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.
Winter 2025
| Date/Time | Speaker | Title | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, February 10, 2025 |
Nicolas Cermakian |
Circadian clocks in the immune system: implications for vaccination and infectious diseases | Watt Lab |
| Monday, March 10, 2025 | Josh Meisel Brandeis University |
TBA | Watt Lab |
| Monday, March 17, 2025 | Brent Derry Hospital for Sick Children University of Toronto |
Transgenerational inheritance of protein amyloids alter sex determination in the C. elegans germline | Hekimi Lab |
| Monday, March 24, 2025 | Robert Scott Kiss McGill MUHC |
TBA | Zheng Lab |
| Monday, March 31, 2025 | Gregory Emery IRIC, Université de Montréal |
TBA | Nilson Lab |
| Monday, April 7, 2025 | Priya Banerjee University of Buffalo |
TBA | 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, 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, February 13, 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 |