Feb 4 - BMG Departmental Seminar

Presenter #1: Lexi Ciapala - M.Sc. Student
Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Time: 12:15 – 12:45 pm
Location: 626 BMSB
Seminar Title: Investigating the Role of Src Family Kinase, Feline Gardner-Rasheed, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Learning Objectives:
• Describe the characteristics of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Describe the protein Feline Gardner-Rasheed (FGR) and its functions in several cell types
• Evaluate the experiments that have been designed to determine FGR's function in CLL

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Presenter #2: Miriam Derksen – M.Sc. Student
Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Time: 12:45 – 1:15 pm
Seminar Title: Effects of Oxidative Stress on the Expression, Localization and Function of Cell Death Regulatory Protein BNIP3
Learning Objectives:
• Describe the structure and function of BNIP3
• Outline the characteristics of Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)
• Explain what is known about how BNIP3 affects GBM patient outcome