Date | Speaker | Institution | Title | Host | Time/Place |
June 09, 2023 | Dr. Costin Antonescu | Toronto Metropolitan University | BMBDG Seminar Series Special Seminar “Dynamic cell surface nanoscale organization controls receptor signaling in breast cancer cells “ | Dr. Eden Fussner-Dupas | 3:00-4:00 pm/LSC 3 and Zoom. (Zoom information to be advertised) |
April 28, 2023 | Dr. Peter Walter | University of California | LSI Joint Seminar Series TBD | TBD | TBD |
March 31, 2023 | Dr. John Burke | University of Victoria | LSI Joint Seminar Series Defining the molecular basis of how lipid signalling is dysregulated in human disease | Dr. Calvin Yip | 3-4/pm/LSC 3 |
March 24, 2023 | Dr. Heidi McBride | McGill University | LSI Joint Seminar Series Insights into mitochondrial vesicle formation and links to disease | Dr. Hilla Weidberg | 3-4 pm/LSC 3 |
February 24, 2023 | Dr. Julia Cordero | University of Glasgow | LSI Joint Seminar Series Reciprocal gut/body signaling during intestinal health and disease. | Dr. Elizabeth Rideout | 3-4 pm/LSC 3 |
February 17, 2023 | Dr. Ruth Lehmann | MIT | LSI Joint Seminar Translational regulation in germline condensates. | Dr. Ethan Greenblatt | 3-4 pm/LSC 3 |
February 06, 2023 | Katherine Zhao | UBC | Ph.D. Exit Seminar “The last dance with peptidiscs: Characterization of membrane proteomes from prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells using peptidiscs“ | Dr. Franck Duong | 2:30 -3:30 pm/LSC 3 and Zoom. (Zoom information to be advertised) |
February 03, 2023 | Dr. George Church | Harvard University | LSI Joint Seminar Series “tRNA-code: Resistance to all viruses. Tropism-Code: Delivery TF-code: Cell types“ | LSI Joint Seminar Committee | 3-4 pm/LSC 3 and Zoom |
February 02, 2023 | Dr. Eric Lecuyer | IRCM | *Special Seminar* “Insights into the sub cellular travels of cellular RNAs and RNA binding proteins“ | Dr. Eric Jan Dr. Ethan Greenblatt | 3:30 pm-4:30 pm/LSC 3 and Zoom. (Zoom information to be advertised) |
January 30, 2023 | Dr. Thomas Kislinger | University of Toronto | BMBDG Seminar “Membrane Proteomics: Biomarker Discovery and Therapeutic Targets” | Dr. Franck Duong | 2:30 -3:30 pm via Zoom. (Zoom Information to be advertised.) |
January 27, 2023 | Dr. Geraldine Seydoux | John Hopkins Medicine | LSI Joint Seminar Series Assembly and function of RNA granules in germ cells | Kenji Sugioka | TBD |
January 13, 2023 | Dr. Clemens Cabernard | University of Washington | LSI Joint Seminar Series “Cell and mechanobiology of asymmetric cell division” | Dr. Kenji Sugioka | 3-4 pm/LSC 3 |
January 06, 2023 | Dr. Christopher Overall | UBC | LSI Joint Seminar Series “The Cellular coup d’etat executed by SARS-CoV2 proteases to escape autophagy and ISG innate defenses” | Dr. Jessica Rosin | 3-4 pm/LSC 3 |
November 25, 2022 | Dr. Zabrina Brumme | SFU | LSI Joint Seminar Series “Hitting a moving target: how understanding HIV reservoir dynamics can help advance HIV cure research“ | LSI Trainees Joint Seminar Committee | 3:00-4:00 pm in LSC 3 |
November 10, 2022 | Dr. Susan Shao | Harvard University | LSI Joint Seminar Series “Mechanisms of membrane protein quality control” | Dr. Hilla Weidberg | 3:00-4:00 pm in LSC 2 |
November 07, 2022 | Dr. Gerd Prehna | University of Manitoba | BMBDG Seminar “Versatility of the type VI secretion system.” | Dr. Natalie Strynadka | 2:30-3:30 pm in LSC 3 and Zoom (Zoom Information to be advertised.) |
October 28, 2022. | Dr. Khanh Dao Duc | UBC | LSI Joint Seminar Series “Investigating the heterogeneity of ribosomal dynamics and structures” | Dr. Mark Cembrowski | 3:00-4:00 pm in LSC 3 |
October 14, 2022 | Dr. Nadine Caron | UNBC | LSI Joint Seminar Series “Silent Genomes Project” | Dr. Lindsay Rogers | 3:00-4:00 pm in LSC 3 |
October 07, 2022 | Dr. Matthew McCallum | University of Washington | LSI Joint Seminar Series “Using cryoEM to reveal sites of vulnerability for viral entry” | Dr. Natalie Strynadka | 3:00-4:00 pm in-person in LSC 3 |
October 03, 2022 | Jibin Sadisivan and Reid Warsaba | UBC | Ph.D. Exit Seminar Jibin Sadasivan-“When proteins go viral: Investigation on how a viral protein impairs stress granule formation” Reid Warsaba-“Multiple Viral Protein Genome Linked Proteins in Dicistrovirus Infection” | Dr. Eric Jan | 2:30-3:30 pm in LSC 3 and Zoom (Zoom Information to be advertised.) |
September 12, 2022 | Dr. Roberto Chica | University of Ottawa | BMBDG Seminar “Ensemble-based computational design of enzyme catalysis and conformational equilibrium | Dr. Nobuhiko Tokuriki | 2:30-3:30 pm in LSC 3 and Zoom (Zoom Information to be advertised.) |
September 19, 2022 | Amy Strilchuk | UBC | UBC Ph.D. Exit Seminar (Cancelled) “Blood clot stability can be controlled using lipid nanoparticle-delivered siRNA“ | Dr. Christian Kastrup | 2:30-3:30 pm via Zoom (Zoom Information to be advertised.) |
September 26, 2022 | Dr. Tom Hobman | University of Alberta | BMBDG Seminar “Unraveling RNA virus-host interactions reveals novel antiviral targets.“ | Dr. Eric Jan | 2:30-3:30 pm via Zoom (Zoom Information to be advertised.) |
September 16, 2022 | Dr. Kat Milligan-McClellan | University of Connecticut | LSI Joint Seminar Series “Adapting an evolutionary model organism for host-microbe studies” | Dr. Carol Tropini | 3:00-4:00 pm in-person in LSC 3 |
*Postponed* | Dr. Karen Mossman | McMaster University | LSI Joint Seminar Series “Innate immunity in bats: what can we learn to combat future pandemics” | Dr. Ninan Abraham | *Postponed* |