2024/25 Seminars

DateSpeakerInstitutionTitleHostTime/Place
April 25, 2025Dr. Miguel ValvanoQueen’s University BelfastMicrobiology and Immunology3-4 pm/ LSC3
April 11, 2025Dr. James BurkeUniversity of FloridaLSI Trainees3-4 pm/ LSC3
April 7, 2025Cindy LamUBCPhD Exit Seminar Investigating Viral and Host Proteins in the Regulation of HIV-1 Latency.Dr. Ivan Sadowski2:30-3:30/ LSC3
April 4, 2025Dr. Rebecca HealdUniversity of California BerkeleyDr. Kengi Sugioka3-4 pm/ LSC3
March 28, 2025Dr. Alan DavidsonUniversity of TorontoDr. Tom Beatty3-4 pm/ LSC3
March 24, 2025Eli MatsellUBCPhD Exit Seminar
Characterization of the ‘Flippase’ ATP8A2, and its involvement in Neurodegenerative disease		Dr. Robert Molday2:30-3:30/ LSC3
March 17, 2025Colton StrongUBCPhD Exit Seminar Development of genetically modified platelets for therapeutic and research applicationsDrs. Eric Jan and Christian Kastrup2:30-3:30/ LSC3
March 14, 2025Dr. Doreen MathiesDivision of Basic and Translational Biophysics, NICHD/DIRBMB Postdocs3-4 pm/ LSC3
March 7, 2025Dr. Jeremy NanceUniversity of Wisconsin – MadisonDr. Kengi Sugioka3-4 pm/ LSC3
February 28, 2025Dr. Dheva SetiaputraSimon Fraser UniversityDr. Calvin Yip3-4 pm/ LSC3
February 27, 2025Dr. Bowen LiUniversity of TorontoSpecial Seminar
Development of Next-Generation mRNA Nanomedicine		Dr. Eric Jan1-2 pm/LSC3
February 24 , 2025Dr. Annie LinUniversity of TexasSpecial Seminar
Biomimetics, Multiomics, Nanocarrier: An Emerging Platform to Precision Medicine		Dr. Eric Jan9:30-10:30 am/ MSL 102
February 18, 2025Dr. Maxim BerezovskiUniversity of OttawaSpecial Seminar
Cancer Diagnostics and Therapy with DNA Aptamer Nanotechnology		Dr. Eric Jan3-4 pm/LSC3
February 14, 2025Dr. Thomas SchwarzHarvard Medical SchoolLSI Joint Mitochondrial Dynamics for mRNA Transport and Neuronal SurvivalDr. Hilla Weidberg & Doug Allan3-4 pm/ LSC3
February 11, 2025Dr. Daphna RothschildStanford UniversitySpecial Seminar Ribosome Heterogeneity at the Level of rRNA in Human Health and DiseaseDr. Emilai Lim & Elizabeth Rideout3-4 pm/ LSC3
February 11, 2025Brenna HayUBCPhD Exit Seminar Investigating the effect of ribosome
perturbation on the translational regulation
of the interferon response		Dr. Eric Jan and Leonard Foster1:30 – 2:30 pm/ LSC1410
February 4, 2025Dr. Callista YeeStanford UniversitySpecial Seminar
How is synaptogenesis orchestrated an conducted over time?		Dr. Thibault Mayor10-11 am/ LSC3
January 17, 2025Dr. Cosimo CommissoSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery InstituteLSI Joint Metabolic Stress and the Tumor Ecosystem: New Paradigms for Tumor Progression and TherapyDr. Janel Kopp3-4 pm/ LSC3
January 16, 2025Dr. Sarah CohenUniversity of North CarolinaSpecial Seminar
Illuminating organelle dynamics in differentiation and neurodegeneration		Dr. Ivan Robert Nabi3:30-4:30 pm/LSC3
January 13, 2025Dr. Reinhart ReithmeierUniversity of TorontoBMBDG Seminar Series
Success in Graduate School: Building Your Skills for Future Careers		Eden Fussner-Dupas2:30-3:30 pm/ LSC3
January 10, 2025Dr. Steven DelucaMontana State UniversityLSI Joint Seminar Epigenetic regulation of animal development through chromatin polymerizationEthan Greenblatt3-4 pm/ LSC3
November 20, 2024Dr. Natalie ZeytuniMcGill UniversityBMBDG Seminar Series
Targeting Porphyromonas gingivalis: Structural and Functional Foundations for Therapeutic Interventions in Periodontal and Systemic Disease		Natalie Strynadka10-11:15 am/ LSC3
November 5, 2024Dr. Grant JensenBrigham Young UniversityBMB Special Guest Lecture
Electron Cryotomography of Cells: Progress and Potential		Sriram Subramaniam3-4 pm/ LSC3
November 1, 2024Dr. Ron KopitoStanford UniversityLSI Joint Seminar Series
How does the tiny, obscure protein UMF1 control cellular homeostasis?		Ethan Greenblatt3-4 pm/ LSC3
October 18, 2024Dr. Sue BigginsFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, U WashingtonMSL Distinguished Lecture, LSI Joint Seminar Series
How do cells inherit the right chromosomes?		Ethan Greenblat3-4 pm/ LSC3
October 11, 2024Dr. Olivier DestaingInstitute for Advanced Biosciences, FranceLSI Joint Seminar
Manipulating signaling by optogenetic
to understand dynamic systems in
immune and pathological cells		Hilla Weidberg & Karla Williams3-4 pm/ LSC3
September 20, 2024Dr. Daniel GrafOral and Dental Disorders Research Cluster, UBCLSI Joint Seminar
Controlling cartilage properties:
BMPs in development and disease		Jessica Rosin3-4 pm/ LSC3