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Professor Sue Aitken is a faculty member in the Department of Biology at Carleton University, affiliated with the Faculty of Science. She holds a B.Sc. from McGill University, M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Concordia University, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Berkeley. Her research focuses on enzymology and sulfur amino acid metabolism, employing advanced techniques like PCR, site-directed mutagenesis, and biophysical spectroscopy. Key areas include methionine biosynthesis in plants, phytoremediation of heavy metals using hyperaccumulators, homocysteine metabolism's role in cardiovascular disease, and PLP-dependent enzyme engineering for biotech applications. Her work has implications for agriculture, environmental science, and medical therapeutics.
Education: B.Sc. (McGill), M.Sc. (Concordia), Ph.D. (Concordia), Postdoctoral Studies (Berkeley).
Research interests span plant protein enhancement, environmental detoxification via phytoremediation, and medical enzymology related to homocysteinuria. Techniques utilized include stopped-flow spectroscopy, isothermal titration calorimetry, and analytical ultracentrifugation. Her articles highlight enzyme mechanism elucidation and metabolic pathway analysis.
Lab facilities are located in 323 Nesbitt Building, with an office in 5434 Herzberg Laboratories. Current projects aim to engineer enzymes for biotech applications and improve crop nutritional profiles through metabolic pathway understanding.
