Past Events

All graduate students registered in the MCB*6500 and MCB*7500 courses are required to participate in and attend the graduate seminar presentations. Introductory Session begins promptly at 11:30 a.m. in SSC 1511.  Seminars will begin at 12 noon.

Dear Colleagues, Please join us as we welcome our very own, gold medal winning, iGEM Guelph Team! Seminar time: 10:30 AM Room: SSC 2315 All are welcome to attend. Please see poster for further details. Sincerely, MCB Distinguished Speaker Seminar Committee  Title: Developing an Antibiotic Biosensor as a Diagnostic Tool to Detect Tetracycline

Laurenne Petrie, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. in SSC 2315.  Her advisor is Dr. Georgina Cox. Thesis Title:  "Construction of a genetic host cell adhesion network in Staphylococcus aureus identifies a novel role for autolysin". All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/seminar-series-defences/graduate-defences

Anonna Prioti, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Wednesday, December 13, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. in SSC 1511.    Her co-advisors are Dr. George Harauz and Dr. Steffen Graether. Thesis Title:  "Mapping intramolecular distances of 18.5-kDa myelin basic protein variants in membrane-mimetic solvents by Fluorescence (Förster) Resonance Energy Transfer".

Manali Tilak, Ph.D. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. in SSC 3317.  Her advisor is Dr. Nina Jones. Thesis Title:  "A comprehensive proteomic and transcriptomic approach to understand novel features of adaptor protein ShcD". All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/seminar-series-defences/graduate-defences

Dr. Allingham has kindly agreed to give a seminar while he visits the department to serve as external examiner for PHD.MCB candidate, Navneet Sidhu.  Everyone is welcome to attend.   Coffee, tea and timbits. Seminar Notice

Navneet Sidhu, Ph.D. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Tuesday, December 9, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. in SSC2315.  Her advisor is Dr. John Dawson. Thesis Title:  "DPr-actin trimer is a short F-actin oligomer that binds selectively to F-actin Binding Proteins". All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/seminar-series-defences/graduate-defences

Olivia Roscow, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. in SSC 2315.    Her advisor is Dr. Baozhong Meng. Thesis Title:  "Development of a full-length infectious clone of Grapevine rupestris stem pitting-associated virus strain Syrah and production of GFP-tagged and VIGS vectors for Vitis vinifera".

Dear Colleagues, Please join us as we welcome our final MCB's Seminar Series speaker of the semester, Dr. Hansen He, on Wednesday, November 27th, 2019. Seminar time: 10:30 AM Room: SSC 2315 All are welcome to attend. Please see poster for further details. Sincerely, MCB Distinguished Speaker Seminar Committee  Title: Decode the noncoding cancer genome

Connor Randall, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend his thesis on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. in SSC 3317.  His advisor is Dr. Marc Coppolino. Thesis Title:  "The role of syntaxin-4 N-terminal peptide interaction with Munc18c in cell-matrix adhesion and front-rear polarity during cell migration". All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend.