Justin was a postdoc in our lab and now is furthering his postdoctoral training in Dr. Tom Hobman’s lab at the University of Alberta. 

Project Description:
My project seeks to study the interactions between intracellular antiviral signaling and the RNAi machinery

Biography:

B.S. (Honours) in Molecular Genetics at the University of Alberta 2004

Ph.D. Cell Biology division at the University of Alberta 2011

Selected Publications:

Pare, J.M., Lopez-Orozco, J., and Hobman, T.C. (2011). MicroRNA-    binding is required for recruitment of human Argonaute2 to Stress Granules and P-bodies. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. ISSN 0006-291X, 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.09.068

Stoica, C., Park, J., Pare, J.M., Willos, S., and Hobman, T.C. (2010). The Kinesin motor protein Cut7 regulates biogenesis and function of Ago1-complexes. Traffic 11, 25-36.

Pare, J.M., Tahbaz, N., Lopez-Orozco, J., LaPointe, P., Lasko, P., and Hobman, T.C. (2009). Hsp90 regulates the function of argonaute 2 and its recruitment to stress granules and P-bodies. Mol. Biol. Cell 20, 3273-3284

Pare, J.M., Saffran, H.A., Corcoran, J.A., Weller, S.K., and Smiley, J.R. (2007). Herpes simplex virus eliminates host mitochondrial DNA. EMBO Rep. 8, 188-193

Schneider, M.D., Najand, N., Chaker, S., Pare, J.M., Haskins J., Hughes, S.C., Hobman, T.C., Locke, J., and Simmonds, A.J. (2006). Gawky is a component of cytoplasmic mRNA processing bodies required for early Drosophila development. J. Cell Biol. 174, 349-358.

Stoica, C., Carmichael, J.B., Parker, H., Pare, J., and Hobman, T.C. (2006). Interactions between the RNA interference effector protein Ago1 and 14-3-3 proteins: consequences for cell cycle progression. J. Biol. Chem. 281, 37646-37651.

Awards:

Doctoral Research Award, Canadian Institutes for Health Research

Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship, Province of Alberta

Walter H Johns Graduate Fellowship, University of Alberta

Faculty of Medicine 75th Anniversary Scholarship, University of Alberta

“When I'm not in the lab you will most-likely find me sampling craft brewed beer.”