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Rineke Steenbergen alumni - postdoc Send message Address   University of Alberta Surgical Medical Research Institute c/o 275 Heritage Medical Research Centre Edmonton Alberta T6G 2S2   Tel   780- 492 8599 Fax   780-492-1308 Email   rineke.steenbergen@ualberta.ca   Biography   Rineke received a Masters degree in Biology at the Utrecht University, the Netherlands, with a specialization in Cell Biology. She continued as a PhD student in the Faculty of Chemistry, in the department of Biochemistry of Membranes, with Dr. J.A.F. Opden Kamp. She worked on the alterations in the membrane structure of heart muscle cells during ischemia, and the link between these alterations and permanent membrane damage and cell death. After finishing her PhD early 2001, she started working as a postdoctoral fellow in the Group on Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Under the mentorship of Dr. Jean Vance, she investigated the role of phosphatidyl serine synthesizing enzymes in the development and functioning of mice. Post-NCRTP, Rineke continues her post-doctoral studies at the University of Alberta. Her research project is entitled, "Viral entry of HCV, in vivo and in tissue culture."   Testimony   I was originally trained in a different discipline, and the NCRTP-HepC program has been very helpful with educating me on the complexity of Hepatitis C specifically and virology in general. Although I think there is some room for improvement in the program (I found the course too time consuming, but this is an issue that has been addressed already), I would definitely recommend the program to new students and postdocs. For me, as a basic scientist, it has made Hepatitis C as a disease 'real', and gave me better insight in the social, medical and scientific questions and issues surrounding the virus and disease. It also has been a great way of meeting other people in the Hepatitis C field in Canada, in all disciplines, because the interactions in the group has been very stimulating, collegial and supportive.   Mentor(s) Norman Kneteman (primary) Lorne Tyrrell (secondary)   Disciplines   viral entry and the lipid biology of HCV, Molecular and cell biology of lipids [top]