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Upcoming PhD Oral Examinations

Mr. Michael Ha

Thesis Title: Development of Mouse Models of Measles Virus Infection: Role of the Innate Immune System
Date & Time: Friday, February 17, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Location:Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 6-604 (6th floor auditorium)

The following will comprise Mr. Ha's examining committee: Drs. Martha Brown (Molecular Genetics), Fei-Fei Liu (Supervisory Committee Member), Jeff Medin (Supervisory Committee Member), Gil Prive (MBP), and Chris Richardson (Supervisor). Dr. Pierre Talbot (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique) is the external appraiser.

Mr. Jeremy Hoisak

Thesis Title: A Measure of Voxel Similarity for Improving the Image-Based Quantification of Tissue Structure and Function
Date & Time: Friday, January 27, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Location:Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 6-702

The following will comprise Mr. Hoisak's examining committee: Drs. Robert Bristow (Supervisory Committee Member), Curtis Caldwell (MBP), Tom Chau (IBBME), David Jaffray (Supervisor), Robert Jeraj (University of Wisconsin - Madison), and Anne Martel (Supervisory Committee Member).

2011

Mr. Brige Chugh

Thesis Title: Imaging Microvascular Changes Associated with Neurological Diseases.
Date & Time: Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 10:00 am
Location:Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Pencer Centre, 18th floor

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. D. Alsop (Harvard Medical School), S. Graham (Supervisory Committee Member), K. Gordon (SGS Chair), R. Harrison (Supervisory Committee Member), M. Henkelman (Supervisory Committee Member), J. McLaurin (LMP), J. Sled (Supervisor) and M. Yaffe (MBP).

Ms. Christine Chio

Thesis Title: TRADD mediates inflammatory responses in the cytoplasm and tumor suppression in the nucleus
Date & Time: Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Location:Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 6-604

The following will comprise Ms. Chio's examining committee: Drs. Sam Aparicio (University of British Columbia), James Dennis (Molecular Genetics), Rama Khokha (Supervisory Committee Member), Tak Mak (Supervisor), Ben Neel (Supervisory Committee Member) and Hitoshi Okada (MBP).

Mr. Mathieu Roy

Thesis Title: Quantitative Evaluation of Semiconductor Nanocrystals as Contrast Agents for Fluorescence Molecular Imaging
Date & Time: Monday, December 12, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Location:Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 6-702

The following will comprise Mr. Roy's examining committee: Drs. Kristy Brock (MBP), Warren Chan (Supervisory Committee Member), Thomas Foster (University of Rochester), Ulrich Krull (Chemistry), Anne Martel (Supervisory Committee Member), and Ming Tsao (Supervisory Committee Member). Dr. Brian Wilson (Supervisor) is a non-voting member

Ms. Ling Ling

Thesis Title: Role of the phosphatidylinositol 3' kinase pathway in stem cell self-renewal and growth
Date & Time: Friday, December 2, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Location:Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605

The following will comprise Ms. Ling's examining committee: Drs. Robert Casper (Inst of Medical Sciences), Pamela Hoodless (University of British Columbia), Chi-Chung Hui (Supervisory Committee Member), Rama Khokha (MBP), Vuk Stambolic (Supervisory Committee Member), and Jim Woodgett (Supervisor).

Nataliya Nady

Thesis Title: Reading the Histone Code: Methyl Mark Recognition By MBT and Royal Family Proteins
Date & Time: Friday, December 2, 2011 at 10:00 am
Location:Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605

The following will comprise Ms. Nady's examining committee: Drs. Cheryl Arrowsmith (Supervisor), Avi Chakrabartty (MBP), Peter Cheung (Supervisory Committee Member), Peter McPherson (Pharmacology & Toxicology), Gil Privé (Supervisory Committee Member), and Judd Rice (University of Southern California).

Mr. Mark Jarvi

Thesis Title: Evaluation of Photophysical Methods for Photodynamic Therapy Dosimetry
Date & Time: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 6-604

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. Virginijus Barzda (Dept of Chemical and Physical Sciences), Richard Hill (Supervisory Committee Member), David Jaffray (Supervisory Committee Member), Irene Kochevar (Harvard Medical School), Alex Vitkin (MBP), and Brian Wilson (Supervisor). Dr. Michael Patterson (Supervisory Committee Member) is a non-voting member.

Mr. Sameer Agnihotri

Thesis Title: GATA4 Represses Formation of Glioblastoma Multiforme.
Date & Time: Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 2:15 pm
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. Jane McGlade (MBP), Andras Nagy (Supervisory Committee Member), David Rowitch (University of California, San Francisco), Vuk Stambolic (Supervisory Committee Member), William Stanford (Supervisory Committee Member), and Michael Taylor (LMP). Dr. Dwayne Barber (MBP) is a non-voting member.

Ms. Cynthia Solek

Thesis Title: A Gene Regulatory Network for the Specification of Immunocytes in an Invertebrate Model System.
Date & Time: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room SG22

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. M. Anderson (Immunology), Y. Ben-David (Supervisory Committee Member), J. Coffman (University of Maine), M. Puri (Supervisory Committee Member), J. Rast (Supervisor) and R. Wells (MBP).

Ms. Megan Nelles

Thesis Title: Characterization of an IL-12-driven anticancer response, and the CD4+ CTL population incited, in a murine model of leukaemia
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 1:00 pm
Location:Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605

The following will comprise Ms. Nelles's examining committee: Drs. Dwayne Barber (Supervisory Committee Member), Eleanor Fish (Immunology), Mark Minden (MBP), Brad Nelson (University of British Columbia), Linda Penn (Supervisory Committee Member), and Robert Rottapel (Supervisory Committee Member). Dr. Chris Paige (Supervisor) is a non-voting member.

Ms. Jelena Tomic

Thesis Title: Abberations in Cytokine Signalling in Leukemia: Variations in Phosphorylation and O-GlcNAcylation
Date & Time: Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 10:30 am
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room S615

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. M. Anderson (Immunology), J. Booth (Supervisory Committee Member), D. Dumont (Supervisory Committee Member), S. Gibson (University of Manitoba), D. Spaner (Supervisor) and R. Wells (MBP).

