2014/15 Events

June 1, 2015

Postdoctoral Seminar Series – Madhavan Chalet

Postdoctoral Seminar Series is back, due to popular demand. Week #2, third presentation on Friday, June 5 from noon-12:30 pm in LSC 3. Dr. Madhavan Chalet, Postdoctoral Fellow in R Molday Lab, presents,  “C-terminal domain of Lipid Flippase, ATP8A2: The two-faced autoregulation of protein activity.” Read More

May 27, 2015

Postdoctoral Seminar Series – Julien Bergeron

Postdoctoral Seminar Series is back, due to popular demand. Featuring 8 speakers over four weeks. First presentation Friday, May 29 from noon-1:00 pm in LSC 3. First Presenter: Dr. Julien Bergeron, Postdoctoral Fellow, Strynadka Lab “Secretion of the third kind: Architecture and assembly of the type III secretion system” Read More

May 27, 2015

Postdoctoral Seminar Series – Guillaume Lamour

Postdoctoral Seminar Series is back, due to popular demand. Featuring 8 speakers over four weeks. First presentation day will be Friday, May 29 from noon-1:00 pm in LSC 3. Second Presenter: Dr. Guillaume Lamour Postdoctoral Fellow, Gsponer Lab “Material properties of prion nanofibrils” Read More

May 13, 2015

May Graduation

Congratulations Biochem graduates!! May Graduation, we have 2 separate days to celebrate your achievements. UBC will be conferring: MSc and PhD degrees on Wednesday, May 20th at 8:30 a.m. BSc degrees will be held on Monday, May 25th at 1:30 p.m Read More

May 6, 2015

BMBDG Seminar – Hugh Kim

“Platelet signaling and cytoskeleton: implications for inflammatory diseases”, by Hugh Kim, Assistant Professor, Centre for Blood Research, UBC. Monday, May 11, 2015 @ 3:00 pm, LSC #3, 2350 Health Sciences Mall. Read More

April 21, 2015

BMBDG Seminar – PhD Exit Seminar – Marylou Vallejo Espi

Thesis title: “Hypoxia-induced Carbonic Anhydrase IX regulates invasion and metastasis by interacting with and activating MMP-14 within invadopodia,” by Marylou Vallejo Espi Monday, April 27, 2015 at 3:00 pm LSC #3, 2350 Health Sciences Mall Read More

April 21, 2015

Vancouver Summer Program (VSP) for International Students

Vancouver Summer Program – New Courses offered in Summer 2015 by the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology The Vancouver Summer Program (VSP) gives international students the opportunity to partake in courses while learning about Canadians practices and culture. The academic program runs for 4 weeks from mid July to mid August. Students enrolled in […] Read More

March 26, 2015

BMBDG Seminar – Rohit Pappu

“Form and function of intrinsically disordered proteins”, by Rohit Pappu, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Director, Center for Biological Systems Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis. Monday, April 13, 2015 @ 3:00 pm, LSC #3, 2350 Health Sciences Mall.   Read More

March 24, 2015

BMBDG Seminar – Harry Brumer

“Sweet and savory: Understanding biological systems through structure-activity relationships between carbohydrates and enzymes”, by Harry Brumer, Professor, Michael Smith Lab, UBC. Monday, March 30, 2015 @ 3:00 pm, LSC #3, 2350 Health Sciences. Read More

March 2, 2015

BMBDG Seminar – Andres Aguilera

“Connecting R-Loop- and Transcription-Medicated Genome Instability with Chromatin Reorganization and Replication Stress,” by Andrés Aguilera, Professor of Genetics, Head of the Molecular Biology Department, University of Seville, Spain. Monday, March 9, 2015 @ 3:00 pm, LSC #3, 2350 Health Sciences Mall. Read More