Event Category Archives: BMBDG Seminars

BMBDG Seminars: PhD Exit Seminars – Nicolas Coutin and John Young

“Method Development for High Throughput Biology,” by Nicolas Coutin, doctoral candidate, Corey Nislow Lab, UBC Abstract: Living things are made from thousands of individual, interacting pieces. To understand these systems, we will need to study many or all the pieces at once. To study biology this way, we will need tools that consider the whole […]

John William Young – Doctoral Exam

“Exploring the Interactome of the Bacterial Sec Translocon, ” by John Young, doctoral candidate, Duong Lab, UBC. Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at 12:30 in LSC 1416, 2350 Health Science Mall

Catherine Wang – Doctoral Exam

“Structural Insights into Calmodulin Regulation and Dysregulation of the L-Type Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel,” by Catherine Wang, doctoral candidate, Van Petegem Lab, UBC. Friday, April 17, 2020 at 12:30, Room 200, Graduate Student Centre 6371 Crescent Road

PhD Exit Seminars – Nathanael Caveney and Sean Workman

Zoom Presentations – Monday, June 5, 2020 at 2:30 pm. Nathanael Caveney – “Structural insights into the activity and modulation of bacterial peptidoglycan synthases.”               Sean Workman – “A slippery scaffold: structural insights into bacterial cell wall carrier lipid metabolism.” Hosted by Dr. Natalie Strynadka

BMBDG Seminar – Eve Tremblay

“Studying the roles of dark microglia in aging and neurodegenerative diseases via cutting-edge electron microscopy,” presentation by Dr. Eve Tremblay, Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Neurobiology of Aging and Cognition, Associate Professor, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria. Abstract: Microglia, which are the brain immune cells, were shown over the last decade to play […]

PhD Exit Seminars: Andrew Alexander and Franco Li

Zoom Presentations – Monday, August 10, 2020 at 2:30 pm Andrew Alexander – “Understanding Staphylococcus aureus β-lactam resistance: a structural investigation.” Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections increase mortality and morbidity worldwide, threatening public health. MRSA is resistant to many classes of antibiotics including the most commonly prescribed β-lactam antibiotic class, making treatment of infections difficult. In […]

BMBDG Seminars: PhD Exit Seminar – Dorothy Majewski

“Structural Characterization of the Bacterial Injectisome,” by Dorothy Majewski, PhD Candidate, Strynadka Lab. Abstract: The injectisome is a syringe-like protein complex essential for the virulence of many Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria. As a potential target for drug and vaccine design, studies to elucidate its structure have been ongoing over the past two decades. Two components of […]

BMB Research Seminar – Dr. Natalie Strynadka

  2020 Astell Award – Presentation to Katie Gyte and Laura Meleady. Join us for the presentation of the 2020 Astell Award for trainee activities promoting Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). The short award presentation will be followed by the BMB research seminar. “Structure-guided antimicrobial discovery using a hybrid atomic toolbox,”by Dr. Natalie Strynadka, Professor, […]

BMBDG Seminars: PhD Exit Seminar – Brian Caffrey

  “Three-Dimensional Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopy of Molecular and Cellular Structures,” by Brian Caffrey, Candidate Subramaniam Lab. Abstract: Unravelling the complex spatial arrangement of networks and interfaces between proteins, cells and tissues is fundamental to our understanding of healthy and pathological processes. Therefore, a three-dimensional ultrastructural understanding of this arrangement is key to developing […]

BMBDG Seminars – Dr. Joerg Gsponer

“The interactive behaviour of white-collar workers in biological systems.” by Dr. Joerg Gsponer, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michael Smith Laboratories, UBC. Monday, October 19, 2020 at 2:30 pm. Join by Zoom. Hosted by Dr. Leonard Foster