TGIF Seminar Series

Seminars prior to March 2009

Date:	February 27th, 2009
Speaker:	Stephen M. Gottschalk, MD
Affiliation:	Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Immunology, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Seminar title:	T-Cell Therapies for Malignancies

Date:	February 20th, 2009
Speaker:	Susanne Clee, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences
Seminar title:	Identification of New Genetic Factors for Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

Date:	February 13rd, 2009
Speaker:	Nicholas J. Schork, PhD
Affiliation:	Director of Research, Scripps Genomic Medicine; Director of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, The Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor, Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Health and The Scripps Research Institute; La Jolla, CA
Seminar title:	Novel Multivariate Analysis Methods for Genome Wide Association Studies

Date:	February 6th, 2009
Speaker:	Michael N. Oda, PhD
Affiliation:	Scientist, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA, USA
Seminar title:	From Alzheimer's to Atherosclerosis, the Impact of Apolipoprotein A-I Dynamics on Human Disease

Date:	January 30th, 2009
Speaker:	John R. Ohlfest, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neurosurgery, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Seminar title:	Immunotherapy Targeting Brain Tumor Initiating Cells: From Mouse to Dg to Phase I Clinical Trials

Date:	January 23rd, 2009
Speaker:	Lynne Quarmby, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, SFU
Seminar title:	Deconstructing Cilia for the Cell Cycle: Insights from Algae and Mice

Date:	January 16th, 2009
Speaker:	Henk Visscher, MD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Hayden Lab, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Broken Hearts in Chemotherapy: Pharmacogenomics of Anthracycline-induced Cardiotoxicity in Childhood
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Speaker:	Pascal N. Bernatchez, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, UBC, James Hogg iCapture Centre at the Heart & Lung Institute, St-Paul's Hospital
Seminar title:	Caveolae Resident Proteins in the Vasculature: from Nitric Oxide Bioavailability to Angiogenesis Regulation

Date:	January 9th, 2009
Speaker:	Helen Burston, BSc
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Conibear Lab, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Regulators of Yeast Endocytosis Identified by Genome-wide Analysis
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Speaker:	Lionel Samayawardhena, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pallen Lab, CFRI, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Alpha Regulates Mast Cell Functions

Date:	December 26th, 2008
Status:	TGIF is cancelled due to Christmas Break. Next TGIF on January 9th, 2009.

Date:	December 19th, 2008
Speaker:	Michael D. Wilson, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Research Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, UK
Seminar title:	Species-specific Transcription in Mice Carrying Human Chromosome 21
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Speaker:	Eric Jan, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	An Unusual Mechanism of Translational Initiation Using a tRNA-like Mimic

Date:	December 12nd, 2008
Status:	TGIF is cancelled due to MedGen Festive Celebration

Date:	December 5th, 2008
Speaker:	Karen Lam, BSc
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Conibear Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Protein Palmitoylation and ER Quality Control—Exit Seminar
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Speaker:	James Donkin, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Wellington Lab, CFRI, Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	ABCA1 is Required to Observe the Beneficial Effects of GW3965 in the APP/PS1 Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

Date:	November 28th, 2008
Speaker:	Erik D. Skarsgard, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FAAP
Affiliation:	Professor; Head, Division of Pediatric General Surgery, C&W; Co-Director of Centre for Surgical Research, Department of Surger, UBC; Training Program Director-Pediatric General Surgery, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The Effect of Hospital Case Volume on Survival in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)
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Speaker:	Michael R. Hayden, MB, ChB, PhD, FRCP (C), FRSC
Affiliation:	Director and Senior Scientist; University Killam Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, CFRI, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Art and Science: Conflict or Congruence

Date:	November 21st, 2008
Speaker:	Joanna Karasinska, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	ABCA1, Brain Cholesteroal Metabolism and Uptake: Dogma and New Directions
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Speaker:	Thomas J. Ha, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Goldowitz Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Identification of Pax6-dependent, Developmentally Regulated Genes in the Cerebellar Granule Cell

Date:	November 14th, 2008
Speaker:	Leonard J. Foster, PhD
Affiliation:	Principal Investigator, UBC Centre for High Throughput Biology, Assistant Professor, Department of Biolchemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Probing Host-pathogen Interactions with Quantitative Proteomics
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Speaker:	Kevin H.J. Park, PhD
Affiliation:	Research Associate, Leavitt Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	TBD

Date:	November 7th, 2008
Speaker:	TGIF is cancelled due to MedGen Research Day

Date:	October 31st, 2008
Speaker:	Ronald D.G. McKay, PhD
Affiliation:	Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, NINDS Division Intramural Research, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Seminar title:	Ghosts, Ghouls, and Gremlins in the Stem Cell Netherworld

Date:	October 24th, 2008
Speaker:	Dagmar E. Ehrnhoefer, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Caspase-6 Inhibitors as Potential Therapeutics for Huntington Disease
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Speaker:	Jennifer A. Wilking, BA
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Institute for Behavioral Genetics & Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado
Seminar title:	Influence of the Chrna4 A529T Polymorphism on Nicotine Sensitivity in Mice

Date:	October 17th, 2008
Speaker:	Jenny Thiele
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Leavitt Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	New Insights into HD Pathogenesis: Altered Cellular Inflammatory Responses
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Speaker:	Elodie Portales-Casamar, PhD
Affiliation:	Research Associate, Wasserman Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Transcriptional Repression of MicroRNA Genes in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

Date:	October 10th, 2008
Speaker:	Kaiji Hu, PhD
Affiliation:	High Content Screening Coordinator, Oncology Program and Dunn Lab, CFRI
Seminar title:	From Cellular Images to Cellomics—Application of High Content Screening (HCS) in Biomedical Research
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Speaker:	Martina Metzler, PhD
Affiliation:	Research Associate, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Protein Phosphorylation and the Pathogenesis of Huntington Disease

Date:	October 3rd, 2008
Speaker:	Ximena Corso-Diaz, MSc
Affiliation:	Genetics Graduate Student, Simpson Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Subcellular Localization and Trafficking of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase (nNOS) in Primary Cortical Neurons
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Speaker:	Elizabeth Conibear, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Scientist, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics/CFRI, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Global Analysis of Protein Uptake and Recycling

Date:	September 26th, 2008
Speaker:	Gelareh Mazarei, BSc
Affiliation:	MSc Candidate, Leavitt Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Analysis of Novel Striatal-Enriched Transcripts in Huntington's Disease—exit seminar
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Speaker:	Patti Janssen, PhD
Affiliation:	UBC School of Population and Public Health, Director, MPH Program, UBC; Co-Director, Interdisciplinary Women's Reproductive Health Research Training Program, CFRI
Seminar title:	Is Home Birth a Safe Choice for Women in British Columbia?

Date:	September 19th, 2008
Speaker:	Richard A. Rachubinski, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor and Chair, Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton
Seminar title:	Anchors away: organelle retention and delivery in peroxisome inheritance

Date:	September 12nd, 2008
Speaker:	Adrienne Borrie, BSc
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Simpson Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	NR2E1: A novel candidate gene for Aniridia
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Speaker:	Janet Werker, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Growing up bilingual: First steps in infancy

Date:	September 5th, 2008
Speaker:	Dan Goldowitz, PhD
Affiliation:	Senior Scientist, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics; Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Deciphering the Role of Genes in the Making and Unmaking of the Brain

Date:	June 27th, 2008
Speaker:	Fiona Young, BSc
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Hayden Lab, CFRI and Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Bringing HIP14 BAC
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Speaker:	Eldon Emberly, PhD
Affiliation:	Tier II Canada Research Chair, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University
Seminar title:	Controlling the Flow of Information in Development

Date:	June 20th, 2008
Speaker:	Kyle Ferguson, CFRI 2008 Outstanding Achievement Awards Masters Student
Affiliation:	Child and Family Research Institute
Seminar title:	Meiotic Defects in Infertile Men
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Speaker:	Sura Alwan, CFRI 2008 Outstanding Achievement Awards Doctoral Candidate
Affiliation:	Child and Family Research Institute
Seminar title:	Use of Selective Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitors in Pregnancy and Risk of Birth Defects
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Speaker:	Alexandra Zorzi, CFRI 2008 Outstanding Achievement Awards Resident
Affiliation:	Child and Family Research Institute
Seminar title:	High Prevalence of the Components of Metabolic Syndrome in Canadian First Nations Children Living on the Remote Pacific Coast

Date:	June 13rd, 2008
Speaker:	Jane Ryan, BSc
Affiliation:	MSc Candidate, Field Lab, CFRI, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Mapping Dyslexia Susceptibility Genes—exit seminar
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Speaker:	Blair Leavitt, MD, CM, FRCP(C)
Affiliation:	Associate Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Scientist, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Director, Transgenic Core Facility, Neurologist, UBC Neurogenetics and HD Medical Clinics
Seminar title:	In Vivo Studies to Define the Role of Proganulin Mutations in Familial Frontotemporal Dementia

Date:	June 6th, 2008
Speaker:	Peter Cattini, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor, Physiology, University of Manitoba
Seminar title:	Regulation of the human growth hormone gene family: HSIII, a candidate "entry" point for activator binding and remodeling of the human growth hormone locus in the pituitary and placenta

Date:	May 30th, 2008
Speaker:	Karen To, BSc
Affiliation:	Master's Student, Dunn Lab, CFRI, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	YB-1, stem cell markers, and breast cancer
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Speaker:	David P. Speert, MD
Affiliation:	Sauder Family Professor and Head, Division of Infectious and Immunological Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, UBC; Director, Centre for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Child and Family Research Institute
Seminar title:	Concepts and controversies of establishing a major birth cohort study in South Africa

