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Friday, March 2, 2007
Mechanisms of Action of Antiestrogens .::. Hoxb4 and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Expansion
Two IRIC Research Reports presented respectively by David Cotnoir-White, Ph.D. Student in Sylvie Mader's Molecular Targeting in Hormone-Dependent Cancers Laboratory, and Sonia Cellot, Postdoctoral researcher in Guy Sauvageau's Molecular Genetics of Stem Cells Laboratory.

Starting at 4:00pm at the IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151

Monday, March 5, 2007
Mechanisms and substrates of the ubiquitin-proteasome system
Lecture by Raymond J. Deshaies, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Biology, Caltech, Pasadena, Californie
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Friday, March 9, 2007
Global portrayal of the MHC I immunopeptidome of normal and neoplastic thymocytes
IRIC Research Progress Report presented jointly by Marie-Hélène Fortier, Ph.D. student in Pierre Thibault's Proteomics and Bionanalytical Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, and Étienne Caron, Ph.D. student in Claude Perreault's Immunobiology Laboratory.

Starting at 4:00pm at the IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151

Monday, March 12, 2007
Targeting the translation initiation factor elF4E for cancer therapy
Lecture by Jeremy R. Graff, Ph.D., Research Advisor, Cancer Growth and Translational Genetics, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN.
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Friday, March 16, 2007
Essential Role of the Transmembrane Domain 4 of ß1-Adrenergic Receptor in the Receptor Dimerization and Translocation .::. Beyond the Laboratory Life: Prolegomena to Cancer Biology
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Koji Ogawa, guest investigator in Michel Bouvier's Molecular Pharmacology Laboratory, and Ivan Topisirovic, postdoctoral investigator in Katherine Borden's Structure and Function of the Cell Nucleus Laboratory.

Starting at 4:00pm at the IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151

Monday, March 19, 2007
Regulatory circuits with small RNA switches
Lecture by Susan Gottesman, Ph.D., Chief, Biochemical Genetics Section, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Friday, March 23, 2007
Enrichment of Ubiquitinated Proteins and Novel Proteomics Approach for the Identification of Modification Sites .::. Pharmacological Chaperone Action on GPCR Maturation
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Chantal Durette, M.Sc. Student in Pierre Thibault's Proteomics and Bioanalytical Mass Sprectrometry Laboratory, and Éric Carpentier, Ph.D. Student in ichel Bouvier's Molecular Pharmacology Laboratory.

Starting at 4:00pm at the IRIC - Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151

Monday, March 26, 2007
The discovery and investigation of a novel L-type calcium channel using the genetics of C. elegans
Lecture by Peter J. Roy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology, University of Toronto
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Friday, March 30, 2007
Regulation of Eukaryotic Initation Factor 4E Activity by the eIF4E Transporter (4ET) and their Role in Oncogenesis .::. Quantitative Expression Profiling Buided by Common Retroviral Insertion Sites Reveals Novel and Cell Type-Specific Cancer Genes
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Nadeem Siddiqui, postdoctoral researcher in Katherine Borden's Structure and Function of the Cell Nucleus Laboratory, and Martin Sauvageau, Ph.D.
student in Guy Sauvageau's Molecular Genetics of Stem Cells Laboratory.


Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151


Monday, April 2, 2007
Subversion of developmental pathways in lymphoblastic leukemias
Lecture by Cynthia Guidos, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto.
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Thursday, April 5, 2007
Highly efficient human genome editing using designed zinc finger nucleases
Lecture by Fyodor D. Urnov, Ph.D., Team Leader, Advanced Genomics, Sangamo BioSciences, Inc., Richmond, California.
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Oncogene-mediated signal transduction in transgenic mouse models of human breast cancer
Lecture by William J. Muller, Ph.D., Professor, Depasrtment of Biochemistry, McGill University.
Time & Place:  12:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Friday, April 13, 2007
Phosphoproteome Data Mining: Tools and Challenges
IRIC Research Progress Reports presented Mathieu Courcelles, M.Sc.
student in Pierre Thibault's Proteomics and Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Laboratory.


Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151



Friday, April 20, 2007
Breaking New Ground With Polycomb .::. Oncogene-Induced Cellular Senescence As Barrier To Leukemogenesis
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Jalila Chagraoui, postdoctoral investigator in Guy Sauvageau's Molecular Genetics of Stem Cells Laboratory, and Mathieu Tremblay, Ph.D. student in Trang Hoang's Hematopoieisis and Leukemia Laboratory.

Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151


Friday, April 27, 2007
On the Phosphorylation of ERK1 : Is It All About the Classical T and Y .::. Phosphoproteomic and Proteomic Analyses of Phagosomes
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Sylvia Lehmann, postdoctoral investigator in Sylvain Meloche's Signalling and Cell Growth Laboratory, and Matthias Trost, postdoctoral investigator in Pierre Thibault's Proteomics and Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Laboratory.


Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151


Monday, April 30, 2007
The impact of a senescent microenvironment on tissue homeostasis
Lecture by Christian Beauséjour, Ph.D., Assistant Researcher, CHU Ste-Justine, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Université de Montréal
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Friday, May 4, 2007
A Genome-Wide RNAi Screen for Modulators of RAS/MAPK Signalling .::. Role of Dimerization of the Melanocortin-4 Receptor in the Haplo-Insufficiency or Dominant-Negative Phenotype of MC4-R Mutants Leading to Childhood Obesity

Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Darien Ashton-Beaucage, M.Sc. student in Marc Therrien's Intracellular Signalling Laboratory, and Sandra Lecat, guest investigator in Michel Bouviers Molecular Pharmacology Laboratory.

Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151


Monday, May 7, 2007
Metabolomics and lung cancer: from cells to the clinic
Lecture by Andrew Lane, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Friday, May 11, 2007
Study of the Effect of Pharmacological Chaperones on Mutant Forms of the Melanocortin-4 Receptor Responsible for Early-Onset Obesity .::. Tools and Strategies for In Silico RNA Structure Determination Two
IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Douce Michaud, M.Sc. student in Michel Bouviers Molecular Pharmacology Laboratory, and Marc Parisien, Ph.D. student in François Major's Computational and Theoretical Biology Laboratory.

Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151


Monday, May 14, 2007
In Pursuit of Asymmetric Cell Division


Speakers:

Eric Jarvis - University of Waterloo, ON, Canada
Timm Schroeder - GSF-Institute of Stem Cell Reseach, Neuherberg, Germany
Ken Kemphues - Cornell University, NY, USA
Jean-Claude Labbé - IRIC, Montréal, Canada
Jackie Vogel - McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Paul Maddox - IRIC, Montréal, Canada
Michel Cayouette - IRCM, Montréal, Canada
Sergei Sokol - Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, USA
Cheng-Yu Lee - Life Sciences Institute-Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Gregory Emery - IRIC, Montréal, Canada

Pavillon Marcelle and Jean-Coutu
Auditorium S1-151
8h30 - 18h00 

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Thursday, May 17, 2007
The PP2C phosphatase Alphabet is a general negative regulator of MAPK signaling in Drosophila
Thesis defence by Caroline Baril for her Ph.D. in biochemistry from McGill University under the supervision of Marc Therrien.   

Thursday May 17th at 2:00 PM
Room 803 McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, McGill University

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Friday, May 18, 2007
Large-Scale Functional Proteomic Approach to Define the Signaling Network that Controls p27 Function in Cancer .::. Host Responsiveness to Interferon-gamma Dictates Organ Involvement in Graft-versus-Host Disease (GVHD)
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Christel Boutonnet, postdoctoral investigator in Sylvain Meloche's Signalling and Cell Growth Laboratory, and Jean-Sébastien Delisle, Ph.D. student in Claude Perreault's Immunobiology Laboratory.


Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-111


Thursday, May 24, 2007
Towards the Identification of Cellular and Molecular Regulators of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Self-Renewal
Thesis defence by Amélie Faubert for her Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University under the supervision of Guy Sauvageau.   


Thursday May 24th at 2:00 PM
Room S1-111 Jean-Coutu Pavillon


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Thursday, May 24, 2007
Epigenetic chromatin markers of very early development and differentiation
Lecture by Sari Pennings, Ph.D., Research Lecturer, Molecular Physiology and Genetics, Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Time & Place:  4:30 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Friday, May 25, 2007
Computational Annotation of Non-Coding RNAs in Candida albicans .::. Large-Scale Functional Proteomic Approach to Define the Signaling Network that Controls p27 Function in Cancer
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Marie-Pier Scott-Boyer, M.Sc. student in Sébastien Lemieux's Functional and Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, and Christel Boutonnet, postdoctoral investigator in Sylvain Meloche's Signalling and Cell Growth Laboratory.

Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-111


Friday, May 25, 2007
Journée Jeune Étudiant
http://www.iric.ca/journee.htm

Le temps d'une journée, L'IRIC ouvre pour la première fois ses portes aux étudiants qui ambitionnent une carrière de premier plan en sciences de la vie.  Un temps exceptionnel de visites, de présentations et de rencontres personnalisées pour planifier la suite de vos études.

Votre baccalauréat est en cours? Vous êtes détenteur d'un baccalauréat ou d'une maîtrise? Une occasion unique vous est offerte de découvrir un nouvel institut qui recherche les meilleurs étudiants, en leur offrant les meilleures perspectives de carrière.

Renseignements supplémentaires: 514-334-3333 -
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Monday, May 28, 2007
A systems approach to understanding RTK signaling using protein microarrays
Lecture by Gavin MacBeath, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Friday, June 1, 2007
Generation of Chromosomal Deletions in ES Cells or How to Turn a Crazy Idea into a Successful Functional Genomic Screen .::. Monitoring Interferon-γ Signaling in Macrophages Using Novel Phosphoproteomics Approach
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Valeria Azciotia, postdoctoral investigator in Guy Sauvageau's Molecular Genetics of Stem Cells Laboratory, and Maria Marcantonio, M.Sc. student in Pierre Thibault's Proteomics and Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Laboratory.

Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151


Friday, June 8, 2007
Characterization of the Tyrosine Phosphorylation and Sub-Cellular Localization of CNK, a Scaffolding Protein of the Ras/MAPK Pathway .::. Regulation of MK5 Activity by the Atypical MAP Kinases ERK3 and ERK4
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Audrey Clapéron, postdoctoral investigator in Marc Therrien's Intracellular Signalling Laboratory, and Paul Déléris, postdoctoral investigator in Sylvain Meloche's Signalling and Cell Growth Laboratory.


Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151


Monday, June 11, 2007
Analysis of factors that control transcription and chromatin in yeast
Lecture by Fred Winston, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Friday, June 15, 2007
In Silico Discovery of Transcription Factor Binding Sites in Human Genomic Sequences .::. Asymmetric Cell Division in Haematopoiesis
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Malika Aïd, M.Sc. student in Sylvie Mader's Molecular Targeting in Hormone-Dependent Cancers Laboratory, and Stephen Ting, postdoctoral investigator in Guy Sauvageau's Molecular Genetics of Stem Cells Laboratory.

Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151


Monday, June 18, 2007
Exploring the dark side of the human genome with artificial transcription factors
Lecture by Pilar Blancafort, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of North Carolina
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Approche plurielle à l'étude de la structure tertiaire de l'ARN chez les virus
Thesis Defence by Emmanuelle Permal for her Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Université de Montréal, Dr François Major, Director.

Tuesday, August 07 2007 - 10:00 AM - Room D-225 of Roger-Gaudry Pavilion.

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Friday, August 10, 2007
Development of a retroviral strategy that efficiently creates nested chromosomal deletions in mouse embryonic stem cells and its exploitation for functional genomics
 
Thesis defence by Mélanie Bilodeau for her Ph.D in Molecular Biology, University of Montréal, Dr Guy Sauvageau, Director. 

Friday, August 10 2007 - 1:30 PM - Room S1-151, Pavilion Jean-Coutu

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Friday, September 7, 2007
Cellular Study of Hepatitis C Virus Proteins Interactions by BRET
Essential Role of the Transcription Factors SCL and E2A in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Maintenance
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Marie-Ève Racine, M.Sc. student in Daniel Lamarre's Molecular Immunovirology Laboratory, and Julie Lacombe, Ph.D. student in Trang Hoang's Hematopoieisis and Leukemia Laboratory.
Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151

Monday, September 10, 2007
Regulation of protein synthesis and cell growth by mTOR/S6 kinase signalling
Lecture by John Belnis, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Friday, September 14, 2007
Roles of Histone H3 Lysine 56 Acetylation in the Maintenance of Chromosomal Integrity During DNA Replication .::. ERK1 and ERK2 : Distinct or Twin Kinases?
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Hugo Wurtele, postdoctoral scientist in Alain Verreault's Chromosome Biogenesis Laboratory, and Marc Saba-El-Leil, research associate in Sylvain Meloche's Signalling and Cell Growth Laboratory.

Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151


Monday, September 17, 2007
Phosphoproteomic approaches to understand signalling proteins, pathways and networks
Lecture by Bryan A. Ballif, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Friday, September 21, 2007
Modelisation of Tridimensionnal RNA Structures .::. eIF4E RNA Regulon: Functional Link to the AKT Pathway
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Karine Cyrenne, Ph.D. student in Sébastien Lemieux's Functional and Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, and Keith Tan, postdoctoral researcher in Katherine Borden's Structure and Function of the Cell Nucleus Laboratory.
Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151


Monday, September 24, 2007
Viewing yeast and human chromatin through the lens of Top Down Mass Spectrometry
Lecture by Neil L. Kelleher, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Friday, September 28, 2007
Characterization of Candida albicans ABC Transporters Involved in Multidrug Resistance .::. T- cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia : New Insights into the Molecular Mechanisms of Transformation by the TAL-1 Oncogene
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Sarah Tsao, Ph.D. student in Martine Raymond's Yeast Molecular Biology Laboratory, and Sabine Herblot, research associate in Trang Hoang's Hematopoieisis and Leukemia Laboratory.

Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151


Monday, October 1, 2007
Regulation of DNA replication and Trans-Lesion Synthesis (TLS) by checkpoint signaling
Lecture by Cyrus Vaziri, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Genomics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Friday, October 5, 2007
Nuclear Localization of MEK1 Transforms Intestinal Epithelial Cells .::. Regulation of the NSF-GABA(B) Interaction
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Stéphanie Duhamel, Ph.D. student in Sylvain Meloche's Signaling and Cell Growth Laboratory, and Nicolas Lahaie, Ph.D. student in Michel Bouvier's Molecular Pharmacology Laboratory.

Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151


Friday, October 12, 2007
Estrogen Signaling in Breast Cancer .::. Atypical MAP Kinases Erk3/4 are Novel Substrates of CDK1 and Polo-Like Kinase 1 in Mitosis

Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Véronique Bourdeau, research associate in Sylvie Mader's Molecular Targeting in Hormone-Dependent Cancers Laboratory, and Pierre-Luc Tanguay, Ph.D. student in Sylvain Meloche's Signaling and Cell Growth Laboratory.

Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151


Monday, October 15, 2007
Checkpoint responses and their repair of a broken chromosome
Lecture by James Haber, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Friday, October 19, 2007
Nouveaux modes de régulation des voies MAP kinase eucaryotes par phosphorylation
Thesis defence by Mathieu Arcand, for his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Université de Montréal, under the supervision of Sylvain Meloche.
Time & Place: 1 pm, Jean-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151

Friday, October 19, 2007
Enhanced Sensitivity in LC-MS Experiments Using FAIMS Coupled to an Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer - Applications to Proteomics .::. The LIM-only Protein Lmo2 in Hematopoietic Cells: Many Partners, Many Functions?
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Julian Saba, postdoctoral researcher in Pierre Thibault's Proteomics and Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, and Marie-Claude Sincennes, Ph.D. student in Trang Hoang's Hematopoieisis and Leukemia Laboratory. Starting at 4 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151

Friday, October 19, 2007
Les Fonds subventionnaires : des organismes au service des chercheurs et de la recherche
Lecture by Alain Beaudet, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman, Board of Directors President and CEO of Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec. This lecture is given as part of course BIM-6070: Pratique Professionnelle de la Recherche.
Time & place: 9 am, Jean-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-111
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Friday, October 19, 2007
Le journalisme scientifique
Lecture by Bernard Levy, Director, Société de la revue M/S: médecine sciences. This lecture is given as part of course BIM-6070: Pratique Professionnelle de la Recherche.
Time & place: 10 am, Jean-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-111
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Monday, October 22, 2007
Pursuing new pathways in the DNA damage response
Lecture by Rodney Rothstein, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Friday, October 26, 2007
ETO2 Prevents Multi-Lineage Differentiation and Promotes Self-Renewal in Hematopoietic Stem Cells .::. Deciphering the Molecular Mechanisms Leading to Nup98-HoxA9-Dependent Leukemia Using Drosophila
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Julie Lambert, Ph.D. student in Trang Hoang's Hematopoieisis and Leukemia Laboratory, and Gino Laberge, postdoctoral researcher in Marc Therrien's Intracellular Signalling Laboratory.
Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-111

