Seminars: Departmental

MICB Departmental Seminars
Please note that all seminars will be held in the CancerCare Arnold Greenberg Lecture Theatre ON2134, 675 McDermot Ave.
Next Seminar:

May 17, 2012 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - noon	Dr. Abraham Fainsod Wolfson Family Chair in Genetics Dept. of Developmental Biology & Cancer Research Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Alcohol and Birth Defects - Molecular and Biochemical Studies to Understand the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder


Date	Name of Speaker	Seminar Title
May 3, 2012 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - noon	Dr. David Litchfield Department of Biochemistry Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry University of Western Ontario	Convergence of Protein Kinase and Caspase Signaling: A Mechanism for Pathological Rewiring of Apoptotic Pathways to Promote Cancer Cell Survival?
May 2, 2012 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue noon - 1:00pm	Dr. David Malkin Director, Cancer Genetics Program The Hospital for Sick Children, POGO Chair in Childhood Cancer Control Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Biophysics University of Toronto	Li-Fraumeni Syndrome: Changing the Face of Cancer at the Bench and the Bedside
Nov 28, 2011 BMSB Theatre C Epigenetics Seminar Series noon-1:00pm	Dr. Kirk McManus Assitant Professor Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics	Epigenetics from a Histone's Perspective
Dec 5, 2011 BMSB Theatre C Epigenetics Seminar Series noon-1:00pm	Dr. Jennifer Mitchell Asssitant Professor Department of Cell and Systems Biology University of Toronto	Genome Folding and Regulation of Gene Expression
Nov 7, 2011 BMSB Theatre C Epigenetics Seminar Series noon-1:00pm	Dr. Patrick O. McGowan Assistant Professor, Centre for the Neurobiology of Stress Departments of Biological Sciences, Cell and Systems Biology and Psychology University of Toronto	The Epigenetic Signature of Early Life
Nov 14, 2011 BMSB Theatre C Epigenetics Seminar Series noon-1:00pm	Dr. Mojgan Rastergar Principle Investigator, Regenerative Medicine Program Faculty of Medicine Departments of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics and Immunology Molecular Genetics and Human Disease Group Scientist (MGHDG) Manitoba Institute of Child Health (MICH) University of Toronto	MeCP2: A Global Epigenetic Modulator or a Site-Specific Transcriptional Regulator?
Oct 17, 2011 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 2:00-3:00pm	Dr. Thomas Cremer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Department of Biology II Chair of Anthropology and Human Genetics LMU Biozentrum Germany	Functional Topography of the Nucleus Studied by High-Resolution Microscopy
Aug 12, 2011 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 2:00-3:00pm	Dr. Robert Chow Canada Research Chair in Retinal and Early Eye Development Assistant Professor Department of Biology University of Victoria	Regulation of Retinal Bipolar Cell Type Identity
July 7, 2011 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - noon	Dr. Sambasivarao Damaraju Associate Professor Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry University of Alberta	Genomics Studies in Breast Cancer- Role of CBCF Tumor Bank in Alberta
June 16, 2011 SIMON & SARAH ISRAELS GRADUATE THESIS PRIZE LECTURE CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - noon	Dr. Meghan Azad, PhD. Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Pediatrics University of Alberta	The Role of BNIP3 in Proliferation and Hypoxia-Induced Autophagy: Implications for Cancer Therapy
June 9, 2011 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 10:30am - noon	Dr. Yuval Garini Assistant Professor Physics Department and Institute of Nanotechnology Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel	Organization Mechanisms of the Genome in the Nucleus Studied through Telomeres and DNA Diffusion
June 2, 2011 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - noon	Dr. David Eisenstat Program Director, Adv. Degrees in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Director, Neuro-Oncology, CancerCare Manitoba Senior Investigator, Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology Scientist, Manitoba Institute of Child Health Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics & Child Health, Human Anatomy & Cell Science, Ophthalmology, and Biochemistry & Medical Genetics University of Manitoba	Genetic Regulation of Forebrain Development - Implications for Autism and Gliomagenesis
May 31, 2011 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 10:30am - 11:30am	Dr. Ganwei Lu Senior Technical Service Scientist Qiagen	Introduction to Pyrosequencing
May 31, 2011 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 (Linked to Gimli Rm ON1188 and Oncology Conference Rm L1-102 CCMB Tache Site) 675 McDermot Avenue DR. LYONEL G. ISREALS MEMORIAL LECTURE 12:00 - 1:00pm	Dr. Stanley R. Riddell Member and Associate Program Head Program in Immunology Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Professor, Department of Medicine University of Washington Hans Fischer Senior Fellow Institute for Advanced Study Technical University of Munich	Adoptive T Cell Therapy- Engineering Magic Bullets to Treat Cancer
May 19, 2011 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - noon	Dr. Mojgan Rastegar Assistant Professor Regenerative Medicine Program, Faculty of Medicine Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics Department of Immunology Scientist, Manitoba Institute of Child Health (MICH) University of Manitoba	Stem Cells, Genetics and Epigenetics; The Promise of Regenerative Medicine
May 5, 2011 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - noon	Dr. Wanpeng Sun Postdoctoral Fellow Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology CancerCare Manitoba	Studies on Methyltransferase PR and Dioxygenase PcpA
April 28, 2011 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - noon	Dr. Stephan Yip Consultant Pathologist Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Centre for Translational and Applied Genomics (CTAG) BC Cancer Agency	Molecular genetics of brain tumours- Deep sequencing discoveries and practical implications
April 27, 2011 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 12 noon - 1 PM 13th Annual CancerCare Manitoba Research Day Lecture	Dr. David Huntsman, MD Associate Professor Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine University of British Columbia	Dissecting genomes at base pair resolution: from research to the clinic
April 7, 2011 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - noon	Dr. Spencer Gibson Provincial Director of Research, CancerCare Manitoba Director of Translational Research, Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology Manitoba Research Chair Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba	"Live and Let Die" How to Selectively Target Cancer Cells to Die.