Date:	May 23rd, 2008
Speaker:	Thomas R. Hawn, MD, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington
Seminar title:	Innate Immunity & Tuberculosis: Searching for Constants Among Variants

Date:	May 16th, 2008
Speaker:	Gary Stormo, PhD
Affiliation:	The Joseph Erlanger Professor, Department of Genetics, Washington University in St. Louis
Seminar title:	Modeling DNA-Protein Interactions, Regulatory Motifs and Networks

Date:	May 9th, 2008
Speaker:	Thibault Mayor, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, CHiBi—Centre for High-Throughput Biology, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Profiling of ubiquitylated proteins using quantitative mass spectrometry to reveal proteasome substrates
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Speaker:	Wyeth Wasserman, PhD
Affiliation:	Senior Scientist, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Bioinformatics for the analysis of transcriptional regulation

Date:	May 2nd, 2008
Speaker:	Ben Montpetit, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoc, Conibear Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	How to Built a TRAPP: A Role for Trs17 in TRAPP Complex Stability
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Speaker:	Bruce Carleton, PharmD
Affiliation:	Director, Pharmaceutical Outcomes Programme, Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia; Associate Professor, Faculties of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicine (Peaediatrics), University of British Columbia; Senior Clinician Scientist, Child & Family Research Institute
Seminar title:	Searching for Genomic Biomarkers of Drug Risk in Children

Date:	April 25th, 2008
Speaker:	Marcia MacDonald, MSc
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Absence of Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 Promotes Inflammation and Atherosclerosis in LDLR-deficient Mice—exit seminar
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Speaker:	Linda Lee, PhD
Affiliation:	Research Associate, Kobor Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Characterization of the Rtt107-Smc5/6 Interaction in DNA Damage Repair in Yeast

Date:	April 18th, 2008
Speaker:	Janine K. Kruit, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The role of ABCA1 on cellular cholesterol homeostasis and beta-cell function
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Speaker:	Jehannine Austin, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Genes and environment in postpartum depression and psychosis: A prospective study

Date:	April 11st, 2008
Speaker:	Sylvie Mader, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, University of Montreal
Seminar title:	Modulation of nuclear receptor signaling in breast cancer treatment

Date:	April 4th, 2008
Speaker:	Jochen Brumm, MSc
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Wasserman and Bryan Labs, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Finding Gene Networks in Functional Genomics Data (exit seminar)
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Speaker:	Geoffrey L. Hammond, PhD
Affiliation:	Scientific Director, Child & Family Research Institute; Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Anatomy of a Biomarker for the Metabolic Syndrom

Date:	March 28th, 2008
Speaker:	Yuanyun Rober Xie, PhD
Affiliation:	Research Assistant, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Intravenous administration of Minocin promotes tissue sparing and functional recovery following spinal cord injury
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Speaker:	Jean-Francois Schmouth, MSc
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Simpson Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Toward functional evaluation of human brain variants of NR2E1 in mouse brain development and behaviour

Date:	March 21st, 2008
Status:	TGIF is cancelled due to Good Friday. Next TGIF is scheduled for March 28th, 2008. Speakers: Robert Xie, Hayden Lab & Jean-Francois Schmouth, Simpson Lab

Date:	March 14th, 2008
Status:	TGIF is cancelled due to Research Week. Next TGIF is scheduled for March 28th, 2008. Speakers: Robert Xie, Hayden Lab & Jean-Francois Schmouth, Simpson Lab

Date:	March 7th, 2008
Speaker:	Raphael Gottardo, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Statistical challenges in high-throughput chromatin immunoprecipitation assays
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Speaker:	Rob Sladek, MD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Human Genetics, McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, Montreal
Seminar title:	Genome-wide association studies—a 21st century approach to diabetes and other complex diseases

Date:	February 29th, 2008
Speaker:	Martin Kang, MSc
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The functional role of palmitoylation of ABCA1 and its effect on HDL metabolism
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Speaker:	Elizabeth Conibear, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Scientist, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics/CFRI, Department of Medical Genetics
Seminar title:	The ins and outs of transporting transporters

Date:	February 22nd, 2008
Speaker:	Karla Bretherick, MSc
Affiliation:	PhD candidate, Robinson Lab, CFRI Interdisciplinary Women's Reproductive Health Research Training Program, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Estrogen receptor alpha polymorphism influences risk for premature ovarian failure (exit seminar)
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Speaker:	Cheryl Wellington, PhD
Affiliation:	Associate Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Child & Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Greasing the wheels of beta-amyloid clearance in Alzheimer's Disease

Date:	February 15th, 2008
Speaker:	Warren Cheung, MSc
Affiliation:	PhD Student, Wasserman Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Bioinformatics Program, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Mining Literature Evidence for Predicting Gene-Disease Associations
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Speaker:	Bruce Verchere, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	TBD: The Beta-cell in Diabetes (NOT To Be Determined)

Date:	February 8th, 2008
Speaker:	Charles de Leeuw, BSc
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Simpson Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The Role of NR2E1 in Neural Stem Cells and Behaviour
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Speaker:	Asa Petersen, MD, PhD
Affiliation:	Head, Translational Neuroendocrine Research Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Sweden
Seminar title:	Increased Energy Metabolism in Huntington's Disease

Date:	February 1st, 2008
Speaker:	Yuzhuo Wang, PhD
Affiliation:	Senior Scientist, Department of Endocrinology, BC Cancer Agency; Senior Scientist, the Prostate Centre at Vancouver General Hospital; Assistant Professor, Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Human Cancer Tissue Xenograft Models—For Translational Research and Beyond

Date:	January 25th, 2008
Speaker:	Melanie Finkbeiner, BSc
Affiliation:	Research Assistant, Dunn Lab, CFRI, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Unraveling the regulation of the Met receptor: Evidence for the role of YB-1
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Speaker:	Scott Neal, MSc
Affiliation:	Research Assistant, Leavitt Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Generation of a conditional mouse model of proganulin deficiency for the study of frontotemporal dementia

Date:	January 18th, 2008
Speaker:	Nancy Levesque, MSc
Affiliation:	PhD Student, Kobor Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Shared Function Between the NuA4 and SWR1 Complexes
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Speaker:	Janet F. Werker, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor and Canada Research Chair, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Infant Speech Perception: Are there critical periods in listening experience?

Date:	January 11st, 2008
Speaker:	Russell Bonaguro, BSc
Affiliation:	Research Assistant, Simpson Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The Pleiades Promoter Project: New Expression Vectors for the Mouse Brain
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Speaker:	Rona K. Graham, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Proteolysis of Huntingtin and its Role in the Pathogenesis of Huntington Disease

Date:	January 4th, 2008
Speaker:	Andrew Kwon, MSc
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Wasserman Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Evolutionarily Conserved Regulatory Programs in Muscle
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Speaker:	Les I. Grad, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Conibear Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Functional Characterization of the Vesicle Trafficking REgulator Vps13 in S. cerevisiae

Date:	December 21st, 2007
Speaker:	Alice Chou, BSc
Affiliation:	MSc Candidate, Wasserman Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	High-throughput Characterization of Mutations in Antioxidant Responsive Elements—exit seminar
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Speaker:	Kevin H.J. Park, PhD
Affiliation:	Research Associate, Leavitt Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Is There Muscular Component to the Neuromuscular Disease?

Date:	December 7th, 2007
Speaker:	Chun Peng, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor, Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario
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Seminar title:	Nodal signaling in human placenta and ovarian cancer cells

Date:	November 30th, 2007
Speaker:	Joanne Weinberg, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor and Distinguished University Scholar, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, CFRI, CCCHR, The Brain Research Centre, UBC Human Early Learning Partnership, and the Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Fetal Programming and the HPA Axis
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Speaker:	Simon Warby, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Huntingtin Fragments Show Differential Localization Influenced by Size and Origin

Date:	November 23rd, 2007
Speaker:	Hagit Katzov-Eckert, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Genomic Markers for Cisplatin-induced Hearing Loss in Children
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Speaker:	Arezoo Astanehe, MSc
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Dunn Lab, CFRI, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	YB-1 Induces PIK3CA in Basal-like Breast Cancers

Date:	November 16th, 2007
Speaker:	Douglas W Allan, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Tula Investigator, CIHR New Investigator, MSFHR Scholar, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences and The Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Integration of Transcription Factors and Intercellular Signaling in the Terminal Differentiation of Neurons
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Speaker:	Tim Oberlander, MD, FRCPC
Affiliation:	Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, R. Howard Professorship in Early Child Development, University of British Columbia; Developmental Paediatrician, Children's and Women's Health Centre of BC; Complex Pain Service at C&W
Seminar title:	Genetic Mediators of Neonatal Behavior Following Prenatal Exposure to Depressed Maternal Mood and Antidepressants

Date:	November 9th, 2007
Speaker:	Peter Pare, MD
Affiliation:	James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Professor, Department of Medicine and Pathology, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Asthma—an airway epithelial cell disease?
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Speaker:	Sara Harbord, BSc
Affiliation:	MSc Candidate, Child & Family Research Institute, Robinson Lab, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Reproductive Cancers and X Chromosome Genetics

Date:	November 2nd, 2007
Status:	TGIF is cancelled due to MedGen Research Day. Next TGIF seminar is scheduled for November 9th. Speakers: Peter Pare and Sara Harbord.

Date:	October 26th, 2007
Speaker:	Elizabeth M. Simpson, PhD
Affiliation:	Senior Scientist, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics; Associate Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Pleiades Promoter Project: Genomic Resources Advancing Therapies for Brain Disorders
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Speaker:	Dan Goldowitz, PhD
Affiliation:	Senior Scientist, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics; Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Single Genes to Many Genes in the Making and Function of a Nervous System

Date:	October 19th, 2007
Speaker:	Shannan J. Ho Sui, BSc
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Wasserman Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Computational approaches to investigating mechanisms of gene regulation
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Speaker:	Meg Grant, BSc
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Chromatin mishandling in Huntington disease: potential links to pathogenesis and points of therapeutic intervention

Date:	October 12nd, 2007
Speaker:	Leah I. Elizondo, BSc
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Visiting Scholar, Boerkoel Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Schimke Immuno-osseous Dysplasia: From Humans to Mice and Back Again
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Speaker:	Tim Oberlander, MD, FRCPC
Affiliation:	Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of British Columbia; Developmental Paediatrician, Children's & Women's Health Centre of BC; Attending Physician with the Complex Pain Service at C&W
Seminar title:	Genetic Mediators of Neonatal Behavior Following Prenatal Antidepressant Exposure

Date:	October 5th, 2007
Speaker:	Derrick E. Rancourt, PhD
Affiliation:	Director, ESTM Facility; Coordinator, MBT Program; Associate Professor, Departments of Oncology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
Seminar title:	ES Cell Differentiation to Osteoblast and Chondrocyte Lineages

Date:	September 28th, 2007
Speaker:	Sarah K. Bronson, PhD
Affiliation:	Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA
Seminar title:	Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Osteogenesis—From Culture to Transplant

Date:	September 21st, 2007
Speaker:	Karen Lam, BSc
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Conibear Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Protein palmitoylation and trafficking at the endoplasmic reticulum
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Speaker:	Yvonne Bombard, BSc
Affiliation:	Interdisciplinary PhD Candidate, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Is there a dark side to the crystal ball? Investigating genetic discrimination among persons at risk for Huntington disease

Date:	September 14th, 2007
Speaker:	Julia Schulze, MSc
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Kobor Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Y? Y? Y?: Yaf9's YEATS in Yeast
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Speaker:	Siddhartha Srivastava, BSc
Affiliation:	Graduate student, Wasserman Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	D-GRIP: DNA Genetic Risk Information Profile

Date:	September 7th, 2007
Speaker:	Hugh W. Brock, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Things I learned the hard way...

Date:	June 29th, 2007
Speaker:	Timothy W. Bredy, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, California, USA
Seminar title:	Chromatin remodeling and teh extinction of conditioned fear: therapeutic implications
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Speaker:	Y Paul Goldberg, MB ChB PhD FRCPC
Affiliation:	Senior Director, Clinical Biology and Target Discovery, Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Seminar title:	Genetics and Drug Development Hemojuvelin: a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of anemia of inflammation

Date:	June 15th, 2007
Speaker:	Professor Samuel Aparicio, BM BCh, PhD, MRCPath
Affiliation:	Nan & Lorraine Robertson Chair in Breast Cancer Research, Canada Research Chair in Molecular Oncology, Head, Department of Breast & Molecular Oncology, BCA, Professor, UBC Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Seminar title:	The Molecular Oncology and BCCA

Date:	June 8th, 2007
Speaker:	Leah Elizondo, MSc
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Visiting Scholar, Boerkoel Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Effects of SMARCAL1 Mutations of Protein Function: Implications for SIOD
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Speaker:	Blair R. Leavitt, MD, CM, FRCP(C)
Affiliation:	Scientist, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Director, CGDN Transgenic Core Facility, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Neurologist, UBC Neurogenetics and HD Medical Clinics
Seminar title:	Searching for Clinical Biomarkers in Huntington Disease

Date:	June 1st, 2007
Speaker:	Louis Lefebvre, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Canada Research Chair in Genomic Imprinting, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Imprinting and placental development: have your cake and eat it too
and
Speaker:	Carolyn Brown, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor, Life Sciences Institute, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Role of XIST RNA in establishing human X chromosome inactivation

Date:	May 25th, 2007
Speaker:	Roshni Singaraja, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Mice with targeted disruption of HIP14 display a Huntington disease like phenotype
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Speaker:	Jochen Brumm, MSc
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Wasserman and Bryan Labs, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Paint it black: Using hidden colours to identify regulatory networks

Date:	May 11st, 2007
Speaker:	Brad Nelson, PhD
Affiliation:	Senior Scientist and Director of the Trev and Joyce Deeley Research Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Victoria, British Columbia
Seminar title:	Toward Predictive and Personalized Immunotherapy of Cancer

Date:	May 8th, 2007
Speaker:	Jean-Francois Schmouth, MSc
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Simpson Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Involvement of the BMP pathway in the intestinal epithelium architecture
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Speaker:	Elodie Portales-Casamar, PhD
Affiliation:	Research Associate, Wasserman Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The Pleiades Promoter Project: Generating human DNA MiniPromoters to drive region-specific expression in the brain

Date:	May 4th, 2007
Speaker:	Mahmoud A. Pouladi, MSc
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Towards a Cure for Huntington Disease: Drug Trials in a Mouse Model of HD
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Speaker:	Alice Chou, BSc
Affiliation:	MSc Candidate, Wasserman Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Characterization and Pediction of Antioxidant Response Elements

Date:	April 27th, 2007
Speaker:	Wendy P. Robinson, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Principal Investigator, Child & Family Research Institute
Seminar title:	Is fetal growth dynamically regulated during pregnancy by epigenetic changes in the placenta?
and
Speaker:	Elizabeth M. Simpson, PhD
Affiliation:	Associate Professor, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Fierce Mouse Leads to Gene Associated with Bipolar Disorder

Date:	April 20th, 2007
Speaker:	William T. Gibson, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Atheroprevention with Mycophenolate Mofetil: Results of Animal and Human Studies
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Speaker:	Helen Burston, BSc
Affiliation:	PhD Student, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Conibear Lab, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Colubia
Seminar title:	Navigating protein transport: The role of adaptor complexes

Date:	April 13rd, 2007
Speaker:	Steven D. Brown, M.A., PhD
Affiliation:	Director and Professor, Medical Research Council, Mammalian Genetics Unit, Harwell, UK
Seminar title:	Mutagenesis screens for mouse disease models—identification of models of otitis media, middle ear inflammatory disease

Date:	April 6th, 2007
Speaker:	TGIF is cancelled due to Good Friday. Next TGIF is scheduled for April 13th. Speaker: Steve Brown.

Date:	March 30th, 2007
Speaker:	Edith Chen, PhD
Affiliation:	Canada Research Chair in Health & Society, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The Psychology of Chronic Stress
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Speaker:	Gregory Miller, PhD
Affiliation:	Career Scholar, Michael Smith Foundation, New Investigator, Heart & Stroke Foundation, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The Psychology of Chronic Stress

Date:	March 23rd, 2007
Speaker:	Sharon Gorski, PhD
Affiliation:	Senior Scientist, Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
Seminar title:	Autophagy in cell death and cell survival: implications for anticancer therapy

Date:	March 16th, 2007
Speaker:	Anna Stratford, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Dunn Lab, CFRI, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	YB-1 regulates EGFR in basal-like breast cancer
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Speaker:	Claudia Schwab, PhD
Affiliation:	Research Associate, Leavitt Lab & Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Red Queen's race: It takes all the running you can do

Date:	March 9th, 2007
Status:	TGIF is cancelled due to Research Week. Next TGIF is scheduled for March 16th, 2007.

Date:	March 2nd, 2007
Speaker:	Aaron J.W. Hsueh, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor, Division of Reproductive Biology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California. Professor of Physiology, Division of Cellular & Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute (TGRI), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Seminar title:	Hormonal signaling for the development of oocytes to blastocysts

Date:	February 23rd, 2007
Speaker:	Christopher Beh, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University
Seminar title:	Sterol transport & yeast cell polarization
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Speaker:	Gelareh Mazarei, BSc
Affiliation:	MSc Candidate, Leavitt Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	What a SAGE once taught me about the striatum

Date:	February 16th, 2007
Speaker:	Scott Neal, MSc
Affiliation:	Research Assistant, Leavitt Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Progranulin, not polyQ causes FTLD-U
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Speaker:	Alice Wang, BSc
Affiliation:	MSc Candidate, Kobor Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Genetics Graduate Program, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	From A to Z, a journey into the world of histone variants

Date:	February 9th, 2007
Speaker:	Chris Tam, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Conibear Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Moving transporters into intracellular storage
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Speaker:	Kelly MacDonald, MSc
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Speert Lab, CFRI, Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	A tale of two cystic fibrosis pathogens: Burkholderia cenocepacia but not Burkholderia multivorans subverts human dendritic cells

Date:	February 2nd, 2007
Speaker:	Denise D. Belsham
Affiliation:	Professor of Physiology, Division of Cellular & Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute (TGRI), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Seminar title:	The riddle behind the reproduction-obesity connection: Is neuropeptide Y an answer?