Mr. Luc Charron

Thesis Title: Integrated Microfluidic Optical Manipulation Technique: Towards High Throughput Single Cell Analysis
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 12:30 pm
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 1B-615

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. Avi Chakrabartty (Supervisory Committee Member), Axel Guenther (Mechanical & Industrial Engineering), Lothar Lilge (Supervisor), Richard Oleschuk (Queen’s University), Bojana Stefanovic (MBP), and Aaron Wheeler (Supervisory Committee Member).

Mr. Anton Neschadim

Thesis Title: Development of Novel Cell Fate Control Gene Therapy for Applications in Cancer and Immune Disorders
Date & Time: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 1B-615

The following will comprise Mr. Neschadim's examining committee: Drs. Robert Bristow (Supervisory Committee Member), John DiPersio (Washington University School of Medicine), Cynthia Guidos (Immunology, U of T), Thomas Hudson (MBP), Jeffrey Medin (Supervisor), and Aaron Schimmer (Supervisory Committee Member).

Mr. Aditya Murthy

Thesis Title: Regulation of metalloproteinase-dependent ectodomain shedding in cytokine biology and inflammation
Date & Time: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 10:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 6-604

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. Razq Hakem (Supervisory Committee Member), Rama Khokha (Supervisor), Freddy Radtke (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), Robert Rottapel (Supervisory Committee Member), James Woodgett (MBP), and Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker (Immunology, U of T).

Ms. Patricia Wang Pan

Thesis Title: Structural Basis for Enzyme Promiscuity and Specificity - Insights from human cytosolic Sulfotrousterases (SULTs) and Sirtuins (SIRTs) families
Date & Time: Monday, August 15, 2011 at 11:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 6-604

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. Cheryl Arrowsmith (Supervisory Committee Member), Peter Cheung (MBP), Aled Edwards (Supervisor), Denis Grant (Supervisory Committee Member), Hee-Won Park (Pharmacology), and Anthony Sauve (Weill Medical College of Cornell University).

Mr. Linyuan Wang

Thesis Title: The role of PTEN in pancreatic beta cells and insulin promoter-expressing neurons in modulating glucose metabolism and energy homeostasis
Date & Time: Monday, August 15, 2011 at 10:00 am
Location:Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 6-604

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. Adria Giacca (Physiology, U of T), Armen Manoukian (Supervisory Committee Member), Dominic Ng (Supervisory Committee Member), Silvana Obici (University of Cincinnati), Minna Woo (Supervisor), Eldad Zacksenhaus (MBP), and SGS Chair (TBA).

Mr. Reza Beheshti Zavareh

Thesis Title: Investigation of the Effects of Inhibiting N-Glycosylation in Cancer
Date & Time: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Location:Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 6-604

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. Sylvia L. Asa (LMP), Michael Demetriou (University of California, Irvine), James W. Dennis (Supervisory Committee Member), David R. Rose (Supervisory Committee Member), Aaron Schimmer (Supervisor), Eldad Zacksenhaus (MBP), and SGS Chair (TBA).

Mr. Konstantin Popovic

Thesis Title: Structural and Functional Studies of the Human Saposin Proteins
Date & Time: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Location:Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. John Baenziger (University of Ottawa), Avi Chakrabartty (Supervisory Committee Member), Charles Deber (Biochemistry), Jean Gariépy (MBP), David Irwin (SGS Chair), Gil Privé (Supervisor), Don Mahuran (Supervisory Committee Member.

Mr. David McIlwain

Thesis Title: Functional analysis of the pseudo protease iRhom2 and nonsense-mediated RNA decay factor Smg1 using gene deficient mice
Date & Time: Monday, July 25, 2011 at 1:00 pm
Location:Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605

The following will comprise his examining committee: Mr. McIlwain's examining committee: Drs. Aled Edwards (Supervisory Committee Member), Paul Fraser (Supervisory Committee Member), Douglas Green (St. Jude Children Research Hospital), Rupert Kaul (SGS Chair), Angus McQuibbon (Supervisory Committee Member), Anurag Tandon (IMS), Minna Woo (MBP). Dr. Tak Mak (Supervisor) is a non-voting member.

Ms. Monique Rennie

Thesis Title: Development of the Fetoplacental Vascular Tree in Mice During Normal and Growth Restricted Pregnancies.
Date & Time: Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 9:30 am
Location:Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605

The following will comprise her examining committee: Dr. S. Lee Adamson (Supervisory Committee Member), Dr. Mark Henkelman (Supervisory Committee Member), Dr. Andrea Jurisicova (Physiology), Dr. Chris Macgowan (MBP), Dr. Yoel Sadovsky (University of Pittsburgh), Dr. John G. Sled (Supervisor), Dr. David Steinman (Supervisory Committee Member).

Mr. Jack Liao

Thesis Title: Structural and Biophysical Characterization of Tumor Suppressor p53-Interacting Proteins
Date & Time: Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 12:00 noon
Location:Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 6-604

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. M. R. Adcock (SGS Chair), R. Bristow (Supervisory Committee Member), A. Davidson (Biochemistry), J. Greenblatt (Supervisory Committee Member), R. Hakem (Supervisory Committee Member), R. Kriwacki (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital), and G. Privé (MBP). Dr. C. Arrowsmith (Supervisor) is a non-voting member.

Mr. Aaron Gajadhar

Thesis Title: In situ proximity ligation-based analysis reveals aberrant dimerization and activation of EGFRs prevalent in glioblastoma multiforme
Date & Time: Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 11:00 am
Location:Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. A. Chakrabartty (Supervisory Committee Member), A. Guha (Supervisor), F. Furnari (University of California-San Diego School of Medicine), A. Huang (LMP), J. McGlade (Supervisory Committee Member), M. Tsao (MBP), and SGS Chair (TBA).

Ms. Krupa Patel

Thesis Title: Distribution of anti-cancer drugs within solid tumours and normal tissues and its potential for modification to improve therapeutic index.
Date & Time: Friday, March 11, 2011 at 10:00 am
Location:Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. D. Goertz (MBP), D. Hedley (Supervisory Committee Member), L. Lilge (Supervisory Committee Member), R. Reilly (Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, U of T), Y. Rustum (Roswell Park Cancer Institute), I. Tannock (Supervisor), and Dr. C. Pace-Asciak (SGS Chair).

