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Kelvin Lau

kelvin.lau@epfl.ch +41 21 693 44 94

Nationality: Canada 🇨🇦

EPFL SV PTECH PTPSP
AI 2146 (Bâtiment AI)
Station 19
1015 Lausanne

Mission

I am trained in biochemistry and structural biology and have keen interest in protein-protein interactions. Here to help solve your problems!

Education

PhD

| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

2008 – 2014 University of British Columbia
Directed by Filip van Petegem

Bachelor of Science

| Honours Biochemistry (Co-operative Program)

2003 – 2008 University of Waterloo

Awards

EMBO Long Term Fellow - 2015

EMBO

2015

Research

Current Research Fields

Protein expression - bacterial, mammalian (HEK, CHO), insect (Sf9, Sf21, Hi5)
Protein purification -  affinity, ion-exchange, size-exclusion
Protein characterization 
Protein-protein interactions
X-ray crystallography
Structural biology
Protein biophysics

Teaching & PhD

Courses

BIO-643 - Integrative structural biology for Life sciences
BIO-701 - Recombinant protein expression in animal cells for appli-cations in medicine and structural biology
BIO-519 - Methods: omics in biomedical research

Courses

Integrative structural biology for Life sciences

BIO-643

Hands-on course in Biomolecular Integrative Structural Biology by SV experts in the field of X-ray crystallography, cryo-Electron Microscopy, Bio-NMR and protein modeling tools. No previous knowledge in Structural Biology or Bioinformatics is required.

Recombinant protein expression in animal cells for appli-cations in medicine and structural biology

BIO-701

Cultivated animal cells are important hosts for the production of recombinant proteins for biochemical and structural studies and for use as therapeutics. The course will provide an overview of the methods for the production and characterization of recombinant proteins.