Monday, October 29, 2007
Innovative mass spectrometry technology for the study of cell signalling and development of a cancer immunotherapeutic
Lecture by Donald F. Hunt, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry and Pathology, Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Time & Place:  4 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Friday, November 2, 2007
Functional In Vivo Screen for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Self-Renewal Determinants .::. Computer-Assisted Development of Small Chemical Regulators of GPCR Endocytosis
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Éric Deneault, Ph.D. student in Guy Sauvageau's Molecular Genetics of Stem Cells Laboratory, and Martin Audet, Ph.D. student in Michel Bouvier's Molecular Pharmacology Laboratory.
Starting at 4 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-111

Friday, November 2, 2007
L’identification humaine par profil génétique à des fins judiciaires
Lecture by Christine Jolicoeur, Ph.D., Scientific Coordinator, Biology/ADN, Forensic Sciences and Forensic Pathology, Ministry of Public Security – Government of Québec. This lecture is given as part of course BIM-6070 : Pratique Professionnelle de la Recherche.
Time & place 11 am, Jean-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-111
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Monday, November 5, 2007
Genetic and cellular regulation of skeletal muscle stem cells during development and regeneration
Lecture by Shahragim Tajbakhsh, Ph.D., Professor, Stem Cells and Development, Department of Developmental Biology, Pasteur Institute, Paris
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Friday, November 9, 2007
Pour une carrière en biochimie clinique - La formation post-doctorale en biochimie clinique de l'Université de Montréal, DEPD
Lecture by Roger Sanfaçon Ph.D.,CSPQ, FCACB, Biochimiste Clinique, Département de biochimie - Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Directeur du DEPD en biochimie clinique et Professeur adjoint de clinique, Département de biochimie - Université de Montréal. This lecture is given as part of course BIM-6070 : Pratique Professionnelle de la Recherche.
Time & place 11am, Jean-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-111
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Friday, November 9, 2007
Baf250a Is a Negative Regulator of Fetal Hemopoietic Stem Cell Population
IRIC Research Progress Reports presented by Jana Krosl, research associate in Guy Sauvageau's Molecular Genetics of Stem Cells Laboratory.
Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-111

Monday, November 12, 2007
Topoisomerase I and DNA replication checkpoints
Lecture by Yves Pommier, M.D., Ph.D., Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Bethesda
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Friday, November 16, 2007
La gestion de projet adaptée au développement de nouveaux réactifs biologiques
Lecture by Véronique Brechler, Ph.D., Senior Project Leader, PerkinElmer BioSignal Inc.

Followed by:

Développement de nouveaux médicaments et soutien aux essais cliniques: perspective industrielle
Lecture by Danielle Methot, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Aegera Therapeutics Inc.

These lectures are given as part of course BIM-6070 : Pratique Professionnelle de la Recherche.
Time & place 11am, Jean-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-111
Information : 514 343.6111 poste 1.0612

Friday, November 16, 2007
The Unfolded Protein Response Regulates MHC Class-I Peptide Presentation .::. Approaches and Technologies in Genomic Analysis
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Diana Granados, M.Sc. student in Claude Perreault's Immunobiology Laboratory, and Pierre Chagnon, manager of IRIC's Genomics Core Facility.
Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-111

Monday, November 19, 2007
Characterizing the interactions between polyubiquitin chains and ubiquitin-binding proteins: specificity, stoichiometry and avidity
Lecture by Jean-François Trempe, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, McGill University
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
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Friday, November 23, 2007
La science et les médias
Lecture by Yanick Villedieu, Journalist - Première chaîne de la radio de Radio-Canada, Montréal and Columnist – L’actualité. This lecture is given as part of course BIM-6070: Pratique Professionnelle de la Recherche.
Time & place: 11:30 am, Jean-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-111
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Friday, November 23, 2007
Photic and thermal synchronization of Drosophila circadian behavior
Lecture by Patrick Emery, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
Time & Place:  12:00 pm at IRIC, Macelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-139
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Monday, November 26, 2007
HLA-presented peptides in cancer immunotherapy
Lecture by Stefan Stevanovic, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Immunology, Department of Immunology, Tübingen University, Germany
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
Information:  514 343.6111 ext. 0880

