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2020-07-06
Author: Swanlund, David, Author: Schuurman, Nadine, Author: Zandbergen, Paul, Author: Brussoni, Mariana
BackgroundGeographic masks are techniques used to protect individual privacy in published maps but are highly under-utilized in research. This leads to continual violations of individual privacy, as…
2020-05-14
Author: Patterson, Kevin, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Smith, Paige, Author: Wong, Rachel, Author: Feng, Kathy, Author: Pinillos, Fiorella, Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
In this episode of our Below the Radar Conversations series we speak with ICU physician and writer Dr. Kevin Patterson about what he has learned working in the front lines during COVID-19. He chats…
2020-05-29
Author: SFU’s Institute for the Humanities , Author: Johal, Am, Author: Gandesha, Samir , Author: Marks, Laura, Author: Fernandez, Hilda, Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
2020-02-28
Author: Deen, Matthew C., Author: Proceviat, Cameron, Author: Shan, Xiaoyang, Author: Wu, Liang, Author: Shen, David L., Author: Davies, Gideon J., Author: Vocadlo, David J.
Within mammals, there are often several functionally related glycoside hydrolases, which makes monitoring their activities problematic. This problem is particularly acute for the enzyme β-…
2018-02-20
Author: Zhu, Yanping, Author: Shan, Xiaoyang, Author: Safarpour, Farzaneh, Author: Go, Nancy Erro, Author: Li, Nancy, Author: Shan, Alice, Author: Huang, Mina C., Author: Deen, Matthew, Author: Holicek, Viktor, Author: Ashmus, Roger, Author: Madden, Zarina, Author: Gorski, Sharon, Author: Silverman, Michael A., Author: Vocadlo, David J.
The glycosylation of nucleocytoplasmic proteins with O-linked N-acetylglucosamine residues (O-GlcNAc) is conserved among metazoans and is particularly abundant within brain. O-GlcNAc is involved in…
2020-05-19
Author: Johal, Am, Author: Mahoney, Tara
On this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal is joined by Tara Mahoney, the Research and Engagement Coordinator of SFU’s Community-Engaged Research initiative team (CERi). She sits down with…
2020-05-08
Author: Wada, Mineko, Author: Sixsmith, Judith, Author: Harwood, Gail, Author: Cosco, Theodore D. , Author: Fang, Mei Lan, Author: Sixsmith, Andrew
BackgroundFunding bodies increasingly require researchers to write lay summaries to communicate projects’ real-world relevance to the public in an accessible way. However, research proposals and…
2020-07-16
Author: Lusoli, Alberto, Author: Turner, Fred
Fred Turner is considered one of the most influential experts on, and critical observers of, cyberculture. He is Harry and Norman Chandler Professor of Communication at Stanford University in the…
2016-12-01
Author: Shen, David L., Author: Liu, Ta-Wei, Author: Zandberg, Wesley, Author: Clark, Tom, Author: Eskandari, Razieh, Author: Alteen, Matthew G., Author: Tan, Hong Yee, Author: Zhu, Yanping, Author: Cecioni, Samy, Author: Vocadlo, David
O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) catalyzes the installation of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) O-linked to nucleocytoplasmic proteins (O-GlcNAc) within multicellular eukaryotes. OGT shows surprising tolerance…
2020-05-26
Author: Johal, Am, Author: Byers, Michael
On this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal is joined by Michael Byers, an author and professor of Political Science at UBC. He is also the co-director of the Outer Space Institute, a…
2019-11-11
Author: Niet, Taco
High temporal resolution modelling of energy systems often requires modelling a number of sub-periods, with the end condition of one sub-period being used to seed the next. When storage is modelled a…
2020-07-02
Author: Mullins, Garth, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Smith, Paige, Author: Feng, Kathy, Author: Pinillos, Fiorella, Author: Obungah, Jackie, Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
On this episode of our Below the Radar Conversations Series we talk with Garth Mullins, documentarian, community organizer, and host and executive producer of the podcast CRACKDOWN. Garth and our…
2020-06-08
Author: Escobar, Edwin E., Author: King, Dustin T., Author: Serrano-Negrón, Jesús E., Author: Alteen, Matthew G., Author: Vocadlo, David J., Author: Brodbelt, Jennifer S.
Despite its central importance as a regulator of cellular physiology, identification and precise mapping of O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) post-translational modification (PTM) sites in…
2020-06-26
Author: Cheng, Tessa, Author: Small, Will, Author: Nosova, Ekaterina, Author: Hogg, Robert S., Author: Hayashi, Kanna, Author: Kerr, Thomas, Author: DeBeck, Kora
Background: A primary response to the alarming rise in overdose and mortality due to nonmedical prescription opioid (PO) use has been to restrict opioid prescribing; however, little is known about…
2020-07-02
Author: Nguyen, Thanh, Author: Dinh, Toan, Author: Phan, Hoang-Phuong, Author: Dau, Van Thanh, Author: Perunnilathil Joy, Abbin, Author: Bahreyni, Behraad, Author: and multiple more authors
Harvesting sustainable energy resources from surrounding environments to power small electronic devices and systems has attracted massive research attention. Herein, we develop a novel technology to…
2017-05-09
Author: Bouquet, Jaufret, Author: King, Dustin T., Author: Vadlamani, Grishma, Author: Benzie, Graeme R., Author: Vocadlo, David J., Author: and multiple more authors
The synthesis of a series of D-gluco-like configured 4,5,6-trihydroxyazepanes bearing a triazole, a sulfonamide or a fluorinated acetamide moiety at C-3 is described. These synthetic derivatives have…
2018-08-08
Author: Tavassoly, Omid, Author: Sade, Dorin, Author: Bera, Santu, Author: Shaham-Niv, Shira, Author: Vocadlo, David J., Author: Gazit, Ehud
Quinolinic acid (QA), a downstream neurometabolite in the kynurenine pathway, the biosynthetic pathway of tryptophan, is associated with neurodegenerative diseases pathology. Mutations in genes…
2017-06-20
Author: Cecioni, Samy, Author: Vocadlo, David J.
Tunable Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-quenched substrates are useful for monitoring the activity of various enzymes within their relevant physiological environments. Development of FRET-…
2020-07-10
Author: Roberson, Michael, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Smith, Paige, Author: Feng, Kathy, Author: Pinillos, Fiorella, Author: Obungah, Jackie, Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
On this episode of our Below the Radar Conversations Series our host Am Johal speaks with public health practitioner, activist and LGBTQ community leader Michael Roberson. They talk about how to read…
2020-05-24
Author: Zhuoa, Dong Hao, Author: Rai, Ashish, Author: Vosoogh-Grayli, Siamack, Author: Leach, Gary W., Author: Bahreyni, Behraad
We report the design, fabrication, and performance characteristics of a novel microfabricated light sensor designed to determine the intensity and direction of an incident light source. The device…