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Mark Paetzel

Professor
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Science

Areas of interest

Our lab uses molecular biology, protein chemistry, X-ray crystallography and other physical methods to investigate the structure and catalytic mechanism of enzymes. Currently we have many project related to viral protease self-processing, compartmentalized proteases, and eukaryotic membrane bound proteases.

Education

  • A.A. (Theology), Golden Valley Lutheran College
  • B.Sc. (Biology), Syracuse University 
  • B.Sc. (Chemistry), University of Minnesota
  • Ph.D. (Chemistry), Ohio State University 

Selected Publications

  • Luo and Paetzel . Journal of Structural Biology 2025
  • Lee, J. et al. . Nature Communications 2022
  • Lee et al. . Nature Communications 2020
  • View more publications

Important Notice

MSc Student Positions Available – STRUCTURE AND SENSORS

The Paetzel lab currently has openings for MSc students.
Thesis projects will relate to protease structure and mechanism or biosensor development.
Please visit the to learn more and e-mail Dr. Paetzel (mpaetzel@sfu.ca) with transcripts and CV.  

Courses

Future courses may be subject to change.