March 17, 2011 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - noon	Dr. Soheila Karimi Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology Principal Investigator, Regenerative Medicine Program Principal Investigator, Spinal Cord Research Center Scientist, Manitoba Institute of Child Health University of Manitoba	Potential of Endogenous Neural Stem Cells for Spinal Cord Repair and Regeneration
February 17, 2011 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - noon	Dr. Afshin Raouf Senior Investigator, MICB Assistant Professor Regenerative Medicine Program Department of Immunology University of Manitoba	Mapping the Transcriptional Networks that Regulate the Biological Functions of Breast Epithelial Stem Cells and Progenitors
January 27 2011 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - noon	Dr. Vincent Giguere Professor Departments of Biochemistry , Medicine & Oncology Faculty of Medicine McGill University	Transcriptional Control of Energy Metabolism in Normal and Cancer Cells by Nuclear Receptor-Based Pathways
January 20, 2011 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - noon	Dr. Tamra Werbowetski-Ogilvie Assistant Professor Regenerative Medicine Program Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics University of Manitoba	Using Stem Cells to Identify Novel Targets of Brain Tumorigenesis
November 4, 2010 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 1:30-2:30pm	Dr. Christine Pratt Associate Professor Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Medicine University of Ottawa	NFkB: Roles in the Mammary Gland, Breast Cancer and Resistance to Anti-apoptotic Protein Targeted Therapeutics
October 26, 2010 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 10am - 11am	Dr. Abraham Fainsod	Controlling Stem Cells - Negative Regulation of Pluripotency in the Embryo
October 21, 2010 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11am - 12noon	Dr. Mark Nachtigal	Practical Challenges of Researching and Modelling Ovarian Adenocarcinomas
August 12, 2010 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11am - 12noon	Dr. Richard Hill Senior Scientist OCI/PMH Professor Department of Medical Biophysics University of Toronto	Cyclic Hypoxia and Metastatic Progression in Cervix Cancer
August 19, 2010 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11am - 12noon	Dr. John Th'ng Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Medical Sciences Division, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, Ontario	Cell cycle phosphorylation of histone H1 and cancer genomics
June 16, 2010 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 10:30am - 11:30am	Dr. Gail Risbridger Associate Dean, Research Centres & Institutes Director, Centre of Urological Reasearch (CURe) Monash Institute of Medical Research (MIMR), Monash Medical Centre	Estrogen Therapies for Prostate Disease
May 20, 2010 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - 12:00noon Simon & Sarah Israels Graduate Thesis Prize Lecture	Teralee Burton Post- Doctoral Fellow Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology	The role of pro-cell death Bcl-2 family member BNIP3 in regulating GBM tumor cell survival
May 11, 2010 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 12:00noon - 1:00pm The Dr. Lyonel G. Israels Memorial Lecture	Dr. James Ferrara, M.D., D.Sc. Ruth Heyn Professor of Pediatric Oncology Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center Director: Combined Adult & Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Program University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center	Tales from the Valley of Death: Insights into Translational Medicine
April 29, 2010 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - 12:00noon	Dr. Sean Egan Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics University of Toronto Senior Scientist, Program in Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Hospital for Sick Children	Genetic Analysis of Notch and PI3K-Induced Breast Cancer in the Mouse Mammary Gland
April 22, 2010 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - 12:00noon	Dr. Uri Tabori Staff NeuroOncologist Division of Haematology / Oncology Assistant Professor of Paediatrics University of Toronto Scientist, Research Institute and The Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre The Hospital for Sick Children	Telomere Biology in Pediatric Cancer: Personalizing Individual's Tumours and Cells"
April 8, 2010 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - 12:00noon	Dr. Yvonne Myal Associate Professor Department of Pathology University of Manitoba	Claudin 1 in breast cancer: Tumor suppressor, facilitator or passive onlooker?
March 18, 2010 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - 12:00noon	Dr. Peter Cheung Principal Investigator, Div. of Signaling Biology, Ontario Cancer Institute Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto	The roles of histone phosphorylation and histone variants in gene expression regulation
December 3, 2009 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - 12:00noon	Dr. Hans Knecht Director, Haematology Laboratories, CHUS Professor of Medicine, Division of Haematology/Oncology, University of Sherbrooke	The Reed-Sternberg Cell: Class 2009
November 2, 2009 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 3:00 - 4:00pm	Dr. Marc Ekker Professor Department of Biology University of Ottawa Director, Centre for Advanced Research In Environmental Genomics (CAREG)	Genetic Cascades Involving Dlx Genes in the Mouse and Zebrafish Forebrain
September 10, 2009 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - 12:00pm	Dr. Wen Zhong Assistant Professor Department of Textile Sciences University of Manitoba	Liver Targeting Nanoparticles Containing Doxorubicin via Acid Cleavable Linkage
August 27, 2009 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 3:00 - 4:00pm	Dr. Philippe Georgel Associate Professor Department of Biological Sciences Marshall University	Epigenetic Regulations: More Than Just DNA Methylation and Histone Modifications
June 23, 2009 The Dr. Arnold Greenberg Lectureship CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 (Teleconferenced to St. Bonifac Oncology, CCMB Board Room ON4017 & Gimli Room ON1188) 675 McDermot Avenue noon - 1:00pm	Dr. Gordon Keller Director, McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine University Health Network, Toronto Canada Research Chair in Stem Cell Biology University of Toronto	Generating Functional Tissues from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells (Poster Download)
June 5, 2009 Imaging Symposium 10th Anniversary of the Genomic Centre CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 9:00am - 4:30pm	Speakers include: Jeremy Squire, Gollam Sabbir, Verayuth Prophanphoj, Jim Davie, Piranit Nik Kantaputra, Sabine Mai, Bart Vermolen, Hans Knecht, Frank Samogy, Macoura Gadji, Landon Wark and Sumit Sandhu	Symposium Program Download
June 4, 2009 Simon & Sarah Israels Graduate Thesis Prize Lecture CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue noon - 1:00pm	Dr. Francisco Mendoza, PhD Medical Student Faculty of Medicine University of Manitoba	"A Balancing Act Between Life and Death" MEKK1 and the Apoptotic Pathway
