Molecular (MCDB) and Work In Progress (WIPS) Seminars

Our Department hosts leaders in their fields to present their research during our weekly “Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology” seminar series. Graduate students present their research during regular work-in-progress seminars (WIPS) to the department. (Schedule will be listed below)

The MCDB Seminars are held on Mondays at 12:00 pm in Stewart Bio N2/2.
Refreshments will be served at 11:30 am.


Fall 2024

Date/Time Speaker Title Host(s)
Monday, September 30, 2024

Jesse Shapiro

Rapid evolution of pathogens within patients Kassen Lab
Monday, October 21, 2024
Johns Hopkins
The synaptonemal complex in Caenorhabditis elegans Zetka Lab
Monday, October 28, 2024 Amy Smith-Dijak
Postdoc
TBA Watt Lab
Monday, November 4, 2024
UQTR
DAF-18/PTEN prevents oocyte wastage in spermless C. elegans hermaphrodites by blocking spermatheca neck dilation through AKT-1/2 and RHO-1/RhoA Hekimi Lab
Monday, November 11, 2024
Stanford University
TBA Vogel Lab
Monday, November 18, 2024
Université Laval
Of nutrients and toxicants: Plant root membrane transport in a time of major flux Zheng Lab
Monday, November 25, 2024
University of Michigan
Regulation of dynein in multiple dimensions ensures trafficking specificity Brouhard Lab
Monday, December 2, 2024
Concordia University
Teaching an old dog new tricks: using endogenous tags to study cell division in human cells Vogel Lab

Molecular Biology - Work in Progress Seminars (WIPS)

Our Work in Progress seminars are intended primarily for Doctoral candidates to prepare for or deliver their Ph.D. Seminar presentations. Master's students are also welcome to discuss their research and seek feedback.The student rep for WIPs is Rana Abdelhalim (rana.abdelhalim [at] mail.mcgill.ca).
WIPS are held on Thursdays 12:00-1:00pm in Stewart Bio, N7/1.

Date Presenter 1 Presenter 2
Thursday, October 10, 2024 PhD seminar: Maddy Shred (Brouhard Lab) N/A
Thursday, October 24, 2024 Amirhossein Najafabadi (Zetka Lab) N/A
Thursday, October 31, 2024 Arghya Das (Moon Lab) McLean Sherrin (Roy Lab)
Thursday, November 7, 2024 Bruna Soares de Souza (Watt Lab) N/A
Thursday, November 14, 2024 PhD seminar: Sabih Rashid (Roy Lab) N/A
Thursday, November 21, 2024 Mariam Anwar (Lasko/Abouheif Lab) Simone Miklosi (Cristescu Lab)
Thursday, December 5, 2024 Priscila Medrano (Gerhold Lab) Silma Subah (Zetka Lab)
Thursday, December 12, 2024 Mary Nicoll (Dankort Lab) N/A
Thursday, January 9, 2025 Kaitlin Mac Donald (Nilson Lab) Yifan Tai (Hekimi Lab)
Thursday, January 16, 2025 Alexandra Paquette (Brouhard Lab) Noah Lilienfeldt (Hekimi Lab)
Thursday, January 23rd, 2025 Tianzi Yang (Reyes Lab) Khalid Al-Naemi (Vogel Lab)
Thursday, January 30, 2025 Alyssa Centonza-Brenie (Zetka Lab) Ana Paulina Gutierrez Alejandre (Reyes Lab)
Thursday, February 6, 2025 John Pino (Gerhold Lab) Nada El Baba (Hayer Lab)
Thursday, February13, 2025 Eric Cheng (Gerhold Lab) Nikolai Ho (Schöck Lab)
Thursday, February 20, 2025 José Medina (Schöck Lab) Rana Abdelhalim (Watt Lab)
Thursday, February 27, 2025 Ben Rogers (Watt Lab) Elena Jurczak (Roy Lab)
Thursday, March 13, 2025 PhD seminar: Baishali Mukherjee (Hayer Lab) N/A
Thursday, March 20, 2025 Augusto Urena (Gerhold Lab) Tanaka Mutsayi (Vogel Lab)
Thursday, March 27, 2025 Yiran Fan (Vogel Lab) Katherine Morelli (Vogel Lab)
Thursday, April 3, 2025 Rodrigo Miguelez-Ramírez (Hayer Lab) Annie Li (Moon Lab)
Thursday, April 10, 2025 PhD seminar: Qiyao Lin (Hayer Lab) N/A
Thursday, April 17, 2025 PhD seminar: Jose-Pablo Rascon-Perez (Reyes Lab) N/A
Thursday, April 24, 2025 PhD seminar: Megan Letourneau (Bureau Lab) N/A

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