February 26 - BMG Departmental Seminar

Berardino Petrelli, M.Sc. Student with Dr. Geoff Hicks
Time: 12:45 – 1:15 pm
Location: Theatre A “Mezzanine”
Seminar Title: A FASD Mouse Model: Biochemically Mimicking Alcohol Exposure using Gsc promoter driven Cyp26A1 cDNA
Learning Objectives:
· Describe Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and the FASD continuum.
· Describe the clinical features of FAS in humans and explain the resultant phenotypic effects obtained in murine models of FAS.
· Explain the rationale for the molecular strategy and targeting of the CYP26A1:eGFP cassette to the Goosecoid (Gsc) locus and describe cassette validation techniques in vitro and in vivo.

March 3 - Cell Biology Club

Presentations by Sanzida Jehan
March 3rd
14:00 – 15:00
CCMB Lecture Theatre

Feb 12 - BMG Departmental Seminar

Presentation: Laura Thompson, M.Sc. Student with Dr. Kirk McManus
Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Time: 12:45 – 1:15 pm
Location: Theatre A “Mezzanine”
Seminar Title: Developing a High-Content Screen to Identify Human Chromosome Instability Genes

Learning Objectives:
· Define chromosome instability (CIN) and discuss the importance of CIN gene identification
· Describe the complementary assays that are capable of detecting CIN
· Explain how CIN assays can be utilized in a high content screen of candidate genes

BIochemistry & Medical Genetics Department Seminar

Presenter: Aleksander Ilic, M.Sc. Student with Dr. Jim Davie
Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Time: 12:45 – 1:15 pm
Location: Theatre A “Mezzanine”
Seminar Title: Role of UCHL1 in regulating gene expression in prostate cancer cells
Learning Objectives:
· Discuss the primary role of UCHL1 as a deubiquitinating enzyme
· Describe the UCHL1 interaction with genomic DNA and its possible role in regulating gene expression in prostate cancer
· Explain how ChIP and ChIP-seq can be utilized to map the genomic location of protein binding sites

February 3 - Cell Biology Club

February 3 - Cell Biology Club
Project updates from Sanzida Jahan and Yingfeng Zheng
2:00 - 3:00
Arnold Greenberg Lecture Theatre, 2nd floor CancerCare Manitoba

Jan 20 - Cell Biology Club

January 20th - Cell Biology Club
Project updates from Sumanta Chatterjee and Pratima Basak
2:00 - 3:00
Arnold Greenberg Lecture Theatre, 2nd floor CancerCare Manitoba

Jan 9 - Sanzida Jahan

BMG Departmental Seminar…
Presenter: Sanzida Jahan, PhD student with Dr. Jim Davie
Title: Characterization of transcriptionally active novel histone H5 chromosomal domain using avian erythrocyte cells
Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Location: Theatre A “Mezzanine”
Time: 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Learning objectives:
1. To understand the higher order chromatin structure separated by chromatin boundaries.
2. To identify signatures to characterize chromatin boundaries.
3. To characterize the mechanism of maintaining open chromatin domain.