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“Tumor cells highjack diverse cellular  processes to maintain redox balance”, by Poul Sorensen, Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UBC, Distinguished Scientist, BC Cancer Research Centre Johal Chair in Childhood Cancer Research, UBC. In aggressive sarcomas such as Ewing sarcoma (EwS) and osteosarcoma (OS), the single-most powerful predictor of poor outcome is metastatic disease, […]

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Cancelled: “New modalities for interfering with outer membrane biogenesis in Gram-negative bacteria,”  by Steven Rutherford, Senior Scientist, Infectious Diseases, Genentech. Multi-drug resistant bacteria are a global health threat and new strategies are needed to combat them. However, the discovery of novel antibiotics to treat infections by Gram-negative bacteria has been thwarted by the outer membrane, […]

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“Method Development for High Throughput Biology,” by Nicolas Coutin, doctoral candidate, Corey Nislow Lab. Monday, March 16, 2020 at 4:00 pm, Room 200, Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Road

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“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 […]

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“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

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“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

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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

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“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 […]