Samantha K

Keywords: Amphipathic Helix; Genome-Wide Screen; Lipid Transport; Membrane Contact Sites; Membrane Curvature; Molecular Mechanisms Of Disease; Neurodegeneration; Parkinson'S Disease; Protein Localization; Spastic Ataxia

$105,000

Regulating the dynamic cycling of palmitate on proteins

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Conibear, Elizabeth

Keywords: Alpha/Beta Hydrolase; Nras; Palmitoylation; Protein Localization; Protein Modification; S-Acylation; Signaling

$745,875

Regulation of retromer in health and disease

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Conibear, Elizabeth

Keywords: Endosome; Golgi Complex; Parkinson'S Disease; Protein Trafficking; Rab Gtp Exchange Factor; Retromer; Vesicle Transport; Yeast Genetics

$741,565

Investigating a new connection between Fez proteins and Adaptor Protein complexes, components of distinct protein transport pathways implicated in neurological disease.

SupervisorCIHR2016Doctoral Award - Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Whitfield, Shawn

Keywords: Cell Biology; Mammalian Cell Culture; Molecular Mechanisms Of Disease; Protein Biochemistry; Protein Trafficking

$105,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Elizabeth Conibear

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The Rab GEF VINE couples phosphatase recruitment to GAP-mediated Rab5 inactivation.

Septins associate with AP-3 to support trafficking to the vacuole/lysosome in yeast.

Hoi1 targets BLTP2 to ER-PM contact sites to regulate lipid homeostasis.

Mechanistic dissection of BLTP2 targeting to ER-PM contact sites.

A shared binding interface controls Vps13 organelle-specific targeting independently of its vacuolar protein sorting function.

Septins associate with AP-3 to support trafficking to the vacuole/lysosome in yeast.

TMEM170 proteins are lipid scramblases associated with bridge-type lipid transporters BLTP1/Csf1.

The molecular mechanism of lipid uptake by membrane-anchored bridge-like lipid transfer proteins.

An S-acylated N-terminus and a conserved loop regulate the activity of the ABHD17 deacylase.

Hoi1 targets the yeast BLTP2 protein to ER-PM contact sites to regulate lipid homeostasis.

Regulation of the bridge-like lipid transfer protein BLTP1 at membrane contact sites

The Role and Regulation of Endosomal GTP Exchange Factors

Targeting the VPS13 family of lipid transport proteins to membrane contact sites

Identifying novel adaptors and localization mechanisms of the neurological disease-associated protein, VPS13

Targeting the VPS13 family of lipid transport proteins to membrane contact sites

Investigating the intracellular transport of a viral restriction factor homolog

Identification of membrane-targeting factors for neurodegeneration-associated proteins VPS13C and VPS13D

Regulating the dynamic cycling of palmitate on proteins

Regulation of retromer in health and disease

Investigating a new connection between Fez proteins and Adaptor Protein complexes, components of distinct protein transport pathways implicated in neurological disease.

Frequent collaborators

Stefan Taubert

Anne-Claude Gingras

Mohan Babu

Igor Stagljar

Thibault Mayor

Corey Nislow