User:Tyler Reddy

Tyler Reddy - Curriculum Vitae

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University
Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building
5850 College St.
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 1X5
Canada

Email: treddy@dal.ca

Education

Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (2001 – 2005).

B.Sc. – Honours Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Conferred May 2005).
Thesis : Mandelate Racemase Catalysis.
Supervisor : Dr. Stephen Bearne.

Fellowships & Awards

Graduate

Travel Award, Chemical Biophysics Symposium Committee, University of Toronto (2008).

Undergraduate

Secondary

Publications

^* Equal contributions

• Reddy, T.^*, Ding, J.^*, Li, X., Sykes, B.D., Rainey, J.K., and Fliegel, L. (2008) Structural and functional characterization of TM IX of the NHE1 isoform of the Na+/H+ exchanger. Journal of Biological Chemistry. In press.  Pubmed  PDB entry (2K3C)  BMRB entry (15747)

• Baguma-Nibasheka, M., Reddy, T., Abbas-Butt, A., and Kablar, B. (2006) Fetal ocular movements and retinal cell differentiation: analysis employing DNA microarrays. Histology and histopathology. 21: 1331-1337.  Pubmed

• Rot-Nikcevic, I.^*, Reddy, T.^*, Downing, K.J., Belliveau, A.C., Hallgrímsson, B., Hall, B.K., and Kablar, B. (2006) Myf5^-/- : MyoD^-/- amyogenic fetuses reveal the importance of early contraction and static loading by striated muscle in mouse skeletogenesis. Development genes and evolution. 216: 1-9.  Pubmed

• Reddy, T. and Kablar, B. (2004) Evidence for the involvement of neurotrophins in muscle transdifferentiation and acetylcholine receptor transformation in the esophagus of Myf5^-/-: MyoD^-/- and NT-3^-/- embryos. Developmental Dynamics. 231: 683-692.  Pubmed

Conference Presentations

Primary presenter underlined

• Reddy, T., Ding, J., Sykes, B.D., Fliegel, L., and Rainey, J.K. (2008) Structural and Functional Characterization of Transmembrane Segment IX of the Na⁺/H⁺ Exchanger Isoform 1. Graduate Student Research Day, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS. (Poster)

• Reddy, T., Ding, J., Li, X., Sykes, B.D., Fliegel,L., and Rainey, J.K. (2008) Structure and topology of transmembrane segment IX of the human Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger isoform 1. 33^rd Annual APICS/CIC Undergraduate Chemistry Conference, Halifax, NS. (Oral presentation)

• Langelaan, D.N., Bebbington, E.M., Reddy, T., and Rainey, J.K. (2008) NMR, circular dichroism & fluorescence spectroscopy provide insight into the random-coil nature of apelin peptides. Chemical Biophysics Symposium, Toronto, ON. (Poster)

• Reddy, T., Ding, J., Sykes, B.D., Fliegel, L., and Rainey, J.K. (2008) Structural and functional characterization of transmembrane segment IX of the Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger isoform 1. Chemical Biophysics Symposium, Toronto, ON. (Poster)

• Langelaan, D.N., Bebbington, E.M., Reddy, T., Grant, M., and Rainey, J.K. (2008) Conformational sampling by apelin peptides gives functional insight. Joint 52nd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society & 16th IUPAB International Biophysics Congress, Long Beach, CA. (Poster)

• Reddy, T. and Rainey, J.K. (2007) NMR of transmembrane peptides. Atlantic Region Magnetic Resonance Centre NMR Spectroscopy Workshop, Halifax, NS. (Poster)

• Kablar, B. and Reddy, T. (2004) The Role of Neurotrophins in the Esophageal Skeletal Muscle Transdifferentiation and Acetylcholine Receptor Transition. Society for Developmental Biology 63^rd Annual Meeting, Calgary, AB. Developmental Biology. 271: 624. (Poster)

Upcoming Conference Presentations

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