Friday, November 30, 2007
Phosphorylation of Raptor by ERK and RSK: a Novel Link Between the Ras/MAPK and mTOR Pathways .::. Probing the Oligomeric Composition of the CGRP Receptor Complex Using Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer and Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation Assays
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Audery Carrière-Pazat, postdoctoral researcher in Philippe Roux's Cellular Signalling and Proteomics Laboratory, and Madeleine Héroux, Ph.D. student in Michel Bouvier's Molecular Pharmacology Laboratory.
Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151

Friday, November 30, 2007
Carrière en milieu académique: le kaléidoscope des fonctions professorales
Lecture by Nicole Beauchemin, Ph.D., Professor, McGill Cancer Centre, and for the departments of Biochemistry, Medecine and Oncology, McGill University. This lecture is given as part of course BIM-6070 : Pratique Professionnelle de la Recherche.
Time & place 11am, Jean-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-111
Information : 514 343.6111 poste 1.0612

Monday, December 3, 2007
Local dynamics and global structure of the yeast protein interactome
Lecture by Stephen Michnick, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Université de Montréal
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
Information:  514 343.6111 ext. 0880

Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Ayez votre santé à l’œil : le cancer du sein et la prévention
Sylvie Dallaire, breast cancer survivor, will share her personal experience with breast cancer and will discuss certain preventive measures of the disease. Conference to be given in French.
Time & place 12pm, Jean-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-125
Information : 514 343.6111 17279

Friday, December 7, 2007
Protein Interaction Code of c-JUN as a Transcriptioanl Co-activator .::. Investigating the Function of eIF4E-Binding Protein 1 in the Nucleus
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Anvella Deng, M.Sc. student in Trang Hoang's Hematopoieisis and Leukemia Laboratory, and Nathalie Beslu, research associate in Katherine Borden's Structure and Function of the Cell Nucleus Laboratory.
Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151

Friday, December 7, 2007
Voyage au coeur de la propriété intellectuelle
Lecture by Dominique Bergeron, Ph.D, Conseillère transfert de technologies, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal. This lecture is given as part of course BIM-6070 : Pratique Professionnelle de la Recherche.
Time & place 11am, Jean-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-111
Information : 514 343.6111 poste 1.0612

Monday, December 10, 2007
Genome-wide mapping of chromatin structure and dynamics in yeast and mammals
Lecture by François Robert, Ph.D., Associate Researcher, Faculty of Medicine, Medicine and Specialized Medicine, Université de Montréal - IRCM
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
Information:  514 343.6111 ext. 0880

Monday, December 17, 2007
Mapping immune responses to influenza and poxviruses; examples of host interactions with complex viruses
Lecture by Alessandro Sette, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Scripps Research Institute; Adjunct Professor, University of California - San Diego School of Medicine; Head, Division of Vaccine Discovery; Director, Center for Emerging Diseases and Biodefense, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
Information:  514 343.6111 ext. 0880

Friday, December 21, 2007
Régulation transcriptionnelle par le récepteur des oestrogènes alpha dans les cellules de cancer du sein
Thesis Defence by Julie Deschênes, for her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Université de Montréal, under the supervision of Sylvie Mader.
Starting at 1:30 pm, André-Aisenstadt Pavilion, room 1140. 
Information: 514-343-61111 ext. 1.0612

Friday, December 21, 2007
Dissecting Hematopoietic Stem Cell Self-Renewal Using RNAi .::. Modeling Chemical Groups of an RNA Structure from Multiple Sequences
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Kristin Hope, postdoctoral investigator in Guy Sauvageau's Molecular Genetics of Stem Cells Laboratory, and Karine St-Onge, Ph.D. student in François Major's Computational and Theoretical Biology Laboratory.
Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151