May 28, 2009 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am - noon	Dr. P. Jeremy Wang Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology Department of Animal Biology University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Concerted Regulation of Mitosis and Meiosis in the Germline
May 28, 2009 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 2:00pm - 3:00pm	Dr. Eftekhar Eftekharpour, PhD Associate Neuroscientist, Spine Program Division of Genetics and Development Toronto Western Research Institute	Stem Cell Therapy for Central Nervous System Disorders: Victories of the Past, Challenges of the Future
May 25, 2009 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 10:00am - 11:00am	Dr. Robert G. Bristow Clinician-Scientist, Ontario Cancer Institute / Princess Margaret Hospital Associate Professor, Depts. of Radiation Oncology and Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto Director, Core1- STTARR and LEGEND Labs Canadian Cancer Society Research Scientist	Tumour Hypoxia and Genetic Instability: An Achilles Heel for Cancer Therapies
May 19, 2009 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue noon - 1:00pm	Dr. Bruce A. Chabner, M.D. Clinical Director Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School	The Right Patient for the Right Drug
May 12, 2009 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 10:00am - 11:00am	Dr. Francis J. Giles Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology Director, Institute of Drug Development Deputy Director, Cancer Therapy & Research Centr of the University of Texax Health Science Center San Antonio	Molecular insights: Therapeutic progress and challenges
April 23, 2009 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 3:00pm - 4:00pm	Dr. Andrew Li-jen Kung Director of Preclinical Imaging Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, Massachusetts	Incorporation of Imaging Endpoints in Cancer Drug Discovery
April 20, 2009 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 10:30noon - 11:30pm	Dr. Howard Cedar Professor of Molecular Biology Dept. of Cellular Biochemistry & Human Genetics Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 2008 Wolf Prize in Medicine	Silence of the Genes
April 2, 2009 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 3:00pm - 4:00pm	Dr. Rolando Del Maestro William Feindel Chair in Neuro-Oncology Director, Brain Tumour Research Centre Professor, Division of Neurosurgery and Oncology Montreal Neurological Institute and Hosptial McGill University	Brain Tumour Invasions: Expanding the Horizon
March 19, 2009 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00noon - 12:00pm	Dr. Versha Banerji Post Doctoral Fellow Dana Farber Cancer Institute Broad Institute of Genomics of Harvard & MIT	The Changing Paradigm of Drug Discovery: Gene Expression-based High-throughput Screening in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
November 6, 2008 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00noon - 12:00pm	Dr. Kerry Campbell Director, Cell Culture Facility Institute of Cancer Research Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology Philidelphia, PA.	Signals Regulating Natural Killer Cell Development and Function
October 29, 2008 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 1:00pm - 2:00pm	Dr. Loydie A. Jerome-Majewska Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics and Human Genetics McGill University Montreal, QC	En route to the Placenta: Traffic stalls between the ER and Golgi
September 8, 2008 Theatre B, Basic Medical Sciences Bldg. 11:00noon - 12:00pm	Dr. Shihuan Kuang Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Sciences Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA	Muscle Stem Cell Heterogeneity: Implications in Regernative Medicine
September 4, 2008 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00noon - 12:00pm	Dr. Richard A. Gatti MD The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	Inherited Radiation Sensitivity Syndromes
July 10, 2008 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00noon	Dr. Stuart Berger Associate Professor Senior Scientist Department of Immunology University of Toronto	Activation Enhanced Cell Death
July 2, 2008 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00noon CANCELLED	Dr. Donald White Postdoctoral Fellow Cancer Research UK Centre for Cell and Molecular Biology Institute of Cancer Research London, United Kingdom	Adhesion complex signalling in the mouse
June 26, 2008 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00noon	Dr. Kirk McManus Postdoctoral Fellow Hieter Laboratory Vancouver, B.C.	Cross species candidate approaches to identify genes mutated in colon cancer and identify novel therapeutic targets
June 25, 2008 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 10:00am-5:00pm	2nd Mon-Man International Symposium "Inflammation and Cancer" Dr. Paul Hertzog, Professor Dr. Brendan Jenkins, Senior Scientist Centre for Functional Genomics and Human Disease Monash Institute of Medica Research Victoria, Australia	Other Speakers: Dr. John Wilkins Dr. Hao Ding Dr. Charles Bernstein Dr. Sabine Mai Dr. Arzu Ozturk Dr. Aaron Marshall Dr. Spencer Gibson Dr. Jude Uzonna Dr. Geoff Hicks
June 19, 2008 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00noon	Dr. David LeBrun Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine Richardson Laboratory Queen's University Kingston, Ontario	The oncogenic transcription factor E2A-PBX1 in acute lymphoblastic leukemia
June 18, 2008 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00noon	Dr. Afshin Raouf Senior Postdoctoral Fellow B.C. Cancer Agency Vancouver, British Columbia	The Cancer stem cell concept and its application to breast cancer
June 12, 2008 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00noon Simon & Sara Israels Graduate Thesis Prize Lecture	Dr. Katherine Dunn Post-Doctoral Fellow Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School	Distinct Populations of Histone H3 Phosphorylated in Response to an Activated MAPK Pathway
May 15, 2008 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00noon	Dr. Louis Lefebvre Assistant Professor Canada Research Chair in Genomic Imprinting Department of Medical Genetics Life Sciences Institute University of British Columbia	Recombinase-mediated chromosome truncation in mouse ES cells
May 13, 2008 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 12:00noon-1:00PM The Dr. Lyonel G. Israels Memorial Lecture	Dr. John E. Dick Canada Research Chair, Stem Cell Biology Senior Scientist, University Health Network Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto Director, Program in Cancer Stem Cells, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)	Cancer Stem Cells: Getting to the Root of Cancer
April 30, 2008 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00noon	Dr. Bruce Elliott Professor Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine Queen's University Kingston, ON	Novel interaction between Met and cell adhesion signaling networks in breast cancer metastasis
