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 2024
September 20, 2024 (Add to Calendar)
Dr. Daniel Graf
Professor, Faculty of Dentistry
University of British Columbia
Title: Controlling cartilage properties: BMPs in development and disease
Host: Dr. Jessica Rosin
October 2024
October 11, 2024 (Add to Calendar)
Dr. Olivier Destaing
Université Grenoble Alpes
Title: Manipulating signaling by optogenetic to understand dynamic systems in immune and pathological cells
Host: Dr. Hilla Weidberg & Dr. Karla Williams
October 18, 2024 (Add to Calendar)
Michael Smith Distinguished Lecture
Dr. Sue Biggins
Director & Full Professor, Division of Basic Sciences
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Affiliate Full Professor, Department of Biochemistry
University of Washington
Title: How do cells inherit the right chromosomes?
Host: Dr. Ethan Greenblatt
November 2024
November 1, 2024 (Add to Calendar)
Dr. Ron Kopito
Professor of Biology
Stanford University
Title: How does the tiny, obscure protein UMF1 control cellular homeostasis?
Host: Dr. Ethan Greenblatt
November 15, 2024 (Add to Calendar)
Dr. Jeeyeon Cha
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Vanderbilt University
Title: Incorporating Sex as a Biologic Variable in Diabetes Research
Host: Dr. Elizabeth Rideout
November 22, 2024 (Add to Calendar)
Dr. Brenda Andrews
Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics,
Canada Research Chair in Systems Genetics & Cell Biology,
University of Toronto
Title: Mapping biological networks using systematic yeast genetics and cell biology
Host: Dr. Chris Loewen
January 2025
January 10, 2025 (Add to Calendar)
Dr. Steve DeLuca
Assistant Professor, Developmental biology, gene expression, genetics, embryology
Montana State University
Title: TBD
Host: Dr. Ethan Greenblatt
January 17, 2025 (Add to Calendar)
Dr. Cosimo Commisso
Interim Director, NCI-Designated Cancer Center &
Professor, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Title: TBD
Host: Dr. Janel Kopp
February 2025
February 14, 2025
Dr. Tom Schwarz
Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology, Department of Neurobiology
Harvard Medical School
Title: TBD
Host: Dr. Hilla Weidberg & Dr. Doug Allan
February 28, 2025 (Add to Calendar)
Dr. Dheva Setiaputra
Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University
Title: TBD
Host: Dr. Calvin Yip
March 2025
March 7, 2025 (Add to Calendar)
Dr. Jeremy Nance
Professor & Associate Chair for Education and Training, School of Medicine and Public Health
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Title: TBD
Host: Dr. Kenji Sugioka
March 14, 2025 (Add to Calendar)
Dr. Doreen Matthies
Earl Stadtman tenure-track investigator and the Head of the Unit on Structural Biology,
Division of Basic and Translational Biophysics, NICHD/DIR
Title: TBD
Host: BMB PostDocs
March 28, 2025 (Add to Calendar)
Dr. Alan Davidson
Professor, Molecular Genetics, Department of Biochemistry
University of Toronto
Title: TBD
Host: Dr. Tom Beatty
April 2025
April 4, 2025 (Add to Calendar)
Dr. Rebecca Heald
Professor, Flora Lamson Hewlett Chair in Biochemistry, Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley
Title: TBD
Host: Dr. Kenji Sugioka
April 11, 2025 (Add to Calendar)
Dr. James Burke
Assistant Professor, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology
University of Florida
Title: TBD
Host: LSI Trainees
April 25, 2025 (Add to Calendar)
Dr. Miguel Valvano
Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine
Queen’s University Belfast
Title: TBD
Host: Microbiology & Immunology