DR. MICHAEL C. BRAIN

DM (Oxford University, UK) - Honorary Research Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at the University of Calgary.

Research Interests:

The role of sialylated glycoproteins and glycolpids in hemolysis and in stabilizing the membrane of erythrocytes and cardiomyocytes.with an increased exposure of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) as detected by increased calcium permeability and increased fluorescent labeling with cinnamycin. These studies will be carried in collaboration with Dr Henk ter Keurs.

View Pub Med for Recent publications & abstracts

Publications:

An article : 'Life-threatening > hemolytic anemia due to an autoantiPr cold agglutinin: evidence that anti-glycophorin A antibodies may induce lipid bilayer exposure and cation permeabikity independant of agglutination' has been accepted for publication by the journal Transfusion and is in press.

Contact Information:

The University of Calgary
c/o Dr Jennifer Cobb's laboratory
Health Research Innovation Centre
3280 Hospital Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta
Room 2A 26A,
Phone: (403) 220-6051,
As I do not have an office I can be contacted at home 
(403) 287-3386
E-mail: brain [at] ucalgary [dot] ca.