Joseph Szule

Postdoctoral Fellow e-mail:

Education/Training

Institution and Location	Degree	Year	Field of Study
Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada	Honours B.Sc.	1999	Biological Sciences
Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada	M.Sc.	2001	Biological Sciences
University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Ph.D.	2005	Neuroscience

Fellowships and Scholarships

2005-2007	Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Post-Doctoral Fellowship
2004-2006	Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Canadian Graduate Scholarship
2004-2006	Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) Full-Time Studentship
2002-2004	Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Post Graduate Scholarship B
2000-2002	Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Post Graduate Scholarship A

Selected Publications

• Szule, J. A. and Coorssen, J.R. (2004) Comment on 'Transmembrane segments of syntaxin line the fusion pore of Ca2+-triggered exocytosis'. Science 306, 813b
  
• Szule, J. A. and Coorssen, J.R. (2003) Revisiting the role of SNAREs in exocytosis and membrane fusion. Biochimica et Biphysica Acta 1641, 121-135
  
• Szule, J. A., Jarvis, S.E., Hibbert, J.E., Spafford, J.D., Braun, J.E.A., Zamponi, G.W., Wessel, G.M. and Coorssen, J.R. (2003) Calcium-triggered membrane fusion proceeds independently of specific presynaptic proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry 278, 24251-24254
  
• Szule, J.A. and Rand, R.P. (2003) The effects of gramicidin on the structure of phospholipid assemblies. Biophysical Journal 85, 1702-1712
  
• Szule, J. A., Fuller, N.L. and Rand, R.P. (2002) The effects of acyl chain length and saturation of diacylglycerols and phosphatidylcholines on membrane monolayer curvature. Biophysical Journal 83, 977-984

 

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