The labs of Dr John White and Dr Jorg Fritz are seeking for an highly motivated postdoctoral fellow, who can begin in May or June 2018. The postdoc should have expertise in flow cytometry and mouse work, and competence in Bioinformatics would be an asset. The successful candidate will work in both lab environments.
John White participated as session co-chair in: |
21- 24 April 2015, Delf, the Netherlands |
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Vitamin D signaling regulates turnover of target proteins of the E3 ligase tumor suppressor FBW7 Reyhaneh Salehi-Tabar, Loan Nguyen-Yamamoto, Thomas Quail, Vassil Dimitrov, Beum-Soo An, Leon Glass, David Goltzman, John H. White |
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Newly Discovered Effects of Vitamin D on CancerAn Interview with John H. White, Ph.D.By: Richard A. Passwater, Ph.D., Published In: WholeFoods Magazine, March 2013 |
Vitamin D and TB
John White, from the Departments of Physiology and Medicine, explains how Vitamin D combats tuberculosis.
In: Soup and Science, McGil University, May 2012
Vitamin D Supplements Could Fight Crohn's DiseaseA new study has found that Vitamin D, readily available in supplements or cod liver oil, can counter the effects of Crohn's disease. |
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In: ScienceDaily AND McGill University Health Centre, January 27, 2010 |
Cell Defenses and the Sunshine Vitamin:Scientists now recognize that vitamin D does much more than build strong bones and that many people are not getting enough of it. Is widespread D deficiency contributing to major illnesses? |
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By: Luz E. Tavera-Mendoza and John H. White In: Scientific American, November 2007 |
The Antibiotic VitaminDeficiency in vitamin D may predispose people to infection |
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| by Janet Raloff, In: Science News 10:58am, November 6, 2006 |
Molecular geneticist John H. White of McGill University in Montreal and his colleagues were the first to observe that cathelicidin production is ramped up by vitamin D or, more specifically, by the hormone 1,25-D, the vitamin's active form |
Vitamin D helps fight TBFindings help explain why populations with low levels of the active form of the vitamin are more at risk |
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By Ishani Ganguli | February 24, 2006 In: TheScientist |
Vitamin BoostFrom muscle strength to immunity, scientists find new vitamin D benefits |
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| by Janet Raloff, In: Science News 11:00am, October 5, 2004 |
In the nucleus of cells, 1,25-D binds to short sequences of DNA. Known as response elements, these sequences switch on the activity of adjacent genes. "We wanted to find out what genes were next to the vitamin D response elements," White recalls. |