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CSMB-SCBM Trainee Committee | Promoting the diverse work of trainees in the molecular biosciences across Canada and creating a Canadian trainee community
📣CSMB Seminar Series is back in full swing!
Join us today at 8:30AM PST/11:30AM EST on Zoom for an exciting start to our Seminar Series! We will hear from two industry speakers on AI in science and technology:
1. Calvin Chan, Canadian Science Publishing
2. Danie Descoteaux, Elsevier🧪🥼
Join us today at 8:30AM PST/11:30AM EST on Zoom for an exciting start to our Seminar Series! We will hear from two industry speakers on AI in science and technology:
1. Calvin Chan, Canadian Science Publishing
2. Danie Descoteaux, Elsevier🧪🥼
December 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
📣CSMB Seminar Series is back in full swing!
Join us today at 8:30AM PST/11:30AM EST on Zoom for an exciting start to our Seminar Series! We will hear from two industry speakers on AI in science and technology:
1. Calvin Chan, Canadian Science Publishing
2. Danie Descoteaux, Elsevier🧪🥼
Join us today at 8:30AM PST/11:30AM EST on Zoom for an exciting start to our Seminar Series! We will hear from two industry speakers on AI in science and technology:
1. Calvin Chan, Canadian Science Publishing
2. Danie Descoteaux, Elsevier🧪🥼
🤔 Are you unsure what jobs you can get with your molecular biosciences degree, other than research? Then join the @csmb-scbm.bsky.social next Thursday, June 19, for our next webinar where we'll hear from three scientists with jobs in scientific writing!
Sign up here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Sign up here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
June 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🤔 Are you unsure what jobs you can get with your molecular biosciences degree, other than research? Then join the @csmb-scbm.bsky.social next Thursday, June 19, for our next webinar where we'll hear from three scientists with jobs in scientific writing!
Sign up here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Sign up here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Yesterday, the 2025 CSMB-PRinCE joint meeting in Ottawa wrapped up. It was a great conference with exciting talks from both trainees and PIs. We definitely learned a lot! The future of molecular biosciences in Canada is bright!
See you all next year in Banff! @csmb-scbm.bsky.social
See you all next year in Banff! @csmb-scbm.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Yesterday, the 2025 CSMB-PRinCE joint meeting in Ottawa wrapped up. It was a great conference with exciting talks from both trainees and PIs. We definitely learned a lot! The future of molecular biosciences in Canada is bright!
See you all next year in Banff! @csmb-scbm.bsky.social
See you all next year in Banff! @csmb-scbm.bsky.social
Last talk in this session is from Laura Hulea @laurahulea.bsky.social who is telling us about eIF4A-dependent translation programs in leukemia
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May 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Last talk in this session is from Laura Hulea @laurahulea.bsky.social who is telling us about eIF4A-dependent translation programs in leukemia
@csmb-scbm.bsky.social
@csmb-scbm.bsky.social
The awesome talks at the @csmb-scbm.bsky.social conference continue to roll on! Now we're hearing from Dr. Diane Haakonsen, a new PI at @sinaihealth.bsky.social, about the integrated stress response.
May 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The awesome talks at the @csmb-scbm.bsky.social conference continue to roll on! Now we're hearing from Dr. Diane Haakonsen, a new PI at @sinaihealth.bsky.social, about the integrated stress response.
For the third talk in this session @csmb-scbm.bsky.social, we're hearing more about intrinsically disordered regions in the nucleolus from Omid Gholamalamdar, a postdoc in the Weber lab @weber-lab.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
For the third talk in this session @csmb-scbm.bsky.social, we're hearing more about intrinsically disordered regions in the nucleolus from Omid Gholamalamdar, a postdoc in the Weber lab @weber-lab.bsky.social
Next up is Ji-Young Youn @jiyoungyoun.bsky.social! We're hearing about her work using proteomics to study translation control, stress granules and intrinsically disordered proteins
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@csmb-scbm.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Next up is Ji-Young Youn @jiyoungyoun.bsky.social! We're hearing about her work using proteomics to study translation control, stress granules and intrinsically disordered proteins
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@csmb-scbm.bsky.social
We're back for the last day of the @csmb-scbm.bsky.social 2025 conference and it's a wet day in Ottawa. We're in the "Translation regulation and RNA granules" session and we just had a really nice talk from Ethan Greenblatt @vancityflyguy.bsky.social about translation control during development 🪰
May 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We're back for the last day of the @csmb-scbm.bsky.social 2025 conference and it's a wet day in Ottawa. We're in the "Translation regulation and RNA granules" session and we just had a really nice talk from Ethan Greenblatt @vancityflyguy.bsky.social about translation control during development 🪰
Last talk of the day at the 2025 @csmb-scbm.bsky.social conference comes from Dr. Rongmin Zhao @utsc.bsky.social telling us about ER-localized HSP90 in plants 🌱
We've been so amazed by the diversity of research going on in our community. It's awesome!
