Past Events

Lily Nasanovky, Ph.D. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Friday, September 1, 2017 at 1:00 pm in SSC 2315.  Her advisor is Dr. Ian Tetlow.

Dendra Hillier, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 1:00 pm in SSC 2315.  Her advisor is Dr. John Vessey. Thesis Title:  Investigating the role of hnRNP-M in asymmetric neural precursor cell divisions in the developing cerebral cortex All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. Full Announcement

Lisette Verzijlenberg, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 9:00 am in SSC 2315.  Her advisor is Dr. Richard Mosser. Thesis Title:  Effect of hyperthermia and HSP70 protein overexpression on FOXO3a levels in Acute Lymphoblastic T-cells All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. Full announcement

Wadood Malik, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend his thesis on Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 2:00 pm in SSC 2315.  His advisor is Dr. Andrew Bendall.  Thesis Title:  Novel tools for Dlx5 and Dlx6 knockdown in the chicken embryo. All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. Full Announcement  

The 2017 CBS undergraduate summer student poster symposium will be held on Wednesday, August 9th in the Science Complex Atrium. Please click here for an accessible PDF version

The 2017 CBS undergraduate summer student poster symposium will be held on Wednesday, August 9th in the Science Complex Atrium.  As in previous years, this is open to all summer students (USRA, URA, coop, etc). There will be two poster sessions followed by a prize draw and pizza lunch for participants.  Interested students are encouraged to register for this event by contacting ugposterday@gmail.com with their name and advisor by Friday, August 4th.  

Ziad Marroushi, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend his thesis on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at 1:00 pm in SSC 2315.  His advisor is Dr. Lucy Mutharia. Thesis Title:  Functional analysis of nucleoside diphosphate kinase from Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. Full Announcement

Bronwyn Lyons, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at 1:00 pm in SSC 2315.  Her advisor is Dr. Rod Merrill. Thesis Title:  A kinetic and structure-guided characterization of Scabin, a novel mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase produced by Streptomyces scabies All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. Full Announcement

Jenna Penney, Ph.D. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Thursday July 13, 2017 at 1:00 pm in SSC 2315.  Her advisor is Dr. Ray Lu. Thesis Title:  Characterization of the potential role of Luman as a novel regulator of animal stress responses. Examination Committee:

Nicole Kelly, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. in SSC 2315 . Her advisor is Dr. Jim Uniacke. Thesis Title:  "Hypoxia activates cadherin-22 synthesis via eIF4E2 to drive the migration, invasion and adhesion of breast cancer and glioma cells" Examination Committee: