Previous Seminars

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 2:00pm

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 4:00pm

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 7:30pm

The Fourth Paradigm: How Big Data is Changing Science Dr. Alex Szalay Johns Hopkins University Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 7:30pm Koffler Institute Bldg, Room 108, 569 Spadina Avenue Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto Co-sponsor: Distinguished Sackler Public Lecture Poster available: Sackler_SMALL.pdf

Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 11:00am

“On the frontlines with Legionella - maintaining pathogenicity through CRISPR-Cas and a highly regulated arsenal of effectors” Alexander W. Ensminger, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 11:00am Host: Frederick P. Roth, Professor, The Donnelly Centre, university of Toronto CCBR Red Room Donnelly CCBR Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Alex+Ensminger+5+Nov+2015+poster.compressed.pdf

Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 12:00pm

Tracking single membrane molecules during phagocytosis Dr. Sergio Grinstein SickKids and Biochemistry, UofT Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 12:00pm Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: SergioGrinstein_Nov5_2015_2.pdf

"Autophagy and mTOR regulation in osteoclasts" Irina Voronov Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 12:00pm ENG102 (ENG is located at the southeast corner of Gould and Church Sts.) Molecular Science Seminar Series (Ryerson)

Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 1:00pm

Molecular Structure and Function Program, SickKids & BHT Crystallographic Organization Special Seminar Helen Saibil, PhD Birkbeck College, University of London, UK Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Vivian Saridakis & Dr. Jean-Philippe Julien PGCRL Auditorium (02.9330, 2nd Floor), 686 Bay Street Special Seminar Poster available: MSF & BHT Special Seminar - Helen Saibil Nov 5 2015.pdf

Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 4:00pm

"Translational control of cancer energetics" Dr. Ivan Topisirovic, M.D. Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Oncology, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Vuk Stambolic, Professor, Dept. of Medical Biophysics and Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Special Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Co-sponsor: Medical Biophysics Department Poster available: Topisirovic_Ivan_Seminar Posting.pdf

Friday, November 6, 2015 - 1:30pm

Very Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease (VEOIBD): Insight into the pathogenesis of disease. Dr. Aleixo Muise Program in Cell Biology, The Hospital For Sick Children Friday, November 6, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 3a, 3rd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Muise.pdf

Friday, November 6, 2015 - 2:00pm

Monday, November 9, 2015 - 11:30am

Monday, November 9, 2015 - 4:00pm

Sexual reproduction and the evolution of eukaryotic microbial pathogens Dr. Joseph Heitman Duke University Medical Centre Monday, November 9, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Leah Cowen Fitzgerald Building, Room #103 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Heitman Poster.pdf

Developing tissue oxygen saturation detection systems for optimizing laparoscopic training Kunj Upadhyaya Monday, November 9, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) Supervisor: J.Drake & W.Farhat Rosebrugh Building - RS211 IBBME Graduate Student Seminar

Development of Digital Microfluidic Platform for Personalized Chemotherapy Evaluation Haozhong Situ Monday, November 9, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) Supervisor: A.Wheeler Rosebrugh Building - RS211 IBBME Graduate Student Seminar

Maternal Diet-Induced Programming of Cardiac Disease in Early Embryogenesis Paul Delgado-Olguin, PhD Scientist, Physiology & Experimental Medicine, SickKids, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto Monday, November 9, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Jason Fish, PhD Medical Sciences Building, Room 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster P.Delgado.pdf

Monday, November 9, 2015 - 5:00pm

Wednesday, November 11, 2015 - 4:00pm

Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 12:00pm

Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 12:30pm

Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 4:00pm

" New concepts in the regulation of Ras GTPase" Dr. Michael Ohh, Ph.D. Professor, Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology & Professor, Biochemistry, University of Toronto. Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Vuk Stambolic, Professor, Dept. of Medical Biophysics and Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Michael Ohh_Seminar Posting.pdf

Friday, November 13, 2015 - 11:00am

The Axo-Myelinic Synapse: Implications for Health and Disease PETER STYS, M.D. Professor, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary Friday, November 13, 2015 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Lakshmi Kotra; tel: (416) 978-5535; email: lkotra@uhnresearch.ca Pharmacy Building Room 850 Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: STYS. peter- Nov13-Lakshmi.pdf

