| DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS 2012-2013 |
| Date | Speaker | Institution | Title | Host | Time/Place |
| SEPTEMBER 2012 | |||||
| 10 | Nancy Elliott | Ibidi Microscopy, Verona, WI | Cells in focus – imaging techniques | Imaging Facility | 1:00-3:00 LSC 1330 |
| 20 | Mike Gold | Prof & Head, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology, UBC | Cytoskeletal regulation of lymphocyte activation | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| OCTOBER 2012 | |||||
| 4 | Eric Accili | Assoc Prof, Dept of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC; Canada Research Chair in Pacemaker Channel Biology; Member, Cardiovascular Research Group (LSI) | Regulation of HCN channel function by cyclic AMP | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| 18 | Michael Kobor | Scientist, CMMT, CFRI; Assoc Prof, Dept of Medical Genetics, UBC | Epigenetic variation in human health and disease | Susanne Clee | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| 25 | Richard Oko | Assoc Prof of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Reproductive & Developmental Biology, Queen’s Univ, Kingston, ON | PAWP, a candidate sperm-borne oocyte activating factor | Geoff Hammond | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| NOVEMBER 2012 | |||||
| 1 | Ernesto Bernal-Mizrachi |
Larry D. Soderquist Prof; Assoc Prof of Internal Medicine, Div of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, Univ of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor | Dissecting nutrient signaling in beta-cells | Jim Johnson | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| 8 | Douglas Allan | Asst Prof, Dept of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC; Tula Foundation Investigator (BRC), CIHR New Investigator, MSFHR Scholar & EJLB Scholar | Spatial and temporal regulation of neuronal subtype differentiation during development and through aging | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| 9 | Hannah Boycott | Postdoctoral candidate, INSERM, UMRS 956 & Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France | Shear stress triggers an integrin-dependent recruitment of potassium channels to the plasma membrane of atrial myocytes | Matt Farrer (Neurogenetics) |
10:30-11:30 LSC 1510 |
| 15 | John Whitelock | Prof and Head, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Univ of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia | Proteoglycans – biochemical structures perfect for biological complexity! Perlecan, a key modulator of inflammation and wound healing | Don Moerman | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| 29 | Christopher Nelson | Asst Prof, Dept of Biochemistry & Microbiology, Univ of Victoria, BC | Regulation of chromatin and ribosome biogenesis by a nuclear peptidyl-proline isomerase | Christopher Loewen | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| DECEMBER 2012 | |||||
| 6 | Georg Zoidl | Prof and Canada Research Chair, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Faculty of Science & Engineering, York University, Toronto | Characterization of two Pannexin1 genes in the zebrafish retina: Redundancy or more functionality? | Christian Naus and Brain Research Centre | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| 13 | Matthew Farrer | Sr Scientist, CMMT; Prof, Dept of Medical Genetics, UBC; Canada Excellence Research Chair in Neurogenetics & Translational Neuroscience | Genetics and Parkinson’s | Susanne Clee | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| JANUARY 2013 | |||||
| 10 | Erin Green | Zoology job candidate, Post Doctoral Scholar, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Calif, USA | Expanding the Methylome: Defining novel lysine methylation events in epigenetic and cellular signaling pathways | Vanessa Auld | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| 17 | Jamie Kramer | Zoology job candidate, Dept of Human Genetics, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands | Epigenetic regulation of memory and oxidative stress response in Drosophila models for cognitive disorders | Michael Gordon | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| 24 | Chris Q Doe | Prof, Dept of Biology, Institute of Neuroscience, Univ of Oregon, Eugene McClintock Lecture, Dept. of Zoology |
Mechanism and function of spindle orientation in neural stem cells | Michael Gordon | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| 31 | Tai Montgomery | Zoology job candidate, Dept. of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital | Unraveling gene regulation using small RNA sensors | Don Moerman | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| FEBRUARY 2013 | |||||
| 7 | Brian MacVicar | Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience, Professor, Dept of Psychiatry, UBC | Neuron-Glia signaling in maintaining a healthy brain | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| 14 | Kurt Haas | Associate Professor & Recipient of 2012 Department Researcher of the Year Award, Dept of CPS, UBC | How do complex brain neural networks form? New insights from direct in vivo imaging of the awake developing brain | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| 28 | Brad G. Hoffman | Assistant Professor, CFRI, Faculty of General Surgery, UBC | Identification and analysis of enhancers in pancreatic islets | Geoffrey L. Hammond | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| MARCH 2013 | |||||
