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. Marceline Côté at: marceline.cote@uottawa.ca or Ganise Clermont at: gclermo2@uottawa.ca or Suzanne Surgeson at:suzanne.surgeson@uottawa.ca.
Note: For more information, please contact bmisec@uottawa.ca (613) 562-5459
Other Seminars of Interest
March 2020
Friday, March 27, 2020, RGN 2003, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Luca Scorrano
Chair of Biochemistry, Department of Biology,
Scientific Director, Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine
University of Padova, Italy
Seminar Title: "Keeping mitochondria in shape: a matter of life and death"
Hosted by: Dr. Mireille KhachoFriday, March 13, 2020, RGN 2003, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Biswapriya B. Misra
Assistant Professor, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department
of Internal Medicine-Molecular Medicine
Seminar Title: "Opportunities in GC-MS based Metabolomics as an Avenue for Biomarker Discovery"
Hosted by: Dr. David Patten
February 2020
Friday, February 14, 2020, RGN 2003, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Paola Marignani
Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Dalhousie University
Seminar Title: "Characterizing lung cancer heterogeneity by single-cell genomic profiling"
Hosted by: Dr. Michael Downey~ Primary-Appointee Seminar Series ~
Monday February 10, 2020, RGN 1007, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Dr. Kristin Anderson
Senior Post-doctoral Fellow
Greenberg Lab
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
University of Washington
Seminar Title: "Engineering adoptive T Cell therapy to overcome immune suppression in ovarian cancer"Hosted by: Dr. David Lohnes
Friday, February 7, 2020, RGN 2003, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Ho Sung Rhee
Assistant Professor,
Department of Cell & Systems Biology,
University of Toronto
Seminar Title: "Genomic Mechanisms of Gene Regulation during Stem Cell Differentiation into Motor Neurons"
Hosted by: Dr. Simon Chen and Dr. Kyoung-Han Kim~ Primary-Appointee Seminar Series ~
Tuesday February 4, 2020, RGN 1007, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Dr. Kossay Zaoui
Research Associate
University of Montreal
CHUM Research Center
Seminar Title: "Ran GTPase signaling: Role in ovarian cancer development, metastasis and opportunity for therapeutic targeting"Hosted by: Dr. David Lohnes
January 2020
Friday, January 31, 2020, RGN 2003, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Judith Mandl
Assistant Professor,
Canada Research Chair in Immune Cell Dynamics,
McGill University
Seminar Title: "Unexpected hazards of immune cell migration: crowding, shattering and nuclear rupture"
Hosted by: Dr. Subash SadFriday January 17, 2020, RGN 2003, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Bryan Coburn
Clinician-Scientist,
Infectious Diseases and Advanced Diagnostics,
University Health Network and
Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
Seminar Title: "The last mile problem: Challenges translating microbiome biology to management of human diseases"
Hosted by: Dr. Austin Yan (Dr. Stintzi Lab)Thursday, January 16, 2020, RGN 2113, 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Dr. Zhu-Xu Zhang
Associate Professor,
Department of Pathology, Medicine
University of Western Ontario
Seminar Title: "Is Necroptosis the missing link for tissue injury and transplant rejection"
Hosted by: Dr. Subash SadMonday, January 13, 2020, RGN 2021, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. John Marko
Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Northwestern University
Seminar Title: “Loop extrusion, chromatin-crosslinking, and the geometry, topology and mechanics of chromosomes and nuclei”
Hosted by: Dr. Damien D'Amours