The Advances in Biomedical Seminars are held on Fridays unless otherwise stated. Check individual seminar postings for updated times and locations. For further information please contactDr. Yanick Benoit at: [email protected].
Note: For more information, please contact Christina Sardella.
Other Seminars of Interest:
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, November 28, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 1421 and MS TEAMS
Dr. Mary Teena Joy
Assistant Professor,
The Jackson Laboratory
Seminar Title: "Molecular Encoders of Memory as Therapeutic targets for Stroke Recovery"
Hosted by: Dr. Diane Lagace
Friday, November 24, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2005
Dr. Anthony Scimè
Associate Professor,
Stem Cell Research Group,
Molecular, Cellular and Integrative
Physiology,
Faculty of Health, York University
Seminar Title: "Metabolic control of muscle stem cell fates: The impact of altering
intrinsic and extrinsic metabolism"
Hosted by: Dr. Alexandre Blais
~ CMM Seminar Series ~
Monday, November 20, 2023, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
RGN room 1007
Dr. Kirill Volynski
Clinical & Experimental Epilepsy,
University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology,
London, England
Seminar Title: "Synergistic regulation of neurotransmitter release by different synaptotagmin isoforms"
Hosted by: Dr. Katalin Tόth
Friday, November 17, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2005
Dr. Danielle Peters
Research Associate,
National Research Council of Canada
Seminar Title: "Enzybiotics: exploiting phage-derived enzymes for targeted therapy of Acinetobacter baumannii"
Hosted by: Dr. Adam Rudner
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 1421 and MS TEAMS
Dr. Peter Bauer
Chief Medical & Genomic Officer,
Centogene GmbH
Seminar Title: "Multiomics in rare disease: Ending the diagnostic odyssey and starting to accelerate therapy development"
Hosted by: Dr. Michael Schlossmacher
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 1421 and MS TEAMS
Dr. John Brooks
Clinician, Multiple Sclerosis and
Neuroinfection/Neuroinflammation Clinic
The Ottawa Hospital
Seminar Title: "The Role of Machine Learning in MS / MS Mimic Research
and Clinical Care"
Hosted by: Dr. Jing Wang
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 1421 and MS TEAMS
Dr. Alireza Mansouri
Assistant Professor,
Neurosurgery,
Penn State University
Seminar Title: "Planning and execution of early phase surgical trials as a
Neurosurgeon"
Hosted by: Dr. Arezu Jahani-Asl
~ CMM Seminar Series ~
Friday, October 20, 2023, 10:30 am to 11:30 am
RGN room 2005
Dr. Kurt Haas
Professor,
Cellular & Physiological Sciences,
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
Seminar Title: "Activity-dependent brain neuronal development and impact of early-life seizures"
Hosted by: Dr. Katalin Tόth
Friday, September 22, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2005
Dr. Amélie Fradet-Turcotte
Associate Professor,
Department of Molecular Biology,
Medical Biochemistry and Pathology,
Laval University
Seminar Title: "How seeking for vulnerabilities of HPV-driven cancer cells to
chemoradiation led to the discovery of a new protector of genomic
integrity"
Hosted by: Dr. Damien D’Amours
Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
RGN room 1007
Dr. Izabella Pena
Scientist,
CHEO-Research Institute,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa,
Principal Investigator,
The Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology (OISB)
Seminar Title: "Functional genomics and cell type-specific
organellar profiling to investigate rare diseases"
Hosted by: Dr. Mary-Ellen Harper
Friday, September 15, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2005
Dr. Benjamin J. Orlando
Assistant Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Michigan State University
Seminar Title: "Structural Insights Into Membrane Protein Complexes That Defend Against Antimicrobial Peptides"
Hosted by: Dr. Jyh-Yeuan (Eric) Lee
~ CMM Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 10:30 am to 11:30 am
RGN room 3248
Dr. Stéphane Dieudonné
Professor,
Department of Biology
lnstitut de Biologie de l'École Normale Supérieure,
Paris, France
Seminar Title: "All optical electrophysiology in the behaving animal: the next frontier?"
