Past Events

Michael (Shayne) McLaughlin, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend his thesis on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. in SSC 1304    His advisor is Dr. Andrew Bendall. Thesis Title:  "Investigating Dlx and Zbed1 protein interactions during cell cycle progression" All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/seminar-series-defences/graduate-defences    

Nikkita Dutta, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. in SSC 1511.    Her advisor is Dr. Nina Jones. Thesis Title:  "Investigation of Dok1 and Dok2 as novel modulators of focal adhesion dynamics in kidney podocytes" All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/seminar-series-defences/graduate-defences    

Kelly Boddington, Ph.D. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Friday, April 12, 2019 at 9:30 am in SSC 2315.    Her advisor is Dr. Steffen Graether. "The role of a Vitis riparia dehydrin in protecting DNA from oxidative stress." All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. Full Announcement

Shayla Larson, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. in SSC 2315.    Her co-advisors are Dr. Ray Lu and Dr. Renee Bergeron. Thesis Title:  “Identification of genetic markers for stress responsiveness and meat quality in Canadian Yorkshire pigs". All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. Full Announcement (to follow).  

Mitchele Demelo, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend his thesis on Friday, April 5, 2019 at 9:00 am in SSC 1511.    His advisor is Dr. Cezar Khursigara. "Identification of a novel interaction between cell division proteins FtsK and MinD in Eschericia coli." All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. Full Announcement  

Congratulations to the 2019 Dr. Donald Robert Phillips Scholarship recipients Evan Mallette (Kimber Lab) and Morgan Stykel (Ryan Lab). In honour of the occasion, the 2019 recipients will present departmental seminars on their work. Evan Mallette “Structural and functional characterization of the aminoacetone utilization microcompartment from Mycobacterium smegmatis MC2 155” Morgan Stykel

Olivier Tremblay, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend his thesis on Friday, March 29, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. in SSC 1511.    His advisor is Dr. Rod Merrill. "Vorin and Garvin are novel bacterial mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase toxins" All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/seminar-series-defences/graduate-defences

Dear Colleagues, Please join us as we welcome Dr. Trevor Moraes as part of MCB's Seminar Series on Wednesday, March 27th, 2019. Seminar time: 10:30am Room: SSC 2315 All are welcome to attend. Sincerely, MCB Distinguished Speaker Seminar Committee  

All welcome to attend.  See more information at this link:   https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/seminar-series-defences/msc-and-phd-research-topics-mcb-brown-bag-seminars 

Dear Colleagues, Please join us as we welcome Dr. Karun Singh as part of MCB's Seminar Series on Wednesday, March 20th, 2019. Seminar time: 10:30am Room: SSC 2315 All are welcome to attend. Sincerely, MCB Distinguished Speaker Seminar Committee