Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Dalhousie University

2016

Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 9:30 a.m.
Dr. Cory Bishop Associate Professor, Department of Biology St. Francis Xavier University "Greening the embryo: an enigmatic algal-salamander symbiosis and how genomics can help" Location Room 3-H1, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)

Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 9:30 a.m.

Dr. Cory Bishop

Associate Professor, Department of Biology St. Francis Xavier University

"Greening the embryo: an enigmatic algal-salamander symbiosis and how genomics can help"

Location
Room 3-H1, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at 9:30 a.m.
M.Sc. Thesis Defence - Abdul Zetrini Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University "Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis is Involved in Autophagy Regulation in Ras-Transformed Intestinal Epithelial Cells" Location Theatre B-A3, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 218, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at 9:30 a.m.

M.Sc. Thesis Defence - Abdul Zetrini

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

"Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis is Involved in Autophagy Regulation in Ras-Transformed Intestinal Epithelial Cells"

Location
Theatre B-A3, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 218, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 9:30 a.m.
M.Sc. Thesis Defence - Sarah Aboushawareb Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University "Recognition of ‘Minimal’ Ligands by Enolase Superfamily Enzymes" Location Theatre B-A3, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 218, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 9:30 a.m.

M.Sc. Thesis Defence - Sarah Aboushawareb

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

"Recognition of ‘Minimal’ Ligands by Enolase Superfamily Enzymes"

Location
Theatre B-A3, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 218, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Tuesday, November 23, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.
Calem Kenward, Honours Co-op Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University "Optimizing Biosynthetic Fluorotryptophan Labeling of a GPCR for 19F NMR Spectroscopy" Location Room 14-B2, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)

Tuesday, November 23, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.

Calem Kenward, Honours Co-op

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

"Optimizing Biosynthetic Fluorotryptophan Labeling of a GPCR for 19F NMR Spectroscopy"

Location
Room 14-B2, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)

Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 9:00 a.m.
Ph.D. Thesis Defence - Tommy Harding Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University "Molecular Adaptations in Obligate Halophilic Protists" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 9:00 a.m.

Ph.D. Thesis Defence - Tommy Harding

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

"Molecular Adaptations in Obligate Halophilic Protists"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Purificación López-García Unité d’Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution Université Paris-Sud, France "New constraints and old questions on the origin of eukaryotes" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB) Cosponsored by: Comparative Genomics & Evolutionary Bioinformatics

Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Purificación López-García

Unité d’Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution
Université Paris-Sud, France

"New constraints and old questions on the origin of eukaryotes"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Cosponsored by: Comparative Genomics & Evolutionary Bioinformatics

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Clarissa S. Sit Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry Saint Mary's University, Halifax N.S. "Bioassay-driven discovery of peptide and small molecule natural products" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Clarissa S. Sit

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Saint Mary's University, Halifax N.S.

"Bioassay-driven discovery of peptide and small molecule natural products"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Peter L. Davies Canada Research Chair in Protein Engineering Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences Queen's University "Bacterial Adhesions: Adhesion, Cohesion, and Early Events in Biofilm Formation" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Peter L. Davies

Canada Research Chair in Protein Engineering
Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences Queen's University

"Bacterial Adhesions: Adhesion, Cohesion, and Early Events in Biofilm Formation"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Monday, October 31, 2016 at 9:30 a.m.
M.Sc. Thesis Defence - Laura Martin Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University "Characterization of the roles of Neuronal Cholesterol Biosynthesis and ORP4 in Hippocampal Cells" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Monday, October 31, 2016 at 9:30 a.m.

M.Sc. Thesis Defence - Laura Martin

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

"Characterization of the roles of Neuronal Cholesterol Biosynthesis and ORP4 in Hippocampal Cells"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Adam D. Rudner Associate Professor, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Immunology University of Ottawa "Distinct Requirements for the Nucleation and Spreading of Heterochromatin" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Adam D. Rudner

Associate Professor, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Immunology
University of Ottawa

"Distinct Requirements for the Nucleation and Spreading of Heterochromatin"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Daniel Kane Associate Professor, Department of Human Kinetics St. Francis Xavier University "Stoking the ‘fire of life’: Exercising Mitochondria for Health" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Daniel Kane

