Departmental Seminar Series 2017-2018

 

DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS 2017-2018

 

 

Date Speaker Institution Title Host Time/Place
SEPTEMBER 2017
7

Gen-ichi Tasaka

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

TRAPing maternal plasticity in the mouse auditory cortex

Dr. Guy Tanentzapf

 12:30 PM / LSC 3
14 Knut Woltjen, Ph.D. Kyoto University, Japan Endogenous DNA repair pathways for gene editing in human induced pluripotent stem cells Dr. Timothy J. Kieffer  12:30 PM / LSC 3
21  12:30 PM / LSC 3
26 *Special Seminar*      Tomoyuki Yamaguchi, Ph.D. University of Tokyo, Japan Generation of whole organ by interspecies organogenesis Dr. Timothy J. Kieffer  2:00 PM / LSC 3
28  12:30 PM / LSC 3
OCTOBER 2017
3 *Special Seminar*   Elizabeth Kovacs, Ph.D. University of Colorado, Anshutz Medical Campus Alcohol intoxication and the pulmonary inflammatory response after injury: Role of the gut-liver axis Dr. Joanne Weinberg  3:00 PM / LSC 3
5  12:30 PM / LSC 3
12  12:30 PM / LSC 3
19  12:30 PM / LSC 3
26  Hongbin Li, Ph.D. UBC Chemistry

Protein-based Biomaterials: from single molecule features to macroscopic traits and biological applications

Dr. Guy Tanentzapf  12:30 PM / LSC 3
NOVEMBER 2017
2  12:30 PM / LSC 3
9 Silvia Penuela, Ph.D. Western University Pannexin channel functions in normal development and malignant transformation Dr. Christian Naus  12:30 PM / LSC 3
16 Sayon Roy, Ph.D. Boston University Cell-cell communication in diabetic retinopathy Dr. Christian Naus  12:30 PM / LSC 3
23 Corey Nislow, Ph.D. UBC- Sequencing and Bioinformatics Consortium Genomic Insights: Research at the Sequencing and Bioinformatics Consortium Dr. Susanne Clee  12:30 PM / LSC 3
30 Christian Naus, Ph.D. UBC Cellular and Physiological Sciences An update on gap junctions in neurological disorders: a stroke of luck? Dr. Susanne Clee  12:30 PM / LSC 3
DECEMBER 2017
7 Trevor Dummer, Ph.D. BC Generations project (BC Cancer) The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project (CPTP): Canada’s largest health cohort Dr. Susanne Clee  12:30 PM / LSC 3
14 Ivan Robert Nabi, Ph.D. UBC Cellular and Physiological Sciences
Cancer Cell Biology: Below the Diffraction Limit
Dr. Susanne Clee  12:30 PM / LSC 3
21  12:30 PM / LSC 3
28  12:30 PM / LSC 3
JANUARY 2018
4  12:30 PM / LSC 3
11  12:30 PM / LSC 3
18 Lukas Neukomm, Ph.D.-Candidate for a Faculty position in the Dept. of Zoology University of Massachusetts Degeneration of an axon Dr. Michael Gordon  12:30 PM / LSC 3
25 Sarah Abdul-Wajid, Ph.D.-Candidate for a Faculty position in the Dept. of Zoology University of Utah Uncovering developmental and adult functions of the cardiac neural crest cells Dr. Michelle Tseng  2:00 PM / LSC 3
FEBRUARY 2018
1  12:30 PM / LSC 3
8  12:30 PM / LSC 3
13 *Special Seminar*
Gisella Vetere, Ph.D.-Candidate for a Faculty position in Dept. of CPS & CBH
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Decoding memory acquisition and
consolidation in mice
Dr. Timothy Murphy  11:30 AM / CBH Lecture Theatre, Room 101
15 James Johnson, Ph.D. Novo Nordisk & UBC CPS Building a hybrid academic-industrial institute with a long term vision for the treatment of obesity, diabetes and associated condition Dr. Susanne Clee 12:30 PM / LSC 3
22  12:30 PM / LSC 3
27 *Special Seminar*
Mark Cembrowski, Ph.D.-Candidate for a Faculty position in Dept. of CPS & CBH
Howard Hughes Medical Institute A cell-type- and stage-specific deconstruction of a spatial working memory Dr. Kurt Haas 12:30 PM / CBH Conference Room 3402 A/B/C
MARCH 2018
1 Geoffrey Hammond, Ph.D. UBC Cellular and Physiological Sciences Corticosteroid-binding globulin: a SERPIN modulator of steroid-action Dr. Susanne Clee  12:30 PM / LSC 3
6 *Special Seminar*
Emily Sylwestrak, Ph.D.-Candidate for a Faculty position in Dept. of CPS & CBH
Stanford University From RNA to reward: dissecting habenular circuit activity during motivated behavior Dr. Douglas Allan 11:00 AM / CBH Lecture Theatre, Room 101
8 Sid Vora, Ph.D. UBC Dentistry From the Cranial Base to the Midface: Utilizing Mouse Models for the Study of Craniofacial Growth Anomalies Dr. Guy Tanentzapf  12:30 PM / LSC 3
15 12:30 PM / LSC 3
20 *Special Seminar*
Kevin Beier, Ph.D.-Candidate for a Faculty position in Dept. of CPS & CBH
Stanford University Viral-Genetic Dissection of the Midbrain Dopamine System Dr. Yu Tian Wang 11:00 AM / CBH Lecture Theatre, Room 101
22 Maria-Grazia DE SIMONI, Ph.D.
Head of the Laboratory of Inflammation and Nervous System Diseases
IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri
The lectin complement pathway in ischemic stroke Dr. Christian Naus  12:30 PM / LSC 3
23 *Special Seminar*
Christopher West, Ph.D.-A tenure-stream candidate in the Chronic Disease Prevention Program (CDPP) at UBCO with CPS being the home department
Michael Smith Foundation; Heart and Stroke Foundation; Rick Hansen Institute Scholar Cardiac function after spinal cord
injury: Mechanisms, implications, and
opportunities
Dr. Edwin Moore 2:00 PM / LSC 3
27 *Special Seminar*
Naoya Takahashi, Ph.D.-Candidate for a Faculty position in Dept. of CPS & CBH
NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Berlin, Germany Cellular mechanisms for sensory perception Dr. Ann Marie Craig 11:00 AM / CBH Lecture Theatre, Room 101
29 Karla Kaun, Ph.D. Brown University To drink or Not(ch) to drink: Neuromolecular mechanisms underlying alcohol seeking Dr. Elizabeth Rideout  12:30 PM / LSC 3
APRIL 2018
5 Elizabeth Rideout, Ph.D. UBC Cellular and Physiological Sciences Sex differences in Drosophila development and physiology Dr. Janel Kopp 12:30 PM / LSC 3
12 Michael Underhill, Ph.D. UBC Cellular and Physiological Sciences Mesenchymal Progenitors and Cancer Dr. Susanne Clee  12:30 PM / LSC 3
19 Chris Brett, Ph.D. Concorida University in Montreal The ILF pathway: An alternative mechanism for surface receptor and transporter protein degradation Dr. Susanne Clee 12:30 PM / LSC 3
26 Francis Lynn, Ph.D. BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute Regulation of ß-cell differentiation Dr. Susanne Clee 12:30 PM / LSC 3
MAY 2018
3  12:30 PM / LSC 3
10 Christian Giaume, Ph.D.

