Online Chemistry Tutor Mike
Mike
Experimental Medicine PhD
$64/hr
Cancer Biologist now teaching and tutoring IGCSE Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Science and Biochemistry
Mike5.015 classes
McGill - Experimental Medicine - PhD
Cancer Biologist now teaching and tutoring IGCSE Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Science and Biochemistry
| Recent Students: 5 |
| Total Hours: 13 |
| Last Online: |
| All-time Students: 5 |
| Total Classes: 15 |
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| Recent Students: 5 | Total Hours: 13 | Last Online: |
| All-time Students: 5 | Total Classes: 15 | Signed Up: |
About Me
After a fruitful career in biotechnology, I transitioned two years ago to teaching Science, IGCSE Chemistry and Physics and will be teaching Biology this fall. It’s been profoundly satisfying to engage with young learners and help them to appreciate science beyond what is described in a textbook. Because of my academic and industrial training/experience, I teach from the point of view of a career scientist, where fundamentals are the bedrock upon which research and discoveries are built. For me, science has been pragmatic, fun and rewarding on many levels.
With over 15 years of postgraduate training and biotechnology industry experience, I have a proven track record of leading and collaborating on complex research projects leveraging proteomics-based systems biology, from conception to therapeutic target discovery and translational into the clinic. My academic background includes postdoctoral training in Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School, a PhD in Clinical Chemistry from McGill University, a BSc in Biochemistry with Molecular Biology from Concordia University and a Diploma in Chemical Technology from Dawson College.
As a teacher - tutor, my superpower is to bend and contextualize difficult concepts and illustrate with familiar examples that are relatable and easy to understand; to meet each learner where they are. My goal is to bring vitality to the subject matter and witness ideas crystalize in the mind and eyes of learners.
Tutor Experience
IGCSE Chemistry, Physics and Science at Pinheiros Learning Center in Portugal (12-18 year old learners).
Undergraduate Biochemistry.
My approach is to draw on examples from 3 decades of University and Biotechnology, illustrating practical examples in Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
Topic Expertise
Biology
Chemistry
Biochemistry
Physics
Client Reviews
Another great session, my daughter is thoroughly enjoying her lessons with Mike! Thank you 😊
Katie - Science
A great first session with lots covered.
My daughter is looking forward to the next one!
Thank you 😊
Katie - Science
Testimonials
"Mike has a unique ability to address and make connections between various "separate" fields of science. Because he understands deeply how things work, he can explain things very effectively in layman's terms. He's able to find analogies that will already be familiar to the learner so that they can understand and relate to complex processes.
He has a deep understanding of core topics in Chemistry, Biology and Physics, and shares his appreciation and wonder for their interconnectedness.
He has been a huge asset in our program. Having taught for over 20 years, I wish every young person had the chance to be exposed to Mike's thinking and excitement around anything related to science. And best of all, they'll get it"
- Wendy Coleman MEd (Harvard)
Tutoring Subjects
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Qualifications
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Cell Biology
PhD - Clinical Chemistry
BSc - Biochemistry
Diploma - Analytical Chemistry
Publications:
Development and Characterization of Selective FAK Inhibitors and PROTACs with In Vivo Activity. Chembiochem. 2023 Oct 4;24(19)
A multi-purpose, regenerable, proteome-scale, human phosphoserine resource for phosphoproteomics. Nature Methods. 2022 Nov;19(11):1371-1375.
Mutant and Wild-Type Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 1 Share Enhancing Mechanisms Involving Distinct Tyrosine Kinase Cascades in Cancer. Cancer Discov. 2019 Jun;9(6):756-777.
The intraflagellar transport protein IFT27 promotes BBSome exit from cilia through the GTPase ARL6/BBS3. Dev Cell. 2014 Nov 10;31(3):265-278.
Regulation of microtubule-based transport by MAP4. Mol Biol Cell. 2014 Oct 15;25(20):3119-32.
Tyr-301 phosphorylation inhibits pyruvate dehydrogenase by blocking substrate binding and promotes the Warburg effect. JBC 2014 Sep 19;289(38):26533-26541.
Tyr-94 phosphorylation inhibits pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase 1 and promotes tumor growth. J Biol Chem. 2014 Aug 1;289(31):21413-22.
Tyr phosphorylation of PDP1 toggles recruitment between ACAT1 and SIRT3 to regulate the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. Mol Cell. 2014 Feb 20;53(4):534-48.
Immunoaffinity enrichment and mass spectrometry analysis of protein methylation. MCP 2014 Jan;13(1):372-87.
Alternative RISC assembly: binding and repression of microRNA-mRNA duplexes by human Ago proteins. RNA. 2012 Nov;18(11):2041-55.
Activated inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors are modified by homogeneous Lys-48- and Lys-63-linked ubiquitin chains, but only Lys-48-linked chains are required for degradation. JBC 2011 Jan 14;286(2):1074-82.
The conserved Bardet-Biedl syndrome proteins assemble a coat that traffics membrane proteins to cilia. Cell. 2010 Jun 25;141(7):1208-19.
Gas-phase rearrangements do not affect site localization reliability in phosphoproteomics data sets. JPR 2010 Jun 4;9(6):3103-7.
Single copies of Sec61 and TRAP associate with a nontranslating mammalian ribosome. Structure. 2008 Jul;16(7):1126-37.
Mass spectrometric quantitation of C-reactive protein using labeled tryptic peptides. Anal Biochem. 2006 Jul 15;354(2):175-81.
Sensitive capillary chromatography mass spectrometric methods for the determination of salcatonin in human biological matrices. J Chromatogr B 2005 Apr 25;818(2):301-8.
Regulation of cytochrome P450 by posttranslational modification. Drug Metab Rev. 2005;37(2):379-404.
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