Seminars
April 2019
Friday, April 26, 2019, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Christian Naus
Professor Emeritus
Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences
Life Sciences Institute
University of British Columbia
Seminar Title: "Targeting gap junction channels and hemichannles in stroke"
Hosted by: Dr. Baptiste LacosteFriday, April 5, 2019, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Warren C. W. Chan
Director, Distinguished Professor
ACS Nano Editor
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
University of Toronto
Seminar Title: "Challenge of delivering nanoparticles to solid tumors"
Hosted by: Dr. Suresh Gadde
March 2019
Friday, March 22, 2019, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Todd Graham
Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences
Vanderbilt University
Seminar Title: "The Flip Side of Membrane Biology in Health and Disease"
Hosted by: Dr. Jyh-Yeuan LeeCANCELLED
Friday, March 15, 2019, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Dario Vignali
Frank Dixon Chair in Cancer Immunology
Vice Chair and Professor of Immunology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Seminar Title: "Inhibitor Mechanisms in Cancer and their Therapeutic Manipulation"
Hosted by: Dr. Jonathan Hodgins
February 2019
Friday, February 22, 2019, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Nina Jones
Professor and Canada Research Chair
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Guelph
Seminar Title: "Phosphotyrosine signalling pathways controlling cell morphology and movement"
Hosted by: Dr. Michael IroFriday, February 15, 2019, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Aashiq H. Kachroo
Assistant Professor
Centre for Applied Synthetic Biology
Department of Biology, Concordia University
Seminar Title: "Humanized yeast - an evolution guided approach to engineering biology"
Hosted by: Dr. Michael Downey
January 2019
Wednesday, January 16, 2019, RGN 2022, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Dr. Gabrielle Siegers
Research Associate
Postovit Laboratory
Departmental of Experimental Oncology
University of Alberta
Seminar Title: "Toward γδ T Cell Immunotherapy of Ovarian Cancer – Lessons Learned Along the Way"
Hosted by: Dr. David Lohnes
December 2018
Friday, December 14, 2018, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Aaron Ring
Assistant Professor
Department of immunobiology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Seminar Title: "Engineered cytokines for cancer immunotherapy"
Hosted by: Dr. Michele ArdolinoThursday, December 6, 2018, RGN 3248, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. José Arturo Londoño-Vallejo
Director of Research
Dynamics of the genetic information Fundamental bases and Cancer
Institute Curie University Pierre and Marie Curie -CNRS-PSL
Seminar Title: "RTEL1 safeguards nuclear envelope integrity by preserving the RAN-GTP/GDP gradient"
Hosted by: Dr. Damien D’AmoursThursday, December 6, 2018, RGN 1007, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Dr. Leigh Anne Swayne
Associate Professor
Division of Medical Sciences
University of Victoria
Seminar Title: "Pannexin 1 in cortical plasticity"
Hosted by: Dr. Baptiste Lacoste