We've been so amazed by the diversity of research going on in our community. It's awesome!
May 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Last talk of the day at the 2025 @csmb-scbm.bsky.social conference comes from Dr. Rongmin Zhao @utsc.bsky.social telling us about ER-localized HSP90 in plants 🌱
We've been so amazed by the diversity of research going on in our community. It's awesome!
We've been so amazed by the diversity of research going on in our community. It's awesome!
Next up, we're hearing more about glioblastoma from another trainee, Saeid Shahidi from @uhn.ca. Saeid is telling us about the role of mitochondria-associated membranes in the secretome and tumor progression.
May 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Next up, we're hearing more about glioblastoma from another trainee, Saeid Shahidi from @uhn.ca. Saeid is telling us about the role of mitochondria-associated membranes in the secretome and tumor progression.
Second talk of this session at the 2025 @csmb-scbm.bsky.social conference is another trainee talk! Andrey Petropavlovskiy from the Sanders lab @uofguelph.bsky.social is tell us about ER stress-induced S-acylation of BiP in glioblastoma.
May 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Second talk of this session at the 2025 @csmb-scbm.bsky.social conference is another trainee talk! Andrey Petropavlovskiy from the Sanders lab @uofguelph.bsky.social is tell us about ER stress-induced S-acylation of BiP in glioblastoma.
The final talk before the break is from Dr. Mojca Mattiazzi Usaj from @torontometsci.bsky.social who tells us about vacuolar pH and endocytosis during aging.
If you're not here @csmb-scbm.bsky.social, Dr. Mattiazzi will present at our monthly seminar on June 10 📆 Sign up here: tinyurl.com/5n9xtrmw
If you're not here @csmb-scbm.bsky.social, Dr. Mattiazzi will present at our monthly seminar on June 10 📆 Sign up here: tinyurl.com/5n9xtrmw
May 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The final talk before the break is from Dr. Mojca Mattiazzi Usaj from @torontometsci.bsky.social who tells us about vacuolar pH and endocytosis during aging.
If you're not here @csmb-scbm.bsky.social, Dr. Mattiazzi will present at our monthly seminar on June 10 📆 Sign up here: tinyurl.com/5n9xtrmw
If you're not here @csmb-scbm.bsky.social, Dr. Mattiazzi will present at our monthly seminar on June 10 📆 Sign up here: tinyurl.com/5n9xtrmw
Next up, we have our first trainee talk for this session from Ashwin D'Souza from Dr. Julie Brill's lab @sickkidsto.bsky.social who is telling us about Osbp and PI4KII and secretory granule biogenesis. The microscopy images are beautiful 😍🔬
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@csmb-scbm.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Next up, we have our first trainee talk for this session from Ashwin D'Souza from Dr. Julie Brill's lab @sickkidsto.bsky.social who is telling us about Osbp and PI4KII and secretory granule biogenesis. The microscopy images are beautiful 😍🔬
@csmb-scbm.bsky.social
@csmb-scbm.bsky.social
The first poster session of the 2025 @csmb-scbm.bsky.social conference was a hit! We saw so much exciting science from really talented trainees. The future of molecular biosciences in Canada is bright 🧑🔬👩🔬
If you missed out, make sure to stop by the second poster session later tonight.
If you missed out, make sure to stop by the second poster session later tonight.
May 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The first poster session of the 2025 @csmb-scbm.bsky.social conference was a hit! We saw so much exciting science from really talented trainees. The future of molecular biosciences in Canada is bright 🧑🔬👩🔬
If you missed out, make sure to stop by the second poster session later tonight.
If you missed out, make sure to stop by the second poster session later tonight.