French Scholars Lecture Series;
Consulat Général de France à Vancouver,
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies,
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health,
Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences
College de France, Paris The neuroglial partnership: an alternative therapeutic strategy to target Alzheimer’s disease Dr. Christian Naus  12:30 PM / LSC 3
17 Kelly McNagny, Ph.D.  Medical Genetics, The Biomedical Research Centre, UBC The Role of RORa and Innate Lymphoid Cells in Mucosal Inflammatory Disease Dr. Susanne Clee  12:30 PM / LSC 3
24 12:30 PM / LSC 3
31  12:30 PM / LSC 3
JUNE 2018
7  12:30 PM / LSC 3
13 **COPP LECTURE**      Nahum Sonenberg, Ph.D. Gilman Cheney Chair in Biochemistry,
Goodman Cancer Research Center, McGill University
Translational control of cancer and brain
diseases via the mRNA cap-binding protein, eIF4E
Dr. Ivan Robert Nabi  4:00 PM / LSC 2
14  12:30 PM / LSC 3
21  12:30 PM / LSC 3
28  12:30 PM / LSC 3
JULY 2018
5

Hernán Lopez-Schier, Ph.D.

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Munich Centre for Neuroscience, Neuherberg The Cellular Basis of Directional Mechanosensation Dr. Guy Tanentzapf  12:30 PM / LSC 1510
11

*Special Seminar*

Cheryl McCormick, Ph.D.

Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience, Brock University Gonadal Hormones and the Differential Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Responses to Stressors in Adolescent and Adult Rats Dr. Joanne Weinberg  12:30 PM / CBH 3402
12  12:30 PM / LSC 3
19  12:30 PM / LSC 3
26  12:30 PM / LSC 3
AUGUST 2018
2  12:30 PM / LSC 3
9  12:30 PM / LSC 3
16  12:30 PM / LSC 3
23  12:30 PM / LSC 3
30  12:30 PM / LSC 3