Previous Seminars

Monday, February 1, 2016 - 9:00am

Elucidating the Molecular Mechanisms of SLX4-Nuclease Complexes in DNA Repair Dr. Haley Wyatt Monday, February 1, 2016 - 9:00am Host: Dr. Justin Nodwell MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry Seminar Departmental Search Candidate Poster available: Poster_Haley Wyatt.pdf

Monday, February 1, 2016 - 11:30am

Monday, February 1, 2016 - 5:00pm

Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 4:00pm

Friday, February 5, 2016 - 1:30pm

“The Genetics and Epigenetics of Pediatric Midline Glioma” Dr. Cynthia Hawkins Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Friday, February 5, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Hawkins..pdf

Monday, February 8, 2016 - 11:30am

Monday, February 8, 2016 - 1:00pm

Nutrient Regulation of Transcription & Signaling by O-GlcNAcylation: Roles in Diabetes & Other Chronic Diseases Gerald Hart, PhD Director, Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University Monday, February 8, 2016 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Harry Schachter PGCRL Event Room 1 (02.9320, 2nd Floor) Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MSF Seminar - Dr. Hart Feb 8.pdf

Monday, February 8, 2016 - 4:00pm

Immunohistochemistry Testing in the Era of Precision Medicine: Challenges and Successes Emina Torlakovic, MD, PhD, FCAP Department of Laboratory Hematology, University Health Network, and Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto Monday, February 8, 2016 - 4:00pm Host: Avrum I. Gotlieb MDCM, FRCPC Medical Sciences Building, Room 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster E.Torlakovic.pdf

Monday, February 8, 2016 - 5:00pm

Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - 1:00pm

Design and Application of Lipid Nanoparticle Systems for Enabling Gene Therapies Dr. Pieter Cullis Director, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia; Co-Chair, Personalized Medicine Initiative; Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Director, NanoMedicines Research Group, University of British Columbia Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - 1:00pm Pharmacy Building Room 850 Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology Special Seminar Poster available: 160209_CPO_Flyer_Pieter Cullis.pdf

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 9:00am

A mechanism for cellular rejuvenation in mammalian neural stem cells Dr. Darcie Moore Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 9:00am Host: Dr. Justin Nodwell MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry Seminar Departmental Search Candidate Poster available: Poster_Darcie Moore.pdf

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 12:00pm

Complex genetic models for simple traits and simple models for complex traits Shamil Sunyaev, PhD Professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Geneticist, Department of Medicine and Genetics, Brigham & Women's Hospital Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Fritz Roth Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St. Level 3 Conference Rooms, L3-201-202-203 Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Shamil Sunyaev - February 10, 2016.pdf

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 4:00pm

Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 12:00pm

New Initiatives in Combinatorial Microscopies: From Single Molecules to Developmental Events Dr. Chris Yip IBBME, U of T Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 12:00pm Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: ChrisYip_Feb11_2016.pdf

Friday, February 12, 2016 - 11:00am

Switchable lipids: from a molecular switch to pH-triggered delivery of gene and drugs DR. JEANNE LEBLOND CHAIN Professeur adjoint, Directrice de l’axe Formulation et Analyse du Médicament, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Montréal Friday, February 12, 2016 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Christine Allen; tel: : 416-946-8594; email: cj.allen@utoronto.ca Pharmacy Building Room 850 Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: CHAINS.jeanneFEB12.ALLEN_.pdf.pdf

Friday, February 12, 2016 - 1:30pm

"Protective Effects of Exercise Against Metabolic and Inflammatory Challenges” Dr. David Wright Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph Friday, February 12, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Wright.pdf

Friday, February 12, 2016 - 2:00pm

Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 2:30pm

Exploring the biological consequences of PIK3CA mutation in vivo Dr. Wayne Phillips Cancer Genomics Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Victoria, Australia Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 2:30pm Host: Dr. Sean Egan PG CRL Rm 2a, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Special Seminar Poster available: Wayne Phillips Seminar Announcement.pdf

Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 12:00pm

20 inches tall: mutations that create the smallest people in the world Stephen Doxsey Professor, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Laurence Pelletier Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St. Level 3 Conference Rooms, L3-201-202-203 Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Seminar Series Research Group Seminar Poster available: Stephen Doxsey - February 17, 2016.pdf

Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 4:00pm

Estimating the effect of medically-appropriate treatment persistence on health outcomes: an emerging method DR. M. ALAN BROOKHART Professor, Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at hapel Hill Professor, Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Suzanne Cadarette; tel: (416) 978-2993 email: s.cadarette@utoronto.ca Pharmacy Building Room 850 Clinical, Social And Administrative Pharmacy Seminars series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: BROOKHART.alan Feb17 - Cadarertte.pdf