Mr. General Leung

Thesis Title: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Detected Intraplaque Haemorrhage as an Endogenous Imaging Biomarker and Therapeutic Target.
Date & Time: Monday, March 7, 2011 at 9:00 am
Location:Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room, S615

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. D. Goertz (MBP), A. Martel (Supervisory Committee Member), A. Moody (Supervisor), D. Steinman (IBBME), G. Wright (Supervisory Committee Member), C. Yuan (University of Washington) and SGS Chair (TBA).

Mr. John Hudson

Thesis Title: Quantification of Blood Flow Using Ultrasound Contrast Agents.
Date & Time: Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 10:00 am
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room SG22

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. M. Averkiou (University of Cyprus), P. Burns (Supervisor), R. Cobbold (IBBME), L. Osborne (SGS Chair), A. Martel (MBP), A. Vitkin (Supervisory Committee Member) and G. Wright (Supervisory Committee Member).

Mr. Michael Wood

Thesis Title: Development and Use of Polarized Light Methods to Assess Structure and Composition of Biological Tissue.
Date & Time: Monday, February 7, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 6-604

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. A. Dick (Medical Sciences, U of T), S. Jacques (Oregon Health and Science University), L. Lilge (Supervisory Committee Member), D. Plewes (Supervisory Committee Member), D. van der Kooy (MBP), A. Vitkin (Supervisor), and M. McAndrews (SGS Chair).

Mr. Max Kotlyar

Thesis Title: Predication of Protein-Protein Interactions and Essential Genes Through Data Integration
Date & Time: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 9:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. G. Bader (Banting and Best Dept of Medical Research, U of T), I. Jurisica (Supervisor), M. Park (McGill University), L. Penn (MBP), D. Trictler (Supervisory Committee Member), M.S. Tsao (Supervisory Committee Member), and J. Yeomans (SGS Chair).

2010

Mr. Mehran Haeri

Thesis Title: Genetic and Microenivronmental Effects on Friend Murine Leukemia Virus-Induced Erythroleukemia.
Date & Time: Thursday, November 25th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, S-Wing, Room S615

The following will comprise his examining committee: Y. Ben-David (Supervisor), D. Spaner (Supervisory Committee Member), S. Berger (Supervisory Committee Member), J. Lee (University of Ottawa), J. Rast (MBP), M. Hough (LMP) and B. Yang (SGS Chair).

Mr. Mathieu Burtnyk

Thesis Title: Conformal heating of the prostate for the treatment of localized cancer using MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound
Date & Time: Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010 at 11:00 am
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, S-Wing, Room SG22

The following will comprise his examining committee: M. Bronskill (Supervisor), D. Plewes (Supervisory Committee Member), K. Hynynen (Supervisory Committee Member), R. Chopra (Supervisory Committee Member), J. Stafford (University of Texas), D. Goertz (MBP), M. Haider (IMS), and Rick Glazier (SGS Chair).

Mr. Amandeep Thind

Thesis Title: Novel Uses for Ultrasound as Both an Imaging and Therapeutic Tool in the Characterization and Percutaneous Revascularization of Chronic Total Occlusion.
Date & Time: Thursday, November 18th, 2010 at 9:00 am
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, S-Wing, Room SG2

The following will comprise his examining committee: F. Stuart Foster (Supervisor), G. Wright (Supervisory Committee Member), B. Strauss (Supervisory Committee Member), A. Vitkin (Supervisory Committee Member), J. Hossack (University of Virginia), H. Leong-Poi (Medicine), A. Seth (LMP) and SGS Chair (TBA).

Ms. Laura Vecchiarelli-Federico

Thesis Title: Elucidating the Role of Fli-I in Normal Development and Malignant Transformation.
Date & Time: Thursday, October 28th, 2010 at 10:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. B. Barbeau (University du Quebec à Montreal), Y. Ben-David (Supervisor), D. Dumont (Supervisory Committee Member), J. Filmus (MBP), M. Hough (LMP), M. Puri (Supervisory Committee Member), J.C. Zúñiga-Pflücker (Supervisory Committee Member), and C. Whyne (SGS Chair).

Mr. Joseph Prosper

Thesis Title: Characterization of CD109
Date & Time: Monday, September 27th, 2010 at 12:00 noon
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. D. Barber (MBP), E. Conway (University of British Columbia), N. Iscove (Supervisory Committee Member), M Rand (Biochemistry, U of T), R. Rottapel (Supervisory Committee Member), E. Yeo (Supervisory Committee Member), and SGS Chair (TBA). Dr. A. Schuh (Supervisor) is a non-voting member.

Mr. Adam Shlien

Thesis Title: Genomic DNA Copy Number Variations and Cancer: Studies of Li-Fraumeni Syndrome and its Variants
Date & Time: Thursday, September 20th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 6-604

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. D. Hogg (Supervisory Committee Member), R. Jankov (SGS Chair), A. Huang (LMP, U of T), C. Lee (Harvard Medical School), S. Meyn (Supervisory Committee Member), B. Raught (MBP), and J. Squire (Supervisory Committee Member). Dr. D. Malkin (Supervisor) is a non-voting member.

Ms. Mamta Khurana

Thesis Title: Two-photon Excitation Photodynamic Therapy for Localized Blood Vessel Targeting
Date & Time: Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 10:30 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. C. Allen (Committee Member), D. Dumont (Committee Member), T. Foster (University of Rochester), B. Wilson (Supervisor), B. Wouters (MBP), C. Yip (IBBME, UofT) and SGS Chair (TBA).

Mr. Norman Chan

Thesis Title: Hypoxia Suppresses DNA Repair: Implications for Cancer Progression and Treatment.
Date & Time: Thursday, August 26th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. R. Bristow (Supervisor), D. Durocher (Med Gen, UofT), R. Hakem (Committee member), R. Hill (Committee member), F-F. Liu (MBP), M. Weinfeld (University of Alberta), and SGS Chair (TBA).

Mr. Adrian Mariampillai

Thesis Title: Hypoxia Suppresses DNA Repair: Implications for Cancer Progression and Treatment.
Date & Time: Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 at 10:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. R. Bristow (Supervisor), D. Durocher (Med Gen, UofT), R. Hakem (Committee member), R. Hill (Committee member), F-F. Liu (MBP), M. Weinfeld (University of Alberta), and SGS Chair (TBA).

