Departmental Seminar Series 2010-2011

DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS  2010-2011
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