Associate Professor, Department of Human Kinetics
St. Francis Xavier University

"Stoking the ‘fire of life’: Exercising Mitochondria for Health"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Gregory McCluskey, Ph.D. Candidate Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University "Inter-Domain Coordination within the Multi-Substrate Enzyme CTP Synthase" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Gregory McCluskey, Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

"Inter-Domain Coordination within the Multi-Substrate Enzyme CTP Synthase"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Abdul Zetrini, M.Sc. Candidate Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University "Disruption of Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis Inhibits Autophagy and Proliferation of Ras-Transformed Intestinal Epithelial Cells" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Abdul Zetrini, M.Sc. Candidate

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

"Disruption of Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis Inhibits Autophagy and Proliferation of Ras-Transformed Intestinal Epithelial Cells"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Alberto Kornblihtt Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology Faculty of Natural and Exact Sciences University of Buenos Aires, Argentina "Chromatin and transcriptional elongation regulate alternative splicing" A public seminar by the Picchione Visiting Scholar Dr. Kornblihtt is a molecular biologist with expertise in regulation of transcription and mRNA processing. His research focuses on alternative mRNA splicing in mammalian cells. He is Plenary Professor at the Department of Physiology, Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Buenos Aires and Director of the Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neurosciences of Argentina’s National Research Council. He has been an International Research Scholar of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute since 2002. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA and a member of EMBO. He has received many prestigious awards including the Guggenheim fellowship, the TWAS prize in Medical Sciences (2012) and the Diamond Konex award as the most relevant scientist of the decade in his country. Supported by Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation, co-sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Centre for Comparative Genomics and Evolutionary Bioinformatics Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Alberto Kornblihtt

Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology
Faculty of Natural and Exact Sciences
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

"Chromatin and transcriptional elongation regulate alternative splicing"

A public seminar by the Picchione Visiting Scholar

Dr. Kornblihtt is a molecular biologist with expertise in regulation of transcription and mRNA processing. His research focuses on alternative mRNA splicing in mammalian cells. He is Plenary Professor at the Department of Physiology, Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Buenos Aires and Director of the Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neurosciences of Argentina’s National Research Council. He has been an International Research Scholar of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute since 2002. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA and a member of EMBO. He has received many prestigious awards including the Guggenheim fellowship, the TWAS prize in Medical Sciences (2012) and the Diamond Konex award as the most relevant scientist of the decade in his country.

Supported by Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation, co-sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Centre for Comparative Genomics and Evolutionary Bioinformatics

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 10 a.m.
M.Sc. Thesis Defence, Purve C. Trivedi Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University "Nutrient Regulation of Autophagy in the Heart" Location Room 2L3, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg. (Halifax) and Room 218, DMNB (St. John)

Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 10 a.m.

M.Sc. Thesis Defence, Purve C. Trivedi

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

"Nutrient Regulation of Autophagy in the Heart"

Location
Room 2L3, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg. (Halifax) and
Room 218, DMNB (St. John)

Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 9:30 a.m.
M.Sc. Thesis Defence - Jiwon Yang Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University "Mitochondrial Genome Evolution in the Deep-Branching Heteroloboseids Amoeba 'BB2' and Pharyngomonas Kirbyi" Location Room C140-CHEB Building, 5793 University Avenue

Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 9:30 a.m.

M.Sc. Thesis Defence - Jiwon Yang

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

"Mitochondrial Genome Evolution in the Deep-Branching Heteroloboseids Amoeba 'BB2' and Pharyngomonas Kirbyi"

Location
Room C140-CHEB Building, 5793 University Avenue

Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 9:30 a.m.
Ph.D. Thesis Defence - Kathleen Attwood Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University "The Role of Nuclear Architecture in DNA Repair" Location Room 3107, Mona Campbell Building, 1459 LeMarchant Street

Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 9:30 a.m.

