Ebba Kurz
Professor, Teaching Stream and Associate Dean
Campus
St. George (downtown)
CSB Appointment
Teaching
Research Areas
Science Pedagogy
Education
Ph.D., Queen's University 1998
BSc(Hons), Queen's University 1991
Titles and Honors
2021 Students’ Union Teaching Excellence Award
2020 University of Calgary Teaching Award for Educational Leadership
(Individual in a Formal Role),
2019 McCaig-Killam Award for Teaching Excellence,
University of Calgary
2014 Killam Award for Undergraduate Mentorship,
University of Calgary
2014 Education Innovation Award,
Bachelor of Health Sciences program, University of Calgary
Primary Undergraduate Department
Cell & Systems Biology
Academic or Administrative Appointments
Associate Dean (Unit Level Reviews), Faculty of Arts & Science;
Professor (Teaching Stream), Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Research Description
Contact Information
Office Phone: 416-978-6782
Office: SS2008
Email
Mailing Address
Cell & Systems Biology
100 St George Street
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON M5S 3G3
Publications
2023
The analysis of protein recruitment to laser microirradiation-induced DNA damage in live cells: Best practices for data analysis
Bianchini RM, Kurz EU
2023, DNA Repair, 10.1016/j.dnarep.2023.103545
2022
Pay-To-Pass: Evolving Online Systems That Undermine the Integrity of Student Work
Chibry N, Kurz EU
2022, , 10.1007/978-3-030-83255-1_10
2015
In vitro screen of a small molecule inhibitor drug library identifies multiple compounds that synergize with oncolytic myxoma virus against human brain tumor-initiating cells
McKenzie BA, Zemp FJ, Pisklakova A, Narendran A, McFadden G, Lun X, Kenchappa RS, Kurz EU, Forsyth PA
2015, Neuro-Oncology, 10.1093/neuonc/nou359
2014
Salicylate, a Catalytic Inhibitor of Topoisomerase II, Inhibits DNA Cleavage and Is Selective for the α Isoform
Bau JT, Kang Z, Austin CA, Kurz EU
2014, Molecular Pharmacology, 10.1124/mol.113.088963
Structural determinants of the catalytic inhibition of human topoisomerase IIα by salicylate analogs and salicylate-based drugs
Bau JT, Kurz EU
2014, Biochemical Pharmacology, 10.1016/j.bcp.2014.03.011
2011
Sodium salicylate is a novel catalytic inhibitor of human DNA topoisomerase II alpha
Bau JT, Kurz EU
2011, Biochemical Pharmacology, 10.1016/j.bcp.2010.10.009