~ CMM Seminar Series ~
Thursday, July 27, 2023, 10:30 am to 11:30 am
RGN room 3248
Dr. Steven Prescott
Senior Scientist and Professor,
Neurosciences & Mental Health,
Hospital for Sick Kids,
University of Toronto
Seminar Title: "Neural coding with the rate and timing of action potentials"
~ Special "Online" Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, May 17, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Dr. Carolina Tropini
Assistant Professor,
School of Biomedical Engineering &
Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology,
University of British Columbia
Seminar Title: "Industrialization and the metamorphosis of natural ecosystems"
Hosted by: Mr. Zhongzhi Sun (PhD candidate in TECHNOMISE program)
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, May 9, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 1421
Dr. Adam Shuhendler
Associate Professor, uOttawa,
Faculty of Science,
Department of Chemistry & Biomolecular Sciences
&
Dr. Andrée-Anne Ledoux
Scientist,
CHEO Research Institute,
Assistant Professor uOttawa
Seminar Title: "From Peds to Pets: Novel Imaging Approaches to Advance Concussion Care"
To register for the TEAMS meeting, please contact Natasha Hollywood.
~ OISB Seminar Series~
Monday, May 8, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 1007
Dr. Marcus Conrad
Director of the Institute of Metabolism and Cell Death,
Helmholtz Zentrum München,
German Research Center for Environmental Health,
Munich, Germany
Seminar Title: "Ferroptosis: From Basic Mechanisms to Therapeutic Opportunities"
Hosted by: Dr. Steffany Bennett
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 1421
Dr. Ivan Soltesz
Professor and Vice Chair, Neurosurgery
Stanford University
Seminar Title: "Organization and Control of Hippocampal Circuits"
Hosted by: Drs. Katalin Tόth and Jean-Claude Béïque
To register for the TEAMS webinar, please contact Natasha Hollywood.
Advances in Biomedical Research seminar
Friday, April 28, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Eric Holland
Professor,
Human Biology Division,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,
Seattle, WA
Seminar Title: "Data landscapes and mouse models of meningiomas"
Hosted by: Dr. Arezu Jahani-Asl
Advances in Biomedical Research seminar
Friday, April 21, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Christine Grienberger
Assistant Professor,
Brandeis University,
Department of Biology and Volen
National Center for Complex Systems
Seminar Title: "Dendritic computations underlying learning-related hippocampal ensemble dynamics"
Hosted by: Dr. Richard Naud
Advances in Biomedical Research seminar
Friday, April 14, 2023, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Margaret Merryl McCarthy
Professor and Director,
Department of Pharmacology,
Department of Physiology and Psychiatry,
Director, Program in Neuroscience,
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Seminar Title: "The Immune System Sculpts Social Behavior Circuits in the Developing Brain"
Hosted by: Benjamin Nguyen (Trainee)
~ Special CMM Cross-Appointee Seminar Series ~
Thursday, April 13, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 3248
Dr. Andrew Nicholson
Assistant Professor
School of Psychology
University of Ottawa
Seminar Title: "The use of neurofeedback as a means to restore connectivity, functionality and well being among individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder"
Hosted by: Dr. Arezu Jahani-Asl
~ Special "Online" Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Dr. Daniel Grégoire
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Carleton University
Seminar Title: "A history of eating garbage and getting gas"
Hosted by: Mr. Haonan Duan (PhD candidate in TECHNOMISE program)
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.
~ Special Ovarian Cancer Seminar Series ~
Thursday, March 30, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2149
Dr. David Cook
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Wrana Laboratory,
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute,
Sinai Health,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Seminar Title: "Cell plasticity and drug tolerance in ovarian cancer"
Hosted by: Dr. Katalin Tóth
~ Special "Online" Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Dr. Jocelyne DiRuggiero
Associate Professor,
Department of Biology,
Johns Hopkins University
Seminar Title: "Stress Responses of Microbial Communities at the Dry Limit for Life"
Hosted by: Dr. Joeselle Serrana (Postdoctoral fellow in TECHNOMISE program)
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.
Friday, March 24, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Jan K. Rainey
Professor,
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology,
Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University
Seminar Title: "Applying structure & dynamics to inform spider silk protein engineering"
Hosted by: Dr. Jyh-Yeuan (Eric) Lee
~ Special Ovarian Cancer Seminar Series ~
Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2149
Dr. Sarah Kinkley
Group Leader,
Chromatin Structure and Function Group,
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics,
Berlin, Germany
Seminar Title: "Understanding the Cancer Epigenome"
Hosted by: Dr. Katalin Tóth
~ Special "Online" Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, March 15, 2023, 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Dr. Yang Lu
Assistant Professor,
Cheriton School of Computer Science,
University of Waterloo
Seminar Title: "Panning for gold: Interpretable and error-controlled pattern discovery from biomedical data"
Hosted by: Mr. Zhongzhi Sun, PhD candidate in Technomise program
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.
