| Date |
Speaker |
Institution |
Title |
Host |
Time/Place |
| SEPTEMBER 2010 |
| 9 |
May Cheng |
PhD Candidate, Dept of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC |
An examination of the slow inactivation and resting inactivation of Kv1.5 and ShakerIR channels |
Steven Kehl |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 16 |
Colby Zaph |
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, CIHR New Investigator, The Biomedical Research Centre, UBC |
Immunoregulation of innate and adaptive immunity at mucosal sites |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 23 |
Jiang-Fan Chen |
Prof, Dept of Neurology, Boston Univ School of Medicine, Boston, MA |
Opposite modulation of inflammation by the adenosine A2A receptor in peripheral tissues and brain: insights from genetic knockout models |
Kenny Kwok
& BRC |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 30 |
Tullio Pozzan |
Prof, General Pathology, Biomedical Sciences Dept, Univ of Padua, Italy |
Ca2+ handling by organelles: an inside view |
Ed Moore |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| OCTOBER 2010 |
| 7 |
Artur Kania |
Director, Neural Circuit Development Laboratory, IRCM, Montreal |
The control of spinal motor neuron myotopic organization by Reelin, Eph and Netrin signalling |
Doug Allan |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 14 |
Wun Chey Sin |
Research Assoc, Dept of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC; CPS Dept Postdoctoral & Research Scientist Award Recipient 2009 |
Connexin43 – intricate link to glioma progression |
Guy Tanentzapf
Susanne Clee |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 21 |
Clare Waterman-Storer
(Perceptions of the Cell) |
Director, Cell Biology & Physiology Center, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD |
Integrating actin and adhesion dynamics in cell migration |
I Robert Nabi |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 27 |
Claude Desplan |
Silver Prof, Dept of Biology, New York University, NY |
Detection and processing of color information in Drosophila |
Guy Tanentzapf |
3:30-4:30
LSC3 |
| 28 |
Sarah Cohen |
PhD candidate, Dept of Zoology, UBC |
Novel mechanisms of viral nuclear entry |
Nelly Pante |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| NOVEMBER 2010 |
| 4 |
Mark Rasenick |
Distinguished UIC Prof, Dept of Physiology & Biophysics, Univ of Illinois at Chicago |
G proteins and the microtubule cytoskeleton: form and function in signal transduction |
I Robert Nabi
& BRC |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 10 |
David Bilder
(Perceptions of the Cell) |
Assoc Prof, Cell & Developmental Biology, UC Berkeley, CA |
Form and function in epithelial growth and morphogenesis |
Guy Tanentzapf |
2:30-3:30
LSC3 |
| 11 |
Remembrance Day - UNAVAILABLE |
| 18 |
Jan Ehses |
Asst Prof, Dept of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, UBC |
Mechanisms of islet inflammation in obesity and type 2 diabetes |
Chris McIntosh |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 25 |
Shernaz Bamji |
Asst Prof, Dept of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC |
The ties that bind: cadherins at the synapse |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| DECEMBER 2010 |
| 2 |
Stefan Taubert |
Asst Prof, Dept of Medical Genetics, CMMT, UBC |
Gene regulation by the cofactor complex mediator in C. elegans |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 9 |
Valera Vasioukhin |
Assoc Member, Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA |
Lgl1 in the maintenance of polarity and regulation of self-renewal and differentiation of mammalian neural progenitor cells |
Shernaz Bamji
|
1:00-2:00
LSC3 |
| 16 |
Giuseppe Melacini |
Faculty Member, Dept of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, ON |
Mapping cyclic nucleotide-dependent allosteric networks in eukaryotes by NMR |
Eric Accili |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| JANUARY 2011 |
| 6 |
Harald Hutter |
Prof, Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC |
Axon guidance in C. elegans: how to identify the missing players |
Douglas Allan |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 13 |
Henry Lester |
Bren Prof of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA |
Intracellular events during chronic exposure to nicotine |
Chris Ahern;
BRC & CRG |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 20 |
Ninan Abraham |
Assoc Prof, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology, Dept of Zoology (Cell Biology Group), UBC |
Cytokine signaling: survival, lymphomas and screens |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 27 |
Cheryl Gregory-Evans |
Assoc Prof, Dept of Ophthalmology, UBC |
Fadd gene expression is a critical component of the mechanism driving optic fissure closure during eye development |
Douglas Allan |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| FEBRUARY 2011 |
| 3 |
Wolfram Tetzlaff |
Prof, Dept of Zoology, UBC; Assoc Director, Discovery Science, ICORD |
Preclinical strategies for spinal cord injury – from diets to transplantations |
Shernaz Bamji |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 7 |
Joel Rothman
(CPS Head Candidate) |
Prof and Head, Dept of MCD Biology, Univ of California Santa Barbara |
Relationship between cell death and division in C. elegans |
CPS |
3:00-4:00
LSC3 |
| 10 |
Cecilia Moens |
HHMI Investigator, Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA |
