Science in the Cinema Presents: Rampage
Hosted by the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine (CSM), Science in the Cinema brings together science and popular culture in a fun and engaging way.
When three different animals become infected with a dangerous pathogen, a primatologist and a geneticist team up to secure an antidote and prevent a global catastrophe.
Presented by the McCaig Institute for Bone & Joint Health, hosted in partnership with the Calgary Public Library.
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Location: Calgary Central Library, 800 3 St SE, Calgary, AB
Doors Open: 5:00 pm
Movie Starts: 5:30 pm
Discussion: Immediately following the screening
When three different animals become infected with a dangerous pathogen, a primatologist and a geneticist team up to secure an antidote and prevent a global catastrophe.
Presented by the McCaig Institute for Bone & Joint Health, hosted in partnership with the Calgary Public Library.
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Location: Calgary Central Library, 800 3 St SE, Calgary, AB
Doors Open: 5:00 pm
Movie Starts: 5:30 pm
Discussion: Immediately following the screening
About the moderator
Dr. Roman Krawetz, PhD is a cell and developmental biologist focused on stem cell biology and regenerative medicine in joint injury and disease. He leads a research program aimed at understanding the role of synovial stem cells in the onset and progression of osteoarthritis. His work combines insights into inflammation and early disease mechanisms with the development of novel diagnostics and therapies, with the goal of improving care and outcomes for patients living with osteoarthritis.
About the panellists
Dr. Chu, PhD is an the Department of Comparative Biology & Experimental Medicine as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. His research interests focus on using pluripotent stem cells to model development and disease, and to identify novel therapeutic strategies for regenerative medicine. His lab uses multidisciplinary experimental approaches, including pluripotent stem cell culture, differentiation, organoids, cellular reprogramming, gene editing, real-time live-cell imaging, luminescence imaging, lineage-tracing, mouse genetics, flow cytometry, single-cell and bulk RNA-seq. He currently holds a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Cellular Reprogramming.
Dr. Antoine Dufour, PhD is an Associate Professor at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology. He is the Scientific Director of the Mass Spectrometry Core Facility at the University of Calgary. He received a BSc in SUNY Oswego NY before completing his PhD at Stony Brook University, NY. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship at UBC in Vancouver. Dr. Dufour’s research is focused on the role of proteases in immunity and novel drug target identification in inflammatory diseases, with a particular interest in quantitative mass spectrometry and systems biology. Dr. Dufour was named as one of Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2020, was awarded the 2021 Young Investigator Award from the Canadian Society for Mass Spectrometry, the Groll Calpain award in 2022 and won the most distinguish Alumnus Award at SUNY Oswego in 2025.
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