Previous Seminars

Friday, January 8, 2016 - 12:00pm

2016 Lou Siminovitch Lecture - "A Century of Cholesterol and Coronaries: From Plaques to Genes to Statins " Dr. Joseph L. Goldstein University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Friday, January 8, 2016 - 12:00pm Host: Faculty of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute MSB 2158, JJR Macleod Auditorium Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Siminovitch 2016 Goldstein Poster v3.11a.pdf

Friday, January 8, 2016 - 1:30pm

Apolipoprotein B: A Clinically Important Protein with a Complex Cell Biology Involving ERAD, Autophagy and Lipophagy. Dr. Khosrow Adeli Clinical Biochemistry Division, The Hospital For Sick Children Friday, January 8, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Adeli.pdf

Monday, January 11, 2016 - 11:30am

Monday, January 11, 2016 - 1:00pm

Extending the life of our antibiotics by blocking resistance Gerry Wright, PhD Professor, Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences Canada Research Chair in Antimicrobial Biochemistry McMaster University Monday, January 11, 2016 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. John Parkinson PGCRL EVENT ROOM 1 (02.9320, 2ND FLOOR) Molecular Structure and Function Program Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MSF Seminar - Dr. Wright Jan 11.pdf

Monday, January 11, 2016 - 4:00pm

Genetic screening strategy to identify the targets that decrease the levels of the disease-driving proteins Dr. Jeehye Park SickKids Research Foundation, Candidate for Faculty Appointment Monday, January 11, 2016 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Barbara Funnell MSB 4171 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Park Poster.pdf

Engineering microenvironments for cardiovascular regeneration Milica Radisic, Ph.D Professor, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto Monday, January 11, 2016 - 4:00pm Host: Michelle Bendeck, PhD Medical Sciences Building, Room 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster M.Radisic.pdf

Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 9:00am

Bacteriophages: from structure to function in human health Dr. Karen Maxwell Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 9:00am Host: Dr. Justin Nodwell MSB 2170 Department of Biochemistry Seminar Departmental Search Candidate Poster available: Poster_Karen Maxwell.pdf

Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 1:00pm

Focused Ultrasound for Therapy and Imaging of the Brain Dr. Kullervo Hynynen Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute; Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto; Canada Research Chair, Imaging Systems and Image-Guided Therapy, Tier 1 Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 1:00pm Pharmacy Building Room 850 Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology Special Seminar Poster available: 160112_CPO_Flyer_Hynynen.pdf

Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 4:00pm

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 2:10pm

Influence of sex on hepatotoxic and immune responses in a model of chemical-induced liver carcinogenesis in the mouse DANIEL HANNA Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 2:10pm Host: Molecular Toxicology Group Supervisor: Dr. Denis M. Grant Pharmacy Building Room 850 Molecular Toxicology Group Seminar Research Group Seminar Poster available: HANNA.daniel - jan 16.pdf

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 4:00pm

Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 11:00am

Drug Discovery for Cystic Fibrosis- paralells to the David and Goliath Story Christine E. Bear, PhD Department of Biology, UofT, Senior Scientist, Molecular Structure & Function, SickKids Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 11:00am Host: Igor Stagljar, Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto CCBR Red Room Donnelly CCBR Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: Christine Bear Jan 14 poster.compressed.pdf

Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 12:00pm

Hearing the shape of life: Mathematical explorations of cell biology Dr. Ran Kafri Sick Kids, U of T Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 12:00pm Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: RanKafri_Jan14_2016.pdf

Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 1:00pm

Disrupting Molecular Imaging: Quarter-mm SPECT and Simultaneous Sub-mm PET-SPECT with Translation to Game-Changing Clinical SPECT Dr. Freek Beekman Head of Radiation, Detection & Medical Imaging at TU Delft University; Founder and CEO/CSO, MI Labs Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 1:00pm Pharmacy Building Room 1210 Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology Special Seminar Poster available: 160114_CPO_Flyer_Beekman.pdf

Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 2:00pm

New Methods in Human Genetics & Genomics Jay Shendure, MD, PhD, Professor of Genome Sciences University of Washington School of Medicine Department of Genome Sciences, Seattle, Washington Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 2:00pm Host: Mikko Taipale, Assistant Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Molecular Genetics, UofT CCBR Red Room Special Seminar Poster available: Jay Shendure Jan 2016 poster.compressed.pdf

Friday, January 15, 2016 - 1:30pm

The Endothelium in Hormone Access and Insulin Action. Dr. Cathryn Kolka Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Institute Friday, January 15, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Kolka.pdf

Friday, January 15, 2016 - 2:00pm

Monday, January 18, 2016 - 9:00am

Cryo-EM of Membrane Proteins Dr. Gabriel Frank Monday, January 18, 2016 - 9:00am Host: Dr. Justin Nodwell MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry Seminar Departmental Search Candidate Poster available: Poster_Gabriel Frank.pdf

Monday, January 18, 2016 - 11:00am

Monday, January 18, 2016 - 1:00pm

How Newly Made mRNAs Are Sorted Into Distinct Pools During Their Nuclear Export Alex Palazzo, PhD Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto Monday, January 18, 2016 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Julie Forman-Kay PGCRL Event Room 1 (02.9320, 2nd Floor) Molecular Structure and Function Program Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MSF Seminar - Dr. Palazzo Jan 18.pdf

Monday, January 18, 2016 - 4:00pm

Functional Noncoding Mutations and the 3D Breast Cancer Genome Mathieu Lupien, Ph.D. Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto Monday, January 18, 2016 - 4:00pm Host: Karim Mekhail, PhD Medical Sciences Building, Room 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster M.Lupien.pdf

Monday, January 18, 2016 - 5:00pm

Monday, January 18, 2016 - 11:30pm

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 12:00pm

Axon regeneration in C. elegans: genes, mechanisms, dynamics Andrew Chisholm, PhD Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology and Neurobiology, University of California, San Diego Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Mei Zhen Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St. Level 3 Conference Rooms, L3-201-202-203 Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Andrew Chisholm - January 20, 2016.pdf

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 4:00pm

R2TP, a novel complex chaperoning the assembly of critical cellular complexes Tangzhi Li PhD Student Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Walid Houry PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

Slam: a novel translocation system for lipidated virulence factors in Gram-negative bacteria Yogesh Hooda PhD Student Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 4:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Trevor Moraes PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar

High-Throughput Behavioural Phenotyping Reveals New Interpretations of Habituation in C. elegans Catharine Rankin, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology Department of Psychology, Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Graduate Program in Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 4:00pm Host: Derek van der Kooy, Professor, Institute of Medical Science, Department of Medical Biophysics, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto CCBR Red Room Donnelly CCBR Seminar Special Seminar Co-sponsor: Collaborative Program in Neuroscience (CPIN) Poster available: Catharine Rankin poster.compressed.pdf

Friday, January 22, 2016 - 11:00am

Hipk kinase regulates Jak/Stat signaling, cancer and metastatic behavior Dr. Esther Verheyen Simon Fraser University Friday, January 22, 2016 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Helen McNeill MSB 4279 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Verheyen Poster.pdf

Friday, January 22, 2016 - 1:30pm

Self-renewal and differentiation in brain tumor stem cells. Dr. Peter B. Dirks Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program, The Hospital For Sick Children Friday, January 22, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Dirks.pdf

Friday, January 22, 2016 - 2:00pm

Monday, January 25, 2016 - 11:30am

Monday, January 25, 2016 - 1:00pm

Frontiers In Membrane Biophysics Maikel Rheinstadter, PhD Department of Physics & Astronomy, McMaster University Monday, January 25, 2016 - 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. Rheinstadter Jan 25.pdf

Monday, January 25, 2016 - 4:00pm

CRISPR meets its match: Bacteriophages inactivate CRISPR-Cas function Dr. Joseph Bondy-Denomy University of California, San Francisco Monday, January 25, 2016 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Howard Lipshitz, Seminar and Award Presentation: Barbara Vivash Award in Molecular Genetics MSB 4171 Department of Molecular Genetics Special Seminar Poster available: Vivash 2016 Poster.pdf

Molecular pathobiology of Parkinson's disease: from gene to patient Lorraine Kalia, MD/PhD, FRCPC Assistant Professor & Clinician Scientist Division of Neurology, University of Toronto. Movement disorders neurologist Toronto Western Hospital Monday, January 25, 2016 - 4:00pm Host: JoAnne McLaurin, PhD Medical Sciences Building, Room 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster L.Kalia_.pdf

Monday, January 25, 2016 - 5:00pm

Tuesday, January 26, 2016 - 12:00pm

Structural studies of ryanodine receptor gating by cryoelectron microscopy Dr. Oliver Clarke Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University Tuesday, January 26, 2016 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Mitsu Ikura MaRS- TMDT R# 4-204, 4th floor OCI Special Seminar Special Seminar Poster available: Special Seminar Notice_Ckarke.pdf

Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 9:00am

Advances in cryo-EM: visualizing flexible assemblies at higher resolutions Dr. Alexis Rohou Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 9:00am Host: Dr. Justin Nodwell MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry Seminar Departmental Search Candidate Poster available: Poster_Alexis Rohou.pdf

Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 12:00pm

Novel neural wiring diagrams for olfaction and learning in Drosophila Albert Cardona, PhD Janelia Group Leader, Developmental Biology, Neuroscience, Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 12:00pm Host: Mei Zhen Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St. Level 3 Conference Rooms, L3-201-202-203 Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Seminar Series Research Group Seminar Poster available: Albert Cardona - January 27, 2016.pdf

Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 3:00pm

Cell fate regulators that link mammary gland development, tumorigenesis and metastasis Dr. Yibin Kang Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Xi Huang PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Invited Speaker Seminar Co-sponsor: Genetics & Genome Biology Program - SickKids Poster available: Yibin Kang Seminar Announcement.pdf

Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 4:00pm

Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 12:00pm

The Active Ear Dr. Chris Bergevin Physics, York University Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 12:00pm Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: ChrisBergevin_Jan28_2016.pdf

Dynamical Basis of cGMP vs. cAMP Selectivity in Protein Kinase G Bryan VanSchouwen  McMaster University Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 12:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Giuseppe Melacini PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids NMR seminar series

“31P CODEX NMR Lateral Diffusion Measurements on Phospholipids in Bilayer Membranes: Theory, Simulation and Experiment.”  Pr.Peter McDonald University of Toronto Mississauga Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 12:00pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids NMR seminar series

Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 4:00pm

Modulation of the allogeneic immune response Dr. Robert Zeiser Professor, Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Medical Center - University of Freiburg Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 4:00pm Host: Drs. Brad Wouters & Amit Oza PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Special Seminar Special Seminar Poster available: Seminar Posting - Robert Zeiser - Jan 28 2016.pdf

Friday, January 29, 2016 - 11:00am

One Tiny Step for Kinesin, One Slightly Less Tiny Lesson for Motor Mechanics Prof. Charles Sindelar, PhD Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University Friday, January 29, 2016 - 11:00am Host: Dr. John Rubinstein PGCRL Event Room 1 (02.9320, 2nd Floor) Molecular Structure and Function Program Seminar Special Seminar Co-sponsor: Sponsored by the Department of Medical Biophysics Poster available: SindelarSeminar_Jan29_Poster.pdf

Friday, January 29, 2016 - 1:30pm

Organization and Evolution of Membrane Trafficking: a Ciliate Perspective. Dr. Aaron Turkewitz Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, University of Chicago Friday, January 29, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Turkewitz.pdf

Friday, January 29, 2016 - 2:00pm