“Characterization of Outer Membrane Transport”, by Allan Mills, PhD candidate, Duong Lab, UBC.
Monday, October 3, 2016, LSC #3 at 3: 00 pm, 2350 Health Science Mall
BMBDG Seminars: PhD Exit Seminar – Allan Mills
2016 Michael Page Postdoctoral Award – Awarded to Dr. Evan Haney
The Michael Page Postdoctoral Award recognizes a postdoctoral fellow who reflects Dr. Page’s academic excellence and his passion for life.
This award is open to Postdoctoral Fellows in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology or the Centre for Blood Research in recognition of outstanding academic achievement combined with significant extra-curricular achievements (both scientific and non-scientific). Nominees must have held a PDF appointment at UBC for at least 1 year.
Congratulations Dr. Evan Haney, Postdoctoral Fellow, Hancock Lab, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UBC. Join Dr. Haney for a presentation, “Huddle Up and Science! (My Life in Football and Scientific Research).” Friday, November 4th at 3:30 in LSC #3.
Award presentation ceremony. (Left to right)
Ed Conway (Director, CBR)
Solmaz Sobhanifar (2015 winner)
Roger Page (Michael’s father)
Evan Haney (2016 winner)
Leonard Foster (Head, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
Ross MacGillivray (Michael’s graduate supervisor)
Sarah Henderson (Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies)
Gairdner Symposium: Frank Plummer and Lewis Cantley
Gairdner Symposiom 2016, Vancouver: Frank Plummer and Lewis Cantley
Monday, October 24, 2016 4– 6 pm
Life Sciences Centre, Lecture Theatre #2 (LSC 2), 2350 Health Sciences Mall, UBC
Hosted by Drs. Helen Burt and Michael Hayden, University of British Columbia
Frank Plummer MD, OC, OM, FRS, LLD, DrSc, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine and Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba
Recipient of the Canada Gairdner Wightman Award, 2016
“for his groundbreaking research in Africa in understanding HIV transmission and his leadership at the Canadian National Microbiology Laboratory with pivotal roles in SARS, influenza and Ebola epidemics”
Honorary
Presentation Title: The untold story of the National Microbiology Laboratory
For information about Dr. Plummer: http://www.gairdner.org/content/frank-plummer
Lewis Cantley PhD
Professor of Cancer Biology in Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York
Recipient of the Canada Gairdner International Award, 2015
“for his discovery of PI 3-Kinase, a critical component of the cell signaling machinery that plays a key role in normal functions of proliferations and growth and is de-regulated in diseases such as cancer and diabetes”
Presentation Title: PI3-Kinase and Cancer Metabolism
To learn more about Dr. Cantley: http://www.gairdner.org/content/lewis-cantley
Allan Mills – Doctoral Exam
“Characterization of Outer Membrane Transport”, by Allan Mills.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 9:00 am, Room 200, Graduate Student Centre
BMBDG Seminar – Trevor Moraes
“Bacterial Mechanisms to Overcome Nutritional Immunity”, by Trevor Moraes, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto.
Monday, September 19th, 2016 at 3:00 pm. LSC #3, 2350 Health Science Mall.
BMBDG Seminar – Calvin Yip
“Molecular architectures of dynamic autophagy regulatory and chromatin modification machineries”, by Calvin Yip, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UBC.
Monday, September 12, 2016 at 3:00 pm. LSC#3, 2350 Health Science Mall.
Tsz Ying Sylvia Cheung – Doctoral Exam
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The roles of SH2-contiaing inositol 5′-phosphatase 1 (SHIP1) and Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3) in Interleukin-10 regulation of activated macrophages”, by Sylvia Cheung. Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 2:15 pm in Room 237, Jack Bell Research Centre, 2660 Oak Street.
Benjamin Martin Competing At Rio 2016 Olympics
Benjamin Martin selected to represent Canada at the Rio 2016 Olympics in men’s field hockey. Benjamin is currently a PhD candidate in LeAnn Howe’s Lab. When not practicing his field hockey skills, he is a scientist studying how gene expression states are maintained, in other words, how cells remember what they are.
Watch the Olympic team announcement: http://www.fieldhockey.ca/2016/07/06/canadian-olympic-mens-field-hockey-team-named-atop-cypress-mountain-video/
Congratulations Benjamin!! Go Team Canada!
BMBDG Seminar – Jim Woodgett
The Centre for Blood Research, Microbiology and Immunology, Cellular and Physiological Sciences, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology invite you to attend a seminar, “Dissecting signaling specificity: why promiscuity is not what it seems”, by Dr. Jim Woodgett, Professor and Director of Research of the Tanenbaum Research Institute Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto.
Wednesday, July 20, LSC #3, at 12:00 pm
2350 Health Sciences Mall
BMBDG Seminars: Florian Heyd and Markus Wahl
UBC-Freie Universität Berlin Strategic Partnership Initiative Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology present:
“Alternative splicing beyond the coding sequence,” by Dr. Florian Heyd
“Design principles of the spliceosome”by Dr. Markus Wahl
Tuesday, July 19th, 2016
2:00-3:00 pm, LSC 1510, 2350 Health Sciences Mall
Host: Dr. Naomi Fast & Dr. Stephen Radar