Departmental Seminar Series 2011-2012

DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS  2011-2012
Date Speaker Institution Title Host Time/Place
SEPTEMBER 2011
15 Don Moerman Prof, Dept of Zoology, UBC The million mutation project – a C. elegans resource Guy Tanentzapf 12:30-1:30

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22 Tim Kieffer Prof, Depts of CPS and Surgery, Diabetes Research Group, UBC Insulin Replacement by Engineered Cells to Treat Diabetes Susanne Clee 12:30-1:30

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29 Karen C Cheung Asst Prof, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Biomedical Microsystems Group, UBC Microfluidic systems for three-dimensional cell culture and high throughput drug screening Guy Tanentzapf 12:30-1:30

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OCTOBER 2011
6 Fumio Takei Distinguished Scientist, BC Cancer Agency; Prof, Dept of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UBC NK Cells: Licensed to Kill Guy Tanentzapf 12:30-1:30

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13 David Banfield Prof, Section of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Div of Life Science, Hong Kong Univ of Science & Technology, Hong Kong GOLPH3-mediated retention of glycosyltransferases in the Golgi Guy Tanentzapf 12:30-1:30

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20 Susan Parkhurst Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center, Div of Basic Sciences, Seattle, WA Membrane and cytoskeleton responses during single cell and multicellular wound repair in Drosophila Guy Tanentzapf 12:30-1:30

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21 Philippe Seguela Montreal Neurological Institute, Dept of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill Univ Regulation of fast ATP signaling by phospholipids in neurons and glia Michel Roberge
Shernaz Bamji
1:00-2:00

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27 Thibault Mayor Asst Prof, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UBC From misfolding to degradation with ubiquitin: heat-shock stress reveals a novel cytosolic protein quality control pathway Guy Tanentzapf 12:30-1:30

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NOVEMBER 2011
3 Paul Taghert Prof of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Washington Univ School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA Synchronization of the Drosophila circadian pacemaker network by internal and external signals Doug Allan 12:30-1:30

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10 Mark Ginsberg
(Perceptions of the Cell)
Prof, Director Physician Scientist Training Pathway, Dept of Medicine, UC San Diego, CA Dynamic regulation of cell adhesion Guy Tanentzapf 12:30-1:30

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17 Brenda Andrews Prof and Chair, Banting & Best Dept of Medical Research, Univ of Toronto Mapping biological pathways and networks using yeast functional genomics Chris Loewen

Vivien Measday

Phil Hieter

12:30-1:30

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24 Aly Karsan Head of Clinical Diagnostic Genomics, Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency; Prof, Dept of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UBC Role of microRNAs and innate immune signaling in the myelodysplastic syndromes Guy Tanentzapf 12:30-1:30

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29 Christian Peters PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Physiology, Dept of CPS, UBC Measurement of separable conformational changes that control ion flow in voltage-gated potassium channels Eric Accili 2:30-3:30

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DECEMBER 2011
1 Christopher Ahern Asst Prof, Depts of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, and Cellular & Physiological Sciences, CRG, UBC Applying chemical biology to ion channels Susanne Clee 12:30-1:30

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8 Elizabeth Conibear Assoc Prof, Dept of Medical Genetics, UBC; CFRI, CMMT Large scale approaches for understanding vesicle transport Guy Tanentzapf 12:30-1:30

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15 Timothy H Murphy Prof, Depts of Psychiatry and CPS, Graduate Program in Neuroscience, UBC Widespread mapping of mouse brain functional connectivity using light Shernaz Bamji 12:30-1:30

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JANUARY 2012
12 Harley T Kurata Asst Prof, Dept of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics; Affiliate Member, Cardiovascular Research Group, UBC How ATP-sensitive potassium channels translate cellular metabolism into electrical signals Guy Tanentzapf 12:30-1:30

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17 Dale W Laird Prof and Canada Research Chair in Gap Junctions & Disease, Dept of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Univ of Western Ontario Mechanisms linking connexin gene mutations to syndromic and non-syndromic disease Christian Naus 2:30-3:30

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26 Joerg Gsponer Asst Prof, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, CHiBi, UBC Intrinsically disordered proteins: regulation and disease Guy Tanentzapf 12:30-1:30

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FEBRUARY 2012
2 Eric Jan Assoc Prof, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UBC Factorless ribosome recruitment mediated by a tRNA-like internal ribosome entry site Guy Tanentzapf 12:30-1:30

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7 Kevin Eade PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Cell & Developmental Biology, UBC Subsets of developmental transcription networks maintain cellular subtype identity in the mature nervous system Doug Allan 12:30-1:30

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9 Klaus Foerstemann Prof of Biochemistry, Gene Center & Dept of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians Univ, Munich, Germany Drosophila miR-277 controls TOR activity and lifespan via tuning of branched-chain amino acid metabolism Stefan Taubert 12:30-1:30

