UBC Life Sciences
Joint Seminar Series
This new initiative is a partnership between the LSI, our three resident departments – Microbiology and Immunology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Cellular and Physiological Sciences – as well as our close collaborators, the Department of Zoology, and the Faculty of Dentistry. Together, our aim is to present a series of highly compelling and transdisciplinary seminars by world-class researchers. Join us in welcoming our fascinating lineup of speakers, and stay afterwards to socialize in the West Atrium!
September 2023
September 1, 2023
Dr. Zhao Zhang
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Duke University
Title: “Chasing the Jumping Genes: From Making Fly Eggs to Cancer Therapy”
Host: Dr. Ethan Greenblatt
September 15, 2023
Dr. Jessica Feldman
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Stanford University
Title: “Building patterns in cells during development”
Host: Dr. Kenji Sugioka
September 22, 2023
Speaker: Dr. Nozomu Yachie
Associate Professor
School of Biomedical Engineering
University of British Columbia
Title: TBD
Host: TBD
October 2023
October 13, 2023
Dr. Christophe Lamaze
Team Leader
Deputy Director, Cellular and Chemical Biology Unit
Institut Curie, France
Title: TBD
Host: Dr. Robert Nabi
October 20, 2023
Dr. Joy Richman
Professor
Faculty of Dentistry
University of British Columbia
Title: TBD
Host: Dr. Jessica Rosin
October 27, 2023
November 2023
November 3, 2023
Dr. Andre Le Bivic
Director of Life Sciences at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Title: TBD
Host:
November 10, 2023 – CANCELLED
Dr. Brenda Andrews
Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Toronto
Title: TBD
Host: Dr. Christopher Loewen
December 2023
January 2024
January 12, 2024
Dr. James Olzmann
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology
University of Berkley
Title: TBD
Host: Dr. Ethan Greenblatt
January 19, 2024
Dr. Alex Dunn
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Stanford University
Title: TBD
Host: Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Postdoc Association
February 2024
February 2, 2024
Dr. Kathy McCoy
Professor
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Calgary
Title: TBD
Host: Dr. Lisa Osborne
February 9, 2024
Dr. Timothy Wai
Mitochondrial Biology Group
Head CNRS Research Director
Institut Pasteur
Title: TBD
Host: Dr. Hilla Weidberg
March 2024
March 15, 2024
Dr. Ardem Patapoutian
Department of Neuroscience
Scripps Research Institute
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Nobel laureate 2021
Title: TBD
Host: LSI Trainees
March 22, 2024
Dr. Jason Shepard
Associate Professor of Neurobiology
Adjunct Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy
University of Utah
Host: LSI Trainees – Part of LSI Research Day
April 2024
April 5, 2024 (COPP Lecture)
Dr. Ramanujan Hegde
Group Leader, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Title: TBD
Host: Dr. Robert Nabi
April 12, 2024 (Zoology McClintock Lecture)
Dr. Bob Goldstein
Professor
Department of Biology
University of North Carolina
Title: TBD
Host: Dr. Kenji Sugioka
April 19, 2024
Dr. Melody Campbell
Assistant Professor
Basic Sciences Division
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Title: TBD
Host: Dr. Guy Tanentzapf
April 26, 2024
Dr. Jared Rutter
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Utah
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Title:TBD
Host: Dr. Hilla Weidberg