Mr. Anthony Kim

Thesis Title: Quantitative and depth-resolved fluorescence guidance for the resection of glioma.
Date & Time: Thursday, August 19th, 2010 at 10:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 6-604

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. P. Herman (Elect & Comp Eng, UofT), L. Lilge (Committee member), F-F. Liu (MBP), A. Martel (Committee member), M-A. Mycek (Dept of Biomed Eng., Univ of Michigan), B. Wilson (Supervisor), and SGS Chair, TBA.

Ms. Victoria Nguyen

Thesis Title: Comparative Approaches to Characterization of Lymphatic Endothelial Cells as Phenotypically Distinct from Blood Endothelial Cells.
Date & Time: Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Location: Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, 2075 Bayiew Avenue, S Wing, Room SG 22

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. D. Barber (Supervisory Committee Member), M. Bendeck (LMP), D. Dumont (Supervisor), T. Haas (York University), M. Hough (SGS Chair), M. Moran (Supervisory Committee Member) and R. Wells (MBP).

Ms. Larissa Liontos

Thesis Title: The Role of the Src-like Adaptor Proteins, SLAP and SLAP-2 in Dendritic Cell development and signaling.
Date & Time: Monday, August 16th, 2010 at 10:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 6-604

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. D. Barber (Committee member), C. Carter-Su (University of Michigan), S. Egan (Mol Gen, UofT), J. McGlade (Supervisor), R. Rottapel (Committee member), V. Stambolic (MBP) and SGS Chair, TBA.

Ms. Mihaela Pop

Thesis Title: 3D Magnetic Resonance Image-Based Cardiac Computer Models of Electrophysiology.
Date & Time: Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Location: Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, 2075 Bayiew Avenue, S Wing, Room S615

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. L. Axel (New York University), M. Bronskill (Supervisory Committee Member), M. Kolios (Supervisory Committee Member), A. Martel (MBP), A. Nachman (Mathematics), M. Wojtowicz (SGS Chair) and G. Wright (Supervisor).

Ms. Kelly Jacks

Thesis Title: Identification and characterization of a novel CK2-MSK2 interaction in the UV response
Date & Time: Thursday, August 5th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. P. Cheung (MBP), A-C. Gingras (Mol Gen), A. Koch (Supervisor), D. Litchfield (Univ of Western Ontario), J. McGlade (committee member), V. Stambolic (committee member) and SGS Chair (TBA).

Ms. Tamara Maiuri (Landry)

Thesis Title: Specificity in P13KB/Akt-PTEN Signaling: Subcellular Locus-Specific Functions of Pathway Targets
Date & Time: Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 at 11:45 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. D. Barber (Supervisory Committee Member), P.Cheung (MBP), J. McGlade (Supervisory Committee member), W. Muller (McGill University), D. Rotin (Biochemistry, U of T), V. Stambolic (Supervisor), and SGS Chair (TBA)

Mr. Anthony Mutsaers

Thesis Title: Biomarker and Therapeutic Studies of Antibodies and Small Molecules and Target EGFR.
Date & Time: Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 at 11:30 am
Location: Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, 2075 Bayiew Avenue, T Wing, Room TB 021 (Jenkin Auditorium)

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. C. Bear (SGS Chair), Y. Ben-David (MBP), A. Guha, R. Kerbel (Supervisor), M. Pollak (McGill University), A. Seth (Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology) and I. Tannock (Supervisory Committee Member).

Ms. Emma Ito

Thesis Title: High-throughput screening for novel anti-cancer radiosensitizers for head and neck cancer.
Date & Time: Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 at 9:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. L. Ailles (MBP), M. Gleave (University of British Columbia), M. Irwin (IMS), A. Koch (Supervisory Committee member), F-F. Liu (Supervisor), A. Schimmer (Supervisory Committee member), and SGS Chair (TBA).

Mr. Michael Taboski

Thesis Title: The role of telomerase reverse transcriptase in tumorigenesis.
Date & Time: Monday, June 28th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. Drs. S. Benchimol (committee member), C. Counter (Duke University Medical Center), C. Guidos (Immunology), L. Harrington (Supervisor), S. Meyn (committee member), H. Vaziri (MBP) and SGS (TBA).

Ms. Ira Kim

Thesis Title: The Role of PIDD in Cell Death and Antiviral Innate Immunity.
Date & Time: Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 at 12:00 noon
Location: AMDI, 620 University Avenue, Room 706

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. R. Hakem (Supervisory Committee member), S. Lesage (University of Montreal), M. Minden (MBP), J. McGlade (Supervisory Committee member), P. Ohashi (Supervisor), T. Watts (Immunology, UofT) and P. Pennefather (SGS Chair).

Ms. Andrea Fung

Thesis Title: The effect of molecular targeted agents used in combination with chemotherapy to inhibit the repopulation of tumour cells and xenografts
Date & Time: Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 at 9:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 6-604

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. C. Allen (Pharmacy), C. Koch (University of Pennsylvania), F-F Liu (Supervisory Committee member), R. Kerbel (MBP), I. Tannock (Supervisor), M. Tsao (Supervisory Committee member) and SGS Chair(TBA).

Ms. Amy Lin

Thesis Title: Investigations into the Biological Roles of the E3 Ligase Ariadne 2/TRIAD 1
Date & Time: Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Location: AMDI, 620 University Avenue, 7th Floor, Room 706

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. T. Mak (Supervisor), M. Minden (Supervisory Committee Member), V. Stambolic (Supervisory Committee Member), J. Woodgett (Supervisory Committee Member), J. Dennis (Molecular and Medical Genetics), A. Ma (University of California), A. Manoukian (MBP), and SGS Chair (TBA).

Ms. Larissa Moniz

Thesis Title: Characterization of NimA-related kinase 10 (NEK10): a role in checkpoint control
Date & Time: Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 at 10:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 6-604

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. V. Stambolic (Supervisor), D. Durocher (Supervisory Committee Member), J. Woodgett (Supervisory Committee Member), M. Moran (Molecular and Medical Genetics), J. McGlade (MBP), T. Sturgill (University of Virginia, and SGS Chair (TBA).

Ms. Lyann Sim

Thesis Title: Structural and inhibition studies of human intestinal glucosidases
Date & Time: Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room TBA

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. D. Rose (Supervisor), P.L. Howell (Supervisory Committee Member), G. Prive (Supervisory Committee Member), J. Dennis (Molecular Genetics), M. Rauth (MBP), A. J. Clarke (University of Guelph), and SGS Chair (TBA).