Ph.D. Thesis Defence - Kathleen Attwood

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

"The Role of Nuclear Architecture in DNA Repair"

Location
Room 3107, Mona Campbell Building, 1459 LeMarchant Street

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Robert Bristow Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto "Novel Genomic Signatures to Predict Treatment Response in Prostate Cancer" Location Room 3H-1, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Robert Bristow

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto

"Novel Genomic Signatures to Predict Treatment Response in Prostate Cancer"

Location
Room 3H-1, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Iman Khan, Ph.D. Candidate Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University "Molecular control of three-dimensional breast tumor growth" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Iman Khan, Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

"Molecular control of three-dimensional breast tumor growth"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Alejandro Cohen Scientific Director Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Core Facility Dalhousie University "Proteins, peptides & PTMs: The nuts and bolts of proteomic search engines…without the greasy fingers!" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Alejandro Cohen

Scientific Director
Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Core Facility
Dalhousie University

"Proteins, peptides & PTMs: The nuts and bolts of proteomic search engines…without the greasy fingers!"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Alamelu Bharadwaj Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University "The enigmatic plasminogen receptor S100A10 (p11) and its role in oncogenesis and cancer progression" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Alamelu Bharadwaj

Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

"The enigmatic plasminogen receptor S100A10 (p11) and its role in oncogenesis and cancer progression"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Laura Martin, MSc Candidate Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University "Neuronal cholesterol biosynthesis and the role of ORP4 in the brain" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Laura Martin, MSc Candidate

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

"Neuronal cholesterol biosynthesis and the role of ORP4 in the brain"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Robin E. Duncan Department of Kinesiology University of Waterloo "Something for everyone: New insights on the glycerolipid metabolizing enzymes ATGL, AGPAT4, and HRASLS1" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Robin E. Duncan

Department of Kinesiology
University of Waterloo

"Something for everyone: New insights on the glycerolipid metabolizing enzymes ATGL, AGPAT4, and HRASLS1"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Frank Sicheri Program in Systems Biology, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute and Departments of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Toronto "The structural basis for poly-ubiquitin chain cleavage: Lessons learned from OTUB1, gumby, and BRCC36" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Frank Sicheri

Program in Systems Biology, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute and
Departments of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Toronto

"The structural basis for poly-ubiquitin chain cleavage: Lessons learned from OTUB1, gumby, and BRCC36"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, May 04, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Scott David Emr Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Cornell University "Sorting out membrane traffic: Ubiquitin- and ESCRT-dependent protein quality control systems" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB) Cosponsored: Hosted by the Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Graduate Students

Wednesday, May 04, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Scott David Emr

Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Cornell University

"Sorting out membrane traffic: Ubiquitin- and ESCRT-dependent protein quality control systems"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Cosponsored: Hosted by the Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Graduate Students

Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Tzviya Zeev-Ben-Mordehai Division of Structural Biology University of Oxford "Studying membrane fusion at molecular resolution" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Tzviya Zeev-Ben-Mordehai

Division of Structural Biology
University of Oxford

"Studying membrane fusion at molecular resolution"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Recipient of the 2014-2015 Doug Hogue Award Sarah Aboushawareb, M.Sc. Candidate Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University "Recognition of “minimal” ligands by enolase superfamily enzymes" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB) Reception to follow in Room 9-A1

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Recipient of the 2014-2015 Doug Hogue Award

Sarah Aboushawareb, M.Sc. Candidate
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

"Recognition of “minimal” ligands by enolase superfamily enzymes"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Reception to follow in Room 9-A1

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Paul F. Gratzer Department of Process Engineering and Applied Sciences, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University "Decellularization Technology: A Natural Approach to Tissue Regeneration" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Paul F. Gratzer

Department of Process Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University

"Decellularization Technology: A Natural Approach to Tissue Regeneration"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, April 06, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Recipient of the 2015 Patrick Prize Dr. Courtney Stairs Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University "Hacking the electron transport chain to live without oxygen." Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, April 06, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Recipient of the 2015 Patrick Prize

Dr. Courtney Stairs
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

"Hacking the electron transport chain to live without oxygen."

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Jiwon Yang, M.Sc. Candidate & Simiao Lu, Ph.D. Candidate Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University Jiwon Yang, M.Sc. Candidate Mononucleotide Insertion-Type RNA Editing in Mitochondria of the Deep Branching Heterolobosean Amoeba 'BB2’ Simiao Lu, Ph.D. Candidate Capturing major conformational motions in the folding of the intrinsically disordered amyloid-β peptide Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Jiwon Yang, M.Sc. Candidate & Simiao Lu, Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

Jiwon Yang, M.Sc. Candidate
Mononucleotide Insertion-Type RNA Editing in Mitochondria of the Deep Branching Heterolobosean Amoeba 'BB2’

Simiao Lu, Ph.D. Candidate
Capturing major conformational motions in the folding of the intrinsically disordered amyloid-β peptide

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, March 24, 2016 at 3:45 p.m.
Honours Student Research Presentations Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University Day 3 Location Room 3H, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building

Wednesday, March 24, 2016 at 3:45 p.m.

