Previous Seminars

Friday, April 19, 2013 - 11:00am

Biochemical Determinants of Methanol Developmental Toxicity in Rabbits JESSICA NICOLE SWEETING Ph.D. Candidate Friday, April 19, 2013 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Peter Wells Pharmacy Building Room 850 Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar PhD Exam Seminar

Friday, April 19, 2013 - 1:00pm

Organizing the Ubiquitin-Dependent Response to DNA Double-Strand Breaks Stephanie Panier Department of Molecular Genetics Friday, April 19, 2013 - 1:00pm Supervisor: Dr. D. Durocher MSB 4171 Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Oral Seminar

Friday, April 19, 2013 - 1:30pm

MHC class II: cell biology and disease associations Dr. Elizabeth Mellins Department of Paediatrics Stanford University Friday, April 19, 2013 - 1:30pm Host: Rae Yeung Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1527, Hill Wing Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Poster available: Mellins.pdf

Friday, April 19, 2013 - 2:00pm

Expanding the Language to Program Cells Prof. Christopher Voigt Biological Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology      Friday, April 19, 2013 - 2:00pm Host: Sergio Peisajovich Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 CSB Seminar

Monday, April 22, 2013 - 10:00am

Centrosome and mitotic spindle organization in human cells Steffen Lawo Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Molecular Genetics Monday, April 22, 2013 - 10:00am Supervisor: Dr. L. Pelletier MSB 4171 Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Exam Seminar

Monday, April 22, 2013 - 11:10am

Origins of CD4+ effector and memory T cells. Marc K. Jenkins, PhD Distinguished McKnight Professor, University of Minnesota Medical School, Center for Immunology and Dept. of Microbiology, Minneapolis, MN Monday, April 22, 2013 - 11:10am Host: Dr. Jennifer Gommerman MSB 2172 Department of Immunology Easton Seminar Series Poster available: JenkinsPoster.pdf

Monday, April 22, 2013 - 11:30am

Dynamic behavior of Type IV Collagen at Cell-Biomaterial Interface Nuno Coelho Post-Doctoral Fellow Monday, April 22, 2013 - 11:30am Supervisor: Christopher McCulloch Fitzgerald Building, Room #237 Matrix Dynamics Group Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar

Monday, April 22, 2013 - 12:10pm

The transcriptional regulatory network governing Th17 cell specification and plasticity Maria Ciofani, PhD Department of Molecular Pathogenesis New York University School of Medicine New York, NY Monday, April 22, 2013 - 12:10pm Host: Dr. Mansoor Husain and Dr. Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker MSB 2172 Department of Immunology Special Seminar Poster available: REVISED_Ciofani_Special_Poster.pdf

Monday, April 22, 2013 - 4:00pm

*SEMINAR CANCELLED*: Emerging Roles of Centrosome: Guiding asymmetric mitotic events and vesicle trafficking Dr. Stephen Doxsey University of Massachusetts Monday, April 22, 2013 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. L. Pelletier MSB 4171 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar

Epigenetic reprogramming in pancreatic cancer Nabeel Bardeesy, PhD Associate Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Cancer Research and Center for Regenerative Medicine Monday, April 22, 2013 - 4:00pm Host: Michael Ohh, PhD MSB 2172 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 12:00pm

Brain Development and Plasticity: Molecular Control of Neuronal Guidance and Degeneration Professor Marc Tessier-Lavigne President, The Rockefeller University Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 12:00pm MSB 2158, JJR Macleod Auditorium Faculty of Medicine

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 2:00pm

Screening for genetic interactions between splicing factors that regulate alternative splicing in C. elegans June Tan Graduate Student, Department of Molecular Genetics Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 2:00pm Supervisor: Dr. A. Fraser FitzGerald Building, Room #103 Department of Molecular Genetics

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 2:30pm

Semantic data integration for systems biology and its application to analyze allelic effects on the human interactome Jochen Weile Graduate Student, Department of Molecular Genetics Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 2:30pm Supervisor: Dr. F. Roth FitzGerald Building, Room #103 Department of Molecular Genetics

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 12:00pm

Axons and Synapses: Quality Control and Temporal Intervention Yishi Jin, Ph.D. Professor, Section of Neurobiology, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Investigator, HHMI, University of California, San Diego Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Mei Zhen Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St. Level 3 Conference Rooms, L3-201-202-203 Samuel Lunenfeld Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Yishi Jin.pdf

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 4:00pm

Functional and structural characterization of the human R2TP complex. Nardin Nano Ph.D. Student Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Walid Houry, Committee members: Drs: John Glover, Igor Stagljar MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Loops of Small Multidrug Resistance Proteins. Erik Tralman-Baker M.Sc. Student Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Charles Deber, Committee members: Drs: Simon Sharpe, Roman Melnyk MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 12:00pm

How Cholesterol Promotes Amyloidogenesis and Alzheimer’s Disease Prof. Charles Sanders Vanderbilt University Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Scott Prosser MSB 4171 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: Sanders.pdf

Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 1:00pm

Investigating the Cytotoxic Mechanisms of Oxidative Stress Induced by Xenobiotics and their Metabolites STEPHANIE MACALLISTER Ph.D. Candidate Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Peter O'Brien Pharmacy Building Room 450 Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar PhD Exam Seminar

Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 11:00pm

“Modification web” & “Signal router” theories on histone modification network system Dr. Masami Horikoshi, Professor Professor, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences The University of Tokyo Japan Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 11:00pm Host: Dr. Jack Greenblatt, Professor, The Donnelly Centre CCBR Red Room Donnelly CCBR Seminar Poster available: Dr Horikoshi.pdf

Friday, April 26, 2013 - 10:00am

Sex, drugs, and disco: tales of zebrafish chemical biology Dr. Randall Peterson Harvard Medical School Friday, April 26, 2013 - 10:00am Host: Dr. P. Roy MSB 4171 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Peterson Poster.pdf

Friday, April 26, 2013 - 11:30am

Architecture and Remodeling of Modular Multi-Domain Proteins in Molecular Machinery Walter J. Chazin, PhD Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Chemistry Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Friday, April 26, 2013 - 11:30am Host: Dr. Gil Privé MaRS- TMDT R# 4-204, 4th floor OCI Special Seminar Poster available: Walter Chazin .pdf

Friday, April 26, 2013 - 1:00pm

Mapping Worm-Bioavailable Chemical Space for Improved Probe Discovery and Characterization with Caenorhabditis elegans Andrew Burns Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Molecular Genetics Friday, April 26, 2013 - 1:00pm Supervisor: Dr. P. Roy MSB 4171 Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Exam Seminar

Friday, April 26, 2013 - 1:30pm

p62-related signaling and autophagy in pagetic osteoclasts Dr. Sophie Roux Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine University of Sherbrooke Friday, April 26, 2013 - 1:30pm Host: Morrie Manolson Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1527, Hill Wing Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Poster available: Roux.pdf

Friday, April 26, 2013 - 2:00pm

Functional Genomics of Mammalian Neuronal and Glial Specification Prof. Seth Blackshaw Department of Neuroscience Johns Hopkins University Friday, April 26, 2013 - 2:00pm Host: Vince Tropepe Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 CSB Seminar

The structural role of BTB proteins in the assembly and control of cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases Wesley Errington Department of Biochemistry Friday, April 26, 2013 - 2:00pm Supervisor: Gil Privé CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.W.Errington.pdf

Monday, April 29, 2013 - 11:10am

Making lymphoid effector subsets, fast and slow Joonsoo Kang, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Graduate Program in Immunology and Virology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA Monday, April 29, 2013 - 11:10am Host: Dr. Cynthia Guidos MSB 2172 Department of Immunology Easton Seminar Series Poster available: KangPoster.pdf

Monday, April 29, 2013 - 5:00pm

Using Trypsinogen Levels as a Quantitative Trait in Studies of CF Disease Severity David Soave, MS , Melissa R. Miller, PhD, SickKids, Stug Lab, & The University of Toronto Monday, April 29, 2013 - 5:00pm Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 7704, Atrium Cystic Fibrosis Seminar

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 2:00pm

Ubiquitin variants engineered as potent and selective inhibitors of E2 conjugating enzymes Pankaj Garg Graduate Student, Department of Molecular Genetics Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 2:00pm Supervisor: Dr. S. Sidhu FitzGerald Building, Room #103 Department of Molecular Genetics

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 2:30pm

Identifying conditional protein-protein interactions in the DNA repair process with Yeast Two-Hybrid Siyang Li Graduate Student, Department of Molecular Genetics Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 2:30pm Supervisor: Dr. F. Roth FitzGerald Building, Room #103 Department of Molecular Genetics

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 12:00pm

‘Progress in Human Genetics - Moving beyond GWAS’ Objectives: To describe progress in genetics research on inflammatory bowel disease and neuropsychiatric disease (autism, etc) Dr. Mark J. Daly Chief, Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Mark Silverberg Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St. Level 3 Conference Rooms, L3-201-202-203 Samuel Lunenfeld Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 4:00pm

GLUT4 finds its way to the Insulin-Responsive Compartment Kevin Foley Ph.D. Student Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Amira Klip, Committee members: Drs: David Williams, Daniela Rotin MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Structural and Biochemical Characterization of Protein O-Fucosyltransferase 2 Kristina Han Ph.D. Student Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. James Rini, Committee members: Drs: Julie Forman-Kay, James W. Dennis MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 10:00am

The role of cell polarity in development and disease Payman Samavarchi-Tehrani PhD Candidate, Department of Molecular Genetics Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 10:00am Supervisor: Dr. J. Wrana MSB 4171 PhD Oral Seminar

Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 12:00pm

R2TP: A novel chaperone-like complex involved in multiple cellular pathways Dr. Walid Houry Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 12:00pm MSB 4171 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series

