My Journey as an Indigenous Biochemist | Dr. Dustin King | SFU's Indigenous Science Speakers Series скачать в хорошем качестве

My Journey as an Indigenous Biochemist | Dr. Dustin King | SFU's Indigenous Science Speakers Series

In Canada, decolonizing and indigenizing our academic institutions is central to making our society more inclusive and to striving toward reconciliation. This endeavour is particularly challenging in STEM disciplines, where there is a lack of indigenous representation and where knowledge is often compartmentalized into highly specialized areas in western science. Here, Dr. King shares his journey as a scientist and uses examples from his research to weave together western science and an indigenous worldview. In doing so, he discusses his biochemistry research into how organisms sense carbon dioxide gas to drive adaptive responses. His hope is that through this approach, he can illustrate how these two ways of thinking can complement one another to enrich our understanding. Dr. Dustin King will be starting as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at SFU (July 2022). Dr. King is half Ojibwe Anishinaabe and is a proud member of the Thessalon First Nation near Sault Ste. Marie Ontario. Dr. King did his BSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UNBC, where he worked in the RNA biochemistry lab of Prof. Chow Lee. He went on to do a CIHR funded PhD in the lab of structural biologist Prof. Natalie Strynadka at UBC. There he uncovered the molecular basis of the emerging bacterial resistance factor, the New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase. Dr. King was awarded the Governor General’s Gold Medal for his PhD thesis at UBC. In 2016, he joined the chemical biology lab of Prof. David Vocadlo at SFU where he developed a method to identify CO₂-modification sites in proteins. This postdoctoral work was supported by a CIHR fellowship and a Research Trainee Award co-funded by Michael Smith Health Research BC and CLEAR (formerly Pacific Alzheimer Research Foundation). In addition to his science research, Dr. King is passionate about promoting science to indigenous youth and making science more inclusive. Learn more at www.sfu.ca/science Visit the Molecular Biology Department: http://www.sfu.ca/mbb.html