Friday, January 11, 2008
Defining the Role of the Brat Family in C. elegans Embryonic Polarity .::. BRET: Past, Present and Future
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Vincent Hyenne, postdoctoral investigator in Jean-Claude Labbé's Cell Division and Differentiation Laboratory, and Billy Breton, Ph.D. student in Michel Bouvier's Molecular Pharmacology Laboratory.
Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151

Monday, January 14, 2008
Centrosome biogenesis in worms and humans
Lecture by Laurence Pelletier, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, The Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Torono
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
Information:  514 343.6111 ext 0880

Friday, January 18, 2008
Finding the Epigenetic Needle in the Chromatin Haystack: Mass Spectrometry Approaches to Profiling Histone Modifications .::. Wnt4 Signalling: Activating the Unknown vs Inhibiting the Known
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Paul Drogaris, M.Sc. student in Pierre Thibault's Proteomics and Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, and Krista Heinonen, postdoctoral investigator in Claude Perreault's Immunobiology Laboratory.
Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151

Monday, January 21, 2008
Controlling growth and tissue organization in flies and mice with the planar polarity cadherin Fat
Lecture by Helen McNeill, Ph.D., Investigator, The Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
Information:  514 343.6111 ext. 0880

Friday, January 25, 2008
The Search for Polo Kinants: Engineered Kinase Alleles with Regulatable Enzymatic Activity .::. MAVS Dimerization Triggers Innate Antiviral Response
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Hery Ratsima, M.Sc. student in Damien D'Amours' Cell Cycle Regulation and Chromosome Structure Laboratory, and Martin Baril, postdoctoral investigator in Daniel Lamarre's Molecular Immunovirology Laboratory.
Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151

Friday, February 1, 2008
Notes from the Underground: The RNA World .::. Flow Cytometry: Applications for Everyone
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Ivan Topisirovic, postdoctoral researcher in Katherine Borden's Structure and Function of the Cell Nucleus Laboratory, and Danièle Gagné, manager of IRIC's Flow Cytometry Core Facility.
Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151

Monday, February 4, 2008
The road to therapeutic RNA interference: tackling the 800 pound siRNA delivery gorilla
Lecture by Steve Dowdy, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
Information:  514 343.6111 ext 0880

Friday, February 8, 2008
Water Reabsorption Disorders and the Vasopressin System: One Therapeutic Target Several Approaches
IRIC Research Progress Report presented by Driss Rochdi, postdoctoral researcher in Michel Bouvier's Molecular Pharmacology Laboratory.
Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151


Monday, February 11, 2008
Computational detection and characterization of vertebrate cis - regulatory modules
Lecture by Mathieu Blanchette, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science, McGill University
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
Information:  514 343.6111 ext. 0880

Friday, February 15, 2008
TGF-beta: Keeping Tolerance While Losing the Inhibition
IRIC Research Progress Report presented by Martin Giroux, postdoctoral researcher in Claude Perreault's Immunobiology Laboratory.
Starting at 4:30 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151

Monday, February 18, 2008
Springs and struts in the Mitotic spindle
Lecture by Kerry Bloom, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Time & Place:  4:00 pm at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
Information:  514 343.6111 ext 0880

Friday, February 22, 2008
Optimization in Micro-Array Analysis .::. Characterizing the Role of the PRC2 Polycomb Complex in Normal and Leukemic HSC Self-Renewal
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Gregory Voisin, Ph.D. student in Sébastien Lemieux's Functional and Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, and Martin Sauvageau, Ph.D. student in Guy Sauvageau's Molecular Genetics of Stem Cells Laboratory.
Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151

Monday, February 25, 2008
Herpes viruses as tools: glycoproteins and quality control
Lecture by Hidde Ploegh, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CONFERENCE HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Friday, February 29, 2008
The MHC I Immunopeptidome of Thymocytes Is Molded by the Transcriptome and Conceals a Tissue-Specific Signature .::. From Protein Destruction to Signaling Pathway Reconstruction: New Insights in the MHC I Immunopeptidome
Two IRIC Research Progress Reports presented respectively by Marie-Hélène Fortier, Ph.D. student in Pierre Thibault's Proteomics and Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, and Étienne Caron, Ph.D. student in Claude Perreault's Immunobiology Laboratory.
Starting at 4 p.m. at IRIC, Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151

 

 

 

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