Biochemistry

Biochemistry: Introduction

Faculty Affiliation

Medicine

Degree Programs

Biochemistry

MSc and PhD

Combined Degree Programs

MD / PhD

Collaborative Specializations

The following collaborative specializations are available to students in participating degree programs as listed below:

Overview

Biochemistry is the study of the molecular events underlying biological processes. Consequently, it makes fundamental contributions to all disciplines concerned with living systems.

The Department of Biochemistry offers modern facilities for research in a wide variety of areas including the relationship between structure and biological function in proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids as well as complex multicomponent systems such as membranes and subcellular organelles.

Contact and Address

Web: biochemistry.utoronto.ca
Email: carrie.harber@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-4815
Fax: (416) 946-8228

Department of Biochemistry
University of Toronto
Room 5207, Medical Sciences Building
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8
Canada

Biochemistry: Graduate Faculty

Full Members

Adeli, Khosrow - DipChem, MSc, PhD
Andrews, David - PhD
Angers, Stéphane - BSc, PhD
Attisano, Liliana - BSc, PhD
Bear, Christine - BSc, MSc, PhD
Brown, Grant - BSc, PhD
Chakrabartty, Avijit - BSc, MSc, PhD
Chan, Hue Sun - BSc, MA, PhD
Davidson, Alan Richard - BSc, PhD
Deber, Charles - BSc, PhD
Ensminger, Alexander - BS, PhD
Ernst, Oliver - PhD
Forman-Kay, Julie - BSc, PhD
Glover, John - BSc, MSc, PhD
Grinstein, Sergio - BSc, PhD
Houry, Walid - BS, MS, PhD
Howell, Lynne - BSc, PhD
Julien, Jean-Philippe - PhD
Kahr, Walter - MD
Kay, Lewis - PhD
Keeley, Frederick - BSc, PhD
Kelley, Shana - BA, PhD
Klip, Amira - ScD
Lee, Warren - MD, PhD
Maxwell, Karen - PhD
Maynes, Jason T. - BSc, DrMed
McQuibban, Angus - BSc, MSc, PhD
Melnyk, Roman - PhD
Moraes, Trevor - BS, MSc, PhD
Muise, Aleixo - MD
Nodwell, Justin - PhD
Palazzo, Alexander - PhD (Graduate Coordinator)
Parkinson, John - BS, PhD
Pomes, Regis - PhD
Prive, Gil - BSc, PhD
Prosser, Scott - BSc, MSc, DPhil
Rand, Margaret - BSc, PhD
Reithmeier, Reinhart - BSc, PhD
Rini, James - BSc, PhD
Rotin, Daniela - BSc, MSc, PhD
Schulze, Andreas - MD
Schuurmans, Carol - PhD
Sharpe, Simon J. - BSc, PhD
Smibert, Craig - BSc, PhD
Stagljar, Igor - BS, PhD
Steipe, Boris - MD, PhD
Trimble, William - BSc, PhD
Watts, Joel - PhD
Wilde, Andrew Rhys - BSc, PhD
Yip, Christopher - BSc, PhD

Members Emeriti

Anwar, Rashid - BSc, MSc, PhD
Baker, Robert - BSc, PhD
Gurd, James - BA, PhD
Isenman, David - BSc, BSc, PhD
Lane, Byron - BA, PhD
Lewis, Peter - BSc, PhD
Lingwood, Clifford - BSc, PhD
Marks, Alexander - MD, PhD
Moran, Laurence - BSc, PhD
Murray, Robert - MS, MD, MB, PhD
Pai, Emil - PhD
Painter, Robert - BSc, PhD
Robinson, Brian - BSc, PhD
Sarkar, Bibudhendra - BPhm, MPharm, PhD
Schachter, Harry - BA, MD, PhD
Segall, Jacqueline - BSc, PhD
Williams, David - BSc, MSc, PhD
Williams, George - BSc, DSc, DSc, FRSC

Associate Members

Andreopoulos, Stavroula - BSc, MSc, PhD
Norris, Michael - PhD
Patterson, Sian - PhD

Biochemistry: Biochemistry MSc, PhD Courses

For course details and availability, consult the Biochemistry website.