Friday, March 10, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Thomas Kislinger
Professor and Director,
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre,
University of Toronto,
Department of Medical Biophysics
Seminar Title: "Clinical Proteomics: Biomarker Discovery & Therapeutic Targets"
Hosted by: Dr. Mathieu Lavallée-Adam
Friday, February 17, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Shang-Te Danny Hsu
Deputy Director,
Institute of Biological Chemistry,
Academia Sinica,
Taiwan
Seminar Title: "Functional dynamics and glycoshields of coronavirus spike proteins"
Hosted by: Dr. Jyh-Yeuan (Eric) Lee
~ Special "Online" Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Dr. Yuanyue Li
Project Scientist,
West Coast Metabolomics Center,
UC Davis Genome Center,
University of California
Seminar Title: "Analyze MS/MS spectra with spectral entropy"
Hosted by: Mr. Haonan Duan (Ph.D. candidate in TECHNOMISE program)
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.
~ Special "Online" Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Dr. Ken A. Aho
Associate Professor,
Department of Biological Sciences,
Idaho State University
Seminar Title: "The Network Environments of Microbes in Intermittent Streams"
Hosted by: Dr. Joeselle Serrana (postdoctoral fellow in TECHNOMISE program)
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.
~ Special Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
RGN room 1007
Kelsey E. Huus, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ley Lab,
EMBO Fellow,
Max Planck Institute for Biology,
Tübingen, Germany
Seminar Title: "From famine to fever: immunity, diet, and the microbiome "
Hosted by: Dr. Thien-Fah Mah
Friday, December 9, 2022, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Don Gammon
Assistant Professor,
Department of Microbiology,
UT Southwestern Medical Center,
University of Texas, Dallas, Texas
Seminar Title: "FACT Activates an Ancient Antiviral Response that is Countered by Cytoplasmic Viruses"
Hosted by: Dr. Jean-Simon Diallo
Wednesday, November 2, 2022, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Jaideep Bains
Professor,
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology,
Cumming School of Medicine,
University of Calgary,
Calgary, Alberta
Seminar Title: "Uncoupled internal and external representations of threat"
Hosted by: Dr. Katalin Tόth
Friday, October 28, 2022, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Aain Nepveu
Professor,
Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute,
Departments of Oncology, Biochemistry and Medicine,
McGill University,
Montreal, QC
Seminar Title: "The Function of BCL11B in Base Excision Repair Explains its Dual Role as an Oncogene and a Haplo Insufficient Tumor Suppressor Gene"
Hosted by: Dr. Kin Chan
Friday, October 21, 2022, 10:30 to 11:30 am
RGN room 2005
Dr. Alexander Hynes
Assistant Professor,
Farncombe Family Chair in Phage Biology,
Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute,
McMaster University,
Hamilton, ON
Seminar Title: "Biasing Bacteriophage Behaviours"
Hosted by: Dr. Adam Rudner
No seminars
Friday, June 24, 2022, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Dr. Maria Aristizabal
Assistant Professor,
Biology Department,
Queen's University
Seminar Title: "Mechanisms of transcription and epigenetic regulation and their significance to human health"
Hosted by: Dr. Michael Downey
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday, June 17, 2022, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Dr. Stephanie Grainger
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology,
Van Andel Research Institute,
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Seminar Title: "Specific Wnt/Fzdrequirements in hematopoietic stem cell development."
Hosted by: Dr. David Lohnes
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Special ''online'' Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Dr. Christopher E. Lawson
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry,
University of Toronto
Seminar Title: “Retooling Microbiome Engineering for a Sustainable Future"
Hosted by: Dr. Leyuan Li, Research Associate in Figeys’ lab
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu at [email protected]
Please feel free to contact Technomise if you have any questions or concerns.
Friday, May 6, 2022, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Dr. Josef Penninger
Department of Medical Genetics,
University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, B.C.
