Previous Seminars

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 3:00pm

A phosphorylation switch between proliferation and differentiation in neuroblastoma Dr. Anna Philpott Professor of Cancer and Developmental Biology, University of Cambridge Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Peter Dirks PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Anna Philpott Seminar Announcement.pdf

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 4:00pm

How to build an endospore and develop faster ways to find antibiotics Dr. Kit Pogliano Professor and Dean, Graduate Division of Biological Sciences, UC San Diego Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Lab of Dr. Justin Nodwell MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Kit Pogliano Poster.pdf

Topic TBA Igor Jurisica Senior Scientist, PMCC and Canada Research Chair in Integrative Cancer Informatics Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: TorBUG CCBR Red Room TorBUG Invited Speaker Seminar

Thursday, February 1, 2018 - 10:00am

ASCL1 directs the neuronal fate of neoplastic cells in glioblastoma Nicole Park PhD Candidate Thursday, February 1, 2018 - 10:00am Supervisor: Dr. Peter Dirks PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Park Poster.pdf

Thursday, February 1, 2018 - 12:00pm

Friday, February 2, 2018 - 2:00pm

Monday, February 5, 2018 - 11:00am

Monday, February 5, 2018 - 1:00pm

A Molecular View of RNA Granule Assembly Dylan Murray, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Lab of Robert Tycko, Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Monday, February 5, 2018 - 1:00pm PGCRL Event Rooms 3A/3B (03.9310, 3rd floor) Faculty Recruitment Seminar for Position in Protein-RNA Interactions and Assembly Faculty Recruitment Seminar Poster available: Recruitment Seminar - Murray.pdf

Monday, February 5, 2018 - 4:00pm

Bacterial Diversity in Cystic Fibrosis Lung Infections David Hwang, BSc, MD, PhD, FRCPC Staff Pathologist, University Health Network, Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto Monday, February 5, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Rita Kandel, MD, FRCPC, rita.kandel@utoronto.ca MSB 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster DHwang.pdf

Tuesday, February 6, 2018 - 1:00pm

Regulation of anti-tumor immunity Dr. Pamela Ohashi Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Tuesday, February 6, 2018 - 1:00pm Pharmacy Building Room 850 Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology Poster available: 180206_CPO_Ohashi.pdf

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 12:00pm

Nitrite-based therapy for chronic neonatal pulmonary hypertension Robert Jankov, MB,BS PhD FRACP Neonatologist, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), The Ottawa Hospital, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Senior Scientist, CHEO Research Institute Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 12:00pm PG CRL Rm 3.9320, 3rd Fl. Multi-Media Room, 686 Bay St., Sickkids Translational Medicine Seminar Special Seminar Poster available: TM_ResearchInProgress07_02_2018.pdf

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 4:00pm

Thursday, February 8, 2018 - 11:00am

Using Cell-free Synthetic Biology to Build Tools for Human Health Keith Pardee, PhD Canada Research Chair in Synthetic Biology and Human Health, Medicine by Design Investigator, Assistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, U of T Thursday, February 8, 2018 - 11:00am Host: Grant W. Brown, PhD | Professor, Department of Biochemistry, The Donnelly Centre, U of T CCBR Red Room Donnelly CCBR Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Keith Pardee Donnelly poster Feb 8 2018.pdf

Thursday, February 8, 2018 - 12:00pm

Electron Cryomicroscopy of Rotary ATPases John L. Rubinstein Sick Kids/Biochemistry and Medical Biophysics University of Toronto Thursday, February 8, 2018 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Joshua Milstein Davis Bldg 3129, UTM ; livestreamed to MP 606, St. George BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Rubinstein_Feb8.pdf

Pathogen Evolution in the Cystic Fibrosis Lung Dr. David Guttman Thursday, February 8, 2018 - 12:00pm Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1527, Hill Wing Cystic Fibrosis Seminar

Thursday, February 8, 2018 - 4:00pm

Identification of Druggable and Redox Vulnerabilities in a Genetically Defined Cancer Liron Bar-Peled, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Lallage Feazel Wall Fellow of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, The Scripps Research Institute Thursday, February 8, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: SickKids Research Institute PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Faculty Recruitment Seminar Poster available: LBarPeled.pdf

