Nov 30 - BGEN Seminar

Speaker:     Laura Thompson

                   PhD student with Dr. Kirk McManus

Title:          Multiplexed Imaged-based Screening Identifies Human Chromosome Instability Genes

Date:          Wednesday, November 30

Time:           12:00 - 13:00

Place:          341 BMSB

 

Nov 28 - Cell Biology Club

Presenter 1:               Vicky Wang (Mai Lab)
Presenter 2:               Dr Leigh Murphy, RIOH Senior Scientist
Title:                         "Novel interactions of Estrogen Receptor alpha (ERa) and mechanistic Target of
                                 Rapamycin (mTOR) in Human Breast Cancer: Is mTOR a coregulator of ERa?"
Time:                         2:00 - 3:00
Location                    CCMB Lecture Theatre

Dec 2 - Visiting Speaker

Presenter:        Dr Mousumi Majumder
                       Assistant Professor of Biology, Brandon University
Title:                "COX-2 Induces Breast Cancer Stem Cells viaEP4/PI3K/AKT/NOTCH/WNT Axis"
Date:              December 2
Time:              10:30 - 11:30
Location:      CCMB Lecture Theatre

Dec 2 - Statistical Genetics/Bioinformatics Seminar Series

Title:                Computational re-annotation of the human transcriptome with the recount project
Presenter:       Dr. Jeff Leek
                        Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Date:               December 2, 2016
Time:               11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location:          Room 341 (3th floor) - Basic Medical Sciences Building

Nov 23 - BGEN Seminar

Speaker:     Sanzida Jahan

                   PhD student with Dr. Jim Davie

Title:          Characterization of transcriptionally active avian erythrocyte chromatin

Location:    Room 341 BMSB
Time:          12:00 - 13:00 

October 19 - BGEN Seminar Series

Speaker:           Dr. Mark Nachtigal

Affiliation:          Biochemistry & Medical Genetics

Title:                 Patient-derived ovarian cancer cells: a platform for basic and translational research

Date:                Wednesday, October 19

Time:                12:00 - 13:00

Place:               Klaus Wrogemann Seminar Room

                        (341 BMSB)

Oct 14 - Career Development Workshop

Presenter:           Dr Stephen White, Chair of the department of Structural Biology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital

Title:                   Maximizing Success in Your Graduate Training
Location:            204 Brodie Center
Date:                  Oct 14
Time:                  10:30 - 11:30

Oct 13 - Samual Weiner Distinguished Visitor

Presenter:      Dr Stephen White, Chair of the department of Structural Biology at St Jude Children's Research Hospital
Title:              "Structure-Assisted Design of Novel Infectious Disease Therapeutics"
Time:              11:00 - 12:00
Date:              Oct 13
Location:        CCMB Lecture Theatre

Oct 6 - CCMB Guest speaker

Presenter:           Dr David Scott
                            Clinician-Scientist, Centre for Lymphoid Cancer - BC Cancer Agency
Title:                   Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Cell-of-Origin and Recurrent Translocations
Date:                  Oct 6
Time:                  11:00 - 12:00
Location:            CCMB Lecture Theatre

Oct 7 - Special Guest Speaker (BMG)

Name:               Dr. David Eisenstat

Affiliation:          Divisional Director / Professor Pediatrics, University of Alberta

Title:                  Regulation of forebrain and retina development: Implications for neuro-oncology

Date:                 Friday, October 7, 2016

Time:                 12:30 - 13:30

Place:                Klaus Wrogemann Seminar Room (341 BMSB)