Organizing Committee for CSMB2024:
Dr. Mojgan Rastegar (Chair)
Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba; Co-Director - Manitoba Epigenetic Network
Research Keywords: Epigenetics, Transcription, DNA Methylation, Neurodevelopment, Rett Syndrome
https://umanitoba.ca/medicine/department-biochemistry-and-medical-genetics/faculty-staff/mojgan-rastegar
Dr. James Davie
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and medical Genetics, University of Manitoba; Co-Director - Manitoba Epigenetic Network
Research Keywords: Epigenetics Control
https://umanitoba.ca/medicine/department-biochemistry-and-medical-genetics/faculty-staff/james-davie
Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden
Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba
Research Keywords: Synthetic biology, Next-generation sequencing, and Biomolecular design
Dr. Susan Logue
Assistant Professor, Department of Human anatomy and cell science, University of Manitoba
Research Keywords: Apoptosis, Cancer, Cell death, Cell signaling, Cell stress
https://umanitoba.ca/medicine/faculty-staff/susan-logue
Dr. Sean McKenna
Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba
Research Keywords: Protein-RNA interactions, Nucleic acid structure/function, Cancer
https://sci.umanitoba.ca/chemistry/profiles/seanmckenna
Dr. Denice Bay
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba
Research Interests: Antimicrobial resistance, Multi-omics, Efflux pumps, Antiseptic resistance/ tolerance
https://umanitoba.ca/medicine/faculty-staff/denice-bay
Dr. Sanoji Wijenayake
Assistant Professor, University of Winnipeg
Research Keywords: Postnatal Development, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Maternal Milk
https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/biology/people/faculty-staff/sanoji-wijenayake.html
Dr. Paul Marcogliese
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba
Research Interests: Disease models, Drosophila, Functional genomics, Genetics, Molecular biology, Movement disorders
https://umanitoba.ca/medicine/faculty-staff/paul-marcogliese
For questions or sponsorship information, please contact Dr. Mojgan Rastegar at mojgan.rastegar@umanitoba.ca
