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:
March 2022
Friday, March 11, 2022, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Alessando Prigione
Associate Professor,
Department of General Pediatrics,
Neonatology and Pediatric Cardiology,
Children’s Hospital,
University Clinic Düsseldorf (UKD) Heinrich Heine University (HHU),
Düsseldorf, GermanySeminar Title: "Drug discovery of mitochondrial diseases using patient-specific iPSCs and brain organoids"
Hosted by: Dr. Mireille KhachoTo register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle
February 2022
Friday, February 25, 2022, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Hao Wu
Professor,
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School,
Harvard University, BostonSeminar Title: "Sentinels: how inflammasomes sense pathogens and other stress"
Hosted by: Haley Geertsma, PhD, student in Dr. Rousseaux LabTo register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at: bdinelle@uottawa.ca
Friday February 18, 2022, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Jeanette Boudreau
Assistant Professor,
Dalhousie University,
Faculty of Medicine,
Department of Microbiology of Immunology, and Pathology,
Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute, Halifax, N.S.Seminar Title: "Natural killer cells juggle functions to balance pathology and cancer control"
Hosted by: Dr. Michele ArdolinoTo register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at: bdinelle@uottawa.ca
Friday, February 4, 2022, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Dan Kaufman
Professor,
Department of Medicine,
Division of Regenerative Medicine,
Director of the Cellular Therapy program,
University of California, San DiegoSeminar Title: "Engineering iPSCs to Derive Immune Cells with Improved Functions"
Hosted by: Dr. Lisheng WangTo register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at: bdinelle@uottawa.ca
January 2022
~ Special ''online'' Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Dr. Samuel Minot
Associate Director,
Data Science Applications,
Data Core,
Fred Hutch Cancer Research CenterSeminar Title: “Using gene-level metagenomic analysis to identify strains of bacteria from the human gut associated with disease”
Hosted by: Dr. Caitlin Simopoulos, Postdoctoral Associate in Figeys lab
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.
Please feel free to contact technomise@uottawa.ca if you have any questions or concerns.
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at: bdinelle@uottawa.ca
Friday January 14, 2022, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Pierre Billon
Assistant Professor,
The Genome Stability and Editing Laboratory,
University of Calgary,
Cumming School of Medicine,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Robson DNA Science Centre Arnie Charbonneau Cancer InstituteSeminar Title: "Beyond CRISPR-Cas9: Next-Generation CRISPR Technologie"
Hosted by: Dr. Michael Downey