Previous Seminars

Monday, November 30, 2015 - 11:30am

Monday, November 30, 2015 - 1:00pm

Protein N-Glycosylation and Adaptation at the Cell Surface Jim Dennis, PhD, FRSC Canada Research Chair, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital Monday, November 30, 2015 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Harry Schachter PGCRL Event Room 1 (02.9320, 2nd Floor) Molecular Structure and Function Program Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MSF Seminar - Dr. Dennis Nov 30.pdf

Monday, November 30, 2015 - 4:00pm

Modular assembly of synthetic integral plasma membrane proteins in mammalian cells Anam Qudrat Monday, November 30, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) Supervisor: K.Truong Rosebrugh Building - RS211 IBBME Graduate Student Seminar

Game Design Heuristics for Greater User Acceptance in of Robotic Stroke Rehab Howard Chaim Monday, November 30, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) Supervisor: A.Mihailidis Rosebrugh Building - RS211 IBBME Graduate Student Seminar

Towards fulfilling the promise of Precision Medicine and theranostics in kidney cancer George M Yousef, MD PhD FRCPC (Path) MSc MBBCh Division Head, Molecular Diagnostics Department of Laboratory Medicine Pathologist, St. Michael's Hospital Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology University of Toronto Monday, November 30, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Richard Hegele, MD FRCPC PhD Medical Sciences Building, Room 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster G.Yousef.pdf

Monday, November 30, 2015 - 5:00pm

Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 1:00pm

Designing Functional Aptamers as Immune Checkpoint Modulators Dr. Jean Gariépy Professor, Departments of Medical Biophysics and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toronto; Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute; Research Chair in Biomolecular Engineering and Director, Molecular Targeting and Therapeutics Laboratory, Sunnybrook Research Institute Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 1:00pm Pharmacy Building Room 850 Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology Special Seminar Poster available: 151201_CPO_Flyer_Gariépy.pdf

Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 4:00pm

Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 11:00am

Hemodynamics, cardiovascular risk and endothelial phenotype: it's not all about blood pressure Philip A. Marsden, MD Professor of Medicine, St Michael's Hospital, Elisabeth Hofmann Chair in Translational Research, Oreopoulos-Baxter Division Director Nephrology, Vice Chair, Research, U of T Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 11:00am Host: Michael Sefton, ScD, University Professor and Michael E. Charles Professor of Chemical Engineering CCBR Red Room Donnelly CCBR Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Philip A Marsden Dec 3 2015 poster.pdf

Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 12:00pm

Dynamic force patterns promote collective cell migration during embryonic wound repair Dr. Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez IBBME, UofT Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 12:00pm Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: RodrigoFernandez-Gonzalez_Dec3_2015.pdf

Friday, December 4, 2015 - 11:00am

Friday, December 4, 2015 - 1:30pm

Around or through? Endothelial permeability as a therapeutic target. Dr. Warren Lee Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto Friday, December 4, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Lee.pdf

Friday, December 4, 2015 - 2:00pm

Friday, December 4, 2015 - 3:00pm

Monday, December 7, 2015 - 11:30am

Monday, December 7, 2015 - 1:00pm

An Unexpected Best Connection: Choline & Insulin Resistance Dennis Vance, PhD, FRSC Department of Biochemistry and Group on the Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta Monday, December 7, 2015 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Khosrow Adeli PGCRL Event Room 1 (02.9320, 2nd Floor) Molecular Structure and Function Program Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MSF Seminar - Dr. Vance Dec 7.pdf

Monday, December 7, 2015 - 4:00pm

Three stories about the cancer genome Dr. Rameen Beroukhim Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Centre Monday, December 7, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Fritz Roth Fitzgerald Building, Room #103 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Beroukhim Poster.pdf

Examining Circulating Tumor Cells using Microfluidics Brenda Green Monday, December 7, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) Supervisor: S.Kelley Rosebrugh Building - RS211 IBBME Graduate Student Seminar

3D Hyaluronan Hydrogels as Matrices for Breast Tumour Spheroid Formation Alexander Baker Monday, December 7, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) Supervisor: M.Shoichet Rosebrugh Building - RS211 IBBME Graduate Student Seminar

Oligodendroglioma - from Cushing to CIC Neuropathology Day, Stephen Yip, MD, PhD, FRCPC Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia BC Cancer Agency Monday, December 7, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Julia Keith, julia.keith@sunnybrook.ca Medical Sciences Building, Room 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: NP Day_poster_2015.pdf

Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 3:00pm

New viewpoints into neural tube closure and gene-environment interactions Dr. Lee Niswander Molecular Biology Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine Wednesday, December 9, 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: Lee Niswander Seminar Announcement.pdf

Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 4:00pm

Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 10:00pm

Friday, December 11, 2015 - 1:30pm

Epigenetic regulation of cell identity in glioblastoma. Dr. Sunit Das Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto Friday, December 11, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Das.pdf

Friday, December 11, 2015 - 2:00pm

Monday, December 14, 2015 - 10:00am

Deep Learning Frameworks for Regulatory Genomics * PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED * Anshul Kundaje, PhD Stanford School of Medicine Department of Genetics, Deparment of Computer Science Monday, December 14, 2015 - 10:00am Host: Brendan Frey, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Computer Science, The Donnelly Centre, U of T, http://www.psi.toronto.edu/~frey/ CCBR Red Room Special Seminar Poster available: Anshul Kundaje 14 Dec 2015 poster.pdf