Date:	January 26th, 2007
Speaker:	Catherine Pallen, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Oncology and Childhood Cancer Research Programs, CFRI, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	PTPalpha: An Upstream Activator and Downstream Effector of Cell Migration/Tumor Progression-Linked Src-FAK Signaling
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Speaker:	Ryuki Hirano, MD, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Boerkoel Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	TDP1 and SCAN1, DNA single strand break and disease

Date:	January 19th, 2007
Speaker:	Stuart Turvey, MB, BS, DPhil
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious and Immunological Diseases, BC Children's Hospital and Child & Family Research Institute
Seminar title:	Toll-like Receptor Signalling: A Novel Anti-Inflammatory Target for Cystic Fibrosis
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Speaker:	Debra Fulton, BSc
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Wasserman Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Identification of Over-Represented Combinations of Transcription Factor Binding Sites In Sets of Co-Expressed Genes

Date:	January 12nd, 2007
Speaker:	Ivan Robert Nabi, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Caveolin-1, raft-dependent endocytosis and breast cancer
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Speaker:	Colin Ross, PhD
Affiliation:	Research Associate, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	‘GATC’ Project Update: A National Canadian Active Surveillance Network to Study the Pharmacogenomics of Severe Adverse Drug Reactions in Children

Date:	January 5th, 2007
Speaker:	Joanna M. Karasinska, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Role of ABCA1 in brain cholesterol metabolism and uptake
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Speaker:	Jan M. Friedman, MD, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Medical Genetics Research Unit, Children's & Women's Hospital
Seminar title:	The third era of cytogenetics

Date:	December 22nd, 2006
Speaker:	TGIF is cancelled, December 22 and 29 due to Christmas Break. Next TGIF is scheduled for January 5th. Speakers: Joanna Karasinska & Jan M. Friedman.

Date:	December 15th, 2006
Speaker:	Anne Mullin, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Researcher, Chantler Lab, Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Ras, Rap, Rho, GAP (banana fana fo fap): Identification and Characterization of a Novel Family of GEFs
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Speaker:	Sharon Finch, BSc
Affiliation:	Pleiades Commercialization Advisory Group, Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Licensing Group UK, Medius Group
Seminar title:	Creating Successful Partnerships between Academia and Industry: How to Avoid Problems and Pitfalls

Date:	December 8th, 2006
Speaker:	Alicia Semaka, MSc
Affiliation:	PhD Student, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The Development of Clinical Standards of Care for Huntington disease Intermediate Allele Predictive Test Results
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Speaker:	Wyeth Wasserman, PhD
Affiliation:	Senior Scientist, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Identification of sequences regulating gene transcription

Date:	December 1st, 2006
Speaker:	F. Clarke Fraser
Affiliation:	Emeritus, Human Genetics Group, Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
Seminar title:	Why Geneticists Go Gray

Date:	November 24th, 2006
Speaker:	Jenny Thiele
Affiliation:	Research Technician, Leavitt Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	ES Cell Differentiation—A Tale of Two Cell Types
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Speaker:	Russell Watkins
Affiliation:	Project Manager, Pleiades Project, Simpson Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Lateral Genomics: How Big of a Contribution Do Bacterial Genes Make to Eukaryotic Genomes?

Date:	November 17th, 2006
Speaker:	Anita Kwok
Affiliation:	Research Scientist, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Current insights of studying genetic diseases and new perspectives of research linking neurodegeneration, aging and cancer
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Speaker:	David Martin, PhD
Affiliation:	Post-doctoral fellow, Wasserman Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Augure, a cis-regulatory module discovery algorithm

Date:	November 10th, 2006
Speaker:	Tracy Tucker
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Friedman Lab, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Pathogenesis of NF1-Associated Neurofibromas—Exit Seminar
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Speaker:	James Zlosnik, PhD
Affiliation:	Post-doctoral fellow, Speert Lab, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Colubia
Seminar title:	Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria: a stickly situation?

Date:	November 3rd, 2006
Speaker:	Adele Diamond, PhD
Affiliation:	Canada Research Chair Tier 1, Professor of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, and Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, BC Chidlren's Hospital
Seminar title:	Genes that Affect Dopamine (COMT, DAT1, and DRD4): Gender Differences and Disorder Differences

Date:	October 27th, 2006
Speaker:	Bibiana K.Y. Wong
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Simpson Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, CFRI, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Mania and cognitive deficits in Bipolar candidate Nr2e1-null mice
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Speaker:	Erin Gaynor, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Life on the edge: insights into how Campylobacter jejuni navigates the complex virulence-transmission cycle

Date:	October 20th, 2006
Speaker:	TGIF is cancelled. Next week's speakers: Erin Gaynor, PhD and Bibiana Wong.

Date:	October 13rd, 2006
Speaker:	Ravinesh A. Kumar
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Simpson Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, CFRI, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Genetic and Evolutionary Studies of NR2E1 in Microcephaly and Mental Illness—Exit Seminar
and
Speaker:	Gohareh Habibi
Affiliation:	Master's Student, Dunn Lab, Department of Paediatrics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Molecular Targets for Therapeutic Intervention in Aggressive Types of Breast Cancer

Date:	October 6th, 2006
Speaker:	Robert S. Viger, PhD
Affiliation:	Associate Professor, Holder of the Canada Research Chair in Reproduction and Sex Development, Ontogeny-Reproduction Research Unit, CHUL Research Centre and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec City, QC
Seminar title:	Role and regulation of the GATA4 transcription factor in mammalian reproductive function

Date:	September 29th, 2006
Speaker:	Kathleen G. Banks, MSc
Affiliation:	Lab Manager, Simpson Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, CFRI, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Murine Embryonic Stem Cells: The Next Generation
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Speaker:	Elizabeth Conibear, PhD
Affiliation:	Scientist, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Understanding the ESCRT machinery and its role in endosome sorting, HIV budding and neurological disease

Date:	September 22nd, 2006
Speaker:	Annette Plesner, PhD
Affiliation:	Research Associate, CFRI, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Universtiy of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The Fate of Islets of Langerhans in Murine Models of Diabetes and Islet Transplantation
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Speaker:	Michael S. Kobor, PhD
Affiliation:	Scientist, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Epigenetic Regulation of Genome Function

Date:	September 8th, 2006
Speaker:	Phil Hieter, PhD
Affiliation:	Associate Director & Professor & Senior Scientist, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Yeast genetics and cancer
and
Speaker:	Neal Boerkoel, MD, PhD
Affiliation:	Associate Clinical Professor, Provincial Medical Genetics Program, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Rare Diseases: Doors to New Biological Processes

Date:	July 7th, 2006
Status:	TGIF is cancelled for the summer

Date:	June 30th, 2006
Speaker:	Liam Brunham
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	ABCA1: is there anything it doesn't do? Tissue-specific functions of ABCA1 in HDL biogenesis, cholesterol homeostasis and glucose metabolism
and
Speaker:	Derrick Randall
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Clarke Lab, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The Mucopolysaccharidoses: New Discoveries and Directions

Date:	June 23rd, 2006
Speaker:	Ashley M. Vaughan
Affiliation:	University of Washington, Department of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Seattle, WA
Seminar title:	The role of ABCG1 in cellular cholesterol metabolism

Date:	June 16th, 2006
Speaker:	Mr. Derrick Randall, Dr. Rona Graham, and Dr. David Selva (Presentations by the recipients of the CFRI 2006 Outstanding Achievement Awards)
Affiliation:	Child and Family Research Institute

Date:	June 9th, 2006
Speaker:	Paul Pavlidis, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UBC Bioinformatics Centre (UBiC), Michael Smith Laboratories
Seminar title:	Scaling up expression informatics for neuroscience

Date:	May 26th, 2006
Speaker:	Blair Leavitt, MD, CM, FRCP(C)
Affiliation:	Associate Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Scientist, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Director, CGDN Transgenic Core Facility, Neurologist, UBC Neurogentics and HD Medical Clinics
Seminar title:	TBD
and
Speaker:	Dimas Yusuf
Affiliation:	Undergraduate Academic Assistant, Wasserman Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Bioinformatics tools for building and sharing sets of genes

Date:	May 19th, 2006
Speaker:	Anat Yanai
Affiliation:	Post Doctoral Fellow, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Palmitoylation of Huntingtin is Essential for its Correct Trafficking and Function
and
Speaker:	Julia Schulze
Affiliation:	PhD Student, Kobor Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Mechanism of Histone Variant H2A.Z Chromatin Deposition and Function

Date:	May 12nd, 2006
Speaker:	Jill Richardson
Affiliation:	Head of Neuro Cell Sciences, Neurology & GI CEDD, GlaxoSmithKline
Seminar title:	Characterization of Transgenic Mouse Models of Alzheimer's Disease and their Role in Therapeutic Advancement

Date:	May 5th, 2006
Status:	TGIF is cancelled this week

Date:	April 28th, 2006
Speaker:	Inez Vincent
Affiliation:	Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Principle Investigator, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Are neurodegenerative diseases, like Alzheimer's disease, cancers of the brain?
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Speaker:	Ben Montpetit
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Hieter Lab, Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	SUMOylation: Wrestling with kinetochore proteins

Date:	April 21st, 2006
Speaker:	Erik Skarsgard, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FAAP
Affiliation:	Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, Department of Surgery, Head, Division of Pediatric Surgery, C&W
Seminar title:	Born with a new pair of Genes… Advances in Fetal Gene Therapy for Monogenic Disorders
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Speaker:	Kirk McManus, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Hieter Lab, Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Utilizing yeast and mammalian model systems to identify genes underlying chromosome instabilities in cancer

Date:	April 14th, 2006
Status:	TGIF is cancelled for the Easter holiday.

