MeDiC Program seminars are held on Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. (unless otherwise stated). Seminars will be in English and held in person in room EM1.3509, Glen site.
Joint seminars with MeDiC Program and Endocrinology Rounds are held on Thursdays from 12 to 1 p.m. and with Nephrology Rounds, seminars are held on Fridays from 12 to 1 p.m.
For further information, please contact Kim Gardner at kimPraesent id dolor porta, faucibus eros vel.gardner@affiliate.mcgill.ca.
Thursday, January 23, 2025
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Thomas Kitzler, MD, FRCPCAssistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University
Principal Investigator, Child Health and Human Development Program - Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Medical Geneticist, Division of Medical Genetics, McGill University Health Centre
Topic: Exploring novel genotype-phenotype relationships to uncover the hidden heritability in chronic kidney disease
Poster Thursday, February 13, 2025
Nisha Gupta, MDCM, MSc, MBA MHS, FRCPCPostdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Potential recruit to the MeDiC Program and the Division of Endocrinology
Topic: Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Medical and Surgical Obesity Treatments in Canada
Poster Thursday, February 20, 2025
Work in Progress
Mehran Alizadeh Harzevili, PhD Graduate StudentSupervisor:
Shafaat RabbaniTopic: Urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) as a therapeutic target in malignancy
Rita Kalot, PhD Graduate StudentSupervisor:
Elena TorbanTopic: Defining the interaction network of the cplane complex reveals cilia and actin regulatory components
PosterThursday, March 6, 2025
Stephanie Borgland, PhD, MScProfessor, Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary
Topic: Diet induced obesity and astrocytes in the orbitofrontal cortex: How decisions about food intake shift
Poster Thursday, March 20, 2025
Jonathan Rocheleau, PhDAssociate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, Toronto General Hospital, Research Institute, UHN
Topic: Linking Islet Metabolism to Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine-Induced Loss of Function
Poster Thursday, April 3, 2025
Sirui Zhou, PhDAssociate Member, Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery
Associate Professor, Quantitative Life Science & Human Genetics
McGill University
Topic: Circulating proteomics and how to use them (in disease target identification)
Poster Thursday, April 10, 2025
Nagarajan Vaidehi, PhD, MScProfessor and Chair, Department of Computational & Quantitative Medicine, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope
Associate Director, Informatics and Computational Biomedicine, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Topic: The role of allostery in designing drugs with lower side effects
Poster Thursday, April 17, 2025
Alexandria Ratzki-Leewing, PhD, MScAssistant Professor, Tenure Track, Division of Gerontology, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health Associate, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
Topic: Therapeutic Inertia and Hypoglycemia in Diabetes: A Chicken-and-Egg?"
Poster Thursday, May 8, 2025
Marc Tittgemeyer, PhDResearch Group Leader / Professor
Max Planck Institute for Metabolism of Cologne
University of Cologne
Germany
Topic: Obesity - A matter of motivation?
Poster Thursday, May 29, 2025
Work in Progress
Soichiro Suzuki, PhD Graduate StudentSupervisor:
Tomoko TakanoTopic: The pathogenesis of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome
Damian Padadopoulos, MSc Graduate StudentSupervisor:
Tyler Churchward-VenneTopic: Protein Requirements In Older Male Masters Endurance Athletes As Determined By The Indicator Amino Acid Oxidation Method
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