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Lynne Quarmby is a Canadian politician, academic and environmental activist. She is a biochemistry professor, and Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry[1] at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia.[2][3] She is the Green Party of Canada candidate for the newly created riding of Burnaby North—Seymour in the upcoming federal election, and the Green Party's Science Policy Critic[4].

Research and Education

Quarmby completed a BSc in Marine Biology and a MSc in Biological Oceanography at the University of British Columbia before moving to the University of Connecticut to complete her PhD in Biochemistry.[5] Quarmby's research has been aimed at understanding the signals and mechanisms of deflagellation, the process by which cells shed their cilia into the environment.[6] Cilia are found on most eukaryotic cells and on most cells in the human body, and defects in a cell's ability to form or maintain its cilia can cause diseases known as ciliopathies, that may include symptoms such as cystic kidney disease, blindness, and obesity.[7] Through her research using the single-celled ciliated green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a model organism, Quarmby identified members of the NIMA-related family of serine/threonine kinases that function in deflagellation[8][9] as well as in the assembly and maintenance of cilia.[10] Her group went on to show that NEK8 localizes to cilia,[11] and that mutations in NEK8 interfere with its ciliary localization[12] and cause a severe juvenile cystic kidney disease known as nephronophthisis,[13] underscoring the important link between cilia and cystic kidney disease.

Quarmby is known for outstanding undergraduate teaching, and received a SFU Teaching Excellence Award in 2011.[14]

Personal life

Quarmby lives in Burnaby, British Columbia. Her adult son, Jacob Sheehy, lives in Toronto Ontario, where he runs a company called PressureNET.[15]

Advocacy and Politics

In May 2012, while taking part in an anti-coal protest, Quarmby was arrested along with 12 other protestors.[3] The group was attempting to block a train transporting coal for export through White Rock to Tsawwassen. After being issued $115 tickets for trespassing under the Railway Safety Act, Quarmby and the other protestors were released from police custody.[16] In November 2014, while Quarmby was involved in the protests of the Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline, she was arrested for civil contempt.[2][17] The charges were dismissed after it was discovered that Kinder Morgan provided inaccurate GPS coordinates.[18]

In December 2014, Quarmby announced that she would be seeking the Green Party of Canada nomination in Burnaby North—Seymour for the upcoming federal election.[19] She was confirmed as the candidate in January 2015.[20][21][22]

References

  1. ^ "Welcome from our Chair — Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (MBB) in the Faculty of Science at Simon Fraser University".
  2. ^ a b Cole, Yolande (22 January 2015). "Lynne Quarmby launches Green campaign in Burnaby North-Seymour". The Georgia Straight.
  3. ^ a b Quarmby, Lynne (25 October 2014). "SFU professor expecting her arrest for blockade of Kinder Morgan". Vancouver Observer.
  4. ^ "Elizabeth May Appoints Green Candidate Lynne Quarmby as Science Policy Critic". Green Party of Canada. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Lynne Quarmby". SFU Dept. of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  6. ^ Quarmby, Lynne M. (2004). "Cellular deflagellation". Int Rev Cytol. 233: 47–91. doi:10.1016/S0074-7696(04)33002-0. PMID 15037362. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  7. ^ Krisch, Joshua A. (10 December 2014). "Why Scientists Are Blaming Cilia for Human Disease". Scientific American. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  8. ^ Finst, Rip J.; Kim, Peter J.; Quarmby, Lynne M. (1998). "Genetics of the deflagellation pathway in Chlamydomonas". Genetics. 149 (2): 927–936. PMID 9611203. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  9. ^ Mahjoub, Moe R.; Montpetit, Ben; Zhao, Lifan; Finst, Rip J.; Goh, Benjamin; Kim, Apollos C.; Quarmby, Lynne M. (2002). "The FA2 gene of Chlamydomonas encodes a NIMA family kinase with roles in cell cycle progression and microtubule severing during deflagellation". J Cell Sci. 115: 1759–1768. PMID 11950892. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  10. ^ "PubMed Search "Quarmby AND nima"". PubMed. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  11. ^ Mahjoub, Moe R.; Trapp, Melissa L.; Quarmby, Lynne M. (2005). "NIMA-related kinases defective in murine models of polycystic kidney diseases localize to primary cilia and centrosomes". J Am Soc Nephrol. 16 (12): 3485–3489. PMID 16267153. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  12. ^ Trapp, Melissa L.; Galtseva, Alevtina; Manning, Danielle K.; Beier, David R.; Rosenblum, Norman D.; Quarmby, Lynne M. (2008). "Defects in ciliary localization of Nek8 is associated with cystogenesis". Pediatr Nephrol. 23 (3): 377–387. doi:10.1007/s00467-007-0692-y. PMID 18189147. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  13. ^ Otto, Edgar A.; Trapp, Melissa L.; Schultheiss, Ulla T.; Helou, Juliana; Quarmby, Lynne M.; Hildebrandt, Friedhelm (2008). "NEK8 Mutations Affect Ciliary and Centrosomal Localization and May Cause Nephronophthisis". J Am Soc Nephrol. 19 (3): 587–592. doi:10.1681/ASN.2007040490. PMID 18199800. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  14. ^ Luckow, Diane (16 February 2012). "2011 Teaching Excellence Awards". SFU News. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  15. ^ CBC (25 January 2015). "How your smartphone could help predict the weather". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
  16. ^ CBC News (5 May 2012). "Anti-coal protesters arrested in White Rock". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
  17. ^ Moreau, Jennifer (21 November 2014). "More arrests on Burnaby Mountain as Kinder Morgan moves in". Burnaby Now.
  18. ^ Keller, James and The Canadian Press (27 November 2014). "Civil contempt charges dropped against B.C. pipeline protesters". The Toronto Star.
  19. ^ Prystupa, Mychaylo (17 December 2014). "Kinder Morgan arrestee Lynne Quarmby to run for Greens in federal election". Vancouver Observer.
  20. ^ Vancouver Observer (14 January 2015). "Lynne Quarmby elected Green Party Candidate in Burnaby North-Seymour". Vancouver Observer.
  21. ^ Chow, Wanda (14 January 2015). "SFU's Quarmby to run for Greens in Burnaby North-Seymour". Burnaby News Leader.
  22. ^ Morton, Brian (19 January 2015). "SFU professor and activist acclaimed as Green candidate in Burnaby". Vancouver Sun.

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