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Kyle Biggar | |
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| Born | 1986 (age 38–39) Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
| Awards | John Charles Polanyi Prize (2016) |
Kyle K. Biggar (born 1986) is a Canadianbiochemist andmolecular biologist. He has been a professor ofbiochemistry,chemistry, andbiology atCarleton University inOttawa, Canada since 2017. Biggar was the 2016 recipient of the John Charles Polanyi Prize for his outstanding work in early career research.[1]
Kyle Kevin Biggar was born in 1986 inSummerside, Prince Edward Island. Biggar studiedBiology andChemistry atSt. Francis Xavier University (B.Sc) in Antigonish, Nova-Scotia, Canada, and Biology and Biochemistry atCarleton University (Ph.D 2013).[1][2] His doctoral research focused on the biochemistry of physiological stress response. The well-known Canadian biochemistKenneth B. Storey was his thesis advisor during his graduate studies at Carleton University. After completing a post-doctoral fellowship at theUniversity of Western Ontario Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Biggar came back to his alma mater to become an assistant professor of Biochemistry as of 2016.[3]
Biggar's research includes many different areas from different fields within molecular biology, biochemistry, and physical biochemistry. His main areas of research interest areOxidative Cell Stress,[4]Functional Proteomics,[5]Bioinformatics,[6] andMolecular Pharmacology.[7] He is particularly known for his research in the new field of Non-histone Lysine Methylation and its relation to both functional proteomics and cell stress.
Biggar was the 2016 recipient of the John Charles Polanyi Prize for outstanding work in early career research in peptide therapeutics.[8]