Workshop: Basics of Tumour Banking"

The first CTRNet Training Workshop on the "Basics of Tumour Banking and Biospecimen Quality Control and Analysis" will be held on Sept 8-10th. Space is limited to 25 participants with priority given to students and research trainees. Guest speakers include Sam Aparicio (BC Cancer Research Centre) and Anne-Marie Mes-Masson (Institut du cancer de Montréal). Contact Dr Leigh Murphy for more details.

MICB Annual Retreat - Sept 20-21

The annual MICB retreat will be held at the Qualico Family Centre in Assiniboine Park on Sept 20-21 The theme is "Personalized Medicine". Dr Jordi Barretina (Pharama, Boston) and Dr Kapil Bhalla (Kansas Cancer Center) are the keynote speakers.

Workshop: "Microscopy, Optics and Imaging"

The next IMHRT training workshop for "Microscopy, Optics and Imaging" will be held on November 5-9, 2012. To register, please submit your CV and a short summary of why you are interested in this course to Dr Sabine Mai. Participants will be selected based on expressed training needs. Space is limited. No application will be accepted after September 30, 2012

Simon and Sarah Israels Graduate Thesis Prize

All graduate students who have successful completed either their MSc or PhD between Sept/11 - Aug/12 and were supervised by an MICB Senior Scientist or Research Affiliate Scientist are eligible to compete for the Simon and Sarah Israels Graduate Thesis Prize. Please submit an unbound copy of your thesis to Cecile Verrier before August 31st for consideration. The award is worth $2000 for the best thesis of the year.

Annual Summer BBQ

The Annual MICB/BMG Summer BBQ will be held at Kildonan Park (2021 Main Street) on August 10th. This is a family event so please bring kids and significant others to enjoy an afternoon of hamburgers, hot dogs, a potluck and games. Sign-up sheets are available in the Main Office until August 3rd. Join in the fun!!

Dr Shantanu Banerji publishes in Nature

MICB Senior Scientist Dr Shantanu Banerji is first author on a Nature paper published on June 20th, 2012.
His team found that a recurrent fusion of the genes MAGI3 and AKT3 in what is known as a translocation event, was observed in tumors from a rare but aggressive form of breast cancer known as triple-negative breast cancer. Cancer-causing rearrangements of these two genes are common in blood cancers, such as acute myeloid leukemia, but their discovery in breast cancer marks the first time they have been seen in a solid cancer.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v486/n7403/full/nature11154.html

July 13, 2012

BMG Visiting Speaker Seminar Announcement: Dr Hans Knecht, Director of Haematology Laboratory at CHUS University Hospital, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec will be presenting 3D Telomere Signatures of Hodgkin-Cells at Diagnosis Identify Patients with Poor Response to ABVD Chemotherapy
Time: 2:30pm
Location: 341 Basic Medical Sciences Building