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Michael Charette
PhD
- Accepting Students: Yes
- Research Category: Childhood Diseases
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Current Positions
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Brandon University
Member, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM)
Adjunct Scientist, CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute
Education
BSc Honours, Biology, Dalhousie University
PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Departments of Therapeutic Radiology, and of Molecular Biophysics and
Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine
Research Focus
Ribosome assembly disorders/ribosomopathies - a group of rare genetic disorders typically with an onset in childhood. Regulation of ribosome assembly in growth, development, and cancer - the role of ribosome assembly and of ribosomopathies in the initiation and progression of cancer.
Research Interests
Determining the role of the EMG1 protein in ribosome assembly and in the molecular pathogenesis of Bowen-Conradi Syndrome, a rare ribosome assembly disorder/ribosomopathy present in the Hutterite population of the Canadian Prairies