Feb 11 - BMG Departmental Seminar

Presenter : Veronica Lau - M.Sc. Student with Dr. Jim Davie
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Time: 11:30 – 12:00 pm
Location: 341 BMSB
Seminar Title: The Nucleosomal Response in Colorectal Cancer

Feb 19 - RESEARCH SEMINAR

Date: February 19
Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Title: Lessons learned from cancer genetics: From understating basic biological concepts to curing cancer!
Presenter: Dr Uri Tabori
Senior Scientist, Research Institute and The Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre
The Hospital for Sick Children

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

Jan 28 - BMG Departmental Seminar

Presenter: Amani Moraya - M.Sc. Student with Dr. Mark Nachtigal
Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Time: 12:15 – 12:45 pm
Location: Theatre E – Dentistry Building
Seminar Title: The Problem of Chemotherapy Resistance in Human Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC)
Learning Objectives:
• Understand the importance of chemotherapy resistance in human epithelial ovarian cancer
• Define clinical chemotherapy resistance in epithelial ovarian cancer
• Understand the approach to testing novel drugs for re-sensitizing chemotherapy resistant epithelial ovarian cancer cells

Jan 21 - Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences Visiting Scientist Series

Date: Wednesday, January 21st, 2015
Location: Sam Cohen Auditorium
St-Boniface Research Centre
351 Taché Avenue
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Speaker: Dr. Sachin Katyal

Topic: "DNA repair, neurodegeneration and novel cancer chemotherapeutic strategies : insights from neurodevelopment applied to neuro-oncology"

Jan 19 - Cell Biology Club

Date: Monday January 19th, 2015
Presentation by: Landon Wark
Title: Genomic Instability in Prostate Circulating Tumour Cells
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Place: Arnold Greenberg Lecture Theatre – ON2134

Jan 27th - NGS data analysis

Who: Dr Wayne Xu
When: Jan 27th 9:30 - 10:30
Where: Biochemistry Lecture room
Topic: NGS data analysis