Past Events

Karamjeet (Kanu) Singh, Ph.D. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend his thesis on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 1:30 pm, via MS Teams.  His advisor is Dr. Steffen Graether. Thesis Title: "Structural and biochemical investigation into Arabidopsis thaliana LEA3 proteins." All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. 

See details here:  https://graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca/event/new-graduate-student-orientation-0 WELCOME NEW GRADS!   In addition to the university-wide new grad student orientation listed above, MCB will be holding a department graduate student orientation session on Wed. September 9th at 10 am.  A Graduate Teaching Assistant presentation, with Prof. Annette Nassuth will take place on Wed. Sept 9th at 1 pm.

Olivia Grafinger, Ph.D. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 1:30 p.m.  This exam will be conducted online, via MS Teams.  Olivia's advisor is Dr. Marc Coppolino.   Thesis Title:  "The role of beta-1 integrin signaling in regulating the phosphorylation and recycling of MT 1-MMP at invadopodia."

Sierra Rosiana, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 9:30 a.m..   This exam will be conducted online, via MS Teams.  Sierra's advisor is Dr. Rebecca Shapiro. Thesis Title: "The role of fungal adhesins in mediating morphogenesis and virulence in Candida albicans." All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend.

Samanta Pladwig, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 9:30 a.m..   Ths exam will be conducted online, via MS Teams.  Samanta's advisor is Dr. Mark Baker.   Thesis Title:  "Characterization of human BRCA2 truncations on Rad51 levels and homology directed repair in mammalian cells."  All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend.

Laura Seidel, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 9:30 a.m..   Ths exam will be conducted online, via MS Teams.  Laura's co-advisors are Dr. Cezar Khursigara and Dr. Matthew Kimber. Thesis Title:  "Investigating the structure of the Escherichia coli divisome protein FtsK via covariance analysis".

Victoria Sanderson, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. (online).  Her co-advisors are Dr. Melanie Wills and Dr. Cezar Khursigara.   Thesis Title:  "Improving Lyme disease direct detection: Identification of a novel method to enrich for Borrelia in blood, and comparing surveys and serology in a chronically ill patient cohort"

All graduate students registered in the MCB*6500 and MCB*7500 courses are required to participate in and attend the graduate seminar presentations. Seminars begin at 10:30 A.M. Seminar announcements will be posted here approximately one week in advance.

All graduate students registered in the MCB*6500 and MCB*7500 courses are required to participate in and attend the graduate seminar presentations. Seminars begin at 10:30 A.M. Seminar announcements will be posted here approximately one week in advance.

Andrea Brumwell, Ph.D. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 1:30 pm (online).  Her advisor is Dr. Jim Uniacke. Theis Title:  "Maiden exploration into hypoxic regulation of human ribosomal proteins" https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/seminar-series-defences/graduate-defences