Monday, 18 November 2013

Nov 18 - Cell Biology Club

Nov 18 - Project update by PhD Candidates Brent Guppy & Yuequin Zhou
2:00 - Arnold Greenberg Lecture Theatre

Friday, 1 November 2013

Nov 6 - BMG Departmental Seminar

Presenter: Yueqin Zhou, PhD student with Dr. Geoff Hicks
Title: ALS-Associated FUS Mutations Result in Compromised FUS Alternative Splicing and Autoregulation
Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Location: Room 626 BMSB
Time: 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Learning objectives:
1. Understand the importance of studying FUS regulated RNA processing and its association with ALS.
2. Describe the autoregulation of FUS by alternative splicing.
3. Discuss the potential association between the compromise of FUS autoregulation and the pathogenesis of ALS with FUS mutation, and its therapeutic implication.

Thursday, 31 October 2013

Nov 4 - Cell Biology Club

Nov 4 - Cell Biology Club
Project update by Post Doctoral Fellow Patrapim Sunpaweravong
Starting at 2:00
Arnold Greenberg Lecture Theatre

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Oct 21 - Cell Biology Club

Date: October 21
Time: 2:00 - 3:00
Location: Arnold Greenberg Lecture Theatre
Presenters: Dr Sachin Katyal (Measureing DNA damage repair mechanisms)
Followed by Rebecca Dielschneider (PhD Student - Gibson lab)

October 9 - BMG Departmental Seminar

Presenter: Alexandra Kuzyk, MD/PhD student with Dr. Sabine Mai
Title: A study of nuclear disorganization in cancer cells.
Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Location: Theatre A “Mezzanine” 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Learning objectives:
· List two aspects of nuclear architecture.
· Describe the relationship between nuclear localization and transcription.
· Explain the 11E2 and 17q25 synteny region and their impact in mouse plasmacytoma and human neuroblastoma

Wednesday, 25 September 2013

Oct 2 - Visiting Speaker

October 2 - 2:00-3:00
CCMB Lecture Theatre
Dr Asish K. Ghosh
Assistant Professor of Medicine, College of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
"Microvesicle Mediated Crosstalk in B-Cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Implications in Disease Progression"

Monday, 16 September 2013

Sept 18 - Visiting Speaker Dr Freda Miller

Neural Stem Cells: From Development to Repair
Visiting Speaker Dr. Freda Miller
CRC Developmental Neurobiology
University of Toronto and Sick Kids Research Institute
Time: 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Location:** Apotex Centre, Room 264 (Pharmacy Bldg.)