Showing posts with label Academic Rounds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Academic Rounds. Show all posts

Monday, 31 March 2014

April 1 - Haematology/Oncology Regional Grand Rounds

Title: The Cancer Community: Everyone Counts.
Presented by: Dr. Shantanu Banerji, Medical Oncologist
Time: 12:00 - 1:00
Location: CCMB Lecture Theatre
Educational Objectives: Define intra-tumour heterogeneity, appreciate the rationale for exploring tumour heterogeneity

Monday, 3 March 2014

March 6th - Genetic Academic Sessions

Location: Gordon Chown Room, Basement CSB
Research rounds: Thursday, March 6th 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Presenter: Yueqin Zhou, PhD candidate
Topic: “Familial ALS with FUS mutations has compromised alternative splicing and autoregulation - a mechanism of rare disease with broad implication?”

After this session, participants will be able to:
Understand the genetics bases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Describe the mechanism of FUS autoregulation through alternative splicing.
Discuss the significance of dysregulated FUS autoregulation in ALS-FUS pathogenesis and its therapeutic implication..

This event is an accredited group learning activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada