| Date |
Speaker |
Institution |
Title |
Host |
Time/Place |
| SEPTEMBER 2008 |
| 11 |
Marcia Graves |
Post Doctoral Fellow, Dept of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC |
Modeling mammary epithelial polarization and the role of podocalyxin in breast tumor progression |
Calvin Roskelley |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 18 |
Su-Jin Kim |
Research Assoc, Dept of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC (PDF/RA Researcher of the Year Award Recipient 2008) |
MicroPET tracking of pancreatic islets following transplantation |
I Robert Nabi |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 26 |
William Newsome
(co-sponsored by BRC) |
Prof of Neurobiology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA |
Perception, reward and choice: toward a neurobiology of decision-making |
Christian Naus |
10:30-11:30
BRC |
| OCTOBER 2008 |
| 2 |
G Angus McQuibban |
Asst Prof, Dept of Biochemistry, Univ of Toronto |
Regulated intramembrane proteolysis in mitochondrial dynamics and Parkinson's disease |
Chris Loewen |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 9 |
Oliver Hobert
(McClintock Lectureship) |
Assoc Prof, HHMI Investigator, Columbia Univ Medical, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, NY |
Gene regulatory mechanisms that control neuronal cell fate specification in C. elegans |
Don Moerman
Doug Allan |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 16 |
John Scott
(Copp Lectureship) |
Prof, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dept of Pharmacology, Univ of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle |
Cell signaling in space and time |
Eric Accili |
4:00-5:00
LSC3 |
| 17 |
Bill Saxton |
Prof, Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology, Sinsheimer Laboratories, Univ of California at Santa Cruz |
Molecular motors, mechanisms of axonal transport, and neuropathy |
Doug Allan |
4:30-5:30
LSC3 |
| 23 |
Julia Mills |
Asst Prof and Director of Biotechnology, Dept of Biology, Trinity Western Univ, Langley, BC |
A role for ILK in proliferation and apoptosis: implications in CNS development |
Tim O'Connor |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| NOVEMBER 2008 |
| 6 |
Mahmud Bani-Yaghoub |
Adjunct Prof, Dept of Cellular & Molecular Medicine and Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Univ of Ottawa; Assoc Research Officer, Neurogenesis & Brain Repair Neurobiology Program NRC-IBS, Ottawa |
The role of Sox2 in brain development and repair |
Christian Naus |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 27 |
I Robert Nabi |
Prof, Dept of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC |
Membrane domains in cancer |
T Michael Underhill |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| DECEMBER 2008 |
| 4 |
Cheryl Wellington |
Assoc Prof, Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics, UBC |
Greasing the wheels of Abeta degradation: the roles of apolipoprotein E and the cholesterol transporter ABCA1 in Alzheimer’s disease |
Shernaz Bamji |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 18 |
Kevin Eva |
Assoc Prof, Dept of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Program for Educational Research and Development, McMaster Univ |
On the value (and fallibility) of human judgment: research in medical education |
Carol-Ann Courneya |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| JANUARY 2009 |
| 8 |
Steven Siegelbaum |
Prof of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Dept of Pharmacology, Columbia Univ, NY |
Resolution of a paradox: how the excitatory HCN1 cation current inhibits neural activity and memory storage |
Eric Accili |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 22 |
Chris Overall |
Prof, Dept of Dentistry, Centre for Blood Research, UBC |
Proteomic quantitation of proteolytic post-translational modifications of the cancer secretome |
Shernaz Bamji |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 29 |
Kurt Grimm |
Assoc Prof, Dept of Earth & Ocean Sciences, UBC |
A unified description of life |
I Robert Nabi |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| FEBRUARY 2009 |
| 4 |
Tony Lam |
John Kitson McIvor Chair in Diabetes, Research Division of Cellular & Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute |
Nutrient sensing in the brain and gut |
Christopher McIntosh |
12:30-1:30
LSC 1510 |
| 5 |
David Drubin
(Perceptions of the Cell) |
Prof and Division Head, Div of Cell & Developmental Biology, Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley, CA |
Harnessing actin dynamics for endocytic trafficking |
I Robert Nabi |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
Dr. Drubin is also giving a seminar in Mathematical Biology on Feb 4 at 4:30 (WMAX Rm 216)
"A mechanochemical model for endocytic vesicle formation" |
| 12 |
Kurt Beam |
Prof, Dept of Physiology & Biophysics, Univ of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver |
Probing the functional architecture of the ~4 megadalton ion channel complex that links excitation to muscle contraction |
Chris Ahern |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 19 |
David Lohnes |
Prof, Dept of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Univ of Ottawa |
Tails of the Cdx transcription factors |
T Michael Underhill |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 26 |
Will Prinz |