Ms. Ying-Ju Jang

Thesis Title: Characterization of the Physiological Role of PDZ-RhoGEF in Drosophila and Mice.
Date & Time: Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 9:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 6-604

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. T. Mak (Supervisor), S. Benchimol (Supervisory Committee Member), J. Woodgett (Supervisory Committee Member), S. Egan (Molecular Genetics), M. Ikura (MBP, R. Parsons (Columbia University), and SGS Chair (TBA).

Ms. Cheryl Wolting

Thesis Title: Development and Implementation of Gene Ontology Cluster Analysis of Protein Array Data
Date & Time: Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 6-702/703/704

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. J. McGlade (Supervisor), G. Bader (Supervisor Committee Member), J. Woodgett (Supervisory Committee Member), A. Emili (Molecular Genetics, UofT), D. Barber (MBP), S. Robbins (University of Calgary) and S. Cordes (SGS Chair).

Mr. David Sealey

Thesis Title: Regulation of telomerase by DNA and protein interactions
Date & Time: Thursday, January 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Location: AMDI, 620 University Avenue, Room 706

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs.  S. Benchimol (Supervisory Committee Member), R. Bristow (Supervisory Committee Member), B. Derry (Molecular Genetics), M. Gauthier (MBP), L. Harrington (Supervisor), R. Wellinger (Universite de Sherbrooke) and L. Pelletier (SGS Chair).

2009

Ms. Kimberly Lau

Thesis Title: Function and regulation of the cell fate determinant Numb in polarized epithelial cells
Date & Time: Monday, December 14th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room TBA

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. J. McGlade (Supervisor), V. Stambolic (Supervisory Committee Member), S. Egan (Supervisory Committee Member), R. Khokha (MBP), D. Rotin (Biochemistry, UofT), B. Margolis (U of Michigan), and SGS Chair (TBA).

Mr. James Clendening

Thesis Title: Molecular Rationale & determinants of sensitivity for statin-induced apoptosis of human tumour cells
Date & Time: Monday, December 14th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, 6th floor, Room 6-604

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. L. Penn (Supervisor), M. Minden (Supervisory Commitee Member), T. Mak (MBP), S. Berger (Immunology, UofT), F. Appelbaum (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Rsch Ctr), and SGS Chair (TBA).

Mr. Jacob Levman

Thesis Title: On the Pattern Recognition Applied to the Computer-Aided Detection of Breast Cancer from Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Breast Images.
Date & Time: Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room S615

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. T. Chau (IBBME), A. Martel (Supervisor), R. Nishikawa (University of Chicago), D. Plewes (Supervisory Committee Member), G. Stanisz (Supervisory Committee Member), M. Yaffe (MBP) and A. Ravindran (SGS Chair).

Ms. Shahnaz Al Rashid

Thesis Title: The role of the p53 tumour suppressor protein and sensing of ionizing radiation-induced DNA double-strand breaks
Date & Time: Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 9:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, 6th floor, Room 6-604

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. C. Arrowsmith (Supervisory Committee Member), S. Benchimol (Supervisory Committee Member), R. Bristow (Supervisor, Non-voting member), M. Gauthier (MBP), M. Ljungman (University of Michigan), L. Lilge (Supervisory Committee Member), and P. O'Brien (UofT, Pharmacology) and P. Wells (SGS chair).

Ms. Huan Yu

Thesis Title: Automated Definition of Radiation Targets Using Textural Characteristics of Co-registered PET/CT Images
Date & Time: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room S615

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. C. Caldwell (Supervisor), G. Czarnota (Supervisory Committee Member) A. Celler (University of British Columbia), A. Martel (Supervisory Committee Member), A. Mihailidis (Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy), G. Pang (MBP) J. Rowlands (Co-supervisor) and J. Henderson (SGS Chair).

Mr. Adam Durbin

Thesis Title: Studies on Signal Transduction Mechanisms in Rhabdomyosarcoma
Date & Time: Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, 6th floor, Room 6-604

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. D. Barber (Supervisory Committee Member), S. Dunn ( University of British Columbia), D. Malkin (Supervisor), J. McGlade (MBP), M. Ohh (LMP, UofT), B. Raught (MBP), and SGS Chair, (TBA).

Mr. Raffi Karshafian

Thesis Title: On the Permeabilisation and Disruption of Cell Membranes by Ultrasound and Microbubbles
Date & Time: Monday, November 9th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room SG22

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. P. Burns (Supervisor), R. Cobbold (IBBME), L. Crum (University of Washington), J. Gariepy (MBP) D. Hill (Supervisory Committee Member), K. Hynynen (Supervisory Committee Member) and SGS Chair (TBA).

Ms. Jenny Chan

Thesis Title: Structure-function relationships in the inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate receptor
Date & Time: Friday, October 16th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Location: AMDI, 620 University Avenue, 7th floor, room 706

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. A. Chakrabartty (MBP), S.R.W. Chen (University of Calgary), M. Ikura (Supervisor), D. MacLennan (Supervisory Committee Member), R. Reithmeier (Dept of Biochemistry), D. Rose (Supervisory Committee Member), and A. Lazarus (SGS Chair ).

Ms. Elizabeth Tai

Thesis Title: Characterization of the E3 Ubiqutin Ligase Pirh2
Date & Time: Thursday, September 24th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, 6th floor, Room 6-604

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. C. Arrowsmith (Supervisory Committee member), S. Benchimol (Supervisor), W.S. El-Deiry (University of Pennsylvania), R. Hakem (Supervisory Committee member), M. Ohh (Laboratory Medicine), L. Penn (Supervisory Committee member), A. Schimmer (MBP member), and J. Dostrovsky (SGS Chair).

Ms. Jinzi Zheng

Thesis Title: Development and Characterization of a Liposome Imaging Agent
Date & Time: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 at 9:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, 7th floor, Room 7-605

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. D. Jaffray (Supervisor), M. Rauth (MBP), V. Torchilin (Northeastern University), R. Reilly (Pharmaceutical Sciences, UofT), C. Allen (Supervisory committee member), M. Henkelman (Supervisory committee member), C. Menard (Supervisory committee member), and B. Schneider (SGS Chair).

