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Antoine Dufour is an Associate Professor at the University of Calgary in the Cumming School of Medicine, specializing in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology. Dufour has a robust background in chemistry and chemical biology, obtaining his Bachelor of Arts from the State University of New York at Oswego in 2005 and his Doctorate from Stony Brook University in 2010. His research focuses on proteolytic post-translational modifications and their role in activating and inactivating immune responses related to inflammatory diseases. Dufour investigates how bioactive proteins and signaling molecules are modulated by proteases on a cellular, tissue, and organism-wide scale. He leads the Dufour Lab, where he employs systems biology approaches to identify novel calpain substrates and their effects on cellular functions related to immune signaling. Dufour has held various roles during his academic career, including a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of British Columbia and serving as Scientific Director of the Southern Alberta Mass Spectrometry core facility. He has received several awards, including the 2020 Top 40 under 40 from Avenue Magazine and the 2021 Young Investigator Award from the Canadian Society for Mass Spectrometry.
University of Calgary • Calgary, AB, Canada
Teaching and research in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Southern Alberta Mass Spectrometry (SAMS) • Calgary, AB, Canada
Overseeing operations and research in the core facility.
University of British Columbia • Vancouver, BC, Canada
Conducted research in the Department of Oral and Biological Sciences under Dr. Chris Overall.
Department of Computer Science Master's program. GRE scores are expected for international students.