UBC Life Sciences Joint Seminar Series

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 developmentā€
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: Cellular Mechanisms of Lipid Homeostasis: From Lipid droplets to Ferroptopsis
Host: Dr. Ethan Greenblatt

January 19, 2024
Dr. Alex Dunn
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Stanford University
Title: Mechanotransduction of cell-cell junctions: beyond the usual suspects
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: Microbiome and Regulation of Immune Function: Defining Mechanisms
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