Boris Steipe, University of Toronto

Keywords: Absorbance; Alzheimer; Analytical Ultracentrifugation; Bacterial Infection; Bioinformatics; Cancer; Chaperones; Circular Dichroism; Computational Biology; Disease; Fluorescence; Folding; Microscopes; Misfolding; Nmr; Parkinson; Prions; Protein-Protein Interactions; Proteins; Proteomics; Training; X-Ray

$1,950,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Bioinformatics Dear Professor Steipe, 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 "ROS-induced mitochondrial depolarization initiates PARK2/PARKIN-dependent mitochondrial degradation by autophagy." (2012), 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]