April 10, 2008 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 3:00-4:00pm (In Conjunction with CancerCare MB Research Day)	Dr. Robert B. Jenkins Professor Laboratory Medicine Associate Director Mayo Cancer Centre Rochester, MN	Genetic Studies of Oligodendrogliomas
April 1, 2008 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 10:00-11:00am	Dr. Eitan Yefenof Director of the Institute of Medical Reasearch and Chair of The Lautenberg Center for General and Tumor Immunology	Glucocorticoid Hormones Induce Apoptosis: Old Phenomenon, New Findings
March 10, 2008 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 9:30am-10:30am MICB & CIHR Special Research Seminar	Dr. Thomas Cremer Professor Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Department of Biology II Chair of Anthropology and Human Genetics Martinsried, Germany	Chromosome territories and nuclear organization: structural, functional and evolutionary aspects
October 23, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 10:30am-11:30am CANCELED	Dr. Brad Nelson Director and Senior Scientist Of The Deeley Research Centre B.C. Cancer Agency Adjunct Associate Professor University of Victoria	Toward Predictive and Personalized Immunotherapy of Cancer
October 24, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 12:00noon-1:00pm	Dr. Michael Grever Associate Dean for Medical Services The Ohio State University Professor of Internal Medicine & Pharmacology	Molecular and Genetic Bio-Markers in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia An Opportunity for Innovative Therapy
October 16, 2007 Biochemistry Conference Rm 341 Basic Medical Science Bldg. 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. Andrea Bild Assistant Professor University of Utah Pharmocology and Toxicology Oncology	Gene Expression Signatures That Define Oncogenic Phenotypes
September 28, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. Steven Gallinger Senior Scientist, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute Professor, Dept. of Surgery, University of Toronto Mount Sinai Hospital	Genome Wide Association Studies in Colorectal Cancer
September 28, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 2:00pm-3:00pm	Dr. William Skarnes Head of ES Cell Mutagenesis Team Mouse Genetics Division Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute	High Throughput Gene Targeting in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
August 16, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. Birgit Gellersen Research Group Leader (Female Reproduction) Endokrinologikum (Centre for Endocrine, Metabolic & Fertility Disorders) Hamburg, Germany	Trophoblast Invasion – a model for cancer progression?
July 23, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm Presented by the Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology and the CIHR Strategic Training Program “Innovative Technologies in Multdisciplinary Health Research Training”	Dr. Bernd Kaina Professor of Toxicology Head, Department of Toxicology University of Mainz Mainz, Germany	Alkylation-induced apoptosis: mechanisms and clinical implications
June 28, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. Marcel B. Bally Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Adjunct Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of British Columbia Head, Advanced Therapeutics BC Cancer Agency's Cancer Research Centre Vancouver, BC	Lipid-based nanoparticulate delivery systems for use in the development of anticancer drug products.
June 21, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. Jörg Stetefeld Associate Professor for Biochemistry Canada Research Chair in Structural Biology Departments of Chemistry and Microbiology University of Manitoba	Structural Biology and Cancer Research - About the integrated approach and biomedical applications
June 14, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. Michael Mowat Professor Departments of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics and Physiology University of Manitoba Senior Investigator Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology	Role of Deleted in Liver Cancer-Two (DLC-2) Tumor Suppressor in Ceramide Signalling and Drug Response
June 7, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. Ian F. Parney Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oncology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute University of Calgary AHFMR Clinical Investigator CIHR New Investigator	Immunosupressive cell networks in malignant glioma patients
May 31, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. John A. Wilkins Director, Manitoba Centre for Proteomics and Systems Biology Head, Section of Biomedical Proteomics Scientific Director, Rheumatic Disease Research Laboratory Professor, Internal Medicine and Immunology University of Manitoba	High content approaches to understanding process and function in cell biology
May 24, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. Asher Begleiter Senior Investigator Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology Professor Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, and Internal Medicine University of Manitoba	NQO1 and prevention of colon cancer
May 17, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. John Robertson Professor of Surgery and Head of the Division of Breast Surgery School of Medical and Surgical Sciences University of Nottingham Nottingham, UK	Anti-Estrogen Therapies and Mechanisms of Resistance
May 10, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-noon (see poster)	DR. ARNOLD GREENBERG LECTURE Dr. Robert Clarke Professor Departments of Oncology & Physiology & Biophysics Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Georgetown University	Mechanisms of Endocrine Resistance in Breast Cancer
May 3, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. Spencer Gibson Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics Director of Translational Research Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology	Chronic Lyphocytic Leukemia (CLL)- Research as an example of Collaborative Interactions between Clinical, Basic and Population-based Researchers in the Era of Integrated Translational Research
April 26, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	SIMON & SARAH ISRAELS GRADUATE THESIS PRIZE LECTURE Dr. Jimmy deMelo Post Doctoral Fellow Johns Hopkins Medical School Institute for Cell Engineering	The Role of Dlx Homeobox Genes in Vertebrate Retinal Development
April 12 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. Elena Linardopoulou Postdoctoral Research Division of Basic Sciences Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, Washington	Dynamics of Human Subtelomeres
April 5 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 2:00pm-3:00pm	Dr. Christine Pratt Associate Professor Cellular & Molecular Medicine University of Ottawa	NF-kappa B and the target gene, cIAP2, have critical roles in mammary tumorigenesis