Ms. Terri Richmond

Thesis Title: Negative Regulatory Mechanisms Underlying EPO Receptor Signaling and Erythropoiesis
Date & Time: Monday, August 31st, 2009 at 10:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, 6th floor, Room 6-604

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. D. Barber (Supervisor), J. McGlade (Supervisory Committee member), M. Ohh (Supervisory Committee Member), B. Raught (MBP), D. Rotin (Biochemistry), E.R. Stanley (Albert Einstein College of Medicine), and J. Rini (SGS Chair).

Mr. Maciej (Matthew) Wronski

Thesis Title: Development of a Flat Panel Detector with Avalanche Gain for Interventional Radiology
Date & Time: Monday, August 24th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room SG22

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. J. Rowlands (Supervisor), M. Rauth (Supervisory Committee member), D. Plewes (Supervisory Committee member), Z-H. Lu (Material Sci. & Eng., UofT), D. Holdsworth (Robarts Research Institute), B. Wilson (MBP), and R. Jankov (SGS Chair).

Mr. Stephen Huang-Ting Chen

Thesis Title: Identification and Characterization of potential modulators of Tek/Tie-2 signaling
Date & Time: Friday, August 21st, 2009 at 9:00 am
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room SG22

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. D. Barber (MBP), Y. Ben-David (Supervisory Committee Member), D. Dumont (Supervisor), A. Seth (LMP), M. Tremblay (McGill University), J. Woodgett (Supervisory Committee member) and SGS Chair (TBA)

Ms. Elena Bogdanovic

Thesis Title: Regulation of Tie2 by Ang-1 and Ang-2 in endothelial cells
Date & Time: Thursday, August 20th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room SG22

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. J. Booth (Supervisory Committee Member), B. Coomber (University of Guelph), D. Dumont (Supervisor) J. McGlade (Supervisory Committee Member), J. Rast (MBP), B. Yang (LMP) and TBA (SGS Chair).

Mr. Rob Laister

Thesis Title: Structural and Functional analysis of the Mus81/Eme1 endonuclease
Date & Time: Thursday, August 20th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, 7th floor, Room 7-605

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. C. Arrowsmith (Supervisor), K. Borden (Université de Montreal), R. Hakem (MBP), L. Kay (Supervisory Committee member), M. Minden (Supervisory Committee Member), F. Sicheri (Medical Genetics, UofT) and J. Wells (SGS Chair).

Ms. Carol Cheung

Thesis Title: The role of BERP in Mammalian Systems
Date & Time: Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, 7th floor, Room 7-605

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. S. Benchimol (Supervisory Committee member), J. Henderson (Pharmaceutical Sciences), A. Levine (Institute for Advance Study, School of Natural Sciences), T. Mak (Supervisor), M. Tsao (MBP), J. Woodgett (Supervisory Committee member) and SGS Chair (TBA).

Ms. Celina Sturk

Thesis Title: The TIE2 RTK: Regulation and Downstream Signaling
Date & Time: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Jenkin Auditorium, Room SG22

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. Y. Ben-David (MBP), D. Dumont (Supervisor) J. Filmus (Supervisory Committee Member), P. Greer (Queen's University), M. Hough (LMP), J. McGlade (Supervisory Committee Member), C. Whyne (SGS Chair).

Mr. Simon Smukler

Thesis Title: Stem Cells of the Neural and Pancreatic Lineages
Date & Time: Monday, July 20th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, 7th floor, Room 7-605

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. D. van der Kooy (Supervisor), G. Keller (MBP), M. Rudnicki (Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa), V. Tropepe (Cell & Systems Bio, UofT), N. Iscove (Supervisory committee member), F. Miller (Supervisory committee member), and S. Asa (SGS Chair).

Mr. Chris Folkins

Thesis Title: Interactions of cancer stem cells and tumour vasculature
Date & Time: Monday, July 8th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Jenkin Auditorium, Room TB021

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. D. Dumont (Supervisory Committee Member), P. Dirks (LMP), L. Ellis (University of Texas/M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre), B. Kerbel (Supervisor), D. Pillai (SGS Chair) M. Puri (MBP) and M. Rauth.

Ms. Ekaterina Kuznetsova

Thesis Title: Activity-based functional annotation of unknown proteins: HAD-like hydrolases from E. coli and S. cerevisiae
Date & Time: Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, 7th floor, Room 7-605

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. A. Edwards (Supervisor), A. Chakrabartty (MBP), J. Gerlt (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), R. Mahadevan (Chem Eng), E. Pai (Supervisory committee member), G. Prive (Supervisory committee member), D. Zamble (Supervisory Committee member), and D.E.C. Cole (SGS Chair).

Mr. John Bracken

Thesis Title: Multimodality imaging for aortic valve replacement
Date & Time: Tuesday, May 13th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Jenkin Auditorium, Room TB021

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. P. Burns (Supervisory Committee Member), Drangova (University of Western Ontario), K. Dunbar (SGS Chair), M. Joy (IBBME), D. Plewes, J. Rowlands (Supervisor) and G. Wright (Supervisory Committee Member).

Ms. Roxana Vlad

Thesis Title: Quantitative ultrasound characterization of responses to radiotherapy in vitro and in vivo
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room S615

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. P. Burns (Supervisory Committee Member), R. Cobbold (IBBME), G. Czarnota (Supervisor), E. Feleppa (Riverside Research Institute), S. Foster, H. Heerklotz (SGS Chair), M. Kolios (Co-supervisor) and F. Liu (Supervisory Committee Member).

Ms. Karla Badger-Brown

Thesis Title: Investigation of the Role of CBL-B in Leukemogenesis and Migration
Date & Time: Monday, April 20th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Location: AMDI, 620 University Avenue, 7th floor, Room 706

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. D. Barber (Supervisor), J. McGlade, M. Minden (Supervisory Committee member), R. Khokha (Medical Biophysics), S. Egan (Molecular Genetics, UofT), M. Tomasson (Wash Univ Sch of Med), and E. Peter (Nursing, UofT).

Mr. Yong-Chen Lu

Thesis Title: Regulation of Toll-like Receptor Signal Transduction Pathways
Date & Time: Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Location: AMDI, 620 University Avenue, 7th floor, Room 706

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. P. Ohashi (Supervisor), D. Barber (Supervisory Committee member), J. Gommerman (Supervisory Committee member), R. Rottapel (Medical Biophysics), J. Withers (Immunology, UofT), M. Olivier (McGill University), L. Penn (Supervisory Committee member), and SGS Chair (TBA).

