LSI Seminars
LSI Seminar schedule
| Date | Speaker | Institution | Title | Host | Time/Place |
| April 26, 2024 | Dr. Jared Rutter | Professor Department of Biochemistry University of Utah Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator | TBD | Dr. Hilla Weidberg | |
| April 19, 2024 | Dr. Melody Campbell | Assistant Professor Basic Sciences Division Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | TBD | Dr. Guy Tanentzapf | |
| April 12, 2024 | Zoology McClintock Lecture Dr. Bob Goldstein | Professor Department of Biology University of North Carolina | TBD | Dr. Kenji Sugioka | |
| April 5, 2024 | The 20th Copp Lecture Dr. Ramanujan Hegde | Group Leader MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology | TBD | Dr. Robert Nabi | |
| March 22, 2024 | Dr. Jason Shepherd | Associate Professor of Neurobiology Adjunct Associate Professor of Biochemistry Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy University of Utah | TBD | DLSI Trainees – Part of LSI Research Day | |
| March 15, 2024 | Dr. Ardem Patapoutian | Department of Neuroscience Scripps Research Institute Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Nobel laureate 2021 | TBD | LSI Trainees | |
| February 9, 2024 | Dr. Timothy Wai | Mitochondrial Biology Group Head CNRS Research Director Institut Pasteur and CNRS | “Mitochondrial Membrane Dysfunction and Sequelae” | Dr. Hilla Weidberg | 3-4PM LSC 1003 |
| February 2, 2024 | Dr. Kathy McCoy | Professor Department of Physiology and Pharmacology University of Calgary | “Microbiome and Regulation of Immune Function: Defining Mechanisms” | Dr. Lisa Osborne | |
| January 19, 2024 | Dr. Alex Dunn | Associate Professor Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University | “Mechanotransduction of cell-cell junctions: beyond the usual suspects” | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Postdoc Association | 3-4PM LSC 1003 |
| January 12, 2024 | Dr. James Olzmann | Associate Professor Department of Molecular & Cell Biology University of Berkley | “Cellular Mechanisms of Lipid Homeostasis: From Lipid droplets to Ferroptopsis” | Dr. Ethan Greenblatt | |
| November 10, 2023 | Dr. Brenda Andrews | Professor Department of Molecular Genetics University of Toronto | TBD | Dr. Christopher Loewen | CANCELLED |
| November 3, 2023 | Dr. Andre Le Bivic | Director of Life Sciences at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) | TBD | Dr. Robert Nabi | |
| October 20, 2023 | Dr. Joy Richman | Professor Faculty of Dentistry University of British Columbia | TBD | Dr. Jessica Rosin | |
| October 13, 2023 | Dr. Christophe Lamaze | Director of Research, INSERM Department of Cellular & Chemical Biology Institut Curie, France | “Remote Control of Signalling through Caveolae Mechanics: A New Paradigm in Mechanotransduction” | Dr. Robert Nabi | 3-4PM LSC 1003 |
| September 22, 2023 | Dr. Nozomu Yachie | Associate Professor School of Biomedical Engineering University of British Columbia | “HD Video Recorder of the Cell” | Dr. Calvin Yip | |
| September 15, 2023 | Dr. Jessica Feldman | Associate Professor Department of Biology Stanford University | “Building patterns in cells during development” | Dr. Kenji Sugioka | |
| September 1, 2023 | Dr. Zhao Zhang | Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology Duke University | “Chasing the Jumping Genes: From Making Fly Eggs to Cancer Therapy” | Dr. Hilla WeidbergDr. Ethan GreenblattDr. Hilla Weidberg | 3-4PM LSC 1003 |