Johnny Ngsee, University of Ottawa

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Ottawa profile.

Als8 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Endoplasmic Reticulum Nuclear Envelope Nuclear Pores Vapb Vesicle Trafficking

Latest papers

Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 interacts with Parkin, DJ-1 and PINK-1 in a Drosophila melanogaster model of Parkinson's disease.
Human molecular genetics · 2009

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Characterization of Retrograde Trafficking at the Endoplasmic Reticulum-Golgi Intermediate Compartment (ERGIC)
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$192,000
Loss of VAPB Function in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-8 (ALS8)
CIHR · 2012 · Nominated PI
$693,114
Nuclear envelopathy in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-8 (ALS8)
CIHR · 2011 · Nominated PI
$100,000

All 6 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 interacts with Parkin, DJ-1 and PINK-1 in a Drosophila melanogaster model of Parkinson's disease.

Venderova K, Kabbach G, Abdel-Messih E, Zhang Y, Parks RJ, Imai Y, Gehrke S, Ngsee J, Lavoie MJ, Slack RS, Rao Y, Zhang Z, Lu B, Haque ME, Park DS

Human molecular genetics2009

DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp394 PMID: 19692353

Characterization of Retrograde Trafficking at the Endoplasmic Reticulum-Golgi Intermediate Compartment (ERGIC)

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Ngsee, Johnny

$192,000

Loss of VAPB Function in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-8 (ALS8)

Nominated PICIHR2012Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Ngsee, Johnny K

Keywords: Als8; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Endoplasmic Reticulum; Nuclear Envelope; Nuclear Pores; Vapb; Vesicle Trafficking

$693,114

Nuclear envelopathy in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-8 (ALS8)

Nominated PICIHR2011Operating Grant - PA: INMHA (bridge funding)

Principal investigators: Ngsee, Johnny K

Keywords: Als8; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Nuclear Envelope; Nuclear Pores; Vapb; Vesicle Trafficking

$100,000

Clearance of membrane aggregates in mutant ALS8

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Ngsee, Johnny

$160,000

Regulation of sperm acrosome reaction

Co-investigatorNSERC2002Discovery Grants Program - Group

Principal investigators: Baltz, Jay

$150,000

Signalling exocytosis in the mammalian spermatozoa

Co-investigatorNSERC1998Discovery Grants Program - Group

Principal investigators: Baltz, Jay

$91,300

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Als8 Dear Professor Ngsee, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 interacts with Parkin, DJ-1 and PINK-1 in a Drosophila melanogaster model of Parkinson's disease." (2009), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]