DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS 2013-2014 |
Date | Speaker | Institution | Title | Host | Time/Place |
SEPTEMBER 2013 | |||||
13 | Ryan Viveiros | PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Cell & Developmental Biology, UBC | Muscle membrane extensions in Caenorhabditis elegans development. | Don Moerman | 2:00-3:00 LSC1410 |
16 | Jesse Tzu-Cheng Chao | PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Cell & Developmental Biology, UBC | Polarization of the Endoplasmic Reticulum is Mediated by an ER-Septin Tethering Complex. | Christopher Loewen | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
19 | Richard Rachubinski | Professor and Chair, Dept of Cell Biology, U of Alberta | Every one gets an equal share. How an ER-peroxisome tether exerts peroxisome population control in yeast. | Christopher Loewen | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
26 | Peter Roy | Professor, Associate Chair and Grad Coordinator, Dept of Molecular Genetics, U of Toronto Donnelly Centre | MADD-4 (an ADAMTSL) is Novel Cue that Guides Midline-Oriented Migrations via an EVA-1/UNC-40 Receptor Complex in Caenorhabditis elegans. | Guy Tanentzapf & Don Moerman (Zoology) | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
OCTOBER 2013 | |||||
3 | Pieter Cullis | Director, LSI, UBC, Professor, UBC Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Nanomedicines: The Next Generation of Therapeutics. | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
10 | Slobodan Beronja | (postponed to January 30, 2014) | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30LSC3 | |
17 | Catherine Pallen | Scientiest Level 3, CFRI; Prof, Dept of Peciatrics, UBC | Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Alpha: A co-ordinator of integrin-regulated cell migration | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
24 | Andrew Spence | Associate Professor, Dept of Molecular & Medical Genetics, University of Toronto | Maternal epigenetic control of gene expression in the C. elegans germ line. | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
31 | Jason Snyder | Assistant Prof, Behavioural Neuroscience, Dept of Psychology, UBC | Adult hippocampal neurogenesis regulates the response to stress. | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
NOVEMBER 2013 | |||||
4 | Jason Karpac (Candidate for faculty position) | Assistant Research Prof, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA | Controlling tissue homeostasis through the integration of metabolic and innate immune responses. | Cal Roskelley | 12:30-1:30LSC2 |
7 | Darius Camp | PhD student at IRCM, Dept of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal | The functions of the transmembrane proteins Ihog and Boi in the Hedgehog pathway. | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
14 | Michael Hoppa (Candidate for faculty position) | Postdoctoral Fellow, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, NY | Molecular Levers Modulating Synaptic Function | Jim Johnson | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
21 | Daniel Denning (Zoology job candidate) | MIT | The many faces of death: the removal of unwanted cells through phagocytosis or extrusion. | Jeff Richards | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
25 | Sabrina Spencer (Candidate for faculty position) | Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, CA | Single cell dynamics of cell fate decisions. | T. Michael Underhill | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
28 | Akhila Rajan (Candidate for faculty position) |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA | POSTPONED to Dec 16 | Susanne Clee | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
DECEMBER 2013 | |||||
12 | John Shin | PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Cell & Developmental Biology, UBC | pH biosensing by Golgi PI4P regulates TORC1 and amino acid metabolism | Christ Loewen | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
16 | Christopher R. McMaster (External Examiner) | Carnegie and Rockefeller Professor and Head, Dept of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Halifax | CANCELLED | Chris Loewen | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
16 | Akhila Rajan (Candidate for faculty position) | Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA | Dissecting fat sensing using fruit flies: how organisms regulate their systemic physiology in response to changes in fat stores | Susanne Clee | 3:00-4:00 LSC3 |
19 | Kota Mizumoto (Zoology job candidate) | Stanford University | Local and global inhibitory cues define the stereotyped synaptic tiling in C. elegans. | Ninan Abraham | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
JANUARY 2014 | |||||
9 | Vanessa Auld | Prof, Assoc Dean of Science, Dept of Zoology, UBC | Polarity and growth control in Drosophila epithelia | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
16 | Michael E. Cox | POSTPONED TO MAR 20 | 12:30-1:30LSC3 | ||
23 | IDT WORKSHOP – NO SEMINAR | 12:30-1:30LSC3 | |||
30 | Slobodan Beronja | Human Biology Div, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Ctr | Uncovering mechanisms of tissue growth in development and cancer. | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
FEBRUARY 2014 | |||||
3 | Catherine Christian (Candidate for faculty position) | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford CA | The brain’s little helper: Antiepileptic actions of endozepines in the thalamus. | Shernaz Bamji | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
6 | Janel Kopp (Candidate for faculty position) |
Assistant Project Scientist, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA
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Cellular Origin of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.
