“Painful projects: Targeting the voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.7 and other membrane proteins for drug discovery”, by Jian Payandeh, Senior Scientist, Department of Structural Biology, Genentech.
Monday, November 21, 2016 at 3:00 pm, LSC#3, 2350 Health Science Mall.
“Lipid Nanoparticles for Delivery of Nucleic acid Therapeutics, ” by Sam Chen, Cullis Lab, UBC
Monday, November 14, 2016 at 3:00 pm, LSC #3, 2350 Health Science Mall
“Determining the molecular architecture of yeast histone acetyltransferase complexes,” by Dheva Setiaputra, PhD Candidate, Yip Lab, UBC
Monday, December 12, 2016 at 9:00 am in Room 203, Graduate Student Centre , 6371 Crescent Road.
“Channelopathies at high resolution. Sodium-and Calcium- selective channels in normal and diseased states,” by Filip van Petegem, Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.
Monday, November 7, 2016 at 3:00 pm. LSC #3, 2350 Health Sciences Mall.
“Materials and mechanisms for understanding and controlling hemorrhage,” by Christian Kastrup, Assistant Professor, Michael Smith Labs and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.
Monday, October 31, 2016 at 3:00 pm. LSC #3, 2350 Health Science Mall.
“Using Large-Scale Screens to Uncover Novel Regulators of Endosomal Sorting in Yeast,” by Lauren Dalton, PhD Candidate, Conibear Lab, CMMT.
Monday, December 12, 2016 at 12:30 pm. Room 203, Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Road.
“Connecting Dots: Evolutionary connectivity and constraints on evolution of new enzyme functions,” by Nobu Tokuriki, Assistant Professor, Michael Smith Labs, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Monday, October 17, 2016 at 3:00 pm. LSC#3, 2350 Health Science Mall.
“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
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 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