2024
Monday, December 9 Shelly Ng: "Enhancement of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor signalling by nucleotides and sugars"
Monday, December 2 Petra Samardzija: "Elucidating the role of SPCA2C and calumin in pancreatic calcium signaling"
Monday, November 25 Fatemah Mousavi: "Defining the epigenetic changes promoted by oncogenic KRAS in pancreatic cancer progression"
Monday, November 18, 2024 Dr. Geoff Pickering "Integrating form and function to understand life-threatening vascular disease"
Monday, November 11 Dan Conklin: From Kratschmer to the Discovery of TRPA1-Mediated Cardiopulmonary Responses to Inhaled Irritants
Monday, October 28 Sukanthathulse (Tulsy) Uthayabalan: “Examining the Interplay Between MRS2 and Magnesium: Implications in Mitochondrial Function”
Monday, October 21 Justin Clark: “Resolving the effects of lipoprotein(a) on thrombosis and fibrinolysis”
Monday, October 7 Serge McGraw: “Germline DNMT3A loss-of-function alters programming of neuronal progenitor cells and leads to neuronal impairments”
Monday, September 30 Adrianna Tsang: “Investigating the link between lysosomal exocytosis and lysosomal dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease”
Monday, September 23 Robert Grant: "Charting a Path to AI-Augmented Clinical Oncology"
Monday, September 16 Nataliya Melnyk-Lamont: "Value of Biopharmaceutical Industry and an Overview of Scientific Careers in the Industry"
Monday, June 10th Mickenzie Martin: “Activating transcription factor 3 affects multiple cell types during pancreatic cancer progression”
Monday, June 3 Meg Schuurman: "Investigating the role of N-acetyl-Lcysteine on beta cell function and islet fibrosis in obese and aging mice."
Monday, June 17 Jeffrey Hutchinson: " Investigating the role of sex hormones in the intervertebral disc”
Monday, May 27 Silvia Penuela: "Cancer cell signalling through pannexin channels”
Monday, May 13 Patricia Brubaker: "Reflections on 45 years as a Scientist"
Monday, May 6 Seminar Series: Dr. Nicole Campbell: “Giving Students What They Want and Need: Adapting Curriculum for Today’s Learners”
Monday, April 29 Seminar Series: Dr. Jeff Biernaskie: “Why do we form scar? Caribou provide new insights into the mechanisms that underlie regenerative healing”
Monday, April 22 Seminar Series: Dr. Lauren Flynn: “Engineering Biology: Design of cell-based therapies harnessing bioscaffolds derived from the extracellular matrix”
Monday, April 15 Opening Doors: “Graduate Degrees: Opening Doors To Exciting Careers!”
Monday, April 8 CANCELLED: Seminar Series: Dr. Geoff Pickering
Monday, March 25 Seminar Series: Nadia Haghbin, PhD Candidate, “GPCRs and the Genesis of Functional Bias in Arteries: Mechanisms-to-Application”
Monday, March 18 CANCELLED - Opening Doors: “Graduate Degrees: Opening Doors To Exciting Careers!”
Monday, February 26 Seminar Series: Dr. Jibran Khokhar: “Cannabis and the Vulnerable Brain: A Closer Look at Genetics, Adolescence and Edible Overdose”
Monday, February 12 Seminar Series: Amin Manji, PhD Candidate: “The impact of aging on pulmonary microvascular endothelial cell barrier function”
Monday, February 5 Seminar Series: Mohammed Ellakany, PhD Candidate: “Reimagining Electromechanical Coupling in the Control of Arterial Tone and Capillary Blood Flow”
Monday, January 29 Seminar Series: Dr. Marlys Koschinsky: “Lipoprotein(a): What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What Is On The HORIZON”