Seminar Title: "Ace2 from fly hearts to the heart of a pandemic"
Hosted by: Haley Geertsma, PhD trainee
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday, April 29, 2022, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Meena Madhur
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics,
Vanderbilt University
Seminar Title: "Can we reprogram T cells to treat hypertension"
Hosted by: Dr. Baptiste Lacoste
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Special ''online'' Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Dr. Lei Dai
Director of Center for Synthetic Microbiome,
Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Seminar Title: “Quantitative ecology of host-associated microbial communities”
Hosted by: Dr. Leyuan Li, Research Associate in Figeys’ lab
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu at [email protected]
Please feel free to contact [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.
Friday, March 25, 2022, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Valentina Perissi
Associate Professor
Biochemistry Department,
School of Medicine,
Boston University
Seminar Title: "Regulation of mitochondrial homeostasis through PTMs – new insights on non-proteolytic ubiquitination and ADP-ribosylation"
Hosted by: Dr. Mireille Khacho
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday, March 18, 2022, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Lena Pernas
Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing,
MPGRL Research Group Leader,
CECAD Principal Investigator,
Cologne, Germany
Seminar Title: "Mitochondrial remodeling of infection"
Hosted by: Dr. Mireille Khacho
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Special ''online'' Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Dr. Cinzia Cantacessi
Professor of Parasite Infection Biology,
Department of Veterinary Medicine,
University of Cambridge
Seminar Title: "How do schistosome affect the gut microbiome? And why should we care?"
Hosted by: Dr. Caitlin Simopoulos, Postdoctoral Associate in Figeys lab
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu at [email protected]
Please feel free to contact [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.
Virtual Zoom Mitochondrial Biology Seminar: Dr. Luca Pellegrini, CMM Faculty Candidate ~
Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Luca Pellegrini
Professor,
Department of Molecular Biology,
Medical Biochemistry and Pathology,
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Laval,
Quebec, QC
Seminar Title: "Meet the WrappER: the lipids pipeline of the cell"
Hosted by: Dr. David Lohnes
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu at [email protected]
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, Germany
Seminar Title: "Drug discovery of mitochondrial diseases using patient-specific iPSCs and brain organoids"
Hosted by: Dr. Mireille Khacho
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
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, Boston
Seminar Title: "Sentinels: how inflammasomes sense pathogens and other stress"
Hosted by: Haley Geertsma, PhD, student in Dr. Rousseaux Lab
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
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 Ardolino
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
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 Diego
Seminar Title: "Engineering iPSCs to Derive Immune Cells with Improved Functions"
Hosted by: Dr. Lisheng Wang
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
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 Center
Seminar 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 at [email protected].
Please feel free to contact [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
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 Institute
Seminar Title: "Beyond CRISPR-Cas9: Next-Generation CRISPR Technologie"
Hosted by: Dr. Michael Downey
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday December 10, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Eui-Cheol Shin
Professor,
Laboratory of Immunology and Infectious Diseases,
Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering,
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST),
Daejeon, Korea
Seminar Title: "Phenotypes and functions of SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells"
Hosted by: Dr. Seung-Hwan Lee
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday December 3, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Farzaneh Lotfipour
Department of Pharmaceutical and Food Control,
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences,
Tabriz, Iran
Seminar Title: "Approaches of Nano Therapeutic and Drug Conjugates for Infectious diseases"
Hosted by: Dr. Jyh-Yeuan Lee
OISB Special ''online'' Seminar Series ~
Monday November 29, 2021, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Dr. Eric Paquet
Senior Research Officer,
National Research Council of Canada,
Adjunct Professor,
School of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science,
University of Ottawa
Seminar Title: “Protein-protein interactions prediction and protein design with deep learning”
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 956 2071 1135
Passcode: 9DvXvd
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday November 19, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Elizabeth Rideout
Assistant Professor,
Department of Cellular and Physiology Sciences,
Life Sciences Institute,
University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, BC
Seminar Title: "Sex-specific regulation of fat metabolism: lessons from flies"
Hosted by: Dr. Mireille Ouimet
Special ''online'' Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 10:00 to 11:00 am
Dr. Jingyuan Fu
Professor
Depts. of Pediatrics & Genetics
University of Groningen
University Medical Center Groningen
Netherlands
Seminar Title: “Gut microbiome: from the forgotten organ to a key player in human health”
Hosted by: Dr. Caitlin Simopoulos, Postdoctoral Associate in Figeys lab
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 998 8784 4279
Passcode: P5Byec
Please feel free to contact [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday November 12, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Wei Zhang
Assistant Professor,
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology,
University of Guelph,
Guelph, Ontario
Seminar Title: "Engineering protein-protein interactions to probe and rewire ubiquitin signaling"
Hosted by: Dr. Michael Downey
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday November 5, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Christopher Brett
Professor,
Faculty of Arts and Science,
Department of Biology,
Concordia University
Seminar Title: "The intralumenal fragment pathway, a new mechanism for lysosomal proteolysis in eukaryotic cells"
Hosted by: Dr. Michael Downey
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday October 29, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Marie-Pier Tétrault
Assistant Professor,
Department of Medicine,
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology,
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine,
Chicago, IL.
