Karine Auclair Explained
| Karine Auclair |
| Workplaces: | McGill University |
| Alma Mater: | University of Alberta |
| Thesis Title: | Biosynthetic studies on the polyketide lovastatin : enzyme-catalyzed diels-alder reactions |
| Thesis Url: | https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/ |
| Thesis Year: | 1999 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | John C. Vederas |
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Karine Auclair is a professor of chemistry at McGill University in Montréal, Canada.[1] She is the current Canada Research Chair in Antimicrobials and Green Enzymes.[1] [2]
Education and career
Auclair completed a Bachelor of Science in chemistry at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi in 1994, followed by a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in organic chemistry at the University of Alberta in 1999.[1] [3] She then completed a post-doctoral fellowship in pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco from 1999 to 2001.[1] [3]
Auclair began her teaching and research career at McGill University in 2002 as an assistant professor of chemistry.[1] [3] She has been a full professor since 2016.[1] [3]
Selected publications
- Kennedy . Jonathan . Auclair . Karine . Kendrew . Steven G. . Park . Cheonseok . Vederas . John C. . Hutchinson . C. Richard . Modulation of Polyketide Synthase Activity by Accessory Proteins During Lovastatin Biosynthesis . Science . 21 May 1999 . 284 . 5418 . 1368–1372 . 10.1126/science.284.5418.1368 . 10334994 . 1999Sci...284.1368K . EN.
- Auclair . Karine . Sutherland . Andrew . Kennedy . Jonathan . Witter . David J. . Van den Heever . Johan P. . Hutchinson . C. Richard . Vederas . John C. . Lovastatin Nonaketide Synthase Catalyzes an Intramolecular Diels−Alder Reaction of a Substrate Analogue . Journal of the American Chemical Society . 22 November 2000 . 122 . 46 . 11519–11520 . 10.1021/ja003216+.
- Auclair . Karine . Hu . Zhengbo . Little . Dorothy M. . Ortiz de Montellano . Paul R. . Groves . John T. . Revisiting the Mechanism of P450 Enzymes with the Radical Clocks Norcarane and Spiro[2,5]octane . Journal of the American Chemical Society . May 2002 . 124 . 21 . 6020–6027 . 10.1021/ja025608h. 12022835 .
Notes and References
- Web site: Karine Auclair . Department of Chemistry . McGill University . 4 April 2021.
- Web site: Tier 1 Canada Research Chairs . Office of the Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) . McGill University . 4 April 2021.
- Web site: Prof. Karine Auclair . Auclair Lab . McGill University . 4 April 2021.
