May 28 - NSG symposium

Title: Improving Genomics through Collaboration and Innovation
Date: Thursday May 28th, 2015, 2pm-4pm
Location: Arnold Greenberg Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor Cancer Care Manitoba
To register visit www.canadangssymposia.com
Who: The symposium is open to anyone who is interested in or is already using NGS in their research or diagnostic programs.
What: The objective of this symposium is to provide an overview of NGS, and a forum to discuss the science, applications, instrumentation, methods, and best practices in NGS. You will we get to hear from academics and industry with experience in NGS, identifying challenges, and sharing progress.

April 16 - ROCHE TARGET ENRICHMENT SEMINAR

Where: CCMB Lecture Theatre
RSVP: Michael Nodwell at michael.nodwell@roche.com
Time: 
11:15 Clinical Validation and Comparison of Custom NGS Panels for the BRCA1/2 Gene Sequencing Dr. Bekim Sadikovic, Clinical Molecular Geneticist, London Health Sciences Centre and Associate Professor, Western University
12:15 Targeting what you Seq: An Application Overview of Target Enrichment Technology Mena Farag, M.Sc., Technical Support Representative, Sequencing

May 5 - 11th Annual Dr. Lyonel G. Israels Lecture

Presenter: Dr. Randy Gascoyne

Clinical Professor of Pathology, UBC 

Hematopathologist, BC Cancer Agency

Medical Director, Provincial Lymphoma Pathology Program 

Research Director, Centre for Lymphoid Cancers at the BC Cancer Agency and BC Cancer Research Centre.

Time: 12:00 

Place: CCMB Lecture Theatre ON2134

Title:  “Insights into Lymphoma Genomics from Next Generation Sequencing” 

March 24 - Lunch and Learn

Join BioTek Instruments for a Lunch and Learn Seminar
Title: The Multi-faceted Assays Enabled by the Cytation 3 from a Cancer Researcher’s Perspective
Presented by: Dr. Kirk McManus, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Medical Genetics at Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology
Date: Tuesday, March 24
Time: 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location: Apotex Centre Room 264

March 30 - Cell Biology Club

Presenter 1: Amy Dahl
Presenter 2: Berardino Petrelli

March 26 - Visiting Scientist Lecture

Date March 26
Time1:30 - 2:30
Guest speaker Dr Abraham Fainsod
Title In the footsteps of Darwin: biodiversity and evolution in the Ecuadorian jungles and galapagos
Location Arnold Greenberg Lecture Theatre

June 9 - TFRI Prairie Node Symposium

The Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI) Prairie Node Symposium will be held at the Inn at the Forks in Winnipeg.

2015 marks the 35th anniversary of the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope.

The Symposium will commence on June 9th at 9:00am with the preliminary program as follows:
1. Ten spots are slated for talks throughout the day.
2. The symposium will conclude at 4:00 pm.
3. A welcome dinner has been arranged for 7 pm the evening of June 8th.

Select attendees from Saskatchewan and Manitoba will give talks.
RSVP to Cecile by March 30th if you are attending the symposium and willing to give a talk.