Date:	April 7th, 2006
Speaker:	Simon Warby
Affiliation:	Doctoral Student, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Genetic Modifiers of HD: SNPs in the HD gene
and
Speaker:	Kelly MacDonald
Affiliation:	Doctoral Student, Speert Lab, BCRI, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Modulation of Human Dendritic Cells by Cystic Fibrosis Pathogens within the Burkholderia cepacia Complex

Date:	March 31st, 2006
Speaker:	Wyeth Wasserman, PhD
Affiliation:	Senior Scientist, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Associate Professor, Deptartment of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Gene Regulation Bioinformatics
and
Speaker:	Patti Janssen, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Violence and Addiction in Pregnancy: Making a Difference to Moms and Babies

Date:	March 24th, 2006
Speaker:	Ronald C. Beavis, PhD
Affiliation:	President, Beavis Informatics Ltd., Winnipeg, Manitoba. Dr. Beavis is being considered for a faculty appointment in Medical Genetics.
Seminar title:	Beginning the process of integrating proteomics, transcriptomics and genomics.

Date:	March 17th, 2006
Speaker:	Nancy Dos Santos
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Dunn Lab, CFRI, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Inhibition of Integrin Linked Kinase Suppresses the Production of Urokinase-type Plasminogen Activator in Recurrent Cancers
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Speaker:	Paul Orban
Affiliation:	Research Associate, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Tales of OriginAl Sin

Date:	March 3rd, 2006
Speaker:	Gregg Morin
Affiliation:	Senior Investigator and Head of Proteomics Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency. Dr. Morin is being considered for a faculty appointment in Medical Genetics.
Seminar title:	The Evaluation of Cancer Therapeutic Targets

Date:	February 24th, 2006
Speaker:	Peter Pare
Affiliation:	Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Providence Health Research Institute, iCAPTURE Center
Seminar title:	Lung Gene Expression to find new targets for COPD/Emphysema
and
Speaker:	Martina Metzler
Affiliation:	Research Associate, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	H1P1 alters NMDAR function: Implications for its role in HD

Date:	February 17th, 2006
Speaker:	Marcia Macdonald
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Genetics, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Stearoyl-CoA desaturase: roles in dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis susceptibility
and
Speaker:	TBD
Affiliation:	TBD
Seminar title:	TBD

Date:	February 10th, 2006
Speaker:	Nicole Quenneville
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Conibear Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	A domain in the GARP tethering complex mediates early endosome recognition: implications for human disease
and
Speaker:	Karla Bretherick
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Robinson Lab, CFRI, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Genetic factors in Premature Ovarian Failure

Date:	February 3rd, 2006
Speaker:	Jay W. Heinecke, MD
Affiliation:	Professor of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, University of Washington
Seminar title:	Inflammatory pathways for the generation of dysfunctional HDL

Date:	January 27th, 2006
Speaker:	Julius Halaschek-Wiener
Affiliation:	Post Doctoral Fellow, Brooks-Wilson Lab, Genome Sciences Centre
Seminar title:	Genetics of Healthy Aging Study
and
Speaker:	Elodie Portales-Casamer
Affiliation:	Post Doctoral Fellow, Medical Genetics, Wasserman Lab, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	PAZAR—a shopping mall for DNA sequences and factors regulating gene expression

Date:	January 20th, 2006
Speaker:	Moshe Levi, MD
Affiliation:	Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Seminar title:	Is there a role for altered renal lipid metabolism and lipotoxicity in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy?
and
Speaker:	Hoa Le
Affiliation:	Senior Graduate Student, Pallen Lab, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Investigation of SFK-mediated NMDAR phosphorylation in mice lacking PTPalpha

Date:	January 13rd, 2006
Speaker:	Ying Qiao, PhD
Affiliation:	Post Doctoral Fellow, Departments of Pathology and Medical Genetics, Lewis Lab, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Submicroscopic chromosomal polymorphism detected by array comparative genomic hybridization
and
Speaker:	Debbie Giaschi, PhD
Affiliation:	Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, and Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Determining the neural basis of amblyopia

Date:	December 30th, 2005
Status:	TGIF is cancelled for the winter holidays.

Date:	December 23rd, 2005
Status:	TGIF is cancelled for the winter holidays.

Date:	December 16th, 2005
Speaker:	Min Chen
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Pallen Lab, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Identification of two roles of PTPa in integrin signaling: Differential requirement for PTPa tyrosine phosphorylation

Date:	December 9th, 2005
Speaker:	Shannan J. Ho Sui
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Wasserman Lab, Department of Medical Genetics, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Ultraconserved elements in metazoan genomes: Similarities in organization and function
and
Speaker:	Leslie Grad, PhD
Affiliation:	Post Doctoral Fellow, Conibear Lab, Department of Medical Genetics, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Insights into the molecular mechanisms of mitochondrial disorders using the C. elegans model system

Date:	December 2nd, 2005
Speaker:	Veronica Hirsch-Reinshagen
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Department of Pathology, Wellington Lab, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The cholesterol transporter ABCA1 in Alzheimer Disease: Effects on apolipoprotein E and amyloidogenesis
and
Speaker:	Hossain Najar, Ph.D
Affiliation:	Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, Dutz Lab, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Topical TLR9 and TLR7/8 agonists promote the cross-presentation of protein antigen

Date:	November 25th, 2005
Speaker:	Medical Genetics Research Day
Affiliation:	Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	TBD

Date:	November 18th, 2005
Speaker:	Nichole Fairbrother, PhD
Affiliation:	Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, Janssen Lab, CFRI, IWRH
Seminar title:	Mother-Infant Wellness Project: Maternal Postpartum Thoughts of Harm Related to the Newborn
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Speaker:	Elizabeth Conibear, PhD
Affiliation:	Scientist and Assistant Professor, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Vesicle Trafficking and Neurodegenerative Disease

Date:	November 11st, 2005
Status:	TGIF is cancelled for Remembrance Day.

Date:	November 4th, 2005
Speaker:	Lola Maksumova, MD, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Pallen CJ, Department of Pediatrics, BCRI for C&W Health
Seminar title:	Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Alpha (PTPa): A Component of a Phosphatase-Kinase Regulatory Signaling Module in T Cell Lipid Rafts
and
Speaker:	Jeffery Carroll
Affiliation:	Graduate Student with Dr. Michael Hayden, Department of Neuroscience, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Caspase inhibition as a therapeutic intervention in Huntington Disease mice

Date:	October 28th, 2005
Speaker:	Candace Hofmann, PhD
Affiliation:	Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Medical Genetics, Simpson Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Apologies, cancelled due to a family emergency will be rescheduled to a later date
and
Speaker:	Lucy Marzban, MD PhD
Affiliation:	Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Verchere Lab, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Keeping Beta Cells Alive in Diabetes

Date:	October 21st, 2005
Speaker:	Christopher Proud, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor & Head, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Signaling to translation: protein synthesis in health and disease

Date:	October 14th, 2005
Speaker:	Jeremy Van Raamsdonk
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics
Seminar title:	Selective Degeneration in the YAC128 Mouse Model of Huntington Disease

Date:	October 7th, 2005
Speaker:	Hunter B. Fraser
Affiliation:	Visiting Scholar to Kobor Lab
Seminar title:	Aging and Gene Expression in the Primate Brain

Date:	September 30th, 2005
Speaker:	Rona Graham
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Department of Medical Genetics, Hayden Lab, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	In vivo characterization of Caspase Resistant Huntingtin: Insights into the pathogenic mechanism of Huntington Disease
and
Speaker:	Derrick Randall
Affiliation:	MSc Candidate, Department of Medical Genetics, Clarke Lab, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Proteomics in MPS disease study: The value of an animal model.

Date:	September 23rd, 2005
Speaker:	Braydon Burgess
Affiliation:	MSc Student, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Wellington Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Incipient Alzheimer’s Disease and Peripheral Lipid Metabolism, a longitudinal study in murine models of Alzheimer’s Disease
and
Speaker:	Jochen Brumm
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Department of Medical Genetics, Wasserman and Bryan Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Identifying Functional Groups of Genes

Date:	September 16th, 2005
Speaker:	Elizabeth M. Simpson, PhD
Affiliation:	Senior Scientist and Associate Professor, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	New Genome Canada Initiative: Pleiades Promoter Project Genetic Resource for Molecular Delivery to the Brain

Date:	September 9th, 2005
Speaker:	Matthew C. Lorincz, PhD
Affiliation:	Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	DNA methylation, transcription and histone modification: dissecting the “cancer-chromatin connection”
and
Speaker:	Michael S. Kobor, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Creation and Function of Neighborhoods in Eukaryotic Chromosomes Medical Genetics Student Welcome/Orientation Day

Date:	June 24th, 2005
Speaker:	Olli A. Janne, MD, PhD
Affiliation:	Director Biomedicum Helsinki, Professor of Medical Sciences and Physiology, University of Helsinki
Seminar title:	Androgen Receptor Signaling

Date:	June 17th, 2005
Speaker:	Kurt Haas, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Brain Research Centre, Department Cellular & Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	How environment sculpts brain structure: Activity-dependent dendritic arbor growth

Date:	June 10th, 2005
Speaker:	David Arenillas
Affiliation:	Software Developer, Wasserman Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Bioinformatics Adventures in the Study of Gene Regulation and Gene Families
and
Speaker:	Maryam Koochek
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Lewis Lab, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Defining microdeletions and microduplications associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder using CGH-microarray

Date:	June 3rd, 2005
Speaker:	Cheryl Wellington, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	ABC Transporters and lipid metabolism in the brain and periphery
and
Speaker:	Yvonne Bombard
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Genetic Discrimination in Huntington disease: experiences and concerns of persons who carry the mutation.