Honours Student Research Presentations

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

Day 3

Location
Room 3H, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 3:45 p.m.
Honours Student Research Presentations Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University Day 2 Location Room 3H, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 3:45 p.m.

Honours Student Research Presentations

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

Day 2

Location
Room 3H, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 9:30 a.m.
M.Sc. Thesis Defence - Nathan Weatherbee-Martin Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University "Development And Optimization Of Automated Fibre Production For Recombinant Spider Wrapping Silk" Location Room 4106, Killam Library

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 9:30 a.m.

M.Sc. Thesis Defence - Nathan Weatherbee-Martin

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

"Development And Optimization Of Automated Fibre Production For Recombinant Spider Wrapping Silk"

Location
Room 4106, Killam Library

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 3:45 p.m.
Honours Student Research Presentations Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University Day 1 Location Room 3H, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 3:45 p.m.

Honours Student Research Presentations

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

Day 1

Location
Room 3H, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building

Wednesday, March 16 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Betül Kacar Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Harvard University "Tempus fugit: Design, construction and evolution of ancestor-descendant hybrid organisms in the laboratory" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB) Cosponsored by: Comparative Genomics & Evolutionary Bioinformatics

Wednesday, March 16 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Betül Kacar

Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University

"Tempus fugit: Design, construction and evolution of ancestor-descendant hybrid organisms in the laboratory"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Cosponsored by: Comparative Genomics & Evolutionary Bioinformatics

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 9:15 am - 3:15 pm
Graduate Student Symposium Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University Biochemistry 5910 Location David McNamara Board Room, 1st Floor, LSRI

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 9:15 am - 3:15 pm

Graduate Student Symposium

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

Biochemistry 5910

Location
David McNamara Board Room, 1st Floor, LSRI

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Kathryn Vanya Ewart Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University "Cool solutions: Model genes and proteins in a northern fish species" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Kathryn Vanya Ewart

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

"Cool solutions: Model genes and proteins in a northern fish species"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Ludovic Durrieu Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University "What are the roles of exosomes and plasminogen receptors in the tumour-mast cell environment" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Ludovic Durrieu

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

"What are the roles of exosomes and plasminogen receptors in the tumour-mast cell environment"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Christa Brosseau Department of Chemistry Saint Mary's University "Plasmonic sensing: A Tool for Understanding and Diagnosing Human Disease" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Christa Brosseau

Department of Chemistry
Saint Mary's University

"Plasmonic sensing: A Tool for Understanding and Diagnosing Human Disease"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Tess Laidlaw & Dr. Scott Stoneman Department of Communication Studies Mount Saint Vincent University "Authenticity and expertise online: Communicating for behavioural change" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Tess Laidlaw & Dr. Scott Stoneman

Department of Communication Studies
Mount Saint Vincent University

"Authenticity and expertise online: Communicating for behavioural change"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Nathan Weatherbee-Martin, M.Sc. Candidate Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalhousie University "Development and optimization of automated fibre production for recombinant spider wrapping silk" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Nathan Weatherbee-Martin, M.Sc. Candidate

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University

"Development and optimization of automated fibre production for recombinant spider wrapping silk"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Sophia Stone Department of Biology Dalhousie University "Control of plant stress signalling by RING-Ankyrin ubiquitin E3 ligases" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Sophia Stone

Department of Biology
Dalhousie University

"Control of plant stress signalling by RING-Ankyrin ubiquitin E3 ligases"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Jeffrey Waller Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Mount Allison University "Discovery and characterization of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DSMP) biosynthesis enzymes in a Chlorophyte algae" Location Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS) Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 4 p.m.

Dr. Jeffrey Waller

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Mount Allison University

"Discovery and characterization of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DSMP) biosynthesis enzymes in a Chlorophyte algae"

Location
Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (Halifax, NS)
Room 102, DMNB (Saint John, NB)