Monday, December 14, 2015 - 11:30am

Monday, December 14, 2015 - 1:00pm

How an Experimentalist Learns to Simulate Protein Folding in CPU-Hours at High Resolution Tobin Sosnick, PhD Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, Computation Institute, University of Chicago Monday, December 14, 2015 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Régis Pomès PGCRL Event Room 1 (02.9320, 2nd Floor) Molecular Structure and Function Program Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MSF Seminar - Dr. Sosnick Dec 14.pdf

Monday, December 14, 2015 - 4:00pm

Transcriptional control and cellular interactions during gut vascular morphogenesis Dr. Natasza Kurpios Cornell University Monday, December 14, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Tae-Hee Kim Fitzgerald Building, Room #103 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Kurpios Poster.pdf

High throughput analysis of kinase inhibitor drugs on cardiac function using engineered heart tissue constructs Genevieve Conant Monday, December 14, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) Supervisor: M.Radisic Rosebrugh Building - RS211 IBBME Graduate Student Seminar

Investigating a Novel Non-invasive Measure to Assess the Upper Airway Narrowing during Derek Zhi Monday, December 14, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) Supervisor: A.Yadollahi & M.Popovic Rosebrugh Building - RS211 IBBME Graduate Student Seminar

Beware of the Mole Danny Ghazarian MB ChB, PhD, FRCPC, FCAP Consultant Dermatopathologist and Director of Education. Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network. Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology University of Toronto. Site Leader of the Melanoma and Skin Oncology Site at Princess Margaret Hospital Monday, December 14, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Richard Hegele, MD FRCPC PhD Medical Sciences Building, Room 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster D.Ghazarian.pdf

Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 11:00am

“HT-SELEX studies of transcription factor binding specificities” Arttu Jolma Department of Biosciences and Nutrition (BioNut), H2 Karolinska Instituted, Stockholm, Sweden Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Timothy R. Hughes, Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Molecular Genetics, McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine, U of T CCBR Red Room Special Seminar Poster available: Arttu Jolma 15 Dec 2015 poster.compressed.pdf

Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 1:00pm

The Functional Genetic Architecture of Ovarian Cancer Dr. Robert Rottapel Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Director, Ontario Node of the Terry Fox Research Institute; Director, Innovation Target Validation Program, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 1:00pm Pharmacy Building Room 850 Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology Special Seminar Poster available: 151215_CPO_Flyer_Rottapel.pdf

Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 2:00pm

Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 2:10pm

Pregnancy outcome after in-utero exposure to vitamin B 2: a cohort study using prospectively collected data from the Motherisk Program, AND The Neonatal and Long-Term Immune Development of Infants Exposed to Immunoglobulin Biologics in utero YAKO JAK OZSARFATI, MSc Candidate, and, JUEJING LING, MSc Candidate Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 2:10pm Host: Dr. Jeff Henderson Supervisor: Dr. Shinya Ito and Dr. Gideon Koren Pharmacy Building Room 850 Molecular Toxicology Group Seminar Research Group Seminar Poster available: OZARFATI and LING - Dec 16.pdf

Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 4:00pm

Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 11:00am

The Kiss of Death with Ubiquitin under Stress Conditions Thibault Mayor, Assistant Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Centre for High-Throughput Biology (CHiBi), University of British Columbia Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 11:00am Host: Grant W. Brown, Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, http://brown.biochemistry.utoronto.ca/ CCBR Red Room Donnelly CCBR Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Thibault Mayor poster.compressed.pdf

Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 12:00pm

Formation of an amyloid state by a bacterial chaperone: structure and consequences Dr. Walid A. Houry Biochemistry, UofT Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 12:00pm Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: WalidHoury_Dec17_2015.pdf

Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 4:00pm

Using Networks to Probe Biological Systems Dr. John Quackenbush, PhD Professor, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Director, Center for Cancer Computational Biology (CCCB), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Benjamin Haibe-Kains, PhD PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-605 OCI Seminar Series Poster available: Quackenbush_ Seminar Poster_Dec 17, 2015.pdf

Friday, December 18, 2015 - 1:30pm

Novel insights into the regulation of the undruggable Ras GTPase. Dr. Michael Ohh Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto Friday, December 18, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Ohh.pdf

Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - 1:00pm

Involvement of targeted and non-targeted cytotoxic effects in radionuclide therapy using high LET particles DR. JEAN-PIERRE POUGET Head, Translational Research Group - Radiobiology and Targeted Radiotherapy Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier (ICRM) Montpellier, FRANCE Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Raymond Reilly; tel: (416) 946-5522; email: raymond.reilly@utoronto.ca Pharmacy Building Room 255 (Big Pod) Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: POUGET 2 - jan 5-REILLY.pdf

Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 9:00am

Trastuzumab-Metal Chelating Polymer (MCP) Radioimmunoconjugates for Auger Electron of Breast Cancer GHISLAINE NGO NDJOCK MBONG Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 9:00am Supervisor: Dr. Raymond Reilly; tel: email raymond.reilly@utoronto.ca Pharmacy Building Room 1210 Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: NGO NDJOCK MBONG-Jan6 REILLY.pdf

Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 3:00pm

Exploiting mouse genome variation to identify genetic modifiers of cardiovascular disease Dr. Douglas Marchuk Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Brent Derry, Dr. Monica Justice PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Invited Speaker Seminar Co-sponsor: Genetics & Genome Biology Program - SickKids Poster available: Douglas Marchuk Seminar Announcement.pdf

Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 4:00pm

Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 11:00am

“Use of antibody fragments to characterize the complexity of IFN signaling” Mark R. Walter, Professor University of Alabama School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, Cell Development, & Integrative Biology Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 11:00am Host: Dev Sidhu, Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Molecular Genetics, U of T CCBR Red Room Donnelly CCBR Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: Mark R Walter.compressed.pdf