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. Yanick Benoit at: ybenoit@uottawa.ca.
Note: For more information, please contact Blanche Dinelle at: bdinelle@uottawa.ca
Other Seminars of Interest:
November 2016
Tuesday, November 29, 2016, RGN 2149, 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Dr. Purna A. Joshi
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Toronto
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Seminar title: "The stem cell niche during mammopoiesis and breast cancer"Friday, November 25, 2016, RGN 2003, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Scott McComb
Research Officer
Cancer Immunology
Human Health Therapeutics
National Research Council of Canada
Seminar title: "Decompiling Death: Understanding Why Death Goes Wrong in Drug-Resistant Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia"Friday, November 18, 2016, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Adrianna Di Polo
Professor
Department of Neuroscience
University of Montréal
Seminar title: "The molecular basis of retinal ganglion cell dysfunction and death in glaucoma: new insights"Friday, November 11, 2016, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Minsoo Kim
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology
University of Rochester Medical Center
Seminar title: "Visualizing and manipulating immunity with light"Friday, November 4, 2016, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Tae-Hee Kim
Scientist, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program
The Hospital for Sick Children
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Toronto
Seminar title: "The role of SOX family transcription factors in gastric development and cancer"Thursday, November 3, 2016, RGN 1421, 11:45 am to 12:45 pm
Dr. Julia von Maltzahn
Junior Group Leader Fritz-Lipmann Institute
Leibniz Institute for Age Research
Jena, Germany
Seminar title: "Muscle stem cells in Age and Disease"Thursday, November 3, 2016, RGN 2005, 10:45 am to 11:30 am
Dr. Éric Boilard
Associate Professor of Medicine
Laval University
Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunity
CHU de Québec Research Center
Seminar title: "Flow cytometry for the distinction of various subtypes of platelet microparticles in inflammatory conditions"
October 2016
Friday, October 28, 2016 RGN 2149, 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Dr. Donatella Barisani, MD
Associate Professor
Applied Biology
School of Medicine
University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
Seminar title: "GLUTEN-FREE? Molecular regulation of immune response and proliferation in celiac disease”Wednesday, October 26, 2016 RGN 2149, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Dr. Emanuela Gussoni
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Boston Children's Hospital
Division of Genetics and Genomics
Seminar title: "CD82 is a marker for human muscle stem cells and is linked to muscular dystrophy”Friday, October 21, 2016, RGN 2149, 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Dr. Gabrielle Boulianne
Professor
Senior Scientist, Program Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Department Molecular Genetics
University of Toronto
SickKids, Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning
Seminar title: "Super-size flies: Using Drosophila to identify CNS regulators of obesity"Tuesday, October 18, 2016 RGN 1421, 11:45am to 12:45pm
Dr. Elisa Bergamin
Postdoctoral fellow
University of Ottawa
Faculty of Medicine
Seminar title: "Epigenetic inheritance mechanisms: insights from structural biology”Friday, October 14, 2016, RGN 2149, 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Dr. Esther M. Verheyen
Professor
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia
Seminar title: "Hipk kinase regulates Jak-Stat Signaling, cancer and metastatic behavior"
September 2016
Wednesday, September 21, 2016, RGN 2003, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Dr. Vincenzo Lionetti
Laboratory of Translational Critical Care Medicine
Institute of Life Sciences
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Pisa, Italy
Seminar title: "Exosomes: the Hermes of modern cardioprotection"Tuesday, September 20, 2016, RGN 1007, 11:45am to 12:45pm
Dr. Jean-François Poulin
Postdoctoral Fellow
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL, USA Seminar title: "Unraveling dopamine neuron diversity"Friday, September 9, 2016, RGN 2149, 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Dr. Joel Levine
Professor, Department of Biology
University of Toronto
Seminar title: "Synchrony in Drosophila melanogaster: from peripheral cells to group dynamics"Thursday, September 1, 2016, RGN 3248, 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Dr. Kevin Kane
Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta
Seminar title: "Determinants of NK cell receptor recognition of MHC I"
August 2016
Friday, August 19, 2016, RGN 2005, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. André Tchernof
Québec Heart and Lung Institute
Laval University School of Nutrition
Seminar title: "Markers of adipose tissue dysfunction and abdominal obesity"
June 2016
Tuesday June 28, 2016 RGN 1007, 11:45 am to 12:45 pm
Dr. Gergely (Greg) Silasi
Department of Psychiatry
University of British Columbia
Seminar Title: "Probing and observing cortical circuits during stroke recovery in mice"Tuesday June 14, 2016 RGN 1007, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Dr. Tanuj Gulati
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Neurobiology, San Francisco VA Medical Center
University of California San Francisco, USA
Seminar Title: "Brain-machine interface based approaches to stroke rehabilitation"
May 2016
Tuesday May 31, 2016 RGN 1007, 11:30 am to 12:30p.m.
Dr. Alex Gregorieff
Research Associate & Post-doctoral Fellow
Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute
Toronto, Ontario
Seminar Title : "Hippo signalling in tissue regeneration and cancer initiation"Tuesday May 24, 2016 RGN 1007, 11:45 am to 12:45 p.m.
Dr. Yannick Benoit
FRQS, CIHR, and CRS Postdoctoral Fellow
Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute (SCCRI)
McMaster University Hamilton, ON
Seminar Title : "Identification of new small molecules to selectively eradicate human cancer stem cells"Tuesday May 17, 2016 RGN 2113, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Dr. Deqiang Li
Postdoctoral fellow
Jon Epstein Laboratory Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Pennsylvania Smilow Center for Translational Research,
Philadelphia, PA
Seminar Title : “Cardiomyocyte Commitment”
April 2016
April 14, 2016 RGN 2149, 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Dr. Douglas Black
Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
University of California, Los Angeles
March 2016
March 4, 2016 RGN 2149, 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Dr. Roger Moorehead
Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of Guelph
February 2016
February 26, 2016 RGN 2003, 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Dr. Jack Uetrecht
Professor of Pharmacy and Medicine
Canada Research Chair in Adverse Drug Reactions
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
University of TorontoFebruary 19, 2016 RGN 2149, 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Dr. Amy Caudy
Assistant Professor
Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research
University of Toronto