Polarized cell behaviours underlying the morphogeneis of the zebrafish hindbrain |
Douglas Allan |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 17 |
Leigh Anne Swayne |
Asst Prof, IMP, Division of Medical Sciences, Univ of Victoria, BC; Affiliate Asst Prof, CPS |
Are pannexins novel contributors to the bioelectric control of neurogenesis |
Christan Naus |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 24 |
Matthew C Lorincz |
Assoc Prof, Dept of Medical Genetics, UBC |
DNA methylation and H3K9 trimethylation regulate predominantly distinct sets of genes, retroelements and chimaeric transcripts in mouse ES cells |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| MARCH 2011 |
| 3 |
Francis Lynn |
Asst Prof, Div of General Surgery and Dept of Cellular & Physiological Sciences; Scientist, Child & Family Research Institute, CMMT |
Driving pancreatic beta cell genesis and proliferation: Sox4 acceleration and Npas4 braking |
Susannne Clee |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 10 |
Christopher Loewen |
Asst Prof, Dept of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC |
Lipid signaling and cell biology - in yeast! |
I Robert Nabi |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 17 |
Elena Oancea |
Asst Prof of Medical Science, Brown Univ, Providence, Rhode Island |
Ultraviolet light phototransduction in human melanocytes |
Eric Accili
& SFU |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 24 |
Kelly McNagny |
Prof, Dept of Medical Genetics, Biomedical Research Centre, UBC |
The CD34 family in inflammatory disease and development |
Susanne Clee |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| APRIL 2011 |
| 1 |
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz |
Chief, Section on Organelle Biology, Cell Biology & Metabolism Program, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD |
Navigating the cellular landscape with new optical probes, imaging strategies and technical innovations |
I Robert Nabi |
2:00-3:00
LSC3 |
| 7 |
Filip Van Petegem |
Asst Prof, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UBC |
Leaking ion channels and disease: a structural investigation of ryanodine receptor mutations |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 11 |
Paul Squires |
Assoc Prof (READER) in Diabetes & Endocrinology, School of Life Sciences, Univ of Warwick, Coventry, UK |
Cell-contact, coupling & communication: a role in diabetes from pancreas to kidney |
Chris McIntosh |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 28 |
John Challis |
President & CEO, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research |
Preterm birth and programming late life disease |
Cal Roskelley |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| MAY 2011 |
| 5 |
Michael Bennett |
Distinguished Prof, Dept of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York |
Gap junctions and hemichannels: an evolving story |
Kurt Haas
& BRC |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 12 |
Mark Metzstein |
Asst Prof of Human Genetics, Molecular Biology Program, Univ of Utah, Salt Lake City |
Regulation of subcellular morphogenesis by the PAR-polarity complex |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 19 |
David Raible |
Prof, Dept of Biological Structure, Univ of Washington, Seattle |
Specification of sensory neurons from neural crest |
Tim O'Connor |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 26 |
TBA |
Affymetrix Inc |
Applications for Affymetrix microarrays |
T Michael Underhill |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 31 |
Robert Tjian
(7th D Harold Copp Lecture) |
Howard Hughes Investigator and Prof of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UC Berkeley, CA |
Core transcription factors, embryonic stem cells and differentiation |
I Robert Nabi |
4:00-5:00
LSC2 |
| JUNE 2011 |
| 9 |
Gary K Yang |
PhD Candidate, Dept of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC |
Adenosine signalling in controlling the release of gastric and pancreatic peptides |
Timothy Kieffer
Kenny Kwok |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 20 |
SR Wayne Chen |
Prof, Dept of Physiology & Pharmacology, Univ of Calgary, AB |
Novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias |
Ed Moore
F Van Petegem |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| JULY 2011 |
| 14 |
Brian Ruffell |
Postdoctoral Scholar, Coussens Laboratory, Dept of Pathology, Univ of California at San Francisco |
Macrophages as therapeutic targets in breast cancer |
Pauline Johnson
Cal Roskelley |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 21 |
Ben Ovryn |
Assoc Prof, Dept of Anatomy & Structural Biology, Gruss-Lipper Biophotonics Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY |
Modeling and imaging the formation of integrin adhesions |
I Robert Nabi |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 28 |
TBA |
Illumina, Inc |
What's new about Illumina sequencing technology & Miseq – a new personal desktop sequencer |
T Michael Underhill |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| AUGUST 2011 |
| 11 |
Marie-Odile Parat |
Senior Lecturer, School of Pharmacy, Univ of Queensland, Australia |
Caveolae and tumour angiogenesis |
I Robert Nabi |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 18 |
Angus McQuibban |
Asst Prof, Dept of Biochemistry, Univ of Toronto, ON |
Mitochondrial dynamics: mechanism and disease |
Chris Loewen |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
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