Seminar Title: "Role of epithelial IKK beta signaling in the pathogenesis of esophageal diseases"
Hosted by: Dr. Yannick Benoit
Special ''online'' Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, October 20, 2021, 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Dr. Marie-Claire Arrieta
Assistant Professor
Depts. of Physiology and Pharmacology & Pediatrics
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary
Seminar Title: “The early life microbiome in host immune development”
Hosted by: Dr. Leyuan Li, Research Associate in Figeys lab
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 937 8808 5008
Passcode: be7JuX
Please feel free to contact [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday October 15, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Kaoru Saijo
Assistant Professor,
Department of Molecular and Cell biology,
University of California, Berkeley, CA
Seminar Title: "Examining the impact of environmental and genetic factors on brain development and functions"
Hosted by: Dr. Michele Ardolino
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday October 1, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Dominic Roy
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre,
McGill University, Montreal Quebec
Seminar Title: "Metabolic regulations of T cells in infection and disease"
Hosted by: Dr. Michele Ardolino
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday September 24, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Stuart M. Phillips
Professor, Department of Kinesiology,
Medical Sciences (Cell Biology & Metabolism),
McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario
Seminar Title: "Human Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy and Atrophy: Lessons from the Gym to the Lab"
Hosted by: Dr. Michael De Lisio
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Monday June 28, 2021, 10:00 am to 11:00am
Dr. Armen Saghatelyan (CRC Tier 1 Neuroscience Candidate)
Professor,
Psychiatry and Neuroscience
CERVO Brain Research Centre
Laval University, Quebec
Seminar Title: "Tracking neuronal development in the postnatal brain: Implications for cell replacement therapies and diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders"
Hosted by: David Lohnes
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Monday June 21, 2021, 10:00am to 11:00am
Dr. Omar El-Agnaf
Executive Director,
Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI)
Professor,
College of Health and Life Sciences, HBKU,Qatar Foundation
Seminar Title: "Exploiting the Parkinson’s Disease Protein, Alpha-Synuclein, for Diagnosis and Therapeutic Drugs Design"
Hosted by: David Lohnes
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Monday June 14, 2021, 1:00 pm to 2:00pm
Dr. Kun Ping Lu (CRC Tier 1 Neuroscience Candidate)
Professor,
Harvard Medical School
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Seminar Title: "Pinning down Phosphorylation Signaling for Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurodegeneration, Cancer and Inflammation"
Hosted by: David Lohnes
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday May 7, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Natalie Zeytuni
Assistant Professor,
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology,
McGill University,
Montreal, Quebec
Seminar Title: "Molecular warfare: Structural insight into the ATP-driven exporter of modulating peptides essential to pathogenicity and persistence of drug resistant Staphylococcal aureus"
Hosted by: Dr. Jyh-Yeuan (Eric) Lee
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday April 30, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Michael Cohen
Associate Professor,
Department of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry,
Oregon Health and Science University,
Portland, OR
Seminar Title: "Decoding Protein ADP-ribosylation Networks in Cells Using Chemistry-based Approaches"
Hosted by: Dr. Yannik Benoit
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday April 23, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. James Shorter
Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics,
Perelman School of Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
Seminar Title: "Countering deleterious phase transitions in ALS/FTD"
Hosted by: Dr. Haley Geertsma (PhD trainee)
Special ''online'' Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Dr. Pratik Jagtap
Research Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota
Seminar Title: “Functional Microbiome Analysis Using Quantitative Metaproteomics within the Galaxy Framework”
Hosted by: Dr. Caitlin Simopoulos
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting and the abstract.