Friday, February 9, 2018 - 8:45am

New Perspectives in Traumatic Brain Injury Miriam Beauchamp, University Of Montreal, Roger Zemek, CHEO, Douglas Fraser, Western University, Nick Reed, Holland Bloorview, Anne Wheeler, The Hospital for Sick Children, Benjamin Dunkley, The Hospital for Sick Children Friday, February 9, 2018 - 8:45am PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Neurosciences & Mental Health Program Mini-symposia Series Poster available: Poster- mTBI February 9th 2018.pdf

Friday, February 9, 2018 - 1:30pm

Image quantitation in fluorescence microscopy. Paul Paroutis Manager, Imaging Facility, The Hospital for Sick Children Friday, February 9, 2018 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Paroutis.pdf

Friday, February 9, 2018 - 2:00pm

Friday, February 9, 2018 - 4:00pm

Friday, February 9, 2018 - 4:30pm

Monday, February 12, 2018 - 11:00am

Monday, February 12, 2018 - 4:00pm

Clonal lymphocytosis, separation from and connection to lymphocytic neoplasms Chen Wang MD, PhD, FRCPC Hematopathologist, Head, Hematopathology Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto Monday, February 12, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Rita Kandel, MD, FRCPC, rita.kandel@utoronto.ca MSB 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster CWang.pdf

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 - 4:00pm

Thursday, February 15, 2018 - 9:00am

Genetic Analysis of Gata4 and RhoC, Modifiers of Her2/Neu Expression and Signaling, in a Mammary Tumor Context Nandini Raghuram PhD Candidate Thursday, February 15, 2018 - 9:00am Supervisor: Dr. Sean Egan MSB 4279 Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Raghuram Poster.pdf

Thursday, February 15, 2018 - 12:00pm

Imaging and probing biomolecular assemblies at nanometre resolution Prof. Bart Hoogenboom London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London Thursday, February 15, 2018 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Hoogenboon_Feb15.pdf

Tracking disease progression in CF Dr. Felix Ratjen Thursday, February 15, 2018 - 12:00pm Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1527, Hill Wing Cystic Fibrosis Seminar

Thursday, February 15, 2018 - 3:30pm

Modeling breast cancer in mice; testing bioinformatic driven predictions and therapies Eran Andrechek Department of Physiology, Michigan State University Thursday, February 15, 2018 - 3:30pm Host: Dr. Sean Egan CCBR Red Room Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Andrechek Poster.pdf

Friday, February 16, 2018 - 12:30pm

From bench to bedside to the stars: applications of structural equation modelling Hugo Cogo-Moreira Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil Friday, February 16, 2018 - 12:30pm Host: Walter Swardfager Ph.D MSB 4171 Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Cogo-Moreira Poster Feb 16.pdf

Friday, February 16, 2018 - 1:30pm

Adipose tissue foam cells: an interplay between dysregulated autophagy and lipid droplet biogenesis. Assaf Rudich Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Friday, February 16, 2018 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Rudich.pdf

Friday, February 16, 2018 - 2:00pm

Functional Consequences of Mammalian-Specific Alternative Splicing Events in RNA Binding Proteins Barbara Vivash Award in Molecular Genetics, Dr. Serge Gueroussov Broad Institute, MIT and Harvard Friday, February 16, 2018 - 2:00pm Host: Dr. Leah Cowen CCBR Red Room Department of Molecular Genetics Special Seminar Poster available: Vivash 2018 Poster.pdf

Riding the Curve: Matrix curvature controls cell polarity and migration Professor Bob Fischer NIH Friday, February 16, 2018 - 2:00pm Host: Professor Ashley Bruce and Professor Sergey Plotnikov Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Tuesday, February 20, 2018 - 10:00am

The H3K4-specific methyltransferase MLL3 regulates cell proliferation and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in pancreatic cancer Chen Yi Liu PhD Candidate Tuesday, February 20, 2018 - 10:00am Supervisor: Dr. Lincoln Stein and co-supervisor Andrew Emili MSB 4279 Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Liu Poster.pdf