Mr. Beau Standish

Thesis Title: Real-Time Vascular Monitoring and Quantification of Photodynamic Therapy via Interstitial Doppler Optical Coherence Tomography
Date & Time: Friday, March 13th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, 7th floor, Room 7-605

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. A. Vitkin (Supervisor), P. Burns (Supervisory Committee member), B. Wilson (Supervisory Committee member), M. Rauth (Medical Biophysics), C. Yip (IBBME, UofT), B. Bouma (Harvard Medical School), and SGS Chair (TBA).

Mr. Nigel Munce

Thesis Title: The Potential of Optical Coherence Tomography for Intravascular Imaging of Chronic Total Occlusions
Date & Time: Thursday, February 19th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, 7th floor, Room 7-605

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. A. Vitkin (Supervisor), G. Wright (Co-Supervisor), B. Wilson (Supervisory Committee member), M. Puri (Medical Biophysics), D. Steinman (Mechanical Engineering/IBBME, UofT), G. Tearney (Harvard Medical School), V. Yang, and SGS Chair (TBA).

Ms. Irina Matei

Thesis Title: The Role of Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) Protein in Promoting Normal T Cell Development and Preventing T Cell
Leukemogenesis
Date & Time: Thursday, February 19th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, 7th floor, Room 7-605

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. J. Danska (Supervisor), C. Guidos (Co-Supervisor), R. Bristow (Supervisory Committee member), J. Squire (Supervisory Committee member), M. Minden (Medical Biophysics), M. Anderson (Immunology, U of T), W. Pear (University of Pennsylvania), and SGS Chair (TBA).

Mr. Paul Constantinou

Thesis Title: Development and Evaluation of Whole Slide Hyperspectral Confocal Fluorescence and Brightfield Macroscopy
Date & Time: Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 10:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 6-604.

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. B. Wilson (Supervisor), D. Hedley (Supervisory Committee member), A. Vitkin (Supervisory Committee member), A.E. Dixon, M. Yaffe (Medical Biophysics), W. Chan (IBBME, U of T), Y. DeKoninck (Université de Laval), and D. Pringle (SGS Chair).

Mr. Anthony Joshua

Thesis Title: Telemere Dysfunction in the Evolution of Prostatic Carcinogenesis
Date & Time: Friday, January 23, 2009, 10:00 am
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605.

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. J. Squire (Supervisor), M. Gauthier (Supervisory Committee Member), I. Tannock (Supervisory Committee Member), S. Done (Medical Biophysics), A. Huang (LMP), S. Mai (Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology), and TBA (SGS Chair).

2008

Mr. Paul Boutros

Thesis Title: Molecular Prediction of Patient Prognosis
Date & Time: Friday, December 12, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 6-604.

The following will comprise his examining committee:  Drs. L. Penn (Co-Supervisor), I. Jurisica (Co-Supervisor), M-S. Tsao (Supervisory Committee Member), A. Schimmer (Medical Biophysics), J. Parkinson (Medical Genetics), B. Ren (Univ. of California), and TBA (SGS Chair).

Mr. Ananth Ravi

Thesis Title: Guidance of breast cancer therapy using gamma-ray detectors
Date & Time: Monday, December 8, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.Princess Margaret Hospital, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room S615.

The following will comprise his examining committee: Drs. L. Beaulieu (Laval University), M. Bronskill (Supervisory Committee Member), C. Caldwell (Supervisor), M. Joy (IBBME), G. Pang, J. Pignol (Supervisory Committee Member), J. Rowlands (Co-supervisor) and SGS Chair (TBA).

Mr. Johann Micallef

Thesis Title: MARCKS and IQGAP1 are Important Mediators of Glioma Cell Invasion Downstream Of Aberrant EGFR Expression
Date & Time: Friday, November 7, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605.

The following will comprise his examining committee:  Drs. A. Guha (Supervisor), D. Barber (Supervisory Committee Member), R. Khokha (Supervisory Committee Member), R. Del Maestro (McGill University), B. Raught (Medical Biophysics), A.M. Rauth (Supervisory Committee Member), J. Rutka (Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, and TBA (SGS Chair).

Ms. Angelina Stojanova

Thesis Title: The Role of the INI1 Co-factor and Cellular Context on Myc-dependent Transformation
Date & Time: Thursday, October 30, 2008, 1:00 p.m.
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605.

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. L. Penn (Supervisor), R. Bremner (Supervisory Committee Member), V. Stambolic (Supervisory Committee Member), P. Cheung (Medical Biophysics), J. Ellis (Molecular and Medical Genetics), J. A. Biegel (University of Pennsylvania), E. Hodnett (SGS Chair).

Mr. Norman Anthopoulos

Thesis Title: Genetic Studies of P13'KlfkBIGSK-3 Signaling in Drosophila
Date & Time: Friday, September 19, 2008, 9:00 a.m.
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Room 7-605.

The following will comprise his examining committee:  Drs. M. Ikura, A. Manoukian (Supervisor), H. McNeil (Medical Genetics), C. Rushlow (New York University), J. Squire (Supervisory Committee Member), J. Woodgett (Supervisory Committee Member), and A. Bassett (SGS Chair).

Mr. Jay Detsky

Thesis Title: Cardiac Tissue Characterization Following Myocardial Infarction Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Date & Time: Thursday, September 4, 2008, 10:30 a.m.
Location: Sunnybrook, 2075 Bayview Avenue, S-Wing, Ground Floor, Room SG22

The following will comprise his examining committee:  Drs. A. Dick (Supervisory Committee Member, non-voting), A. Martel (Supervisory Committee Member), D. Plewes (Medical Biophysics), F. Prato (Univ. of Western Ontario), B. Strauss (LMP, U of T), A. Vitkin (Supervisory Committee Member), and G. Wright (Supervior), and B. Harvey (SGS Chair).

Ms. Julie Symes

Thesis Title: Fas-mediated apoptosis in prostate cancer: gene therapy and synergism with chemotherapy
Date & Time: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 9:30 a.m.
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue. Room 6-604

The following will comprise her examining committee:  Drs. D. Hedley (Medical Biophysics), M. Los (University of Manitoba), J. Medin (Supervisor), R. Miller (Supervisory Committee Member), V. Stambolic (Supervisory Committee Member), A. Zlotta (Dept of Surgerg), and T. Inaba (SGS Chair).