Date:	May 27th, 2005
Speaker:	Liam Brunham
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	It's a Gut Reaction: the role of intestinal ABCA1 in HDL biogenesis.
and
Speaker:	Alasdair M. Barr, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry (pending), Honer Lab, Molecular Psychiatry & Therapeutics, VGH Research Pavillion, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Complexins and Complex Disorders: implications for Huntington's Disease

Date:	May 20th, 2005
Speaker:	David Huntsman, MD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and BC Cancer Agency, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Landscaping for Giants, Hereditary Gastric Cancer and Other Tall Tales from the Genetic Pathology Evaluation Centre

Date:	May 13rd, 2005
Speaker:	Poul Sorensen, MD, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor, Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, and Pediatrics, BCRICWH, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Cloning translocation breakpoints as a strategy for identifying relevant targets in tumour biology.

Date:	May 6th, 2005
Speaker:	Bruce Verchere, PhD
Affiliation:	Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Associate Member, Departments of Physiology and Surgery, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Does defective processing of the IAPP/amylin precursor lead to beta cell death in type 2 diabetes?
and
Speaker:	Matthew Martin
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Sorenson Lab, BCRICWH
Seminar title:	The insulin-like growth factor I receptor mediates membrane localization of the ETV6-NTRK3 oncoprotein, leading to PI3K/Akt activation and anchorage-independent growth.

Date:	April 29th, 2005
Speaker:	Karen Lam, Graduate Student
Affiliation:	Conibear Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Discovery of a palmitoyltransferase required for ER exit in yeast
and
Speaker:	Cristina Tognon, PhD
Affiliation:	Research Associate, Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The ETV6-NTRK3 oncogene: A Model System for Studying Signal Transduction involved in Breast Cancer Progression

Date:	April 22nd, 2005
Speaker:	Mahmoud Pouladi, MSc
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Department of Medical Genetics, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The Role of Excitotoxicity in HD Pathogenesis: Implications for Therapy
and
Speaker:	Joyce Wu
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Department of Medical Genetics, Dunn Lab, BCRICWH, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The Role of YB-1 in Pi3K/Akt Pathway in Breast Cancer

Date:	April 15th, 2005
Speaker:	Peter D. Pare, MD
Affiliation:	Professor of Medicine, Jacob Churg Distinguished Researcher, University of British Columbia. Director, James Hogg iCAPTURE Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, St. Paul's Hospital.
Seminar title:	A Strategy for finding targets for COPD

Date:	April 8th, 2005
Speaker:	Elizabeth Conibear, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia. Scientist, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia.
Seminar title:	Protein Transport in the Endocytic Pathway
and
Speaker:	Jeremy Van Raamsdonk
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics
Seminar title:	Wild type huntingtin function in Huntington's Disease

Date:	April 1st, 2005
Speaker:	Marcel Behr, PhD
Affiliation:	Department of Medicine: Assistant Professor, Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Medicine and Experimental Medicine, McGill University Health Centre
Seminar title:	Comparative genomics of pathogenic Mycobacteria

Date:	March 25th, 2005
Speaker:	The TGIF series is cancelled this week in lieu of the Easter holiday.

Date:	March 18th, 2005
Speaker:	Paul Orban, MD, PhD
Affiliation:	Research Associate, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	What Als is New?—ALS2; a progress report.
and
Speaker:	Kelly MacDonald, MSc
Affiliation:	Speert Lab, BC Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria: Potential intracellular pathogens in human dendritic cells

Date:	March 11st, 2005
Status:	TGIF is cancelled to accommodate Research Week activities: Celebration of Research 2005 (March 7—11st, 2005) by BC Research Institute for Children's & Women's Health at the Chan Centre for Family Health Education, 950 West 28th Avenue. Please visit the following website for a list of events: http://www.bcricwh-training.bc.ca/speakers_events/research_week.htm

Date:	March 4th, 2005
Speaker:	Francis Ouellette
Affiliation:	Director, UBC Bioinformatics Facility. Associate Professor, Michael Smith Laboratories. Associate Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia.
Seminar title:	The Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics Bioinformatics Core Facility: a Retrospective and a View to the New
and
Speaker:	Wendy P. Robinson, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia. Principal Investigator, BC Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Chromosomes, Imprinting and the Placenta

Date:	February 25th, 2005
Speaker:	William Gibson, MD, FRCPC
Affiliation:	Post Doctoral Fellow, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The Brain-Liver Axis and Energy Expenditure
and
Speaker:	Maja Tarailo
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Rose Lab, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Functional interactors of MDF-1, a spindle assembly checkpoint component, in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Date:	February 18th, 2005
Speaker:	Connie Eaves, PhD
Affiliation:	Deputy Director, Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer Research Centre. Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia.
Seminar title:	Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

Date:	February 11st, 2005
Speaker:	James (Jay) Cross, D.V.M., PhD
Affiliation:	Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
Seminar title:	Molecular Genetics of Placental Development

Date:	February 4th, 2005
Speaker:	T. Michael Underhill, PhD
Affiliation:	Associate Professor & CIHR New Investigator, Laboratory of Molecular Skeletal Development, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Regulation of the Skeletogenic Program by the Retinoid Signaling Pathway

Date:	January 28th, 2005
Speaker:	Michaela White, MSc
Affiliation:	Directed Curation Coordinator, The Blueprint Initiative, North America Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
Seminar title:	The Blueprint Initiative and The BIND Project—mapping the cell’s interactions and pathways.

Date:	January 21st, 2005
Speaker:	Brendan Haigh, PhD
Affiliation:	Post Doctoral Fellow, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Probing the proteome: the search for early changes in Huntington Disease
and
Speaker:	Karla Bretherick, Graduate Student, Wendy Robinson Lab
Affiliation:	BC Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Genetic Factors in Premature Ovarian Failure

Date:	January 14th, 2005
Speaker:	Colin J. Ross, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Leaping Towards Super-LPL Gene Therapy : AAV-Mediated Treatment of Severe Dyslipidemia in the Feline Model of Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency.
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Speaker:	Blair Leavitt, MD, CM, FRCP(C)
Affiliation:	Director, CGDN Transgenic Core Facility. Scientist, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics. Associate Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia. Neurologist, UBC Neurogenetics and HD Medical Clinics.
Seminar title:	Translating Research Progress from the Bench to the Bedside; an Overview of Clinical Research at the HD Medical Clinic.

Date:	December 31st, 2004
Status:	TGIF is cancelled for the winter holidays.

Date:	December 24th, 2004
Status:	TGIF is cancelled for the winter holidays.

Date:	December 17th, 2004
Speaker:	R. Keith Humphries, MD, PhD
Affiliation:	Senior Scientist, Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Agency. Professor, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia.
Seminar title:	Crawling or leaping towards gene therapy of hemoglobinopathies?

Date:	December 10th, 2004
Speaker:	David H. Ledbetter, PhD
Affiliation:	Director, Division of Medical Genetics and Professor of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Seminar title:	Molecular rulers for calibration of telomeric and centromeric imbalance.
and
Speaker:	Lisa Shaffer, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor, Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington
Seminar title:	Targeted genomic microarrays for identification and delineation of chromosomal rearrangement.

Date:	December 3rd, 2004
Speaker:	Jeff Ohmen, PhD
Affiliation:	Illumina, Inc., San Diego
Seminar title:	SNPs for Linkage Analysis: A comparative look

Date:	November 26th, 2004
Speaker:	Nicole Quenneville
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Conibear Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Dissecting the role of a tethering complex in membrane fusion.
and
Speaker:	Ravinesh A. Kumar
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Simpson Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Mutation screening, genetic diversity, and evolutionary genomics of NR2E1, a brain-behaviour developmental gene.

Date:	November 19th, 2004
Speaker:	Veronica Hirsch-Reinshagen, MD
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Wellington Lab, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Cholesterol metabolism in the brain: ABCA1, apoE and Alzheimer Disease
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Speaker:	Roshni Singaraja, Post Doctoral Fellow
Affiliation:	Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The Roles of Liver vs. Extrahepatic ABCA1

Date:	November 12nd, 2004
Status:	TGIF is cancelled this week.

Date:	November 5th, 2004
Speaker:	CANCELLED
Affiliation:	Chan Auditorium not available.

Date:	October 29th, 2004
Speaker:	Jonathan Lim, Software Developer, Wasserman Lab
Affiliation:	Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Visualization and Analysis of Evolutionarily Conserved Gene Networks (Interologs)
and
Speaker:	Byron Kuo, Graduate Student, Simpson Lab
Affiliation:	Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	SAGE2Splice: An Algorithm to Map SAGE Tags that Span a Splice Junction

Date:	October 22nd, 2004
Speaker:	Slavita Bohacec, Research Assistant, Simpson Lab
Affiliation:	Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Mouse SAGE Atlas Project: An Update on Developmental Brain Libraries
and
Speaker:	Daniel Rogers
Affiliation:	Technician, Leavitt Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Short Stories from the Leavitt Lab

Date:	October 15th, 2004
Speaker:	Ann M. Rose, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor, Medical Genetics and Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	'Worms in Space and other fun aspects of Genome Stability in C. elegans' (Part of BCRI Trainee Day—Dr. Rose will combine both research and career path in this talk.)

