| Date |
Speaker |
Institution |
Title |
Host |
Time/Place |
| SEPTEMBER 2011 |
| 15 |
Don Moerman |
Prof, Dept of Zoology, UBC |
The million mutation project - a C. elegans resource |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 22 |
Tim Kieffer |
Prof, Depts of CPS and Surgery, Diabetes Research Group, UBC |
Insulin Replacement by Engineered Cells to Treat Diabetes |
Susanne Clee |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 29 |
Karen C Cheung |
Asst Prof, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Biomedical Microsystems Group, UBC |
Microfluidic systems for three-dimensional cell culture and high throughput drug screening |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| OCTOBER 2011 |
| 6 |
Fumio Takei |
Distinguished Scientist, BC Cancer Agency; Prof, Dept of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UBC |
NK Cells: Licensed to Kill |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 13 |
David Banfield |
Prof, Section of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Div of Life Science, Hong Kong Univ of Science & Technology, Hong Kong |
GOLPH3-mediated retention of glycosyltransferases in the Golgi |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 20 |
Susan Parkhurst |
Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center, Div of Basic Sciences, Seattle, WA |
Membrane and cytoskeleton responses during single cell and multicellular wound repair in Drosophila |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 21 |
Philippe Seguela |
Montreal Neurological Institute, Dept of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill Univ |
Regulation of fast ATP signaling by phospholipids in neurons and glia |
Michel Roberge
Shernaz Bamji |
1:00-2:00
LSC1510 |
| 27 |
Thibault Mayor |
Asst Prof, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UBC |
From misfolding to degradation with ubiquitin: heat-shock stress reveals a novel cytosolic protein quality control pathway |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| NOVEMBER 2011 |
| 3 |
Paul Taghert |
Prof of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Washington Univ School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA |
Synchronization of the Drosophila circadian pacemaker network by internal and external signals |
Doug Allan |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 10 |
Mark Ginsberg
(Perceptions of the Cell) |
Prof, Director Physician Scientist Training Pathway, Dept of Medicine, UC San Diego, CA |
Dynamic regulation of cell adhesion |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 17 |
Brenda Andrews |
Prof and Chair, Banting & Best Dept of Medical Research, Univ of Toronto |
Mapping biological pathways and networks using yeast functional genomics |
Chris Loewen
Vivien Measday
Phil Hieter |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 24 |
Aly Karsan |
Head of Clinical Diagnostic Genomics, Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency; Prof, Dept of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UBC |
Role of microRNAs and innate immune signaling in the myelodysplastic syndromes |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 29 |
Christian Peters |
PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Physiology, Dept of CPS, UBC |
Measurement of separable conformational changes that control ion flow in voltage-gated potassium channels |
Eric Accili |
2:30-3:30
LSC3 |
| DECEMBER 2011 |
| 1 |
Christopher Ahern |
Asst Prof, Depts of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, and Cellular & Physiological Sciences, CRG, UBC |
Applying chemical biology to ion channels |
Susanne Clee |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 8 |
Elizabeth Conibear |
Assoc Prof, Dept of Medical Genetics, UBC; CFRI, CMMT |
Large scale approaches for understanding vesicle transport |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 15 |
Timothy H Murphy |
Prof, Depts of Psychiatry and CPS, Graduate Program in Neuroscience, UBC |
Widespread mapping of mouse brain functional connectivity using light |
Shernaz Bamji |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| JANUARY 2012 |
| 12 |
Harley T Kurata |
Asst Prof, Dept of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics; Affiliate Member, Cardiovascular Research Group, UBC |
How ATP-sensitive potassium channels translate cellular metabolism into electrical signals |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 17 |
Dale W Laird |
Prof and Canada Research Chair in Gap Junctions & Disease, Dept of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Univ of Western Ontario |
Mechanisms linking connexin gene mutations to syndromic and non-syndromic disease |
Christian Naus |
2:30-3:30
LSC3 |
| 26 |
Joerg Gsponer |
Asst Prof, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, CHiBi, UBC |
Intrinsically disordered proteins: regulation and disease |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| FEBRUARY 2012 |
| 2 |
Eric Jan |
Assoc Prof, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UBC |
Factorless ribosome recruitment mediated by a tRNA-like internal ribosome entry site |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 7 |
Kevin Eade |
PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Cell & Developmental Biology, UBC |
Subsets of developmental transcription networks maintain cellular subtype identity in the mature nervous system |
Doug Allan |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 9 |
Klaus Foerstemann |
Prof of Biochemistry, Gene Center & Dept of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians Univ, Munich, Germany |
Drosophila miR-277 controls TOR activity and lifespan via tuning of branched-chain amino acid metabolism |
Stefan Taubert |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 10 |
Seema Bhatnagar |
Assoc Prof, Dept of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Univ of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
Neural substrates underlying adaptations to repeated stress |
Victor Viau |
10:30-11:30
LSC1330 |
| 16 |
Anne Muesch |