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10 Seema Bhatnagar Assoc Prof, Dept of Anesthesiology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Univ of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Neural substrates underlying adaptations to repeated stress Victor Viau 10:30-11:30

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16 Anne Muesch Assoc Prof, Dept of Developmental & Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY Building epithelia with columnar or hepatic polarity: a role for the kinase Par1b I Robert Nabi 12:30-1:30

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23 Richard Minshall Assoc Prof, Dept of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Univ of Illinois at Chicago Oxidative stress-induced endothelial cell reprogramming I Robert Nabi
& ANEA
12:30-1:30

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24 Thomas Hoeg-Jensen Adjunct Prof, Faculty of Life Sciences, Univ of Copenhagen Development of insulin drugs for improved treatment of diabetes James Johnson 10:30-11:30

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MARCH 2012
8 Christian Giaume Director, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Biologie (CIRB), College de France, Paris Glial connexin expression and function in the context of Alzheimer’s disease Christian Naus; BRC 12:30-1:30

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15 Calvin Yip Asst Prof, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UBC Visualizing cellular machines with single-particle electron microscopy Guy Tanentzapf 12:30-1:30

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22 Gregory Morton Research Assoc Prof, Dept of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutriton, Univ of Washington, Seattle Leptin, diabetes and the brain Susanne Clee 12:30-1:30

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23 Katie Lee MSc candidate, Graduate Program in Genetics, UBC Novel wild-derived mouse models of obesity and diabetes resistance/td>

Susanne Clee 12:30-1:30

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29 Laura Nilson McGill University Epithelial patterning through spatial regulation of receptor tyrosine kinase signaling Guy Tanentzapf
& SFU
12:30-1:30

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APRIL 2012
2 Heather Jackson PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Physiology, Dept of CPS, UBC Cardiac ion channels: evolution, function and disease Eric Accili 12:30-1:30

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4 Warren Gallin Prof, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ of Alberta<, Edmonton/td>

Comparative and molecular dynamics analyses of voltage-gated K+ channel activation Eric Accili 12:30-1:30

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5 Christian Kastrup UBC Chibi, Michael Smith Lab Understanding and controlling blood coagulation using models, materials and devices Guy Tanentzapf 12:30-1:30

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12 Eldon Emberly Assoc Prof (Canada Research Chair Tier II), Dept of Physics, Simon Fraser Univ, Burnaby, BC Role of cell geometry in driving localization within cells/td>

Guy Tanentzapf 12:30-1:30

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13 Maria Fairbank PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Cell & Developmental Biology, UBC Insight into ER quality control mechanisms: novel characterization of the E3 ubiquitin ligase GP78/AMFR and the G-alpha S subunit in the ER I Robert Nabi 2:00-3:00

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26 Charles Bourque James McGill Prof, McGill Univ Dept of Neurology; Medical Scientist, Centre for Research in Neuroscience, Montreal General Hospital TRPV channels and osmosensing Hakima Moukhles; BRC 12:30-1:30

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MAY 2012
3 Stephanie Borgland Asst Prof, Dept of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, UBC Insulin suppresses neuronal activity and output in the reward system Susanne Clee 12:30-1:30

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10 Douglas Allan Asst Prof, Dept of CPS, UBC Mitochondrial dynamics and quality control I Robert Nabi 12:30-1:30

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14 Freda Miller

(8th D Harold Copp Lecture)

Prof, Dept of Molecular Genetics, Univ of Toronto; Sr Scientist, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Canada Research Chair, Developmental Neurobiology Stem cells: building and rebuilding the nervous system I Robert Nabi 4:00-5:00

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17 Mark Peifer
(Perceptions of the Cell)
Distinguished Prof, Dept of Biology, Univ of North Carolina at Capital Hill Building the body plan – the miracle of morphogenesis Guy Tanentzapf 12:30-1:30

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18 William Green Prof, Dept of Neurobioogy, Univ of Chicago, IL Multiple AMPA receptor recycling pathways at excitatory synapses I Robert Nabi 12:30-1:30

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24 Judy Wong Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UBC Disease mechanisms of x-linked dyskeratosis congenita Guy Tanentzapf 12:30-1:30

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31 Michael Riddell Assoc Prof, Faculty of Health, School of Kinesiology & Health Science, York University, Toronto The paradoxical effects of exercise and stress on diabetes development Richard Liggins (CDRD) 12:00-1:00

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JUNE 2012
25 Frank Huynh PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Physiology, Dept of CPS, UBC The regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism by hepatic leptin signalling Tim Kieffer 12:30-1:30

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JULY 2012
30 Fraser Scott Sr Scientist, Chronic Disease, Ottawa Hospital Research Inst; Prof, Depts of Medicine & Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, Univ of Ottawa Environmental control of gut immunity and beta-cell survival in autoimmune diabetes – potential role of antimicrobial proteins Tim Kieffer 11:00-12:00

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