Monday 25 February 2013

Feb 28th - NGS Sequencing Analysis and Target Enrichments

Feb 28th 10:45 - 12:00 CancerCare Lecture Theatre
Agilent Target Enrichment Seminar.
This presentation features a review of SureSelect and HaloPlex technology, portfolio and applications. Updates on key new products – such as the new All Exon V5 and V5+UTRs kits –as well as solutions for NGS data analysis will also be presented.
RSVP carine.lafaille@kprime.net or angelyn_regala@agilent.com

Thursday 21 February 2013

March 18th - Cell Biology Club

Cell Biology Club on March 18th will include presentations from Yi Yan, Yueqin Zhou and Patrapim Sunawersvong.
2:00 - 3:00
Arnold Greenberg Lecture Theatre (CCMB)

Wednesday 20 February 2013

February 23 - Sharing International Perspectives on FASD Research and Interventions

The Canada Israel International Fetal Alcohol Consortium is pleased to invite you to the International FASD Collaborations Symposium - Sharing international perspectives on FASD research and interventions.
at the Apotex Centre, 750 McDermot Ave.
Registration: Free! This is an open event, no registration is required.

9:00am Presentations on FASD in France Dr. Denis Lamblin, President, SAFFrance
10:15am Presentation on FASD in Finland Dr. Ilona Autti-Ramo, Chief of Health Research, Research Professor, The Social Insurance Institution, Finland
11:00am Presentation on Canada Israel International Fetal Alcohol Consortium (CIIFAC) Dr. Ab Chudley, CIIFAC Research Lead Medical Director, Program in Genetics and Metabolism, University of Manitoba

Friday 15 February 2013

March 5th - Illumina Technology Day

March 5 2nd Floor Lecture Theatre
9:45-11:00 Advances in Cancer and Personalized Genomics Using NGS Sequencing Technology.
Speaker: Dr Michael Smith, Sequencing Specialist, Illumina Inc.

Learn how Illumina NGS technology can help you uncover the answer to drive your research forward. A simple end-to-end sequencing workflow lets you go from sample to results faster and easier than ever before. During this event, an Illumina expert will present an overview of NGS, discussing the basic concepts and key advantages over traditional technologies.

Feb 20th - Molecules, Cerebellar Development and Autism

Feb 20th, 11:00 - 12:00 Edge of Science Seminar - "Molecules, Cerebellar Development and Autism" by Dr Dan Goldowitz, Scientific Director of NeuroDevNet and Professor in the Dept of Medical Genetics UBC
Lecture Theatre C Basic Medical Sciences Building

Tuesday 12 February 2013

Mar 4th - Cell Biology Club

March 4th - The next Cell Biology Club will feature a special presentation by Molly Pind on Bioinformatics followed by a project update by Dilshad Khan.
2:00 Arnold Greenberg Lecture Theatre