Friday, May 3, 2013 - 1:30pm

How are blood platelets produced? Dr. Joseph Italiano Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Friday, May 3, 2013 - 1:30pm Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1527, Hill Wing Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, May 3, 2013 - 2:00pm

Using C. elegans to Dissect Mitotic Mechanism Prof. Karen Oegema Cellular & Molecular Medicine UC San Diego Friday, May 3, 2013 - 2:00pm Host: Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 CSB Seminar

Monday, May 6, 2013 - 10:00am

Exploring AdoMet-Dependent Methyltransferases in Yeast Elena Lissina PhD Candidate, Department of Molecular Genetics Monday, May 6, 2013 - 10:00am Supervisor: Dr. C. Nislow MSB 4171 PhD Oral Seminar

Monday, May 6, 2013 - 11:30am

SEMINAR CANCELLED Virginijus Barzda Associate Professor of Physics, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga Monday, May 6, 2013 - 11:30am Fitzgerald Building, Room #237 Matrix Dynamics Group Seminar Special Seminar

Monday, May 6, 2013 - 1:00pm

From Combinatorial Chemistry to Nanotechnology to Cancer Therapy Dr. Kit S. Lam Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis Sacramento, CA Monday, May 6, 2013 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Charles Deber Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1250 Black Wing Molecular Structure and Function Program Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: May 6 2013_ Seminar Notice.pdf

Monday, May 6, 2013 - 4:00pm

The threat of untreatable gonorrhea: examining the intersection between the biology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and public health practice Vanessa Gray Allen MD MPH Medical microbiologist and infectious diseases specialist, Public Health Ontario Monday, May 6, 2013 - 4:00pm Host: Richard G. Hegele, MD, FRCPC, PhD MSB 2172 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster V.Gray Allen.pdf

Tuesday, May 7, 2013 - 2:00pm

Systematic mapping of alternative polyadenylation sites for investigation of gene regulatory mechanisms Kevin Ha Graduate Student, Department of Molecular Genetics Tuesday, May 7, 2013 - 2:00pm Supervisor: Dr. B. Blencowe, Dr. Q. Morris FitzGerald Building, Room #103

Tuesday, May 7, 2013 - 2:30pm

Investigating the Dynamics of Bacteriophage Anti-CRISPR Action Sabrina Stanley Graduate Student, Department of Molecular Genetics Tuesday, May 7, 2013 - 2:30pm Supervisor: Dr. A. Davidson FitzGerald Building, Room #103

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 10:00am

Intrinsic and adaptive cellular responses to BRAF inhibition in melanoma Dr. Rizwan Haq Attending Physician, Center for Melanoma, Massachusetts General Hospital / Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 10:00am Host: Dr. Benjamin Neel PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium OCI Special Seminar Special Seminar Poster available: Special Seminar OCI for posting Dr. Haq.pdf

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 12:00pm

Making Science Work Sir Paul Nurse President, Royal Society, and Director, Francis Crick Institute, London, UK Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 12:00pm MSB 2158, JJR Macleod Auditorium The Lou Siminovitch Lectureship Poster available: Siminovitch Lectureship May 8.pdf

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 4:00pm

Structural and Functional Analysis of PLZF-Corepressor Complexes Andrew Zhai M.Sc. Student Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Gil Prive, Committee members: Drs: Frank Sicheri, Brian Raught MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Decoding the message: How cells know which RNA should be translated to proteins? Abdalla Akef Ph.D. Student Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Alex Palazzo, Committee members: Drs: Craig Smibert, Fritz Roth MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series

Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 4:00pm

Personalized cancer genomics, a bioinformatics perspective. Prof. Alfonso Valencia, PhD Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO), Madrid, Spain Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 4:00pm Host: Igor Jurisica, PhD PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium OCI Seminar Series Poster available: Valencia - Seminar Notice.pdf

Friday, May 10, 2013 - 1:30pm

Diet-induced obesity alters host susceptibility to Borrelia burgdorferi infection and Lyme disease. Dr. Tara Moriarty Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto Friday, May 10, 2013 - 1:30pm Host: Cell Biology Program, Hospital for Sick Children Room 1527, Hill Wing, Hospital for Sick Children Cell Biology Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, May 10, 2013 - 2:00pm

Evolution of Protein Interaction Networks: Computational and Experimental Approaches Prof. Christian Landry Department of Biology Université Laval Friday, May 10, 2013 - 2:00pm Host: Belinda Chang Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 CSB Seminar

Monday, May 13, 2013 - 11:10am

Dissecting diversity of human primary immunodeficiencies through cellular models. Luigi D. Notarangelo, MD Director, Research and Molecular Diagnosis Program, Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Monday, May 13, 2013 - 11:10am Host: Dr. Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker MSB 2172 Department of Immunology Easton Seminar Series Poster available: NotarangeloPoster.pdf