Seminars

~Adjunct Seminar Series ~
Thursday, July 25, 2019, RGN 1007, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Dr. Soji Sebastian
R&D Scientist
Radiobiology and Health
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
Seminar Title: "Low dose ionizing gamma radiation enhances myogenic differentiation in long term myoblasts culture"

Hosted by: Dr. David Lohnes

Friday, June 14, 2019, RGN 2149, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Dr. Gareth Lim
Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair in Adipocyte Development
CRCHUM, Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal
Seminar Title: "Using numbers to understand adipocyte development and function"
Hosted by: Dr. Erin Mulvihill

~ Primary-Appointee Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, June 11, 2019, RGN 1007, 11:30 pm to 12:30 pm
Dr. Lauri Tuominen
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of Ottawa
Seminar Title: "Studying mental illnesses using fear generalization paradigms and fMRI"

Hosted by: Dr. David Lohnes

Monday, June 3, 2019, RGN 2149, 10:30 am to 11:30 am
Dr. Vincenzo Desiderio
Assistant Professor
Medical Histology and Embryology
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
Seminar Title: "Inhibition of pentose phosphate pathway suppresses tumor growth and metastasis by inducing endoplasmic reticulum stress and autophagy"

Hosted by: Dr. Christine Pratt

Friday, May 10, 2019, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. John Ussher
Assistant Professor
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Alberta
Seminar Title: "Muscle Ketone Metabolism as a Novel Target for Glucose Lowering in Type 2 Diabetes"
Hosted by: Dr. Kyoung-Han Kim

~ Primary-Appointee Seminar Series ~
Wednesday, May 8, 2019, RGN 2021, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Dr. Purna Joshi
University of Toronto
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Seminar Title: "Lineage tracing stromal progenitors during epithelial growth in the mammary gland"

Hosted by: Dr. David Lohnes

~Cross-Appointed Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, April 30, 2019, RGN 1007, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Dr. Synthia Guimond
Scientist, IMHR
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of Ottawa
Seminar Title: "Subcortical brain alterations in psychosis"

Hosted by: Dr. David Lohnes

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 Lacoste

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