The PRinCE community also award the inaugural Jason Young Memorial Award to Reham Alsaadi from @uottawa.ca at the 2025 CSMB-PRinCE joint meeting. Congratulations Reham and thank you for your exciting talk about your work on ER-phagy and Salmonella infection 🦠 @csmb-scbm.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The PRinCE community also award the inaugural Jason Young Memorial Award to Reham Alsaadi from @uottawa.ca at the 2025 CSMB-PRinCE joint meeting. Congratulations Reham and thank you for your exciting talk about your work on ER-phagy and Salmonella infection 🦠 @csmb-scbm.bsky.social
Our first @csmb-scbm.bsky.social award lecture took place yesterday for the CSMB New Investigator award. Congratulations to Dr. Heather McFarlane from @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social! Your lecture about molecular mechanism of plant wall signaling and responses was very interesting 🪴🔬
May 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Our first @csmb-scbm.bsky.social award lecture took place yesterday for the CSMB New Investigator award. Congratulations to Dr. Heather McFarlane from @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social! Your lecture about molecular mechanism of plant wall signaling and responses was very interesting 🪴🔬
We're back for day 2 of the 2025 CSMB/PRinCE conference and it's a beautiful day in Ottawa! Excited to kick off the day hearing about autophagy and cellular stress responses 🔬
@csmb-scbm.bsky.social
@csmb-scbm.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We're back for day 2 of the 2025 CSMB/PRinCE conference and it's a beautiful day in Ottawa! Excited to kick off the day hearing about autophagy and cellular stress responses 🔬
@csmb-scbm.bsky.social
@csmb-scbm.bsky.social
The inaugural CSMB Fellows were also recognized tonight. Congratulations to Dr. Imogen Coe, Dr. Jan Rainey and Dr. John Orlowski! @csmb-scbm.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The inaugural CSMB Fellows were also recognized tonight. Congratulations to Dr. Imogen Coe, Dr. Jan Rainey and Dr. John Orlowski! @csmb-scbm.bsky.social
The 2025 joint @csmb-scbm.bsky.social and PRinCE meeting kicked off today with the @iubmb.bsky.social keynote lecture delivered by Dr. Julie Forman-Kay from @sickkidsto.bsky.social and @uoft.bsky.social!
May 27, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The 2025 joint @csmb-scbm.bsky.social and PRinCE meeting kicked off today with the @iubmb.bsky.social keynote lecture delivered by Dr. Julie Forman-Kay from @sickkidsto.bsky.social and @uoft.bsky.social!
Our next @csmb-scbm.bsky.social seminar is coming up on Tuesday May 13th at 9am ET! Make sure you tune in to hear about exciting Canadian research 🍁 This month, we'll hear about retro-evolution of the ribosome and Akt signalling in breast cancer.
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Sign up here: tinyurl.com/5n9xtrmw
May 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Our next @csmb-scbm.bsky.social seminar is coming up on Tuesday May 13th at 9am ET! Make sure you tune in to hear about exciting Canadian research 🍁 This month, we'll hear about retro-evolution of the ribosome and Akt signalling in breast cancer.
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/5n9xtrmw
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/5n9xtrmw
The @csmb-scbm.bsky.social seminar series continues tomorrow, March 11 at 9am PT/12pm ET. We have two great speakers lined up who will tell us about their research on the regulation of mRNA translation and an acetyltransferase important in signaling!
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/5n9xtrmw
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/5n9xtrmw
March 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The @csmb-scbm.bsky.social seminar series continues tomorrow, March 11 at 9am PT/12pm ET. We have two great speakers lined up who will tell us about their research on the regulation of mRNA translation and an acetyltransferase important in signaling!
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/5n9xtrmw
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/5n9xtrmw
The @csmb-scbm.bsky.social seminar series is back for 2025! Make sure you sign up for our February seminar, happening February 11th at 9am PT/12pm ET. We will hear about proteomics and PTMS as well as pathoadaptive strategies from two great Canadian researchers!
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/5n9xtrmw
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/5n9xtrmw
January 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The @csmb-scbm.bsky.social seminar series is back for 2025! Make sure you sign up for our February seminar, happening February 11th at 9am PT/12pm ET. We will hear about proteomics and PTMS as well as pathoadaptive strategies from two great Canadian researchers!
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/5n9xtrmw
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/5n9xtrmw