Please feel free to contact [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday April 16, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Silvia Penuela
Associate Professor,
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology,
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry,
Western University, London Ontario
Seminar Title: "Cancer cell signalling through Pannexin channel"
Hosted by: Haley Geertsma (PhD.Trainee)
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday April 9, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Sébastien Talbot
Assistant Professor,
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology,
University of Montreal,
Quebec
Seminar Title: "Pain neurons control cancer immunosurveillance"
Hosted by: Dr. Baptiste Lacoste
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday, March 26, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Naglaa Shoukry
Professor,
Department of Medicine,
University of Montreal,
Chum Research center,
Director, Canadian Network on Hepatitis “C”,
Montreal Quebec
Seminar Title: ”B Cells - Follicular Helper T Cells Interaction during Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection”
Hosted by: Dr. Seung-Hwan Lee
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday, March 19, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Alison B. Kohan
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism,
Department of Medicine University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,
Pittsburgh PA.
Seminar Title: ”Tregs and Triglycerides – If it’s good for the gut, is it also good for the heart?”
Hosted by: Gaganvir Parmar
Special ''online'' Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 9:00 am to 10:00 am
Dr. Dawei Hu
Associate Professor
Beihang University
Seminar Title: “Microbial Community Succession Mechanisms Revealed and Elucidated by Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation”
Hosted by: Dr. Leyuan Li
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting and the abstract.
Please feel free to contact [email protected] if you have any questionsor concerns.
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday, March 12, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Michael Charette
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Brandon University,
Manitoba
Seminar Title: ”From the Bakery to the Bench to the Bedside: Using Yeast to Study Ribosome Assembly and Shed Light on the Manitoba Ribosomopathy, Bowen-Conradi Syndrome”
Hosted by: Dr. Michael Downey
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday, March 5, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Mohan Babu
Associate Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of Regina,
Saskatchewan
Seminar Title: ”Inhibition of Human Nucleotide Sanitation Enzymes for Cancer Suppression”
Hosted by: Dr. Michael Downey
Special ''online'' Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, March 3, 2021, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Dr. Elizabeth Bik
Science consultant,
Harbers Bik LLC
Seminar Title: “The Dark Side of Science: Misconduct in Biomedical Research”
Hosted by: Dr. Caitlin Simopoulos
Please feel free to contact [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.
Cellular and Molecular Medicine Cross-Appointment online Seminar~
Tuesday, March 2, 2021, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Dr. Monnica T. Williams
Associate Professor,
Canada Research Chair in Mental Health Disparities,
Disparities School of Psychology,
Clinical Psychology Program,
University of Ottawa
Seminar Title: “Psychedelic Therapies, Research, and Training”
Hosted by: Dr. David Lohnes
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday, February 26, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Martin Matthew Matzuk
Professor,
Departments of Pathology & Immunology,
Molecular and human genetics, Molecular and cellular biology,
and pharmacology and chemical biology,
Baylor College of medicine, Houston TX
Seminar Title: ”DNA-encoded chemistry technology, reproductive biology, and contraception”
Hosted by: Dr. Ben Tsang
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday, February 19, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Gino Ferraro
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Radiation Oncology,
Harvard Medical School,
Boston, Massachusetts
Seminar Title: ”Improving treatment of breast cancer brain metastasis”
Hosted by: : Dr. Yannick Benoit
Special ''online'' Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Dr. Forest Rohwer
Professor,
Department of Biology,
San Diego State University
Seminar Title: “The Cystic Fibrosis Rapid Response to Phage Therapy”
Please feel free to contact [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Justin Taylor
Assistant Professor,
Immunology and Vaccine Development Program,
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,
Seattle, WA
Seminar Title: ”Analyzing and Engineering Antigen-specific B cells”
Hosted by: Dr. Subash Sad
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle at [email protected]
Friday, February 5, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00pm
Dr. Laura Hulea
Assistant Professor,
Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties,
University of Montréal,
Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research centre
Seminar Title: ”Translational Control of Metabolic Plasticity in Neoplasia”
Hosted by: Dr. MIreille Khacho