March 29 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 3:00pm-4:00pm	Dr. Mark Minden Head, Leukemia Program, Division of Medical Oncology & Hematology, University Health Network/Princess Margaret Hospital Senior Scientis, Ontario Cancer Institute	Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia, approaches to the study and treatment of an epigenetic disease
March 30 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 8:00am-4:00pm	CCMB Research Day
March 22 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. Mark Henkelman Canada Research Chair in Imaging Unversity Professor, Departments of Biophysics and Medical Imaging University of Toronto Director, Mouse Imaging Centre (MICe) Hospital for Sick Children	Imaging for Mouse Phenotyping
March 15 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. David Szwajcer Assistant Professor Department of Internal Medicine Section of Haematology / Oncology University of Manitoba	HDAC inhibitor valproic acid in CLL, from bench to bedside
March 14, 2007 Special Research Seminar Theatre A Mezzanine (2nd floor entrance only) Basic Medical Science Bldg. 730 William Avenue 2:00 - 3:00pm	Dr. Konrad Huppi Gene Silencing Section Genetics Branch / CCR National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health	Regions of genomic instability are potential resources for studies of miRNA function as well as the discovery of new miRNAs
March 8, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. David D. Eisenstat Senior Investigator, MICB Director, Neuro-Oncology, CancerCare Manitoba Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics & Child Health, Human Anatomy & Cell Science, and Ophthalmology University of Manitoba	ChIPping away at the forebrain: how DLX transcriptional targets regulate neuronal differentiation and migration during brain development
February 22, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. Jim Davie Provincial Director, Research, CancerCare Manitoba Director & Margaret A. Sellers Chair, MICB Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba	Nuclear Organization and Chromatin Dynamics – the Sp1 and Sp3 story
February 15, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. Leigh Murphy MICB Senior Investigator & Associate Director Professor Dept. of Medical Biochemistry & Medical Genetics University of Manitoba	New insights into estrogen receptors and breast cancer
February 8, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. Kevin Coombs Professor Dept. of Medical Microbiology University of Manitoba	Proteomics to address both sides of the virus-host coin
January 25, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. Thomas Klonisch Professor and Head Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Science University of Manitoba	The Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF): New tails of an old chap in thyroid carcinoma
January 18, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. Donald S. Houston Associate Professor Section of Hematology / Oncology University of Manitoba	Screening and Testing of Coagulation: Re-Thinking the PTT
January 11, 2007 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12:00pm	Dr. Etienne Leygue Associate Professor Dept. of Biochemistry and Human Genetics University of Manitoba	Steroid Receptor RNA activator (SRA): A gene with split personalities relevant to breast cancer
December 7, 2006 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 2:00pm-3:00pm	Dr. Elissavet Kardami Professor Dept. of Human Anatomy & Cell Sciences and Physiology, University of Manitoba Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences	The highs and lows of FGF-2
November 29, 2006 Theatre A - BMSB 730 William Avenue 2:00pm-3:00pm	Dr. Michael A. Rudnicki Senior Scientist & Director Molecular Medicine Program Ottawa Health Research Institute	Pax7 and the regulation of muscle stem cell function
November 23, 2006 CCMB AHG Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 2:00pm-3:00pm	Dr. Alaa El-Husseini Associate Professor The Brain Centre Department of Psychiatry University of British Columbia	Insight into mechanisms that govern synapse formation
November 24, 2006 Theatre A - BMSB 730 McDermot Avenue 12:00pm - 1:00pm	Dr. Michael FehlingsMedical Director, Krembil Neuroscience CentreHead, Spinal Program, University Health Network & Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto	Repair & regeneration of the injured spinal cord: Opportunities for clinical translation of basic research discoveries
November 9, 2006 Theatre B - BMSB 7:30 William Avenue 2:00pm-3:00pm	Dr. Stephane Richard Associate Professor William Dawson Scholar Departments of Oncology and Medicine McGill University	Cellular responses regulated by arginine methylation
October 19, 2006 CCMB Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 11:00am-12noon	Dr. Vincent Cavailles INSERM U540 Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology of Cancer Montpellier, France	Negative regulation of hormone signalling by nuclear receptor interacting proteins
October 30, 2006 Dr. Jacob Hollenberg Lectureship in Biomedical Science Theatre A - BMSB 7:30 William Avenue 10:30am-12noon	Dr. C. Kent Osborne Professor of Medicine and Molecular and Cellular Biology, Director of Breast Center, Director of the Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Tina and Dudley Sharp Chair in Oncology Baylor College of Medicine	Mechanisms of endocrine therapy resistance in breast cancer
October 30, 2006 Dr. Jacob Hollenberg Lectureship in Biomedical Science PUBLIC LECTURE Theatre A - BMSB 7:30 William Avenue 7:30pm-8:30pm	Dr. C. Kent Osborne Professor of Medicine and Molecular and Cellular Biology, Director of Breast Center, Director of the Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Tina and Dudley Sharp Chair in Oncology Baylor College of Medicine	Breast Cancer: Past, Present, and Future
September 7, 2006 CCMB Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 2:00 - 3:00 pm.	Dr. Juan Ausio Professor Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology University of Victoria	The structural role of histone variability: The enigma of the histone H2A.Z variant
June 29, 2006 CCMB Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue NEW - 11:00 am - 12 noon	Dr. Linda Pilarski Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Nanotechnology Professor Department of Oncology Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton, Alberta	Inherited polymorphisms and sequential accumulation of mutations lead to multiple myeloma and Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia
June 22, 2006 CCMB Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	SIMON & SARAH ISRAELS GRADUATE THESIS PRIZE LECTURE Warren Law Graduate Student Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology	The TLS proto-oncoprotein modulates NF-kB-directed gene expression
June 15, 2006 CCMB Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Dr. Hoyun Lee Associate Professor Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Sudbury, Ontario	A couple is better than a single: new insights into the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) structure-function
June 14, 2006 CCMB Lecture Theatre - ON2134 675 McDermot Avenue 2:00 - 3:00 pm.	Dr. Samuel Aparicio Professor & Head Department of Molecular Oncology BC Cancer Agency and University of British Columbia	Screens for Genes
