Seminars

Date	Speaker	Institution	Title	Host	Time/Place
May 5, 2023	The 19th Copp Lecture Dr. Pieter Cullis	Professor  Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of British Columbia	“Lipid Nanoparticle Systems for Enabling Gene Therapies”	Dr. Ivan Robert Nabi	3-4pm/LSC 3
April 28, 2023	Dr. Peter Walter	Professor and Chair Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics University of California	TBD	TBD	TBD
March 31, 2023	Dr. John Burke	Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Victoria	TBD	Dr. Calvin Yip	3-4pm/LSC 3
March 24, 2023	Dr. Heidi Mcbride	Professor Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery McGill University	“Insights into mitochondrial vesicle formation and links to disease”	Dr. Hilla Weidberg	3-4pm/LSC 3
March 9, 2023	Mitchell Braam	PhD Student	“Bioprocess and cell line engineering to improve pancreatic endocrine differentiation and increase safety of pluripotent stem cells”	Dr. Timothy Kieffer	1-2pm/LSC 3
February 24, 2023	Dr. Julia Cordero	Professor Local and Systemic Functions of the Intestine in Health and Disease The Beatson Institute Research Groups University of Glasgow	“Reciprocal gut/body signaling during intestinal heal and disease”	Dr. Elizabeth Rideout	3-4pm/LSC 3
February 17, 2023	Dr. Ruth Lehmann	Professor of Biology Director, Whitehead Institute MIT	“Translational regulation in germline condensates”	Dr. Ethan Greenblatt	3-4pm/LSC 3
February 03, 2023	Dr. George Church	Professor of Genetics Professor of Health Sciences and Technology (MIT) Founding Core Faculty and Lead Synthetic Biology Harvard University	“tRNA-code: Resistance to all viruses.  Tropism-Code: Delivery  TF-code: Cell types”	LSI Joint Seminar Committee	TBD
January 27, 2023	Dr. Geraldine Seydoux	Huntington Sheldon Professor in Medical Discovery Professor Molecular Biology and Genetics John Hopkins Medicine	“Assembly and function of RNA granules in germ cells”	Kenji Sugioka	TBD
January 13, 2023	Dr. Clemens Cabernard	Associate Professor Department of Biology University of Washington	“Cell and mechanobiology of asymmetric cell division”	Dr. Kenji Sugioka	3-4pm/LSC 3
January 06, 2023	Dr. Christopher Overall	Professor and Canada Research Chair. Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences. Centre for Blood Research. UBC	“The Cellular coup d’etat executed by SARS-CoV2 proteases to escape autophagy and ISG innate defenses”	Dr. Jessica Rosin	3-4pm/LSC 3
November 25, 2022	Dr. Zabrina Brumme	Professor Faculty of Health Sciences Simon Fraser University	Hitting a moving target: how understanding HIV reservoir dynamics can help advance HIV cure research	LSI Joint Seminar Committee	3-4pm/LSC 3
November 10, 2022	Dr. Susan Shao	Associate Professor of Cell Biology Harvard Medical School Harvard University	Mechanisms of membrane protein quality control	Dr. Hilla Weidberg	3-4pm/LSC 2
October 28, 2022	Dr. Khanh Dao Duc	Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics Associate member of the Departments of Computer Science and Zoology University of British Columbia	Investigating the heterogeneity of ribosomal dynamics and structures	Dr. Mark Cembrowski	3-4pm/LSC 3
October 17, 2022	Dr. Morgan Fullerton	Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology   University of Ottawa	“Immunometabolism as a regulator of atherosclerosis, parasite and diabetes”	Dr. Elizabeth Rideout	2pm/LSC 3
October 14, 2022	Dr. Nadine Caron	Professor Northern Medical Program University of Northern British Columbia	“Silent Genome Project”	Dr. Lindsay Rogers, Assistant Professor of Teaching, UBC Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	3-4pm/LSC 3
October 07, 2022	Dr. Matthew McCallum	Postdoctoral Research Fellow Veesler lab Howard Hughes Medical Institute University of Washington	“Using cryoEM to reveal sites of vulnerability for viral entry”	Dr. Natalie Strynadka	3-4pm/LSC 3
*postponed*	Dr. Karen Mossman	Professor and Vice President Research Department of Medicine McMaster University	“Innate immunity in bats: what can we learn to combat future pandemics”	Dr. Ninan Abraham	TBD
September 16, 2022	Dr. Kat Milligan-McClellan	Assistant Professor Molecular and Cell Biology University of Connecticut	“Adapting an evolutionary model organism for host-microbe studies”	Dr. Carolina Tropini	Zoom Seminar (registration link to be emailed to the seminar community)

