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"

May 14 - The 9th Annual Dr Lyonel G Israels Memorial Lecture

Dr. Patrick Gallagher "Genetics and Genomics of Inherited Erythrocyte Disorders"
Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology), Genetics and Pathology
Director, Yale Center for Blood Disorders
Director, Expression and Genomics Core
Yale Center of Excellence in Molecular Hematology
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 ~ 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lecture Theatre (ON2134)

April 18 - Annual Arnold Greenberg Lecture

Dr Benjamin Neel, Director of the Ontario Cancer Institute and internationally recognized expert in cancer biology and cellular signal transduction, will be presenting "Shp2 and its Binding Proteins in Health and Disease".
Lecture Theatre, 11:00 - 12:00 Lunch reception to follow.
Students can schedule meetings with Dr Neel after 1pm in the Executive Boardroom.

February 23 - Sharing International Perspectives on FASD Research and Interventions

The Canada Israel International Fetal Alcohol Consortium is pleased to invite you to the International FASD Collaborations Symposium - Sharing international perspectives on FASD research and interventions.
at the Apotex Centre, 750 McDermot Ave.
Registration: Free! This is an open event, no registration is required.

9:00am Presentations on FASD in France Dr. Denis Lamblin, President, SAFFrance
10:15am Presentation on FASD in Finland Dr. Ilona Autti-Ramo, Chief of Health Research, Research Professor, The Social Insurance Institution, Finland
11:00am Presentation on Canada Israel International Fetal Alcohol Consortium (CIIFAC) Dr. Ab Chudley, CIIFAC Research Lead Medical Director, Program in Genetics and Metabolism, University of Manitoba

March 5th - Illumina Technology Day

March 5 2nd Floor Lecture Theatre
9:45-11:00 Advances in Cancer and Personalized Genomics Using NGS Sequencing Technology.
Speaker: Dr Michael Smith, Sequencing Specialist, Illumina Inc.

Learn how Illumina NGS technology can help you uncover the answer to drive your research forward. A simple end-to-end sequencing workflow lets you go from sample to results faster and easier than ever before. During this event, an Illumina expert will present an overview of NGS, discussing the basic concepts and key advantages over traditional technologies.

December 13 - Molecular Biology Seminars

Arnold Greenberg Lecture Theatre
Sponsored by Integrated DNA Technologies and D-Marks Biosciences
10:00 - 11:15 SciTools Web-based Design and Analysis Software. Design tools for PCR, qPCR, and gene knockdown applications.
11:30 - 12:15 The Power of Next Gen Polymerases and Sequencing Technologies. Solutions for amplifications and sequencing with KAPA Biosystems.
RSVP rsetter@idtdna.com or info@d‐markbio.com

November 29 - Research Seminar

Dr Nada Jabado, Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at McGill University will be presenting "Epigenome Rewiring in Pediatric Glioblastoma" on November 29th at 11:00 - 12:00 in the CancerCare Manitoba Lecture Theatre.

Oct 24th - 2012 Canada Gairdner Distinguished Lecture

Oct 24th - Dr Howard Cedar, Professor of Molecular Biology at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and "father of epigenetics", will be visiting the University of Manitoba on October 24th to deliver the 2012 Canada Gairdner Distinguished Lecture at the Gaspard Theatre (BMSB) at noon.

Edge of Science IMAGING Seminar Series

October 22 12:00 - 1:00 Theatre C (BMSB) Barbara Hubner a PhD Student in the department of Anthropology and Human Genetics at the Biocenter Martinsried LMU Munich Germany will be presenting "Nuclear Architecture Studied By Electron Microscopy and Super-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy"

Visiting Speaker - October 4th

October 4th (11:00-12:00) - Dr Michael Hendzel will be presenting in the Arnold Greenberg Lecture Theatre on "The Polycomb-Mediated Ubiquitylation Pathway is Central to DNA Double-Strand Break Repair"

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