Seminars

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 Ardolino

Thursday, 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’Amours

Thursday, 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

Friday, November 23, 2018, RGN 2003, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Alexandre Maréchal
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Faculty of Science
University of Sherbrooke, Quebec
Seminar Title: "Ubiquitylation on RPA-ssDNA : Helping the Cell Face DNA Replication Stress"
Hosted by: Dr. Michael Downey

Monday, November 12, 2018, RGN 2149, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Dr. Christine Vande Velde
Associate Professor
Department of Neurosciences
University of Montreal
Seminar Title: "TDP-43 loss of function as a mechanism in ALS pathogenesis"
Hosted by: Dr. Derrick Gibbings

Friday, November 9, 2018, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Douglas C. Wallace
Professor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in Genetics
University of Pennsylvania
Perelman School of Medicine
Seminar Title: "A MITOCHONDRIAL ETIOLOGY OF COMMON “COMPLEX” DISEASES"
Hosted by: Dr. Catherine Tsilfidis

Friday, November 2, 2018, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Joanna Burdette
Professor
Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
Center for BioMolecular Sciences, Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Illinois, Chicago
Seminar Title: "Unraveling the chemical and biological communication between the ovary and fallopian tube-derived high grade serous ovarian cancer"
Hosted by: Dr. Barbara Vanderhyden

~ Primary-Appointee Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, October 30, 2018, RGN 2113, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Dr. Sara Tremblay
Scientist
The Royal Institute of Mental Health Research
Seminar Title: Multimodal neuroimaging to improve neuromodulation treatments for mental health disorders
Hosted by: Dr. David Lohnes

Friday, October 26, 2018, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Zhulun Wang
Executive Director of Research Biologics Amgen Inc.
San Francisco, CA
Seminar Title: "Unlocking the potential of Biology for Patients"
Hosted by: Julia Nunes

~ CMM/NSC Reseach Day - Keynote Address ~
Thursday, October 25, 2018, Huguette Labelle Hall (TBT112), 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Dr. Michelle James
Assistant Professor
Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Stanford University
Seminar Title: "PET Imaging of Neuroinflammation: Visualizing Neuroimmune Interactions in CNS diseases"
Hosted by: Dr. Nadine Wiper-Bergeron