Cell Biochemistry Section, Laboratory of Cell Biochemistry & Biology, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD |
Regulated sterol transfer at organelle contact sites by oxysterol-binding protein homologs |
Chris Loewen |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| MARCH 2009 |
| 5 |
Cristina Tognon |
Research Scientist, Dept of Molecular Oncology/Breast Cancer Group, BC Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver |
Studying breast cancer progression and metastasis using in vitro and in vivo model systems |
Calvin Roskelley |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 12 |
Eric Jan |
Asst Prof, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UBC |
Unusual translational control mechanisms during ER stress and viral infection |
Shernaz Bamji |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 19 |
Edwin R Chapman |
Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Prof, Dept of Physiology, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School |
The curious case of synaptotagmin 4 and its role in synaptic plasticity |
Chris Ahern |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 20 |
Leanne Jones |
Asst Prof, William Scandling Developmental Chair, Laboratory of Genetics, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA |
Aging-related changes to stem cells and the stem cell niche |
Guy Tanentzapf |
12:30-1:30
LSC1510 |
| 26 |
Pascal Bernatchez |
Asst Prof, Dept of Pharmacology, James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre, UBC |
Caveolae resident proteins in angiogenesis and endothelial nitric oxide release |
I Robert Nabi |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| APRIL 2009 |
| 2 |
AVAILABLE |
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12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 9 |
AVAILABLE |
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12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 16 |
Richard Rachubinski |
Prof, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ of Alberta, Edmonton; Royal Society of Canada Fellow |
Control of peroxisome biogenesis by phosphorylation - seeing the forest and the trees |
Chris Loewen |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 23 |
AVAILABLE |
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12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 30 |
Leonardo Belluscio
(co-sponsored by BRC) |
Investigator, Developmental Neural Plasticity Unit, NINDS Porter Neuroscience Research Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD |
Understanding neural circuitry through olfactory maps |
Eric Accili |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| MAY 2009 |
| 7 |
AVAILABLE |
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12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 14 |
Istvan Mody |
Prof, Dept of Molecular Cellular & Integrative Physiology, UCLA |
Tonic inhibition in the crosshairs of hormones and alcohol |
Ken Baimbridge |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 21 |
AVAILABLE |
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12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 28 |
AVAILABLE |
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LSC3
Not Available |
| JUNE 2009 |
| 4 |
AVAILABLE |
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12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 11 |
AVAILABLE |
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12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 18 |
AVAILABLE |
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12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 25 |
Jim Johnson |
Asst Prof, Dept of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC |
Pancreatic beta-cell ER-stress and apoptosis in type 2 diabetes |
I Robert Nabi |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| JULY 2009 |
| 2 |
AVAILABLE |
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12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 9 |
AVAILABLE |
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12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 16 |
Tom Hobman
(co-sponsored by Zoology and LSI) |
Scientist, Dept of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Univ of Alberta, Edmonton |
Viral capsid proteins: modulators of virus host interaction |
Nelly Pante |
12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 23 |
AVAILABLE |
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12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 30 |
AVAILABLE |
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12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| AUGUST 2009 |
| 6 |
AVAILABLE |
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12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 11 |
John Condeelis |
Prof and Co-Chair, Dept of Anatomy & Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva Univ, Bronx, NY |
The cofilin activity cycle and chemotaxis |
Leah Keshet |
10:30-11:30
Peter Wall Institute conf rm, Univ Center
|
| Predicting metastasis with the "Invasion Signature" |
I Robert Nabi |
4:00-5:00
LSC3 |
| 20 |
AVAILABLE |
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12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
| 27 |
AVAILABLE |
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12:30-1:30
LSC3 |
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