BMBDG Seminar – Stephanie Willerth
“Engineering personalized neural tissue,” presented by Stephanie Willerth, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria. Monday, December 7, 2015 LSC 3 at 3:00 pm, 2350 Health Sciences Mall.
Opportunity to Become an Instructor Trainee for VSP 2016
What are we looking for? Individuals who want to develop their teaching skills and are passionate about teaching biochemistry.
What will you receive? Formal mentorship throughout the program from one of two BMB Instructors. You will develop material and deliver content to an anticipated class size of 40-60 international undergraduate students. You will gain experience regarding pedagogical approaches during the course design phase, become familiar with teaching tools, learn to evaluate student learning, and manage TA’s. In other words, your training will teach you how to run a full course at a university level! Furthermore, you will receive a stipend.
What is VSP? The Vancouver Summer Program offers international students an opportunity to take 2 non-credit courses over a one-month period in the summer. During their stay, the visiting students will have opportunities to experience Vancouver and other tourist attractions. This coming summer (July 16 – Aug 16, 2016) the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will again offer a 2-course package taught by several instructor trainees. For more general information and other program offerings please see: http://vancouversummerprogram.ubc.ca/july/program-details
About our VSP courses? Environmental Biochemistry will examine biochemical processes in the world at large and the impact on human health. Molecular Mechanism of Disease will explore key principles of biochemistry and molecular biology in the context of human health and disease. Each course is approximately 39 hours of class time and will include a mix of interactive case based problem solving, traditional lectures and in-class activities. Evaluation may include quizzes, participation and a final exam.
Instructor trainee applicant guidelines: A completed PhD or current postdoctoral fellow from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Candidates holding advanced degrees in related fields or with relevant experiences may also be considered.
Interested candidates should send inquiries to krisinge@interchange.ubc.ca
Instructors:
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| Scott Covey | Michael Krisinger |
Schedule
| November 18, 2015 | Information night: 5:30pm in LSC 1330 (all welcome), VSP Poster |
| January 2016 | Informal discussions on hiring |
| April 1st, 2016 | Start date for the positions (subject to budgetary approval) |
| April to mid-July, 2016 | Course design & content development |
| Mid-July to mid-August, 2016 | Program instruction |
QUOTES from our 2015 instructor trainees:
“I’d done years of TAing and a number of guest lectures throughout the course of my PhD, but having to develop and teach an entire course from scratch taught me skills and gave me experience teaching that I would have never otherwise been able to get. Teaching for the VSP was an invaluable experience.”
– Kristina McBurney, Sept, 2015
“Through this experience, I had the privilege of being guided by experienced mentors who shared valuable advice on creating course material as well as teaching techniques that greatly accelerated the learning curve. Throughout the process, the mentors provided both structure and critique that kept course development on a steady track, while at the same time allowing us to have creative freedom over style and content.”
– Solmaz Sobhanifar, Sept, 2015
BMBDG Seminar – Pierre Lavigne
Structural Biology of the Myc/Max/Mad Network of Transcription Factors and the Development of b-HLH-LZ Domains that Inhibit Tumorigenic Myc in vivo, by Pierre Lavigne, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Université de Sherbrooke. Monday, November 23, 2015 LSC 3 at 3:00 pm, 2350 Health Sciences Mall.
Solmaz Sobhanifar Awarded 2015 Michael John Page Postdoctoral Fellow Award
Dr. Solmaz Sobhanifar, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Strynadka Lab, to receive the 2015 Mike Page Award . She will present a short seminar on, “The ‘bio’ in science and flamenco”. Friday, October 23rd at 4:00 pm in LSC #3, 2350 Health Sciences Mall.
11th Annual Michael Smith Distinguished Research Lecture: Dr. David Julius
“Natural Products as Probes of the Pain Pathway: From Physiology to Atomic Structure”, presented by Dr. David Julius, Professor, Chair, Physiology, UCSF School of Medicine. Monday, November 16 at 4:00 pm LSC, #1, 2350 Health Sciences Mall.
BMBDG Seminar – Exit Seminar: Bjorn Bean and Anthony Khong
Anthony Khong presents,”Characterization of cricket paralysis virus-host interaction and viral protein synthesis.”
Bjorn Bean presents, “Insights into cargo adaptor function through the study of novel retromer interactors.”
Monday, October 5, 2015
LSC 3 at 3:00 pm, 2350 Health Sciences Mall
BMBDG Seminar – Terrence G Oas
“Staphylococcal protein A is flexible and conformationally heterogeneous: how do we observe and describe its structure?” by Terrence G Oas, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Duke University.
Monday, October 19, 2015
LSC 3 at 3:00 pm, 2350 Health Sciences Mall
BMBDG Seminar – Marcel Bally
“Role for drug delivery formulations to capture the benefits of chemical synthetic lethal interactions,” by Dr. Marcel Bally, Head and Distinguished Scientist, Department of Experimental Therapeutics of BC Cancer Agency.
Monday, September 28, 2015 @ 3:00 pm, LSC #3, 2350 Health Sciences Mall.
Gairdner Symposium: Yoshinori Ohsumi and Michael N Hall
Gairdner Symposium: Michael N Hall and Yoshinori Ohsumi, Gairdner 2015 Symposium Vancouver
Monday, October 26, 4-6 pm
Life Science Center, Lecture #2, UBC 2350 Health Sciences Mall
Michael N Hall, PhD
Recipient of the Canada Gairdner International Award, 2015
“for his discovery of the nutrient activated protein kinase TOR and elucidation of its central control of cell growth, critical to development and aging and widely implicated in cancers, diabetes, cardiovascular and immune diseases“
Professor, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland
Presentation Title: TOR signalling in growth and metabolism
To learn more about Dr. Hall: http://www.gairdner.org/content/michael-n-hall
Yoshinori Ohsumi, DSc
Recipient of the Canada Gairdner International Award, 2015
“for pioneering the molecular elucidation of autophagy, an essential intracellular, degradation system and when disordered, is linked to many diseases including neurodegeneration, cancer, and infection”
Honorary Prof, Dept. of Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Presentation Title: Lessons from Yeast – Intracellular recycling system, autophagy
For information about Dr. Ohsumi:http://www.gairdner.org/content/yoshinori-ohsumi