Monday 19 August 2013

Cell Biology Club 2013/2014 Starts September 23rd

Please remember to sign up for your spot in Cell Biology Club before August 30th or a spot will be assigned to you.

Post-doctoral fellows and PhD student are allocated 20 minutes (15 minutes for presentation, 5 minutes for discussion) starting in September. MSc students are allocated 15 minutes, starting in January.

Presentations are focused on recent data with special emphasis on the last 2-4 months of research.
Presentations will be concise with a brief introduction to your project, most recent data, problem(s) you encountered, what you did to overcome these problems and the data that resulted. Trainees are expected to present all recent data, including positive and negative results, in order to generate discussion from audience members.

August 23 - MSc Oral Defence Jennifer Schacter

Title: ESTROGEN REGULATION OF ANTI-APOPTOTIC BCL-2 FAMILY MEMBER MCL-1 EXPRESSION IN BREAST CANCER
Date: Friday, August 23, 2013
Time: 9:30 AM
Place: 626 Basic Medical Sciences Bldg.

Wednesday 7 August 2013

August 31st - Deadline for Simon and Sarah Israels Graduate Thesis Prize

The Simon and Sarah Israels Graduate Thesis Prize is an award of $2,000 for the best thesis submitted by a Graduate student at MICB.

Eligibility: All Graduate students whose supervisors hold appointments as a Senior Research Scientist or Research Affiliate Scientist at MICB and who have successfully completed a program of studies leading to a Master or Ph.D. degree at UofM in Sept 2012 - Aug 2013.

Submit three unbound copies to Cecile by August 31st.

August 15th - Dilshad Khan PhD Oral Defense

Title: Role of Histone Deacetylases in Gene Expression and RNA Splicing
Date: Thursday, August 15, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM
Place: 341 Basic Medical Sciences Bldg

Tuesday 6 August 2013

August 15th - Dr Philippe Georgel

August 15th 2:00 - 3:00
Dr Phillipe Georgel
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Cell Differentiation and Development Center
Byrd Biotechnology Science Center
Marshall, University
"Investigating the complex interplay between diet, epigenetics and cancer"
CCMB Lecture Theatre