Date:	October 8th, 2004
Speaker:	Jan Stoepel, Graduate Student, Hieter Lab
Affiliation:	Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	A close up of MEN: regulation of mitotic exit and cytokinesis in yeast
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Speaker:	Andrew Kwon
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Wasserman Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Computational Analysis, Prediction, and Validation of Regulatory Regions

Date:	October 1st, 2004
Speaker:	Donald G. Moerman, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor of Zoology and Associate Member, Biotechnology Laboratory Director, Caenorhabditis elegans Reverse Genetics Core Facility, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Temporal and spatial patterns of gene expression during C. elegans development.

Date:

September 24th, 2004

Status:

TGIF is cancelled to accommodate the Michael Smith Laboratories Official Opening. 10:15 am Opening Ceremonies & Unveiling of Plaque (Michael Smith Laboratories Auditorium). Presentations by Martha Piper, Philip Hieter, Government Officials, and Thomas Smith. 11:00 am Tea & Coffee Reception. 3:30 pm Scientific Symposium, Wesbrook 100. Opening Remarks: Doug Kilburn. Presentations by: Brett Finlay, Marco Marra, and Maynard Olson. 5:30 pm Post-Symposium Reception.

Date:	September 17th, 2004
Speaker:	W.R. McMaster, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor and Head, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	'Pathogenesis of Leishmania and Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: the Role of Immunogenetic and Molecular Immunology’ (Medical Genetics Student Welcome Day)

Date:	September 3rd, 2004
Status:	TGIF is cancelled this week.

Date:	August 27th, 2004
Speaker:	Heather Andrews, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Dunn Lab, BC Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Low dose Celecoxib inhibits urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) production in the MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells.
and
Speaker:	Sohrab Shah
Affiliation:	Software Developer, Ouellette Lab, University of British Columbia Bioinformatics Centre
URL:	Visit this speaker's homepage
Seminar title:	Extreme comparative genomics: analysing orthologous sequences from 12 vertebrates at the DNA, RNA and protein levels.

Date:	August 20th, 2004
Speaker:	Inez Vincent, PhD
Affiliation:	Research Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Washington
Seminar title:	Cell cycle kinases changing gears during neurodegeneration

Date:	August 13rd, 2004
Speaker:	Yuanyun (Robert) Xie, MD, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Simpson Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Profiling gene expression of developing neuronal tissues by LCM and SAGE
and
Speaker:	Karen Yuen
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Hieter Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Genome-wide approaches for screening chromosome instability mutants in yeast

Date:	August 6th, 2004
Speaker:	Angela Brooks-Wilson, PhD
Affiliation:	Head, Cancer Genomics, Genome Sequence Centre. Senior Scientist, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre.
Seminar title:	Genetic studies of cancer susceptibility and healthy aging

Date:	July 30th, 2004
Speaker:	Annette Plesner, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Verchere Lab, BC Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The X-linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein (XIAP) Protects Beta Cells from Allorejection but not Autoimmune Destruction
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Speaker:	Shannan Ho Sui
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Wasserman Lab, BC Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Identification of over-represented regulatory motifs in sets of co- expressed genes.

Date:	July 23rd, 2004
Speaker:	Alaa El Din El-Husseini, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Dynamics of protein trafficking in neurons: role in steering synapse formation and development

Date:	July 16th, 2004
Speaker:	Danielle Kemmer
Affiliation:	Visiting Researcher in the Wasserman Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Interologs—Protein interactions conserved across orthologs.
and
Speaker:	Jacqueline Chung
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Speert Lab, BC Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Identification of Bacterial Factors Associated with the Survival of Burkholderia cenocepacia in a Murine Host

Date:	July 9th, 2004
Speaker:	Laura Arbour, MD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Children's and Women's Health Centre of BC and the Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Primary Biliary Cirrhosis in BC's First Nations Population: Defining the genetic phenotype.

Date:	June 25th, 2004
Speaker:	Pamela A. Hoodless, PhD
Affiliation:	Senior Scientist and Assistant Professor, Medical Genetics, BC Cancer Research Centre, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Using SAGE to Analyze Gene Expression Profiles During Mouse Development

Date:	June 18th, 2004
Speaker:	Marion Coulter-Mackie, PhD
Affiliation:	Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Children's and Women's Health Centre of BC, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Alanine glyoxylate aminotransferase and Primary hyperoxaluria: Peroxisomes, Populations and Pyridoxine.
and
Speaker:	Kathy Banks, MSc
Affiliation:	Lab Manager, Simpson Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Speed Congenics: How to Rapidly Obtain a Pure Genetic Background in Transgenic/Knock-out Mice.

Date:	June 11st, 2004
Speaker:	Rebecca H. Buckley, MD
Affiliation:	Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine
Seminar title:	Mechanisms of Allogeneic Stem Cell Education in the Human SCID Thymus

Date:	June 4th, 2004
Speaker:	Ben Cheng
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Hieter Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	RAD61: Characterizing the Role of a Novel Gene involved in Chromosome Segregation
and
Speaker:	Tracy Tucker
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Friedman Lab, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	MPNSTs: Do all NF1 patients have the same risk?

Date:	May 28th, 2004
Speaker:	Johan Bylund, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Speert Lab, BC Research Institute for Children's & Women's Health, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Modulation of neutrophil cell death by Burkholderia cenocepacia and the implications of oxygen radicals
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Speaker:	Claudia Schwab
Affiliation:	Research Associate, Leavitt and Hayden Laboratories, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	What's wrong with your mouse's brain? An approach to neurohistological phenotyping.

Date:	May 21st, 2004
Speaker:	Lucy Marzban, MD, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Verchere Lab, BC Research Institute for Children's & Women's Health, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Role of islet amyloid in type 2 diabetes
and
Speaker:	Jane Gair
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Robinson Lab, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Are some individuals predisposed to trisomy?

Date:	May 14th, 2004
Speaker:	Catherine D. Van Raamsdonk, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Genetics, Barsh Lab, Stanford University
Seminar title:	The Genetics of Skin Pigmentation

Date:	May 7th, 2004
Speaker:	Stefanie Butland
Affiliation:	Senior Bioinformatician, Ouellette Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The Genomic Mutational Signatures Project (GeMS): Communication, Contingency and Collaboration
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Speaker:	Daniel Kornitzer, PhD
Affiliation:	Visiting Professor, Hieter Lab, BC Research Institute for Children's & Women's Health, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Functions and regulation of the SCFCDC4 ubiquitin ligase complex

Date:	April 30th, 2004
Status:	TGIF is cancelled this week. Valerie Wallace's seminar will be rescheduled for the week of June 21st.

Date:	April 23rd, 2004
Speaker:	TGIF is cancelled this week.

Date:	April 16th, 2004
Speaker:	Graham Sinclair, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Clarke Lab, CIPHERGEN Biosystems, CIPERGEN
Seminar title:	Proteomic approach to identification of biomarkers of MPS I disease
and
Speaker:	Judy McCaffrey
Affiliation:	Program Manager, CIPHERGEN Biosystems, CIPERGEN
Seminar title:	Proteomic approach to complex disease

Date:	April 9th, 2004
Speaker:	TGIF is cancelled this week for the Easter holiday.

Date:	April 2nd, 2004
Status:	TGIF is cancelled this week as the Bulkholderia Cepacia Group Conference will be taking place.

Date:	March 26th, 2004
Speaker:	Peter M. Lansdorp, MD, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia. Associate Member, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia. Senior Scientist, Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer Research Centre, University of British Columbia.
URL:	Visit this speaker's homepage
Seminar title:	G-quartets and loss of G-rich DNA: implications for genome stability

Date:	March 19th, 2004
Speaker:	Dr. Brian Christie
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Psychology, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Neurogenic Activity in the Adult Hippocampus: Fact or Fiction?

Date:	March 12nd, 2004
Speaker:	Frederic G. Barr, MD, PhD
Affiliation:	Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Associate Professor of Pathology in Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
URL:	Visit this speaker's homepage
Seminar title:	When PAX meets FOX: The role of chromosomal translocations in the molecular pathogenesis of cancer in the skeletal muscle lineage

Date:	March 5th, 2004
Speaker:	Wyeth W. Wasserman, PhD
Affiliation:	Senior Scientist and Associate Professor, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The Human Gene Characterization Index
and
Speaker:	Simon Warby
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The Role of Huntingtin Phosphorylation on Serine 421 (pS421) by Akt in the pathogenesis of HD

Date:	February 27th, 2004
Speaker:	Martina Metzler
Affiliation:	Research Associate, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	HIP1 Modulation of NMDA Receptor Activity: Relevance to Huntington's Disease
and
Speaker:	Ben Montpetit
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Hieter Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	SUMO Modification. A role in kineotchore function?

Date:	February 20th, 2004
Speaker:	Bibiana Wong
Affiliation:	PhD Student, Simpson Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Prelininary Results Suggest More than Fierce: Hyperactivity and Deficits in Prepulse Inhibitions and Learning and Memory
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Speaker:	C.J. Opina
Affiliation:	Research Assistant, Leavitt Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	An in vitro analysis of Hungtintin function

Date:	February 13rd, 2004
Speaker:	Francis Ouellette
Affiliation:	Director, UBC Bioinformatics Centre. Director, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics Bioinformatics Core Facility, Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics, University of British Columbia.
Seminar title:	Software for the analysis of large sets of biological sequences
and
Speaker:	Cheryl Wellington, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Prefessor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Considering Cholesterol

Date:	February 6th, 2004
Speaker:	Carolyn J. Brown, PhD
Affiliation:	Associate Professor and Director, Medical Genetics Graduate Program, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
URL:	Visit this speaker's homepage
Seminar title:	Human X Chromosome Inactivation: X-tinguishing X-pression by XIST.

