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:
October 2018
Friday, October 19, 2018, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Ethan Perlstein
CEO, Perlara
Public Benefit Company (PBC)
South San Francisco, California
Seminar Title: "Model organisms for n=1 drug discovery"
Hosted by: Dr. Michael Downey~ Faculty Candidate Seminar Series ~
Wednesday, October 17, 2018, RGN 1007, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Dr. Jung-Chien Cheng
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute
Vancouver, British Columbia
Seminar Title: "The role of apelinergic system in human ovarian cancer progression"
Hosted by: Dr. David LohnesFriday, October 12, 2018, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Lauren Sparks
Investigator
Translational Research Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes
Florida Hospital & Sanford Burnham Prebys
Seminar Title: "Epigenomic regulation of exercise response variation in muscle mitochondrial function and insulin sensitivity"
Hosted by: Dr. Mary-Ellen Harper~ Faculty Candidate Seminar Series ~
Wednesday, October 10, 2018, RGN 1007, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Dr. David Pepin
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Seminar Title: "Targeting chemoresistant ovarian cancer with gene therapy and gene editing"
Hosted by: Dr. David Lohnes~ Faculty Candidate Seminar Series ~
Wednesday, October 3, 2018, RGN 1007, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Dr. Yemin Wang
Research Associate
Ovarian Cancer Research Centre
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of British Columbia
Seminar Title: "Rare illuminates common: insights from studying non-epithelial ovarian cancer"
Hosted by: Dr. David Lohnes
September 2018
Friday, September 28, 2018, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Marcel Behr
Professor
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Seminar Title: "Horizontally-acquired DNA in the evolution of pathogenic mycobacteria"
Hosted by: Dr. Jim SunFriday, September 28, 2018, RGN 2149, 10:30 am to 11:30 am
Dr. Howard Lipshitz
Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Toronto
Seminar Title: "Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression during Drosophila development"
Hosted by: Dr. Woo Jae KimFriday, September 14, 2018, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Stephanie C. Weber
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
McGill University
Seminar Title: "Assembly and function of membranceless organelles"
Hosted by: Dr. Michael DowneyFriday, September 7, 2018, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Benoit Bruneau
Professor of Pediatrics
University of California
San Francisco, California
Seminar Title: "The epigenomic blueprint of the heart"
Hosted by: Jonathan Weldrick
July 2018
Friday, July 27, 2018, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Sam Basta
Professor of Immunology
Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Queen's University
Seminar Title: "Regulation of antigen-specific CD8+ T cells by activated Macrophages"
Hosted by: Dr. Subash Sad