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User:Warren Wakarchuk

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Warren Wakarchuk

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National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Biological Sciences 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6

University of Guelph, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Science Complex, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1


Currently Principal Research Officer at the NRC and Adjunct Professor at the U of Guelph

  • Research associate at NRC 1990-1994 working on GH11 structure-function as part of PENCE
  • Postdoctoral work with ^^^Steve Withers^^^ UBC, 1989-90
  • Postdoctoral work with Christoph Beck in Germany 1987-89
  • PhD with Dr. Tony Warren, UBC, working on the cloning and characterization of ABG (GH1 beta-glucosidase)
  • MSc with Dr. Bob Miller working on cellulase cloning from Cellulomonas fimi.

CAZyme Protein structures I have contributed to:

  • GH11 from Bacillus circulans
  • GH101 from Streptococcue pneumoniae
  • GT8 from Neisseria meningitidis
  • GT42 from Campylobacter jejuni
  • GT52 from Neisseria meningitidis
  • GT29 from Porcine