MSL Seminar Series: March Trainee Talks

Host: Dr. Jamie Piret

This seminar will be presented in a hybrid format. All speakers will be delivering talks in person at the MSL Lecture Theatre (room 102). Audience members are welcome to attend either in person or via the zoom link. Those connecting via zoom will be able to ask questions during the Q&A portion using the chat function.

Zoom registration link: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/5M1c8Ze8S3WXLt0UnW6HcA

Seminar Schedule:

Trainee Talk 1: Signe MacLennan – Marra lab
Extrachromosomal DNAs and the epigenome: how circular DNA is regulated in cervical cancer

Trainee Talk 2:  Juan-Pablo Iglesias Ahualli – Gsponer lab
Challenging AlphaFold in Predicting Proteins with Large Scale Allosteric Transitions

Trainee Talk 3: Dongkyu Lee – Tokuriki lab
Exploring the functional diversity and host adaptation of class D beta-lactamases

Faculty Talk: Dr. Harry Brumer
Adventures in the human gut microbiome: From discovery science to health applications