Mr. Peter Stogios

Thesis Title: Sequence and Structural Analysis of the BTB Domain
Date & Time: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue. Room 7-605

The following will comprise his examining committee:  Drs. R. Marmostein (Wistar Institute), G. Privé (Supervisor), D. Rose (Supervisory Committee Member), B. Steipe (Biochemistry), E. Tillier (Medical Biophysics, and R. Kaul (SGS Chair).

Mr. Wissam Assaily

Thesis Title: LPIN: A new p53 regulated gene induced by DNA damage and glucose withdrawal and its involvement in fatty acid oxidation.
Date & Time: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue. Room 6-604

The following will comprise his examining committee:  Drs. D. Barber (Supervisory Committee Member), S. Benchimol (Supervisor), R. Bristow (Supervisory Committee Member), M. Irwin (Cell Biology), S. Lee (Harvard Medical School), A. Schimmer (Medical Biophysics), and L. Osborne (SGS Chair).

Mr. Samuel Richard

Thesis Title: Optimization of Imaging Performance and Conspicuity in Dual-Energy X-Ray Radiography
Date & Time: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 9:30 a.m.
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue. Room 7-605

The following will comprise his examining committee:  Drs. J. Siewerdsen (Supervisor), M. Yaffe (Supervisory Committee Member), T. Roberts (Supervisory Committee Member), C. A. Mistretta (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison), A. Vitkin (Medical Biophysics), N. Paul (Medical Imaging), H. Heerklotz (SGS Chair)

Mr. Niket Shah

Thesis Title: Elucidation of the catalytic mechanism of Golgi alpha-mannosidase II
Date & Time: Thursday, June 26, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue. Room 6-604

The following will comprise his examining committee:  Drs. D. Rose (Supervisor), L. Howell (Supervisory Committee Member), G. Prive (Supervisory Committee Member), H. Schachter (Supervisory Committee Member), D. Bundle (U of Alberta), A. Koch (Medical Biophysics), J. Carver (Molecular Genetics), R. Baker (SGS Chair)

Ms. Miriam Mossoba

Thesis Title: Development of immunotherapy against prostate cancer using lentivirally-transduced dendritic cells expressing murine erbB2 as a model tumor-associated antigen
Date & Time: Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 1:15 p.m.
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue. Room 7-605

The following will comprise her examining committee:  Drs. J. Medin (Supervisor), D. Barber (Supervisory Committee Member), P. Ohashi (Supervisory Committee Member), J. Thibodeau (University of Montreal), D. Spaner (Medical Biophysics), D. Branch (LMP) and S. Tobe (SGS Chair)

Mr. Daniel Voskas

Thesis Title: Characterization of the biological roles for Tek/Tie-2 in embryonic development and adult disease.
Date & Time: Monday, June 16, 2008, 11:00 am.
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room SG22.

The following will comprise his examining committee:  Drs. I. Aubert (SGS Chair), Y. Ben-David, D. Dumont (Supervisor), S. Hussain (McGill University), M. Johnston (Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology), and M. Puri (Supervisory Committee Member).

Mr. David Bateman

Thesis Title: Structural and kinetic characterization of cell surface and internalized Alzheimer amyloid peptides in neuronal cells.
Date & Time: Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue. Room 6-604

The following will comprise his examining committee:  Drs. A. Chakrabartty (Supervisor), J. Gariepy (Supervisory Committee Member), J. McLaurin (Supervisory Committee Member), G. Levesque (Univ. of Laval), P. Fraser (Medical Biophysics), F. Keeley (Biochemistry, U of T), and R. Cockerill (SGS Chair)

Ms. Subodini Perampalam

Thesis Title: Cell-Targeted Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins Derived from Protein Combinatorial Libraries.
Date & Time: Friday, April 11, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue. Room 6-604

The following will comprise her examining committee:  Drs. J. Gariepy (Supervisor), R. Khokha (Supervisory Committee Member), R. MacKenzie (Institute for Biological Sciences, Ottawa), A. Manoukian (Supervisory Committee Member), D. Rose (Medical Biophysics), J. Shin (Chemistry, U of T) and H. Anderson (SGS Chair).

Ms. Rama Grantab

Thesis Title: Penetration of Anticancer Drugs in Solid Tumors as a Function of Cellular Adhesion and Packing Density
Date & Time: Thursday, April 10, 2008, 10:00 a.m.
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue. Room 6-604

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. I. Tannock (Supervisor), M. Moore, R. Kerbel (Supervisory Committee Members), D. Hedley (Medical Biophysics), C. Allen (Pharmacy, U of T), J. Rak (McGill University) and SGS Chair (TBA)

Ms. Shobha Ramsubir

Thesis Title: Retrovirus-mediated Gene Therapy for Farber Disease
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 2:30 p.m.
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue. Room 6-604

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. J. Clarke (Supervisory Committee Member), F.-F. Liu (Medical Biophysics), C. Lingwood (LMP, U of T), J. Medin (Supervisor), H. Messner (Supervisory Committee Member), T. Rupar (University of Western Ontario) and SGS Chair (TBA).

Ms. Luisa Izzi

Thesis Title: Novel mechanisms of transcriptional repression by the paired-like homeodomain transcription factor Goosecoid
Date & Time: Friday, April 4, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue. Room 6-604

The following will comprise her examining committee: Drs. L. Attisano (Supervisor), R. Bremner (Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, U of T), J-J Lebrun (McGill University), J. McGlade (Supervisory Committee Member), L. Penn (Medical Biophysics), J. L. Wrana (Supervisory Committee Member), and SGS Chair (TBA).

Ms. Caitlin Hammond

Date & Time: Tuesday, March 11, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue. Room S615
Thesis Title: The effect of extracellular calcium on normal and leukemic B cell function.

The following will comprise her examining committee:  Drs. M. Anderson (Immunology), N. Berinstein (Supervisory Committee Member), S. Gibson (University of Manitoba), M. Minden, D.Spaner (Supervisor) and M. Zhen (SGS Chair).
 
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