Oct 6 - Cell Biology Club

Presenter: Iris Gehrke, postdoctoral fellow in Dr Versha Banerji's lab
Title: FK866 in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Location: 2nd floor lecture theatre
Time: 2:00 - 2:30

Sept 26 - 28, MICB Annual Retreat

Guest speakers
Dr. Ann Chambers,
Oncology Distinguished Scientist, Canada Research Chair in Oncology, London Regional Cancer Program, LHSC
Title: "Tumor metastasis and dormancy: lessons from experimental studies and implications for cancer patients"

Dr. Sean Egan,
Senior Scientist, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, SickKids
Title: "Using mice to model metastasic breast cancer in humans"

Presentations also by
Sumanta Chatterjee, Vasudeva Bhat, Yongqiang Chen, Iris Gerhke, Dilshad Khan, Brent Guppy, Pratima Basak, Rebecca Dielschneider, Julius Awe

Sept 24 - Departmental Seminar

Presenter: Brent Guppy, PhD student with Dr. Kirk McManus
Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Time: 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Location: Theatre A 'Mezzanine' (2nd floor BMSB, across from the elevator and on your right)
Seminar Title: Mitotic Increases in Di-methylated Lysine 79 of Histone H3 are Required for Genome Stability in Human Cells and Occur Independently of Mono-Ubiquitinated Histone H2B

10th annual CLL Meeting

The 10th Canadian CLL Meeting will be held at the Inn at the Forks on Thursday, September 18th - Friday September 19th.
This year's key note speaker - Dr Michael Keating from MD Anderson.
More information at www.cllmeeting.ca

Aug 1 - MSc Oral Defense Aleksander Ilic

M.Sc. Oral Defence – Aleksander Ilic, M.Sc. student with Dr. Jim Davie
Title: Role of UCHL1 In Regulation of Gene Expression in Prostrate Cancer Cells
Date: Friday, August 1, 2014
Time: 10:00 AM
Place: 341 Basic Medical Sciences Bldg.

Sept 26 - 28th MICB Annual Retreat

September 26-28th - MICB Annual Retreat at the Lakeview Resort and Conference Center in Gimli, Manitoba.
This year's theme is "Metastasis and Relapse" with Ann Chambers and Sean Egan as our invited speakers.

Deadline for registration is August 29th with Cecile Verrier.

A sign-up sheet is posted at the office for those who require or are willing to provide transportation to the Lakeview Resort.

August 31 - Deadline for Simon and Sarah Israels Graduate Thesis Prize

August 31 - Deadline to apply for Simon and Sarah Israels Graduate Thesis Prize worth $2000

Graduate student must have:
- supervisor much hold appointment as Senior Scientist or Research Affiliate Scientist at the MICB
- successfully completed a MSc or PhD at the University of Manitoba between Sept 2013 - Aug 2014

Please speak to Cecile Verrier for more details.