 

Date	Speaker	Institution	Title	Host	Time/Place
May 5, 2023	The 19th Copp Lecture Dr. Pieter Cullis	Professor  Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of British Columbia	“Lipid Nanoparticle Systems for Enabling Gene Therapies”	Dr. Ivan Robert Nabi	3-4pm/LSC 3
April 28, 2023	Dr. Peter Walter	Professor and Chair Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics University of California	TBD	TBD	TBD
March 31, 2023	Dr. John Burke	Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Victoria	TBD	Dr. Calvin Yip	3-4pm/LSC 3
March 24, 2023	Dr. Heidi Mcbride	Professor Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery McGill University	“Insights into mitochondrial vesicle formation and links to disease”	Dr. Hilla Weidberg	3-4pm/LSC 3
March 9, 2023	Mitchell Braam	PhD Student	“Bioprocess and cell line engineering to improve pancreatic endocrine differentiation and increase safety of pluripotent stem cells”	Dr. Timothy Kieffer	1-2pm/LSC 3
February 24, 2023	Dr. Julia Cordero	Professor Local and Systemic Functions of the Intestine in Health and Disease The Beatson Institute Research Groups University of Glasgow	“Reciprocal gut/body signaling during intestinal heal and disease”	Dr. Elizabeth Rideout	3-4pm/LSC 3
February 17, 2023	Dr. Ruth Lehmann	Professor of Biology Director, Whitehead Institute MIT	“Translational regulation in germline condensates”	Dr. Ethan Greenblatt	3-4pm/LSC 3
February 03, 2023	Dr. George Church	Professor of Genetics Professor of Health Sciences and Technology (MIT) Founding Core Faculty and Lead Synthetic Biology Harvard University	“tRNA-code: Resistance to all viruses.  Tropism-Code: Delivery  TF-code: Cell types”	LSI Joint Seminar Committee	TBD
January 27, 2023	Dr. Geraldine Seydoux	Huntington Sheldon Professor in Medical Discovery Professor Molecular Biology and Genetics John Hopkins Medicine	“Assembly and function of RNA granules in germ cells”	Kenji Sugioka	TBD
January 13, 2023	Dr. Clemens Cabernard	Associate Professor Department of Biology University of Washington	“Cell and mechanobiology of asymmetric cell division”	Dr. Kenji Sugioka	3-4pm/LSC 3
January 06, 2023	Dr. Christopher Overall	Professor and Canada Research Chair. Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences. Centre for Blood Research. UBC	“The Cellular coup d’etat executed by SARS-CoV2 proteases to escape autophagy and ISG innate defenses”	Dr. Jessica Rosin	3-4pm/LSC 3
November 25, 2022	Dr. Zabrina Brumme	Professor Faculty of Health Sciences Simon Fraser University	Hitting a moving target: how understanding HIV reservoir dynamics can help advance HIV cure research	LSI Joint Seminar Committee	3-4pm/LSC 3
November 10, 2022	Dr. Susan Shao	Associate Professor of Cell Biology Harvard Medical School Harvard University	Mechanisms of membrane protein quality control	Dr. Hilla Weidberg	3-4pm/LSC 2
October 28, 2022	Dr. Khanh Dao Duc	Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics Associate member of the Departments of Computer Science and Zoology University of British Columbia	Investigating the heterogeneity of ribosomal dynamics and structures	Dr. Mark Cembrowski	3-4pm/LSC 3
October 17, 2022	Dr. Morgan Fullerton	Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology   University of Ottawa	“Immunometabolism as a regulator of atherosclerosis, parasite and diabetes”	Dr. Elizabeth Rideout	2pm/LSC 3
October 14, 2022	Dr. Nadine Caron	Professor Northern Medical Program University of Northern British Columbia	“Silent Genome Project”	Dr. Lindsay Rogers, Assistant Professor of Teaching, UBC Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	3-4pm/LSC 3
October 07, 2022	Dr. Matthew McCallum	Postdoctoral Research Fellow Veesler lab Howard Hughes Medical Institute University of Washington	“Using cryoEM to reveal sites of vulnerability for viral entry”	Dr. Natalie Strynadka	3-4pm/LSC 3
*postponed*	Dr. Karen Mossman	Professor and Vice President Research Department of Medicine McMaster University	“Innate immunity in bats: what can we learn to combat future pandemics”	Dr. Ninan Abraham	TBD
September 16, 2022	Dr. Kat Milligan-McClellan	Assistant Professor Molecular and Cell Biology University of Connecticut	“Adapting an evolutionary model organism for host-microbe studies”	Dr. Carolina Tropini	Zoom Seminar (registration link to be emailed to the seminar community)