Friday, November 13, 2015 - 2:00pm

Monday, November 16, 2015 - 11:30am

Monday, November 16, 2015 - 1:00pm

Atoms to Adams: Bench-To-Bedside Development of Antitoxin Antibodies for C. Difficile Infections Alex Therien, PhD Director, Discovery Biology, Merck Monday, November 16, 2015 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Roman Melnyk PGCRL, Event Room 1 (02.9320, 2nd Floor) Molecular Structure and Function Program Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MSF Seminar - Dr. Therien Nov16.pdf

Monday, November 16, 2015 - 4:00pm

Connecting DNA damage with splicing decisions Dr. Benoit Chabot Université de Sherbrooke Monday, November 16, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Alan Cochrane Fitzgerald Building, Room #103 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Chabot Poster.pdf

Drug delivery of nanoparticles for cancer tumour therapeutic applications Yinan Zhang Monday, November 16, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) Supervisor: W.Chan Rosebrugh Building - RS211 IBBME Graduate Student Seminar

Development of a biomaterials-based pre-vascularized trachea with a functional epithelial graft for tracheal regeneration Ratna Varma Monday, November 16, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) Supervisor: T.Waddell Rosebrugh Building - RS211 IBBME Graduate Student Seminar

Preparedness and response to outbreaks of high consequence pathogens such as Ebola virus Gary Kobinger, PhD Chief Special Pathogens Head, Vector Design and Immunotherapy Special Pathogens, Associate Professor, Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba Monday, November 16, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Jeff Lee, PhD Medical Sciences Building, Room 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster G.Kobinger.pdf

Monday, November 16, 2015 - 5:00pm

Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 1:00pm

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 3:00pm

Somatic mutations in single neurons Dr. Peter Park Centre for Biomedical Informatics, Harvard University Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Tae-Hee Kim PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Peter Park Seminar Announcement.pdf

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 4:00pm

MicroDNAs, tRFs and lncRNAs: novel nucleic acids revealed by high throughput sequencing Dr. Anindy A. Dutta Professor and Chair, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Walid Houry MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Dutta Poster.pdf

Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 11:00am

Surveying the centrosome landscape using super-resolutions imaging and functional proteomics Laurence Pelletier, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, U of T Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Liliana Attisano, Professor, Donnelly Centre, Departments of Biochemistry and Medical Biophysics, U of T CCBR Red Room Donnelly CCBR Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Laurence Pelletier poster.ai_.compressed.pdf

Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 12:00pm

To Cluster or Not to Cluster: New insight into the the segregation mechanism of high-copy bacterial plasmids Dr. Yong Wang Chemical and Physical Sciences, UTM Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 12:00pm Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: YongWang_Nov19_2015.pdf

The bottom half of the periodic table and mass cytometry: New probes for chemical biology Mark Nitz Dept. of Chemistry, University of Toronto Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 12:00pm ENG102 (ENG is located at the southeast corner of Gould and Church Sts.) Molecular Science Seminar Series (Ryerson)

Friday, November 20, 2015 - 1:30pm

Functional Genomics in Primary Human Cells. Dr. Robert Screaton Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto Friday, November 20, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Screaton.pdf

Monday, November 23, 2015 - 11:30am

Monday, November 23, 2015 - 1:00pm

Probing Molecular Dynamics & Structures: Innovations and Opportunities in Super-resolution Imaging Christopher Yip, PhD, P.Eng Director, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry & Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto Monday, November 23, 2015 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Jason Maynes PGCRL, Event Rooms 3A/3B (03.9310, 3rd Floor) Molecular Structure and Function Program Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MSF Seminar - Christopher Yip Nov 23.pdf

Monday, November 23, 2015 - 4:00pm

Epigenetic Mechanisms and Leukemia Stem Cell Development Dr. Scott Armstrong Sloan Kettering Monday, November 23, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. John Dick Fitzgerald Building, Room #103 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Armstrong Poster.pdf

Development of a Multimodal Brain Computer Interface (BCI) Based on Inner Speech Alborz Rexazadeh Sershkeh Monday, November 23, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) Supervisor: T.Chau Rosebrugh Building - RS211 IBBME Graduate Student Seminar

Developing an Online Auditory Brain-Computer Interface using Near-infrared Spectroscopy Stefanie Glowinsky Monday, November 23, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) Supervisor: T.Chau Rosebrugh Building - RS211 IBBME Graduate Student Seminar

Monday, November 23, 2015 - 5:00pm

Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 4:00pm

Thursday, November 26, 2015 - 10:00am

Thursday, November 26, 2015 - 4:00pm

Friday, November 27, 2015 - 2:00pm