June 7, 2006 (Wednesday) Theatre AB, BMSB 730 William Ave 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Dr. Rhea Vallente Ph.D. School of Molecular Biosciences Washington State University Pullman, Washington	Large-scale structural polymorphisms in the human genome
May 25, 2006 AHG Theatre ON2134, CancerCare Manitoba 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Dr. Xianjun Fang Assistant Professor Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Biochemistry Richmond, Virginia	Lysophosphatidic acid in carcinogenesis
May 18, 2006 Theatre AB, BMSB 730 William Ave 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Dr. Linda Penn Division Head Cancer Genomics and Proteomics Department of Medical Biophysics University of Toronto	Pulling Apart the Myc and Transformation Puzzle Using Target Genes, Interactors and Cooperating Oncogenes
The Dr. Lyonel G. Israels Memorial Lecture May 16, 2006 AHG Theatre ON2134 12:00 - 1:00 pm.	Alvin Zipursky, M.D. Chairman and Scientific Director The Programme for Global Paediatric Research The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Ontario	Benign and Malignant Leukemia in Newborn Infants with Down Syndrome
May 11, 2006 (In conjunction with the Department of Immunology) Basic Medical Sciences Building - Room 604 730 William Avenue 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.	Dr. Razqallah Hakem Associate Professor Department of Medical Biophysics & Immunology University of Toronto	Caspases: Apoptosis and Beyond
May 11, 2006 (In conjunction with the Department of Immunology) Basic Medical Sciences Building - Room 604 730 William Avenue 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.	Dr. Razqallah Hakem Associate Professor Department of Medical Biophysics & Immunology University of Toronto	Caspases: Apoptosis and Beyond
May 1, 2006 AHG Theatre ON2134, CancerCare Manitoba 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Dr. Kaveh Mashayekhi Ph.D. Alexander Fleming Biomedical Science Research Center Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics	Microarray and Functional Genomics, Gene Expression Bioinformatics, Data Analysis, Mining and Interpretation
March 17, 2006 AHG Theatre ON2134, CancerCare Manitoba 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Dr. Boris Kablar Associate Professor Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology Dalhousie University	Importance of myogenesis in morphogenetic events, cell differentiation and survival
March 16, 2006 Theatre "C" Basic Medical Sciences Building 770 William Avenue 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Dr. Sean Egan Associate Professor Medical Genetics & Microbiology Univerity of Toronto	Analysis of Notch receptor activation in mammary gland development and cancer
March 9, 2006 Theatre "B" Basic Medical Sciences Building 770 William Avenue 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Dr. Poul Sorenson Professor Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine University of British Columbia	Dangerous liasons: cancer biology lessons learned from studying chromosomal translocations
Nov 10, 2005 AHG Theatre ON2134 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	James S.C. Gilchrist, Ph.D. Professor, Depts Oral Biology and Physiology University of Manitoba Division of Stroke and Vascular Disease St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre	Calpain: Janus at the Crossroads of Cell Life and Cell Death
Nov 9, 2005 (Wednesday) Theatre "B" Basic Medical Science Building 770 William Avenue 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Dr. Kabil Al-Sabti Associate Professor Dept. de Médecine sociale et préventive Université Laval Quebec City, Quebec	Genotoxicity testing: Health Risk Assessment
October 6, 2005 AHG Theatre ON2134 3:00 - 4:00 pm.	Andrew Stadnyk, Ph.D. Associate Professor Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia	Cytokine regulation of epithelial apoptosis: the link between colitis and cancer?
September 29, 2005 AHG Theatre ON2134 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Dr. William Carroll Director Stephen D. Hassenfeld Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases New York University Medical Center	"Biologically based approaches to cancer therapy: Lessons from childhood leukemia"
September 22, 2005 AHG Theatre ON2134 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Dr. Lawrence Panasci Director Dept. of Oncology McGill University	"DNA repair in chlorambucil resistance in CLL"
June 29, 2005 AHG Theatre ON2134 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Dr. Rod Bremner Associate Professor Dept. of Ophthamology, Lab Med and Pathobiology University of Toronto	"RB and E2F in neurogenesis and cancer"
June 16, 2005 AHG Theatre ON2134 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Dr. Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz Director Brandner Cancer Institute	"Assessment of DNA damage in individual cells by cytometry"
June 2, 2005 AHG Theatre ON2134 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Dr. James deGregoni Associate Professor University of Colorado HSC	"Impaired DNA replication within stem cell pools promotes leukemogenesis"
May 24, 2005 Theatre B, BMSB 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Dr. Shuk-Mei Ho Professor University of Massachusetts	"Estrogen Receptor Beta Regulation and Function"
May 24, 2005 AHG Theatre 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm.	Dr. Lyonel G. Israels Memorial Lecture Dr. Michael J. Keating, M.B., B.S. M.D. Anderson Leukemai Team	"CLL: Palliation to Cure"
April 28, 2005 AHG Theatre ON2134 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Dr. James Robert Woodgett Professor Ontario Cancer Institute	"Genetic analysis of GSK-3 in mice and stem cells: Role of Wnt and insulin signaling pathways"
May 5, 2005 AHG Theatre ON2134 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Dr. Alexei Basnakian	"Cell death endonucleases in tissue injury, apoptosis and cancer"
Friday, April 22, 2005 AHG Theatre ON2134 12:30-1:30PM	Dr. Brent Zanke Provincial Head CancerCare Ontario	"The Human HapMap: A Foundation for 21st Century Medicine"
Thursday & Friday April 21- 22, 2005 AHG Theatre ON2134 Thur 2-5PM, Fri 8AM - 5:30PM	MICB Student Research Days
March 17, 2005 AHG Theatre ON2134 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Tyler Digby MICB	"Effect of DT-diaphorase induction on the anti-tumor activity of RH1 and Mitomycin C"
February 22, 2005 Theatre C BMSB 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Dr. David Jans Monash University Autralia	"Regulated nuclear import pathways of viral gene products"
February 10, 2005 CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Dr. Donald Morris Tom Baker Cancer Centre University of Calgary	"Oncolytic Viruses - Bench to Bedside"
December 21, 2004 CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00 - 5:00 pm.	Dr. John Sampson Associate Professor Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina	"Cytomegalovirus: The cause and cure of brain tumors in adults and children."