Friday, February 19, 2016 - 1:30pm

“The Where and What for of Inositol Lipid Metabolism" Dr. Gerald Hammond Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Friday, February 19, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Hammond.pdf

Monday, February 22, 2016 - 11:30am

Monday, February 22, 2016 - 4:00pm

Vascular Mechanotransduction: a journey from the protein to the vessel B. Lowell Langille Vascular Biology Lectureship, Ellie Tzima, PhD Associate Professor, Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Monday, February 22, 2016 - 4:00pm Host: Michelle Bendeck Medical Sciences Building, Room 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: Poster Lowell Langille.pdf

Monday, February 22, 2016 - 5:00pm

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 9:00am

Structures of CRISPR-Cas surveillance complexes Dr. David Taylor Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 9:00am Host: Dr. Justin Nodwell MSB 2170 Department of Biochemistry Seminar Departmental Search Candidate Poster available: Poster_David Taylor.pdf

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 10:00am

Novel Targeted Nanoparticles for Amyloid Plaque Imaging DR. ANANTH ANNAPRAGADA Professor and Director of Basic Research, Translational Imaging Group: TIGr, The Singleton Department of Pediatric Radiology, Texas Childrens Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 10:00am Host: Dr. Christine Allen; tel: 416-946-8594; email: cj.allen@utoronto.ca Pharmacy Building Room 850 Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: 1ANNAPRAGADA ananth-FEb23-allen.docx_.pdf

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 1:00pm

Modulation of Cell Signalling with Synthetic Proteins Dr. Sachdev Sidhu Professor, Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto; Cross-appointed Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto; Senior Investigator, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 1:00pm Pharmacy Building Room 850 Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology Special Seminar Poster available: 160223_CPO_Flyer_Sidhu.pdf

Determinants of Nanomedicine Performance for the Treatment of Solid Tumors: Whole Tumor and Intratumoral Assessment of Liposome Distribution SANDRA EKDAWI Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 1:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Christine Allen; tel: 416-946-8594; email: cj.allen@utoronto.ca Pharmacy Building Room 1210 Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar PhD Exam Seminar Poster available: EKDAWI.sandra Feb23-ALLEN.pdf

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 4:00pm

Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 11:00am

Recognition, partitioning, and asymmetrical segregation of protein aggregates – links to aging Thomas Nyström, Professor Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 11:00am Host: Charles Boone, Professor, The Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto CCBR Red Room The Donnelly Centre and the Department of Molecular Genetics seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Co-sponsor: The Donnelly Centre | Department of Molecular Genetics Poster available: Thomas Nystrom 25 Feb 2016.compressed.pdf

Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 12:00pm

How Does an Enzyme Unknot DNA? Statistical Mechanics of Disentangling by Topoisomerases Dr. Hue Sun Chan Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, UofT Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 12:00pm Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: HueSunChan_Feb25_2016.pdf

Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 4:00pm

Friday, February 26, 2016 - 2:00pm

Monday, February 29, 2016 - 11:30am

Monday, February 29, 2016 - 1:00pm

Probing the Epigenome with Chemical and Structural Biology Cheryl Arrowsmith Structural Genomics Consortium, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto Monday, February 29, 2016 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. John Rubinstein PGCRL Event Room 1 (02.9320, 2nd Floor) Molecular Structure and Function Program Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MSF Seminar - Dr. Arrowsmith Feb 29.pdf

Monday, February 29, 2016 - 5:00pm

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 3:00pm

Mechanics of Drosophila pupal wing morphogenesis: An interplay between active and stress-induced cell dynamics Dr. Suzanne Eaton Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Sevan Hopyan Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1246 Black Wing Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Suzanne Eaton Seminar Announcement.pdf

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 4:00pm

Thursday, March 3, 2016 - 12:30pm

Friday, March 4, 2016 - 11:00am

Modeling neurological disease with an Industrial-scale pluripotent stem cell pipeline DR. AJAMETE KAYKAS Senior Investigator I, Neuroscience Department, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR), Cambridge, MA Friday, March 4, 2016 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Stephane Angers; tel: (416) 978 4939; email: stephane.angers@utoronto.ca Pharmacy Building Room 850 Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: KAYKAS.a MAR 4 - ANGERS.pdf

Friday, March 4, 2016 - 2:00pm

Monday, March 7, 2016 - 11:30am

Monday, March 7, 2016 - 4:00pm

Investigating the Role of Chromosome Mechanics in Protecting the Genome During Cell Division Melissa K. Gardner, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota. Monday, March 7, 2016 - 4:00pm Host: Karim Mekhail, PhD Medical Sciences Building, Room 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster M.Gardner.pdf

Monday, March 7, 2016 - 5:00pm

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 4:00pm