Upcoming Events

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: 10:30amRoom: SSC 2315All are welcome to attend.Sincerely,MCB Distinguished Speaker Seminar Committee  

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

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

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  

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

Sahar Mehrpouyan, Ph.D. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Monday, May 6, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. in SSC 2315.  Her co-advisors are Drs. Michael Emes and Ian Tetlow.  Thesis Title: Post-translational regulation of starch synthase IIA, a key enzyme of starch biosynthesis in maize endosperm All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. Full Announcement - to follow