Seminars
Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series
Seminars are usually held on Fridays. Check individual seminar postings for updated times and locations. For further information please contact Dr. Mireille Khacho at: mkhacho@uottawa.ca or Dr. Michele Ardolino at: m.ardolino@uottawa.ca.
Note: For more information, please contact Blanche Dinelle at: bdinelle@uottawa.ca
Other Seminars of Interest:
April 2018
Dr. Gary Wu
Professor of Medicine
Ferdinand G. Weisbrod Chair in Gastroenterology
Co-Director, PennCHOP Microbiome Program
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania“Co-Metabolism between the Gut Microbiome and its Host: Relevance to Health and Disease"
Friday, April 27, 2018
RGN 2149
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmDr. Douglas Mahoney
Assistant Professor
Departments of Microbiology Immunology and Infectious Disease and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute and Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary“Seeing is believing: visualizing oncolytic virus-host interactions in vivo using intravital microscopy"
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
RGN 3248
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmDr. Nahum Sonenberg
Gilman Cheney
Chair in Biochemistry
Department of Biochemistry and Rosalind
Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec“Translational control of cancer and brain diseases via the mRNA cap-binding protein, eIF4E"
Friday, April 20, 2018
RGN 2149
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmDr. Shashi Ashok Gujar
Assistant Professor
Departments of Pathology, Biology, and Immunology & Microbiology
Faculty of Medicine
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS“MHC ligandomes of oncolytic virus-based cancer immunotherapy"
Thursday, April 19, 2018
RGN 2021
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmDr. Brian Bennett
Professor
Department of Biomedical and Molecular Science
Queen’s University
Kingston ON“Smart nitrates and heavy PUFAs: improving memory in preclinical models of Alzheimer's disease"
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
RGN 2003
10:30 am - 11:30 amDr. Steven J. Bensinger
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
University of California
Los Angeles, CA.“Understanding the impact of lipid metabolism on inflammatory responses"
Friday, April 13, 2018
RGN 1421
10:30 am - 11:30 amDr. Sheila Collins
Professor
Cardiovascular Medicine
Department of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN.“Integration of receptor signaling mechanisms for brown adipose thermogenesis and physiology"
Friday, April 6, 2018
RGN 2149
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmDr. Vidu Garg
Professor
Pediatrics and Molecular Genetics
The Ohio State University“Uncovering genetic contributors to congenital heart disease."
Friday, April 6, 2018
RGN 2003
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmDr. Edward O’Brien
Professor
Department of Cardiac Sciences (Cardiology)
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary“The Novel Relationship between Heat Shock Protein 27, Estrogens and PCSK9 in the Regulation of Atherogenesis"
Thursday, April 5, 2018
RGN 2113
1:30 pm to 2:30 pmDr. Leah Cowen
Professor
Chair, Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Toronto“Seminar Title - TBD"
Seminar presented as part of the series of special seminar on Microbiomes for the Technologies for Microbiome Science and Engineering (TECHNOMISE)
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
RGN 1007
10:30 am - 11:30 amDr. Lorrie Kirshenbaum
Professor
Department of Physiology & Pathophysiology and Cardiovascular Sciences
St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre
University of Manitoba“Molecular Regulation of Cell Death Pathways"
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
RGN 2112
9:00 am - 10:00 am