Past Events

Hollie Rowlands, Ph.D. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Friday, August 30, 2019 at 1:30 pm in SSC 2315.  Her advisor is Dr. Joseph Yankulov. Thesis Title:  "Nucleosome assembly pathways, Rrm3p and phosphorylation of CAF-I contribute to the maintenance of silent chromatin at the FLO genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae". All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend.

Paisley Worthington, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (and Biophysics), will defend her thesis on Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. in SSC 1511.   Her advisor is Dr. John Dawson. Thesis Title:  "Using existing assessments to track longitudinal development of students' problem solving skills". All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/seminar-series-defences/graduate-defences  

Who should attend? ANY and ALL undergraduate students participating in summer research projects in MCB, IB and HHNS (includes USRA, URA, coop, etc.)   Register with the lab of Dr. Nina Jones at: ugposterday@gmail.com with your name and lab advisor by August 9, and sign up for a poster printing time with Ian Smith on the bulletin board outside of SCIE3405   **Pizza lunch and vendor-provided door prizes will be available for ALL poster presenters**

You are invited to join us for the Master of Biotechnology Poster Day on Tuesday, August 13th, 2019 from 10:00 am to noon in the Atrium of the Science Complex Come and see our graduating students present their major research projects. Visit our website: http://www.uoguelph.ca/mbiotech/ or Contact us: mbiotech@uoguelph.ca

Dr. Shaun Sanders is the third of 3 invited candidates in MCB's faculty search in the area of Biochemistry. We hope many of you will be able to attend her seminar. As part of the faculty search process, Dr. Sanders will be delivering a seminar entitled "Palmitoylation-dependent control of neuronal ion channel clustering". 

Dr. Siavash Vahidi is the second of 3 invited candidates in MCB's faculty search in the area of Biochemistry. We hope many of you will be able to attend his seminar. As part of the faculty search process, Dr. Vahidi will be delivering a seminar entitled "Breaking the Barrrier: Integrative Structural and Functional Studies of Molecular Machines at One Mega-Dalton and Beyond". 

Thinking beyond affinities - mechanical aspects of receptor-ligand interactions between Vinculin and its binding sites:

Dr. Evan Haney is the first of 3 invited candidates in MCB's faculty search in the area of Biochemistry. As part of the faculty search process, Dr. Haney will be delivering a seminar entitled "Synthetis Host Defence Peptides to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance". If you would like an opportunity to meet with Dr. Haney on Tuesday, July 23 or Wednesday, July 24, please please contact Laleh Hatefi via email or at x53362.  

Free appetizers. Bring your lab mates!

All welcome to attend as graduate students in their second semester (MCB*6500 and MCB*7500) will present a public seminar on a contemporary subject in the molecular biosciences. More information:  https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/seminar-series-defences/msc-and-phd-research-topics-mcb-brown-bag-seminars