BIochemistry & Medical Genetics Department Seminar

Presenter: Aleksander Ilic, M.Sc. Student with Dr. Jim Davie
Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Time: 12:45 – 1:15 pm
Location: Theatre A “Mezzanine”
Seminar Title: Role of UCHL1 in regulating gene expression in prostate cancer cells
Learning Objectives:
· Discuss the primary role of UCHL1 as a deubiquitinating enzyme
· Describe the UCHL1 interaction with genomic DNA and its possible role in regulating gene expression in prostate cancer
· Explain how ChIP and ChIP-seq can be utilized to map the genomic location of protein binding sites

February 3 - Cell Biology Club

February 3 - Cell Biology Club
Project updates from Sanzida Jahan and Yingfeng Zheng
2:00 - 3:00
Arnold Greenberg Lecture Theatre, 2nd floor CancerCare Manitoba

Jan 20 - Cell Biology Club

January 20th - Cell Biology Club
Project updates from Sumanta Chatterjee and Pratima Basak
2:00 - 3:00
Arnold Greenberg Lecture Theatre, 2nd floor CancerCare Manitoba

Jan 9 - Sanzida Jahan

BMG Departmental Seminar…
Presenter: Sanzida Jahan, PhD student with Dr. Jim Davie
Title: Characterization of transcriptionally active novel histone H5 chromosomal domain using avian erythrocyte cells
Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Location: Theatre A “Mezzanine”
Time: 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Learning objectives:
1. To understand the higher order chromatin structure separated by chromatin boundaries.
2. To identify signatures to characterize chromatin boundaries.
3. To characterize the mechanism of maintaining open chromatin domain.