Course Code Course Title
BCH2020Y0
Seminar Course in Biochemistry Level 1 (Credit/No Credit)
BCH2022Y0
Seminar Course in Biochemistry Level 2 (Credit/No Credit)
BCH2024H0
Focused Topics in Biochemistry
JBB2025H
Protein Crystallography — Lectures
JBB2026H
Protein Structure, Folding, and Design
JBL1507H
Biochemistry of Inherited Disease
JNP1017H+
Current Topics in Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology
JNP1018H+
Molecular and Biochemical Basis of Toxicology
JNR1444Y
Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Cellular and Molecular — Lectures (PSL444Y)§

Modular Courses

Each modular course is worth 0.25 full-course equivalent (FCE).

Course Code Course Title
BCH2101H Scientific Skills for Biochemists
BCH2102H Biomolecular Dynamics and Function
BCH2103H Current Topics in Prion Biology
BCH2104H The Biochemistry of Translational Medicine
BCH2105H Cystic Fibrosis: The Cause, The Treatment
BCH2106H Membrane Proteomics in Biomedical Research
BCH2107H Introduction to Biomolecular Simulations
BCH2109H Current Topics in Therapeutic Antibodies
BCH2110H Eukaryotic Signaling
BCH2111H Post-transcriptional Control of Gene Expression
BCH2112H From Chaperones to CRISPR-Cas: the Incredible Genius of Phages
BCH2113H Advances in Precision Medicine
BCH2114H Frontiers in Drug Discovery
BCH2115H Applying Modern Evolutionary Thinking to Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology
BCH2116H Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Modern Life Sciences
BCH2119H Advances in Epigenetics
BCH2120H Studies of Tissue Barriers: Regulation of Phenotype and Transport Across the Epithelium and Endothelium
BCH2121H Lipid Metabolism in Health and Disease: Mechanisms of Diabetic Dyslipidemia in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
BCH2122H The Use of High Content Screening in Biomolecular Medicine
BCH2123H Protein Structure Prediction and Homology Modelling
BCH2124H Molecular Chaperones and Cellular Protein Homeostasis
BCH2125H Structure and Dynamics of Biomacromolecules Using Solid State NMR Spectroscopy
BCH2126H Subcellular Social Networks: Inter-Organelle Contact Sites
BCH2127H Advances in Optical Microscopy: From Single Molecules to Four-Dimensional Imaging
BCH2128H Scientific Thinking and Practice
BCH2129H Genome Instability: Basic Science to Human Disease
BCH2130H Cancer Biology
BCH2131H Genomics of Infectious Disease
BCH2132H Modelling Human Diseases from Cells to Organoids
BCH2133H Tyrosine Kinase Signaling
BCH2134H Cytoskeletal Dynamics
BCH2135H Mitochondria and Metabolism in Human Health and Disease
BCH2136H Biological Condensates
BCH2137H Bug v. Host
BCH2138H Advanced Electron Microscopy
BCH2139H Islet Biology I: Gene to Cell to Organ to Disease
BCH2140H Islet Biology II: Beyond Glucose Control: Molecular Targets, Diagnostics and Cutting-Edge Technologies
BCH2141H Advanced Methods in Biomolecular Interactions
BCH2200H Design Thinking for Scientists
BCH2201H Professional Development
BCH2202H Intro Programming in R
BCH2203H Intro Programming in Python
BCH2204H Advanced Programming in R
BCH2205H Advanced Programming in Python
BCH2206H Interdisciplinary Science
BCH2207H Collaborative Science: Student Centered Interdisciplinary Studies

0 Course that may continue over a program. The course is graded when completed, or credit is given when the course is completed.

+ Extended course. For academic reasons, coursework is extended into session following academic session in which course is offered.

§ Arts and Science undergraduate course.