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Jim Johnson | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
27 | Stephanie Ellis | PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Cell & Developmental Biology, UBC | The Role of Talin, a Master Regulator of Integrin-Dependent Morphogenesis, in the Drosophila Embryo. | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
MARCH 2014 | |||||
6 | Lois Mulligan | Professor of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, Paediatrics, Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University | Compartmentalizing RET receptor function. | Robert Nabi & Sam Wiseman (PH) | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
13 | Douglas Altshuler | Assoc Prof and Grad Advisor, Dept of Zoology, UBC | Visuomotor control of mechanical power output and body stabilization. | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
17 | Yu Hsuan Carol Yang | PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Cell & Developmental Biology, UBC | Identification and Characterization of Pancreatic Beta-Cell Survival Factors. | Jim Johnson | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
20 | Michael E. Cox | Assoc. Prof, Dept of Urologic Sci, UBC, Sr. Scientist, Vancouver Prostate Centre | The many faces of hedgehog signaling in prostate cancer. | Susanne Clee | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
25 | Sara Hosseini-Farahabadi | PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Cell & Developmental Biology, UBC | Analysis of WNT5A function in facial development and disease using the chicken model. | Joy Richman | 2:30-3:30LSC3 |
27 | Scott D. Emr | Professor of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Director of the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University | Protein quality control at the plasma membrane – Role for the ESCRT machinery and a ubiquitin-ligase adaptor network. | Thibault Mayor & Guy Tanentzapf | 11:00-12:00 MSL Auditorium |
27 | Minna Woo | Head, Div of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Mount Sinai Hospital; Canada Research Chair in Signal Transduction in Diabetes Pathogenesis; Assoc Prof, Dept of Medicine & Medical Biophysics, Univ of Toronto | Manipulating tumour suppressors for diabetes treatment. | Jim Johnson | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
APRIL 2014 | |||||
2 | **POSTPONED ** Kai Simons (10th D. Harold Copp Lecture) | Research Group Leader and Director Emeritus, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany | Cell Membranes: Subcompartmentalization driven by phase separation | I. Robert Nabi | 4:00-5:30 LSC1 |
3 | Richard Fehon | Chairman & Professor, Dept of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, IL, USA | Growth control and membrane dynamics in developing epithelia. | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
24 | Heather Denroche | PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Cell & Developmental Biology, UBC | The metabolic effects of leptin therapy in type 1 diabetes. | Tim Kieffer | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
MAY 2014 | |||||
15 | Amanda Haage | Postdoc, Iowa State University, Ames, IA | Microenvironment Regulation of Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity in Pancreatic Cancer Cells. | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
20 | Gary Thomas | Professor, Dept of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Univ of Pittsburgh, PA | Endosome traffic machinery meets the DNA damage response. | F Jean (M&I) & G Tanentzapf (CPS) | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
26 | Janet Rossant | Professor, Depts of Molecular Genetics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Univ of Toronto, Ontario | Making a mouse blastocyst. | V Auld (Zoology), C Brown (Med Gen) & G Tanentzapf (CPS) | 12:30-1:30LSC3 (To be confirmed) |
JUNE 2014 | |||||
5 | Elizabeth Rideout (Candidate for faculty position) | Postdoctoral Fellow, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Univ of Calgary | Regulation of cellular metabolism and growth by the insulin/insulin-like growth factor signaling pathway in Drosophila. | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
12 | Ana Mingorance-Le Meur | Scientific Director, Dravet Syndrome Foundation, Spain | Not so patient: patient-driven research on rare diseases. | Tim O’Connor | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
24 | Kai Simons (10th D. Harold Copp Lecture) | Research Group Leader and Director Emeritus, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany | Cell Membranes: Subcompartmentalization driven by phase separation | I. Robert Nabi | 4:00-5:30 LSC1 |
26 | Catherine Kuo | Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford MA, USA | Identifying Mechanical Cues in Embryonic Tendon Development to Direct Tendon Tissue Engineering. | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
JULY 2014 | |||||
8 | Peter Zandstra | Professor, Donnelly Ctr for Cellular & Biomolecular Research University of Toronto | Predictive Control of Stem Cell Fate. | T M Underhill | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
16 | Thomas Lecuit | Group leader, Institute of Developmental Biology of Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France | Biomechanical control of tissue morphogenesis. | Guy Tanentzapf | 2:30-3:30LSC3 |
17 | Blair Gage | PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Cell & Developmental Biology, UBC | A Transcription Factor Guided Approach to the Generation of Pancreatic Endocrine-like Cells from Stem Cells. | Tim Kieffer | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
AUGUST 2014 | |||||
14 | Mihaela Serpe | Investigator, Unit on Cellular Communication, NIH, Bethesda, MD | Molecular mechanisms of synapse assembly and maturation. | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |
29 | Todd Nystul | Assistant Professor, Dept of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco | To be (stem) or not to be: polarity and pH define cell fate in an epithelial stem cell lineage. | Guy Tanentzapf | 12:30-1:30LSC3 |