Nov 30, 2004 CancerCare Theatre ON2134 3:00-4:00PM	Dr. Carol Schuurmans Carol Schuurmans Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Calgary	"Cell Fate Specification in the Developing Neocortex"
Nov 16, 2004 CancerCare Theatre ON2134 3:00-4:00PM	Dr. Mark Ekker Professor, Department of Biology Director, Center for Advanced Research in Environmental Genomics University of Ottawa	"Dlx gene regulation in the vertebrate forebrain: a model for the evolution of expression control in duplicated genes"
Oct 19, 2004 BMSB Theatre B 3:00-4:00PM	Dr. Aimee Ryan Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics and Human Genetics McGill University Montreal, Quebec	"Tight Junction and Molecular Motor Receptors in Left-Right Patterning"
Oct 26, 2004 BMSB Theatre C 4:00-5:00PM	Dr. Guy Poirier Professor Faculty of Medicine Laval University CHUL Research Centre	"Proteomic and Functional Analyses of Poly (ADP-ribose) Polymerases"
June 17 2004 CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00-5:00PM	Dr. David Walterhouse Pediatric Hemotologist / Oncologist Children's Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL	"Understanding Cancer Through Understanding Development: A Reason To Jump With GLI"
June 10 2004 CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00-5:00PM	Dr. Frank Jirik Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Calgary	"Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Deficiency leads to Protracted Inflammation in the Murine Serum-Transfer Arthritis Model"
May 13, 2004 CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00-5:00PM	Dr. Chris Pritsos Professor and Chair Dept. of Nutrition University Nevada Reno, NV	"Mitochondrial DNA: Potential Target for Cancer Chemotherapy"
Mar 25, 2004 CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00-5:00PM	Dr. Sebastian Wesselborg Dept. of Internal Medicine University Clinics Tuebingen Tuebingen, Germany	"No left-overs of a funeral meal: the role of 'find-me', 'eat-me' and don't-eat-me' signals in the clearance of apoptotic cells"
Feb 12, 2004 CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00-5:00PM	Dr. Jeffrey Salisbury Professor and Director Tumor Biology Program Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Rochester, MN	"Parallel Pathways Ensure Coordination of the DNA, Centrosome, and Cell Cycles - Loss of Regulation in the Development of Cancer"
Feb 5, 2004 CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00-5:00PM	Dr. Michael Czubryt Assistant Professor Division of Stroke and Vascular Disease Department of Physiology University of Manitoba St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre	"Regulation of PGC-1a Expression by MEF2 Transcription Factors and HDAC5"
Jan 8, 2004 CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00-5:00PM	Dr. Marek Los Canada Research Chair Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics Senior Investigator, Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology	"Programmed cell death pathways opportunities for new cancer therapy development"
Sept 11, 2003 CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00-5:00PM	Dr. Valia Lestou Dept. of Pathology British Columbia Cancer Agency Vancouver, British Columbia	"Cells, chromosomes & microarrays: Research & clinical applications in non-Hodgkin lymphoma"
Aug 26, 2003 Pharmacology Library A229 Chown Bldg. 9:00AM	Jeanne Fourie Ph.D. Oral Examination MICB	"Structure-activity studies with bioreductive benzoquinone alkylating agents: Effects on DT-diaphorase mediated reduction kinetics and DNA cross-link and strand break formation in relation to cytotoxicity in vitro"
Aug 26, 2003 CancerCare Theatre ON2134 12:00-1:00PM	Dr. Yali Xie Dept. of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics University of California	"Deficiencies in the oxidative DNA damage repair genes Myh and Ogg1 predispose mice to tumors"
Aug 26, 2003 Pharmacology Library A229 Chown Bldg. 3:00PM	Dr. Howard Beall Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Montana	"Studies on antitumor quinone drug development"
June 5, 2003 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00-5:00PM	Dr. Craig Mullen Department of Pediatrics University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	"Leukemia vaccines after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation"
May 29, 2003 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00-5:00PM	Dr. Spencer Gibson MICB	"Cell Death Mechanisms: From laboratory discoveries to cancer patients"
May 15, 2003 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00-5:00PM	Dr. Etienne Leygue Dept. of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics	"SRA protein, a search for function"
May 1, 2003 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00-5:00PM	Dr. Siegfried Janz Laboratory of Genetics Center for Cancer Research NCI, NIH Bethesda, MD	"Insertion of Myc in IgH recreates human Burkitt lymphoma t(8:14) (q24:32) translocation in mice"
April 24, 2003 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00-5:00PM	Dr. Gordon Mills Chairman Department of Molecular Therapeutics M.D. Anderson Cancer Center University of Texas	"Linking Genomics to Therapeutics in Ovarian Cancer"
April 1, 2003 (TUESDAY) New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 3:00-4:00PM	Dr. Sean Egan Programs in Developmental Biology and Cancer Research The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, ON	"Genetic and Proteomic analysis of the conserved Ese/Intersectin adaptor proteins "
March 20, 2003 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00-5:00PM	Dr. Robert Shiu Professor, Departments of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Manitoba	"Prohormone (Proprotein) convertases in breast cancer"
March 11, 2003 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 3:00-4:00PM	Dr. Aimee Ryan Departments of Pediatrics & Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute	"Identifying Molecules Involved in Patterning the Left-Right Axis"
March 12, 2003 CANCELLED 3:00-4:00PM	Dr. James Cross Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary	"How to make a placenta"
February 20, 2003 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00-5:00PM	Dr. Lorne Brandes MICB	"Mechanism of Action of DPPE: In vitro and in vivo Correlates"
February 11, 2003 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 3:00-4:00PM	Dr. Benoit G. Bruneau Cardiovascular Research The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Ontario	"Transcriptional regulation of heart and limb development"
February 6, 2003 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00-5:00PM	Dr. Peter Watson Professor Dept. of Pathology	"Molecular pathways in early breast tumor progression"
January 30, 2003 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:15-5:15PM	Dr. Daniel Figeys Senior VP of System Biology and Lead Profiling MDS-Proteomics Toronto, Ontario	"Integrating proteomics and genomics for drug discovery"
January 16, 2003 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:15-5:15PM	Dr. Marek Los Westfälische Wilhelms-Universitat, Institut fur Experimentelle Dermatologie Münster, Germany	"New cancer therapy concepts - PARP activity, switching between necrosis and apoptosis"
January 9, 2003 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:15-5:15PM	Dr. Liu Cao National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD	"Genetic interactions of breast cancer suppressor (BRCA-1) and p53 in cell growth control and tumorigenesis"
November 14, 2002 Theatre A, BSMB 10:30am-12:00noon (light luncheon to follow on concourse)	Dr. Jacob Hollenberg Lectureship in Biomedical Science: Dr. Donald Coffey Professor of Urology, Oncology, Pathology and Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Director of Research Laboratories in the Department of Urology John Hopkins University School of Medicine	"Cancer as an Evolutionary Process: Chromosomal Instability"
November 14, 2002 Theatre A, BSMB 7:30pm- 8:30pm (Public Lecture)	Dr. Jacob Hollenberg Lectureship in Biomedical Science: Dr. Donald Coffey John Hopkins University School of Medicine	"Why do certain people get cancer?"
