Seminars & Speakers

Dr. Nana Lee

Professional Development Workshop for Postdoctoral Fellows and PhDs – May 8, 15, 19, 2015.

7 April 2015|

Dr. Nana Lee brings her second annual summer workshop for PDFs and senior PhDs.

Topics to cover are: Success in Academia, Success outside of Academia, Effective Networking, Elevator Pitch, How to Create your Career Pathway, Writing a Stellar Resume and Cover Letter, Preparing for the Interview/Negotiation. Networking Sessions with Professionals from Academia, Sanofi, OGI, Baycrest, St Michael’s, Janssen Regulatory Affairs, Patent Law.

Sessions are interactive and outside work will be required.

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T. Ryan Gregory: “Animal Genomes Large and Small”

4 March 2015|

Ryan Gregory of the Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, presented the above lecture in our George Connell Seminar Series. For more on Professor Gregory’s research visit his website.

Jean-Phillipe Julien: “Lowering the bar for an HIV vaccine”

18 February 2015|

Jean-Phillipe Julien, one of the newest members of the Biochemistry Department , presented the above lecture in our George Connell Seminar Series. For more on Professor Julien’s research visit his website.

Dr. Karim Mekhail: “Repetitive DNA and genome stability: From spatial genome organization to RNA-DNA hybrid regulation”

3 December 2014|

Dr. Karim Mekhail, from the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, here at the University of Toronto, presented the above lecture in our George Connell Seminar Series.

Dr. Chris Nicchitta: “Dynamics and Selectivity in mRNA Localization to the Endoplasmic Reticulum”

27 November 2014|

Dr. Christopher Nicchitta, from the Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, presented the above lecture in our George Connell Seminar Series.

Dr. André Hoelz: “Building the atomic structure of the nuclear pore complex piece by piece”

11 November 2014|

Dr. André Hoelz, from the Department of Bochemistry at the California Institute of Technology presented the above lecture in our George Connell Seminar Series.

Dr. Alex Ensminger: “Systematic identification of bacterial metaeffectors reveals regulatory complexity during pathogenesis”

5 November 2014|

Dr. Alex Ensminger, from the Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, presented the above lecture in our George Connell Seminar Series.

10th Annual Benjamin Schachter Memorial Lecture

29 October 2014|

From 1934-1939 Dr. Benjamin (Benny) Schachter worked in the Department of Biochemistry conducting research on female sex hormones, isolating and identifying conjugated oestrone sulphate (Premarin). To honour Benny Schachter’s memory, a donation was made to the Department by his family. The funds are being used to support an annual lectureship in his memory. The BGSU and graduate students select and host the speaker who is a graduate from our Department.

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