| 7 | Brian Burke | Principal Investigator, Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore | The nuclear envelope and its LINCs to human disease. | Cal Roskelley/ Nelly Pante | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| 14 | Kirst King-Jones | Associate Professor and AHFMR Scholar, Biological Sciences, University of Alberta | How flies make steroid hormone pulses. | Douglas Allan | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| 15 | Andrew Fraser | Principal Investigator, Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Ontario | A whole can of worms: evo-devo and natural variation in nematodes. | Guy Tanentzapf | 1:00-2:00 LSC1510 |
| 21 | Joanne Weinberg | Professor & Distinguished University Scholar, CPS, UBC | Prenatal alcohol exposure: Fetal programming, stress and vulnerability over the lifespan. | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| 28 | Stephen R. Bond | PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Cell & Developmental Biology, UBC | Pannexin 3 in developing bone, and the duplication of Pannexin 1 in ray finned fishes | Christian Naus | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| APRIL 2013 | |||||
| 4 | Brigitte Lavoie | Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto | Keeping it together in mitosis — Pds5 maintains sister chromatid cohesion by antagonizing polysumo-targeted proteolysis of cohesin | Vivien Measday (BMB) | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| 11 | Christopher McIntosh | Professor, Dept. of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC | Antidiabetic Actions of Incretin Hormones and Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 Inhibitors | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| 18 | No Seminar – PHYL 449 Presentation Day | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 | |||
| 25 | Ruth Slack | Assoc Prof, Dept of Medicine, Neuroscience Group, Univ of Ottawa | The role of the Rb/E2F pathway in the regulation of neural precursor cell fate decisions in the developing and adult brain. | Shernaz Bamji | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| MAY 2013 | |||||
| 2 | T. Michael Underhill | Professor, Dept. of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC | Mesenchymal cells in development, health and disease. | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| 7 | Marc W. Kirschner (9th D. Harold Copp Lecture) | Professor and Chair, Dept. of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA | On Being the Right Cell Size. | I. Robert Nabi | 4:00-5:00 LSC1 |
| 9 | J’Nelle Young | PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Cell & Developmental Biology, UBC | Intercellular Junction Disassembly: Assigning a Function to Tubulobulbar Complexes in Testis. | A. Wayne Vogl | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
| 16 | Victor Viau | Associate Professor, Dept. of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC | Afferent Mediators of Gonadal Status on the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Hypothalamus. | Susanne Clee | 12:30-1:30 LSC3 |
| 23 | Daniel Kai Long Tham | PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Cell & Developmental Biology, UBC | ECM-receptor Interactions Regulate the Distribution of Kir4.1 and AQP4 Channels in the Kidney and Blood-brain Barrier. | Hakima Moukhles | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
| 30 | I. Robert Nabi | Professor and Director of Research, CPS; Director, LSI Imaging, Life Sciences Institute, UBC | The Gp78 Ubiquitin Ligase (A.K.A. Autocrine Motility Factor Receptor) and Regulation of its Activity in ERAD | Susanne Clee | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
| JUNE 2013 | |||||
| 6 | Kang Shen(Dept of Zoology McClintock Lecture) | Assoc Prof, Depts of Biology (School of Humanities & Sciences) and Pathology, Stanford Univ School of Medicine, CA | Extrinsic and Intrinsic regulators of Synapse Formation in C. elegans | Michael Gordon (Zoology) &Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
| 27 | Henry Krause (Perceptions of the Cell Seminar) | Professor, Banting & Best Dept of Medical Research, Donnelly Centre, and Dept of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Ontario | Use of a zebrafish platform for nuclear receptor-based hormone and drug discovery. | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
| JULY 2013 | |||||
| 4 | AVAILABLE | 12:30-1:30LSC3 | |||
| 9 | Shabnam Tavassoli | PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Cell & Developmental Biology, UBC | Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane Contact Sites: Roles in Phospholipid Synthesis and Cell Polarity. | Christopher Loewen | 10:00-11:00LSC 3 |
| 11 | Christa Testerink | Assistant Professor, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Novel functions for the lipid second messenger PA: shaping roots in response to salinity stress | Christopher Loewen | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
| 18 | Sarah Chow | PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Physiology, UBC | Energetic and Structural Impact of Cyclic Nucleotide Binding to Hyperpolarization-activated Cyclic Nucleotide-gated Channels | Eric Accili | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
| 25 | AVAILABLE | 12:30-1:30LSC3 | |||
| AUGUST 2013 | |||||
| 1 | AVAILABLE | 12:30-1:30LSC3 | |||
| 8 | AVAILABLE | 12:30-1:30LSC3 | |||
| 15 | UNAVAILABLE | 12:30-1:30LSC3 | |||
| 22 | AVAILABLE | 12:30-1:30LSC3 | |||
| 29 | AVAILABLE | 12:30-1:30LSC3 | |||