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:
April 2018
Friday, April 27, 2018, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Gary Wu
Professor of Medicine
Ferdinand G. Weisbrod Chair in Gastroenterology
Co-Director, PennCHOP Microbiome Program
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Seminar Title: “Co-Metabolism between the Gut Microbiome and its Host: Relevance to Health and Disease”
Hosted by: Danny JomaaTuesday, April 24, 2018, RGN 3248, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Douglas Mahoney
Assistant Professor
Departments of Microbiology Immunology and Infectious Disease and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute and Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary
Seminar Title: “Seeing is believing: visualizing oncolytic virus-host interactions in vivo using intravital microscopy”
Hosted by: Dr. Jean-Simon DialloFriday, April 20, 2018, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Nahum Sonenberg
Gilman Cheney
Chair in Biochemistry
Department of Biochemistry and Rosalind
Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec
Seminar Title: “Translational control of cancer and brain diseases via the mRNA cap-binding protein, eIF4E”
Hosted by: Dr. Tommy AlianThursday, April 19, 2018, RGN 2021, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Shashi Ashok Gujar
Assistant Professor
Departments of Pathology, Biology, and Immunology & Microbiology
Faculty of Medicine
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS
Seminar Title: “MHC ligandomes of oncolytic virus-based cancer immunotherapy”
Hosted by: Dr. Jean-Simon DialloTuesday, April 17, 2018, RGN 2003, 10:30 am to 11:30 am
Dr. Brian Bennett
Professor
Department of Biomedical and Molecular Science
Queen’s University
Kingston ON
Seminar Title: “Smart nitrates and heavy PUFAs: improving memory in preclinical models of Alzheimer's disease”
Hosted by: Dr. Duncan StewartFriday, April 13, 2018, RGN 1421, 10:30 am to 11:30 am
Dr. Steven J. Bensinger
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
University of California
Los Angeles, CA
Seminar Title: “Understanding the impact of lipid metabolism on inflammatory responses”
Hosted by: Danny JomaaFriday, April 6, 2018, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Sheila Collins
Professor
Cardiovascular Medicine
Department of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Seminar Title: “Integration of receptor signaling mechanisms for brown adipose thermogenesis and physiology”
Hosted by: Danny JomaaFriday, April 6, 2018, RGN 2003, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Vidu Garg
Professor
Pediatrics and Molecular Genetics
The Ohio State University
Seminar Title: “Uncovering genetic contributors to congenital heart disease.”
Hosted by: Dr. Mona NemerThursday, April 5, 2018, RGN 2113, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Edward O’Brien
Professor
Department of Cardiac Sciences (Cardiology)
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary
Seminar Title: “The Novel Relationship between Heat Shock Protein 27, Estrogens and PCSK9 in the Regulation of Atherogenesis”
Hosted by: Janice MayneWednesday, April 4, 2018, RGN 2112, 9:00 am to 10:00 am
Dr. Lorrie Kirshenbaum
Professor
Department of Physiology & Pathophysiology and Cardiovascular Sciences
St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre
University of Manitoba
Seminar Title: “Molecular Regulation of Cell Death Pathways”
Hosted by: Dr. Mary Ellen Harper