October 31, 2002 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00PM	Dr. Asher Begleiter MICB	"DT-diaphorase in cancer prevention and carcinogenesis"
October 3, 2002 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00PM	Dr. Jack Yalowich, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine	"Anticancer Drug-Induced Cancer: Mechanisms and Prevention of Etoposide-Induced Leukemia"
June 26, 2002 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00PM	Dr. J.F. Mushinski Laboratory of Genetics, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland.	"Cytoskeleton Control of Cell Shape, Motility and Metastasis of Lymphoid and Prostate Neoplasms"
June 13, 2002 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00PM	Dr. Gary Johnson Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Colorado	MEK Kinase Knockouts Define Their Role in Cytokine Production and Organ Maintenance
June 6, 2002 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00PM	Dr. Blanche Alter Clinical Genetics Branch Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics NIH, Rockville, MD	Etiologic Investigation of Cancer Susceptibility in Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes. The Fanconi's Anemia Model.
May 30, 2002 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00PM	Dr. Beni Sahai Dept. of Virology Cadham Provincial Laboratory	New insights into how HIV defeats the immune system.
May 23, 2002 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00PM	Dr. James Johnston Section of Hematology / Oncology MICB, UofM	Trail: A potential treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
May 9, 2002 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00PM	Dr. Donald Houston Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology	Homocysteine and vascular disease - Making thelink
May 2, 2002 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00PM	Dr. Klaus Wrogemann Professor Dept. of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics	New genes for limb girdle muscular dystrophy suggest novel pathogenic mechanisms
April 11, 2002 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00PM	Dr. Janice Richman-Eisenstat Affiliate Member MICB, Assistant Professor Depts. of Internal Medice and Pharmacology & Therapeutics	Cellular response to immunoglobulin A
March 21, 2002 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00PM	Dr. Lorne Brandes Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology	Drugs and cancer growth in rodents and humans: an update
March 14, 2002 New CancerCare Theatre ON2134 4:00PM	Dr. Brian Hasinoff Faculty of Pharmacy Univeristy of Manitoba	Antioxidant and topoisomerase II inhibitory effects of dexrazoxane
March 7, 2002 BMSB Theatre B 4:00PM	Dr. Hans-Hilger Ropers Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany.	Elucidating the genetic causes of mental retardation- Molecular and Functional Aspects
February 14, 2002 New CancerCare Theatre ON(2134) 4:00PM	Dr. Robert Genuario Celera Genomics	Accelerate research with comparative genomics using the Celera discovery system
January 31, 2002 PsycHealth 4:00PM	Dr. James R. Davie Director, MICB	Signal transduction pathways and the modification of chromatin
December 13, 2001 PsycHealth 4:00PM	New Investigator Dr. Thomas Netticadam Dept. of Physiology; St. Boniface Research Institute	Sarcoplasmic reticulum function in heart failure
December 6, 2001 PsycHealth 4:00PM	New Investigator Dr. Gordon Glazner St. Boniface Research Institute	TBA
November 22, 2001 PsycHealth 4:00PM	New Investigator Dr. Brent Fedirchuk Dept. of Physiology University of Manitoba	Reconfiguration of neuronal firing properties during motor activities - A means for selecting modules of the motor system
November 8, 2001 PsycHealth 4:00PM	New Investigator Dr. Abdel Sousssi Gounni Dept. of Immunology University of Manitoba	Role of neutrophils activation in allergic asthma
November 1, 2001 PsycHealth 4:00PM	New Investigator Dr. Jeff Wigle Dept. of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics; St. Boniface Research Institute	Role of Mox1 and Mox2 during Vascular Development and Disease.
October 25, 2001 PsycHealth 4:00PM	New Investigator Dr. Michael Mayne St. Boniface Research Institute	Presenilin regulation and interaction with ryanodine calcium channels: Implications for Alzheimer's disease
October 18, 2001 PsycHealth 4:00PM	New Investigator Dr. David Merz Dept. of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics University of Manitoba	Multiple signaling pathways regulate cell migrations in vivo
October 9, 2001 12:00-1:15PM Theatre A Basic Medical Sciences Bldg.	Arnold H. Greenberg Memorial Lecture Dr. Josef Penninger Division of Cellular and Molecular Biology Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital	Bone loss, T Cells, and Mammalian Evolution

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