Tuesday, February 20, 2018 - 12:00pm

Systems Biology: Recipes for Advancing Predictive Biology Princess Imoukhuede Unversity of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Tuesday, February 20, 2018 - 12:00pm Host: Penney Gilbert CCBR Red Room Global Speaker Series Special Seminar Co-sponsor: OIRM Poster available: Princess Imoukhuede poster February 2018.pdf

Tuesday, February 20, 2018 - 1:00pm

Finding vulnerabilities in cancer cells through epigenomics Dr. Mathieu Lupien Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Tuesday, February 20, 2018 - 1:00pm Pharmacy Building Room 850 Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology Poster available: 180220_CPO_Flyer_Lupien.pdf

Tuesday, February 20, 2018 - 1:30pm

Targeting Molecular Subtypes of Pancreatic Cancer Dr. Andrew Biankin Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow Tuesday, February 20, 2018 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Lincoln Stein CCBR Red Room Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Biankin Poster.pdf

Tuesday, February 20, 2018 - 4:00pm

Analyzing the binding specificities of RNA-binding proteins in vitro using RHT-SELEX and RNAcompete Dr. Debashish Ray, Dr. Arttu Jolma Timothy Hughes Lab, Donnelly Centre Tuesday, February 20, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Donnelly Centre TechTalks CCBR Red Room Donnelly CCBR Seminar Poster available: 20180213_Hughes-lab_techtalks.pdf

Wednesday, February 21, 2018 - 11:00am

Modeling Human Development and Diseases in Neurons and Brain Organoids Dr. Yun Li SickKids Research Institute Wednesday, February 21, 2018 - 11:00am Host: Host: Dr. Leah Cowen MSB 4171 Department of Molecular Genetics Faculty Recruitment Seminar Poster available: Li Poster.pdf

Thursday, February 22, 2018 - 9:00am

Probing the Epigenome for Therapeutic Opportunities Cheryl Arrowsmith, PhD Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Chief Scientist-Structural Genomics Consortium, Toronto, Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto Thursday, February 22, 2018 - 9:00am Host: Eric Campos, PhD Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1246 Black Wing Genetics & Genome Biology Program Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: CherylArrowsmith.pdf

Thursday, February 22, 2018 - 11:00am

Outwitting CRISPR-Cas9 in the evolutionary arms race Karen L. Maxwell, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto Thursday, February 22, 2018 - 11:00am Host: Peter J. Roy, PhD Canada Research Chair in Chemical Genetics | Professor, Vice Chair, Department of Molecular Genetics | Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology CCBR Red Room Donnelly Seminar Series Departmental Seminar Poster available: Karen Maxwell 22 Feb 2018 Donnelly poster.pdf

Thursday, February 22, 2018 - 12:10pm

Molecular Machines and Synthetic Motors: Active Motion on Nanoscales Prof. Ray Kapral Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto Thursday, February 22, 2018 - 12:10pm Host: Dr. Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: RKapral_Feb 22.pdf

Thursday, February 22, 2018 - 2:30pm

Thursday, February 22, 2018 - 3:00pm

Friday, February 23, 2018 - 2:00pm

Sunday, February 25, 2018 - 2:00pm

Monday, February 26, 2018 - 11:00am

Monday, February 26, 2018 - 12:00pm

Beyond networks: Incorporating node metadata into network analysis Leto Peel Universite Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) Monday, February 26, 2018 - 12:00pm Host: Donnelly Centre Postdoc and RA Seminar Series CCBR Red Room Donnelly Centre Postdoc/Research Associate Seminar series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Leto Peel.pdf

Monday, February 26, 2018 - 1:00pm

Cellular Memories of a Stressful Past: Encoding by Epigenetic Regulation of RNA & Other Mechanisms David Garcia, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Lab of Daniel Jarosz, Department of Chemical & Systems Biology, Stanford University Monday, February 26, 2018 - 1:00pm PGCRL Event Rooms 3A/3B (03.9310, 3rd Floor) Faculty Recruitment Seminar Poster available: Recruitment Seminar - Garcia.pdf