Date:	January 30th, 2004
Speaker:	Isabelle Pot
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Hieter Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Chromosome Transmission Fidelity in Budding Yeast: Structural and Signaling Roles for the Kinetochore Protein Ame1p
and
Speaker:	Rona Graham
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The life and times of Shortstop: characterization of a truncated HD YAC mouse

Date:	January 23rd, 2004
Speaker:	Lorne Clarke, MD, CM, FRCPC, FCCMG
Affiliation:	Associate Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia. Medical Director, Provincial Medical Genetics Program, University of British Columbia.
Seminar title:	Genetics in the fast lane, moving from the laboratory to the clinic and back.

Date:	January 16th, 2004
Speaker:	Anthony G. Phillips, FRSC, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia
URL:	Visit this speaker's homepage
Seminar title:	Dopamine, Motivation and Memory.

Date:	January 9th, 2004
Speaker:	Brett Abrahams
Affiliation:	PhD Student, Simpson Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Correction of pathological aggression in the fierce mouse by human nuclear receptor 2E1
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Speaker:	Jessica Sawkins
Affiliation:	Bioinformatician, Ouellette Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Using Pegasys for Comparative Vertebrate Analysis

Date:	December 19th, 2003
Speaker:	C. Bruce Verchere, PhD
Affiliation:	Associate Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia. Associate Member, Departments of Physiology and Surgery, University of British Columbia.
URL:	Visit this speaker's homepage
Seminar title:	IAPP/amylin: killer in type 2 diabetes. Victim in type 1 diabetes?

Date:	December 12nd, 2003
Speaker:	Dave Arenillas
Affiliation:	Software Developer, Wasserman Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Bioinformatics Algorithms for Orthologous Gene Comparison
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Speaker:	Andrew Page
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Hieter Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	The Anaphase Promoting Complex is really large and complicated, so don't say I didn't warn you

Date:	December 5th, 2003
Speaker:	Karen Lam
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Conibear Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Using yeast functional genomics to model regulated intracellular trafficking
and
Speaker:	Liam Brunham
Affiliation:	Graduate Student, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Role of hepatic ABCA1 in HDL cholesterol homeostasis and suceptibility to atherosclerosis

Date:	November 28th, 2003
Speaker:	Philip Hieter, PhD
Affiliation:	Director, Biotechnology Laboratory, University of British Columbia. Professor, Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Yeast as a model for chromosome instability in eukaryotes
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Speaker:	Jochen Brumm
Affiliation:	PhD Student, Bryan and Wasserman Laboratories, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Analysis of Gene Expression and Regulation in Yeast during Fermentation

Date:	November 21st, 2003
Speaker:	Dr. Louis Lefebvre
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Canada Research Chair in Genomic Imprinting, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
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Seminar title:	Epigenetic regulation of the mammalian genome: chromosome modifications as mediators of cellular memory (Research Half Day Speaker at TGIF)

Date:	November 14th, 2003
Speaker:	Dr. Robert Gentleman
Affiliation:	Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health
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Seminar title:	Software Innovation for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Date:	November 7th, 2003
Speaker:	Susan Lee Adamson, PhD
Affiliation:	Principal Investigator and Professor, Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Physiology, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, University of Toronto
Seminar title:	Cardiovascular Phenotyping in Pregnant and Embryonic Mice.

Date:	October 31st, 2003
Speaker:	Sandra E. Dunn, PhD
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia. Dr. Dunn is being considered as an Associate Member in Medical Genetics.
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Seminar title:	Targeting Akt for Cancer Therapy

Date:	October 24th, 2003
Speaker:	Stefanie Butland
Affiliation:	Senior Bioinformatician, Ouellette Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
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Seminar title:	Movie: "DNA: Deciphering Nature's Alphabet—A conversation.

Date:	October 17th, 2003
Speaker:	Douglas Wahlsten, PhD
Affiliation:	Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology, Adjunct Professor in the Centre for Neuroscience, University of Alberta
Seminar title:	Using genetic individual differences to explore the structure of mouse behaviour.

Date:	October 10th, 2003
Speaker:	Elizabeth M. Simpson, PhD
Affiliation:	Senior Scientist and Associate Professor, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Aggression and Abnormal Brain Development; Expression Profiling Nr2e1 Fierce Mice
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Speaker:	Blair Leavitt, MD, CM, FRCP(C)
Affiliation:	Scientist, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia. Director, CGDN Transgenic Core Facility. Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia. Neurologist, UBC Neurogenetics and HD Medical Clinic, University of British Columbia.
Seminar title:	Overview of Research in the Leavitt Lab

Date:	October 3rd, 2003
Speaker:	Mark Wilkinson, PhD
Affiliation:	Independent Bioinformatics Consultant, Genome Prairie & Illuminae Media, Saskatoon. Dr. Wilkinson is being considered for an appointment as an Assistant Professor in Medical Genetics.
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Seminar title:	BioMOBY—Building a global biological data discovery and integration system.

Date:	September 26th, 2003
Speaker:	Elizabeth Conibear, PhD
Affiliation:	Scientist and Assistant Professor, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
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Seminar title:	How yeast genomics can help us understand Huntington’s disease and diabetes.
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Speaker:	Anat Yanai, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow in Hayden Laboratory, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Protein palmitoylation and its relevance to Huntington's disease.

Date:	September 19th, 2003
Speaker:	Prof. Donald L. Riddle
Affiliation:	Director, Molecular Biology, University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr. Riddle is being considered for an appointment as a Professor in Medical Genetics.
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Seminar title:	Neuroendocrine control of C. elegans larval development and adult longevity.

Date:	September 12nd, 2003
Speaker:	Valentina Evdokimova, PhD
Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Sorensen Lab, BC Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health. Dr. Evdokimova is a candidate for an appointment in Pediatrics.
Seminar title:	Multifunctional Proteins, YB-1 and HACE1, in Cell Growth and Tumour Progression

Date:	September 5th, 2003
Speaker:	Michael R. Hayden, MB, ChB, PhD, FRCP(C), FRSC
Affiliation:	Director, Senior Scientist and Professor, Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
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Seminar title:	Four Short Stories on the Road from Genes to Therapy

Date:	June 30th, 2003
Speaker:	Dr. Masayuki Numata
Affiliation:	Assistant Professor, UBC Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Seminar title:	Organellar pH regulation by novel Na+/H+ exchangers.

Date:	June 23rd, 2003
Speaker:	Dr. Robert Holt
Affiliation:	Head, Sequencing, Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Research Centre
Seminar title:	Genomics and infectious disease. The SARS associated coronavirus and Anopheles gambiae genome projects.

Date:	June 13rd, 2003
Speaker:	Xiaoyan Jiang
Affiliation:	Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer Research Centre
Seminar title:	The role of a novel oncogene (Ahi-1) in the development of leukemia and lymphoma

Date:	June 6th, 2003
Speaker:	Leanne Howe
Affiliation:	Asst Professor, UBC Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Seminar title:	Biochemical and functional analysis of the NuA3 histone acetyltransferase complex.

Date:	May 16th, 2003
Speaker:	Dr. Seong Jin Kim
Affiliation:	National Institute of Health
Seminar title:	Molecular mechanisms of inactivation of TGF-b signaling during carcinogenesis

Date:	April 4th, 2003
Speaker:	Dr. Orson Moritz
Affiliation:	Asst Professor, UBC Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Seminar title:	Analyzing rhodopsin transport in transgenic X. laevis photoreceptors.

Date:	March 28th, 2003
Speaker:	Christian Naus
Affiliation:	Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of British Columbia
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Seminar title:	Gaps in the life and death of neurons.

Date:	March 21st, 2003
Speaker:	Dr. Brian Ellis
Affiliation:	UBC Biotechnology Laboratory & Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
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Seminar title:	The Road Less Travelled: Redox Signal Transduction in Plant Cells.

Date:	February 28th, 2003
Speaker:	Dr. Brian Kennedy
Affiliation:	Senior Research Fellow, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology—Merck Frosst
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Seminar title:	PTP—1B Inhibition: A Novel Therapy for the Treatment of Diabetes and Obesity.

Date:	February 10th, 2000
Speaker:	Karla Bretherwick
Affiliation:	Doctoral Student, Medical Genetics, Robinson Lab, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	Genetic factors in Premature Ovarian Failure
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Speaker:	Nicole Quenneville
Affiliation:	PhD Candidate, Conibear Lab, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UBC, CFRI
Seminar title:	A domain in the GARP tethering complex mediates early endosome recognition: implications for human disease

Date:	(none given)
Speaker:	Connie J. Eaves, PhD
Affiliation:	Deputy Director, Senior Scientist and Professor, Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer Research Centre, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
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Date:	(none given)
Speaker:	Michael Hayden, MB, ChB, PhD, FRCP(C) FRSC
Affiliation:	Director and Senior Scientist, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	TBA

Date:	(none given)
Speaker:	Peter Pare
Affiliation:	Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Providence Health Research Institute, iCAPTURE Center
Seminar title:	Lung Gene Expression to find new targets for COPD/Emphysema
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Speaker:	Martina Metzler
Affiliation:	Research Associate, Hayden Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Seminar title:	H1P1 alters NMDAR function: Implications for its role in HD