Departmental Seminar Series 2013-2014

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
Cellular Origin of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.
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