Invited Speaker: Dr. Marco Marra

Invited Speaker: Dr. Marco Marra - Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia  - Canada Research Chair in Genome Science, University of British Columbia  - […]

MSL Seminar Series: November Trainee Talks

Event details: Date: Wednesday November 16th, 3:00-4:30pm Host: Dr. Thibault Mayor This seminar will be presented in a hybrid format. All speakers will be delivering talks in person at the […]

Invited Speaker – Dr. Thorsten Nürnberger

Invited Speaker: Dr. Thorsten Nürnberger Center of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Biochemistry, Universität Tübingen, Germany Hosted by: Dr. Xin Li This seminar will be presented in a hybrid […]

MSL Seminar Series: December Trainee Talks

Event details: Date: Wednesday December 14th, 3:00-4:00pm Host: Dr. Jim Kronstad This seminar will be presented in a hybrid format. All speakers will be delivering talks in person at the […]

MSL Seminar Series: January Trainee Talks

Host: Dr. Harry Brumer 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 […]

MSL Seminar Series: February Trainee Talks

Event details: Date: Wednesday February 15th, 3:00-4:30pm Host: Dr. Brett Finlay This seminar will be presented in a hybrid format. All speakers will be delivering talks in person at the […]

MSL Biotechnology Industry Seminar Series: Illumina

The MSL Biotechnology Industry Seminar Series is designed to connect undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and research associates to leading industry experts across a variety of STEM fields. With a […]

MSL Invited Talk – Dr. Karen Miga

Speaker: Dr. Karen Miga Assistant Professor – Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) Associate Director –  UCSC Genomics Institute Co-Founder – Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium Project Director – Human Pangenome […]

2023 Michael Smith Distinguished Lecture – Dr. Karen Miga

  The annual Michael Smith Distinguished Lecture is organized in partnership with the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Michael Smith Laboratories. This event honours Nobel Laureate Dr. Michael […]

MSL EDI Committee Workshop Series: Workshop 1 – EDI Basics

Michael Smith Laboratories Multipurpose Room (MSL 101) 2185 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Basics is our first workshop of a six-part series. During this workshop, we will facilitate two activities: 1) a team-oriented exercise to build a mobile and 2) an individual reflection activity of identity mapping. Through these activities, we will explore and start a conversation around relevant EDI concepts and their direct application.  The workshop will be facilitated by MSL EDI Committee members, Dr. Marissa Lithopoulos, Lucía Quesada-Ramírez and Sophie Sack.