Nov 30th - Presentation by Dr Peter Watson on Biobanking

Dr Peter Watson, Director of Pathology at UBC and Director of the Tumour Tissue Repository at the BC Cancer Agency, will be giving a presentation "Why is there no 'Dummies Guide' to Biobanking?" at the Lecture Theatre 1:00-1:45.

Undergraduate Research Award - Summer Studentship

Are you an undergraduate science student at University of Manitoba and interested in doing research this summer? Find out more information on how you can work at MICB and earn $6000. http://bit.ly/10IdJe8 Deadline is February 15, 2013

December 14th - Holiday Celebration

The MICB/BMG Holiday Celebration will be held this year at the Pedway
Cafe on Friday, December 14th from 2:30-4:00pm.

A delicious assortment of finger foods and desserts will be provided.

To ensure that you receive a party favour, be sure to sign up at the MICB office by November 30th.

Nov 26 - Cell Biology Club

Our next Cell Biology Club will be on November 26th. The two presenters will be Dr Macoura Gadji and Dr Arzu Ozturk.
Please remember, presentations are 20 minutes long and will be focused on recent data with special emphasis on the last 2-4 months of research. Presentations will be concise with a brief introduction, recent data, problem(s) encountered, and steps taken to overcome those problems. All data, both positive and negative, will be presented to generate discussions from the audience.

Nov 14 - Bio-Rad Real-Time PCR Workshop

Selkirk Room ON5007
10am - 11am CFX Manager Software Version 3.0 Tutorial
Bio-Rad recently launched CFX Manager Software Version 3.0. We will spend about one hour reviewing the improvements and enhancements.
11am - 12 pm Advanced Data Analysis using Gene Study in CFX Manager
CFX Manager's Gene Study option allows researchers to analyze data from many plate runs. We will be using actual data files from experiments that were conducted by collaborators in Ontario.
Please feel free to bring your laptops and follow along.

November 29 - Research Seminar

Dr Nada Jabado, Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at McGill University will be presenting "Epigenome Rewiring in Pediatric Glioblastoma" on November 29th at 11:00 - 12:00 in the CancerCare Manitoba Lecture Theatre.

November 26 - Edge of Science Imaging Series

12:00 - 1:00 BMSB Theatre B - Dr Hari Shroff, Chief and Investigator in the Section of High Resolution Optical Imaging at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (Bethesda, MD) will be presenting "Faster and Sharper: New 3D Imaging Technologies for Cells and Embryos"

November 5 - Edge of Science Imaging Seminar Series

November 5 - Dr Kathy Gough, Professor in the Department of Chemistry, will be presenting "Spectrochemical wide-field tissue imaging at the infrared diffraction limit"
12:00 - 1:00 BMSB Theatre B.