Assoc Prof, Dept of Developmental & Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY |
Building epithelia with columnar or hepatic polarity: a role for the kinase Par1b |
I Robert Nabi |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 23 |
Richard Minshall |
Assoc Prof of Pharmacology & Anesthesiology, Center for Lung & Vascular Biology, Univ of Illinois, Chicago |
Oxidative stress-induced endothelial cell reprogramming |
I Robert Nabi
& ANEA |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 24 |
Thomas Hoeg-Jensen |
Adjunct Prof, Univ of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences; Principal Scientist, Project Manager at Novo Nordisk, Copenhagen Area, Denmark |
Development of insulin drugs for improved treatment of diabetes |
James Johnson |
10:30-11:30
LSC1410 |
| MARCH 2012 |
| 8 |
Christian Giaume |
Director, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Biologie (CIRB), College de France, Paris |
Glial connexin expression and function in the context of Alzheimer's disease |
Christian Naus; BRC |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 15 |
Calvin Yip |
Asst Prof, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UBC |
Visualizing cellular machines with single-particle electron microscopy |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 22 |
Gregory Morton |
Research Assoc Prof, Dept of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutriton, Univ of Washington, Seattle |
Leptin, diabetes and the brain |
Susanne Clee |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 23 |
Katie Lee |
MSc Candidate, Graduate Program in Genetics, UBC |
Novel wild-derived mouse models of obesity and diabetes resistance |
Susanne Clee |
12:30-1:30
LSC1510 |
| 29 |
Laura Nilson |
Canada Research Chair in Developmental Genetics and Assoc Prof, Dept of Biology, McGill Univ, Montreal |
Epithelial patterning through spatial regulation of receptor tyrosine kinase signaling |
Guy Tanentzapf
& SFU |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| APRIL 2012 |
| 2 |
Heather Jackson |
PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Physiology, Dept of CPS, UBC |
Cardiac ion channels: evolution, function and disease |
Eric Accili |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 4 |
Warren Gallin |
Prof, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ of Alberta, Edmonton |
Comparative and molecular dynamics analyses of voltage-gated K+ channel activation |
Eric Accili |
10:30-11:30
LSC1330 |
| 5 |
Christian Kastrup |
UBC Chibi, Michael Smith Lab |
Understanding and controlling blood coagulation using models, materials and devices |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 12 |
Eldon Emberly |
Assoc Prof (Canada Research Chair Tier II), Dept of Physics, Simon Fraser Univ, Burnaby, BC |
Role of cell geometry in driving localization within cells |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 13 |
Maria Fairbank |
PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Cell & Developmental Biology, UBC |
Insight into ER quality control mechanisms: novel characterization of the E3 ubiquitin ligase GP78/AMFR and the G-alpha S subunit in the ER |
I Robert Nabi |
2:00-3:00
LSC3 |
| 26 |
Charles Bourque |
James McGill Prof, McGill Univ Dept of Neurology; Medical Scientist, Centre for Research in Neuroscience, Montreal General Hospital |
TRPV channels and osmosensing |
Hakima Moukhles; BRC |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| MAY 2012 |
| 3 |
Stephanie Borgland |
Asst Prof, Dept of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, UBC |
Insulin suppresses neuronal activity and output in the reward system |
Susanne Clee |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 10 |
Heidi McBride |
Canada Research Chair in Mitochondrial Cell Biology; Assoc Prof, Montreal Neurological Institute, Neuromuscular Research Group, McGill Univ, Montreal |
Mitochondrial dynamics and quality control |
I Robert Nabi |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 14 |
Freda Miller
(8th D Harold Copp Lecture) |
Prof, Dept of Molecular Genetics, Univ of Toronto; Sr Scientist, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Canada Research Chair, Developmental Neurobiology |
Stem cells: building and rebuilding the nervous system |
I Robert Nabi |
4:00-5:00
LSC2 |
| 17 |
Mark Peifer
(Perceptions of the Cell) |
Distinguished Prof, Dept of Biology, Univ of North Carolina at Capital Hill |
Building the body plan—the miracle of morphogenesis |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 18 |
William Green |
Prof, Dept of Neurobiology, Univ of Chicago, IL |
Multiple AMPA receptor recycling pathways at excitatory synapses |
I Robert Nabi |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 24 |
Judy Wong |
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UBC |
Disease mechanisms of x-linked dyskeratosis congenita |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 31 |
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LSC3 |
| JUNE 2012 |
| 7 |
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12:30-1:30
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| 14 |
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12:30-1:30
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| 28 |
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| JULY 2012 |
| 5 |
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12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 12 |
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| 19 |
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12:30-1:30
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| 26 |
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| AUGUST 2012 |
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12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 9 |
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12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 16 |
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12:30-1:30
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| 23 |
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| 30 |
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