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 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

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"

October 23- Laurence Pelletier

Terry Fox Research Institute presents Dr Laurence Pelletier
"Centrosome Biogenesis and the function in human cells"
CCMB Lecture Theatre
10:30 - 11:30

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"

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.)

August 15th - Dr Philippe Georgel

August 15th 2:00 - 3:00
Dr Phillipe Georgel
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Cell Differentiation and Development Center
Byrd Biotechnology Science Center
Marshall, University
"Investigating the complex interplay between diet, epigenetics and cancer"
CCMB Lecture Theatre

Feb 20th - Molecules, Cerebellar Development and Autism

Feb 20th, 11:00 - 12:00 Edge of Science Seminar - "Molecules, Cerebellar Development and Autism" by Dr Dan Goldowitz, Scientific Director of NeuroDevNet and Professor in the Dept of Medical Genetics UBC
Lecture Theatre C Basic Medical Sciences Building

December 10th - Edge of Science and Medicine Series

"Cutting Edge Physiology - Common features of myofibroblasts in different fibrotic organs" by Dr Boris Hinz, Associate Professor Laboratory of Tissue and Repair and Regeneration, Matrix Dynamics Group, University of Toronto.
12:00 - 1:00 Theatre C, BMSB

Nov 30th - Presentation by Dr Peter Watson on Biobanking

Dr Peter Watson, Director of Pathology at UBC and Director of the Tumour Tissue Repository at the BC Cancer Agency, will be giving a presentation "Why is there no 'Dummies Guide' to Biobanking?" at the Lecture Theatre 1:00-1:45.

November 26 - Edge of Science Imaging Series

12:00 - 1:00 BMSB Theatre B - Dr Hari Shroff, Chief and Investigator in the Section of High Resolution Optical Imaging at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (Bethesda, MD) will be presenting "Faster and Sharper: New 3D Imaging Technologies for Cells and Embryos"

June 14, 2012

June 14, 2012 from 11:00am - 12:00pm Dr. Sachin Katyal will be presenting on "Targeting DNA Repair Pathways in the Treatment of Cancer: Novel Genetic Insights". CCMB Lecture Theatre ON2134.