Past Events

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  

Madison Turner, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. (online).  Her co-advisors are Dr. Rod Merrill and Dr. Ernesto Guzman.   Thesis Title: "Characterization of virulence factors targeting Apis mellifera: Varroa Toxic Protein and LarvinA". https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/seminar-series-defences/graduate-defences 

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.

Megan Brasher, Ph.D. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 9:30 am. Her advisor is Dr. Marc Coppolino. Thesis Title:  "The regulation of Syntaxin4 and VAMP2 is required for invadopodium formation and extracellular matrix invasion in tumor cells".

Carys Jones, Ph.D. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 1:30 pm.  Her co-advisors are Drs. Anthony Clarke and Dr. Cezar Khursigara.  Thesis Title: "Structure, function, and inhibition of peptidoglycan O-acetyltransferase A from Staphylococcus aureus"

Julia Brott,  M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Wednesay, April 15, 2020 at 9:30 am.   Her advisor is Dr. John Vessey. Thesis Title:  " The RNA-binding protein heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K is responsible for regulating the fate decisions of neural precursor cells of the developing cerebral cortex ".

Matiyo Ojohomon, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Thursday, April 9, 2020, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. (online)    Her advisor is Dr. John Dawson. Thesis Title:  "Insertional vs targeted mutagenesis in the development of zebrafish as an in vivo model for cardiomyopathy". https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/seminar-series-defences/graduate-defences    

Ryan Hallam, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend his thesis on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 1:30 p.m..    His advisor is Dr. Scott Ryan.   Thesis Title:  "Alpha-synuclein fibrils impair calcium flux in cortical neurons through aberrant nitric oxide-mediated inhibition of NMDA receptor function" https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/seminar-series-defences/graduate-defences

Kiah Barton, Ph.D. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Friday, April 3, 2020 at 1:30 pm in SSC 3317.  Her advisor is Dr. Jaideep Mathur. Thesis Title:  "Investigations on the influence of cellular sugar and endoplasmic reticulum dynamics on plastid pleomorphy in Arabidopsis thaliana" https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/seminar-series-defences/graduate-defences

Zi (Grace) Teng, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. in SSC 2315.    Her advisor is Dr. John Dawson. Thesis Title:  "The dark side of actin:  Characterization of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy linked S271F ACTC variant and dilated cardiomyopathy linked T126I ACTC variant." https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/seminar-series-defences/graduate-defences