Cell & Systems Biology Seminars

Friday, March 8, 2024 - 11:00am

Something's wrong in the cellular neighborhood: the biophysics of how cells respond to laser-induced wounds
Shane Hutson, PhD
A.B. Learned Professor of Living State Physics, Vanderbilt University
Friday, March 8, 2024 - 11:00am
Host: Tony Harris
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, March 15, 2024 - 11:00am

Investigating plant responses to bacterial infection with spatial and cellular resolution
Gitta Coaker, PhD
University of California, Davis
Friday, March 15, 2024 - 11:00am
Host: Tamar Av-Shalom (Student Invitation)
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, March 22, 2024 - 11:00am

Dynamic cell surface nanoscale organization controls receptor signaling in breast cancer cells
Costin Antonescu, PhD
Toronto Metropolitan University, Department of Chemistry and Biology
Friday, March 22, 2024 - 11:00am
Host: Professor Sergey Plotnikov
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, April 5, 2024 - 11:00am

Nuclear CCT chaperonin regulates meiotic chromosome morphogenesis through assembly of meiotic HORMAD proteins
Monique Zetka, PhD
Department of Biology, McGill University
Friday, April 5, 2024 - 11:00am
Host: Professor Arneet Saltzman
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, April 12, 2024 - 11:00am

Maintenance and Remodeling of Epithelial Cell-Cell Junctions in Response to Cell Shape Changes
Ann Miller, PhD
University of Michigan, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB)
Friday, April 12, 2024 - 11:00am
Host: Professor Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, April 19, 2024 - 11:00am

Multi-scale control of structural functionality in plants
Anja Geitmann, PhD
Department of Plant Science, McGill University
Friday, April 19, 2024 - 11:00am
Host: Professor Heather McFarlane
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Departmental Seminar

Friday, April 26, 2024 - 11:00am

Understanding the remote control of gene transcription: lessons from the pluripotency gene Sox2
Thomas Sexton, PhD
Department of Functional Genomics and Cancer, IGBMC
Friday, April 26, 2024 - 11:00am
Host: Professor Jennifer Mitchell
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, September 20, 2024 - 11:00am

The neuromuscular junction and its glial cells as therapeutic target in ALS
Richard Robitaille, PhD
Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal
Friday, September 20, 2024 - 11:00am
Host: Mackenzie Lorager
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Departmental Seminar

Friday, September 27, 2024 - 11:00am

Enhancers are genes
JOH N MATTICK, PHD
RNA Biology, University of New South Wales
Friday, September 27, 2024 - 11:00am
Host: John Calarco
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Departmental Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Sept 27, 2024 Poster.pdf

Friday, October 4, 2024 - 11:00am

Ammonium Chemotaxis in Chlamydomonas: Mechanistic Insights into Ciliary Beat Pattern Modulation and Evolutionary Implications
Naohiro Kato, PhD
Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University
Friday, October 4, 2024 - 11:00am
Host: Professor Keiko Yoshioka
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Departmental Seminar

Friday, October 11, 2024 - 1:30pm

Spatial organization of organelles and lipid metabolism
Dr. Mike Henne
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Friday, October 11, 2024 - 1:30pm
Host: Dr. Amra Saric
PGCRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Dr. Henne - Oct 11_SK.pdf

Friday, October 18, 2024 - 11:00am

Untangling biological complexity to reveal drivers of root microbiome assembly
Sarah Lebeis, PhD
Michigan State University
Friday, October 18, 2024 - 11:00am
Host: Mackenzie Lorager (Yoshioka lab)
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Departmental Seminar

Friday, October 25, 2024 - 11:00am

Harnessing fundamental cell biology in Drosophila for improved treatments of cancer and neurodegenerative disease
Denise Montell, PhD
University of California, Santa Barbara
Friday, October 25, 2024 - 11:00am
Host: Ernest Iu (Plotnikov Lab)
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Departmental Seminar

Friday, November 1, 2024 - 11:00am

Neuronal mechanisms underlying flexible locomotor behaviour development
Minoru Koyama, PhD
Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 11:00am
Host: Professor Maxwell Shafer
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Departmental Seminar

Friday, November 8, 2024 - 11:00am

Processing extracellular information: MLO signaling in plant reproduction and development
Sharon Kessler, PhD
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 11:00am
Host: Professor Daphne Goring
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Nov 8, 2024 Poster.pdf

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 - 10:00am

Cell state transitions during mammalian epithelial morphogenesis
Jennifer Zallen, PhD
Developmental Biology Group, Sloan Kettering Institute
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 - 10:00am
Host: Una McNally - Joint Cell and Systems Biology and Collaborative Specialization in Developmental Biology Invitee
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Zallen CSDB poster Nov 13 2024.pdf

Friday, November 22, 2024 - 11:00am

Of sleep and stars: defining a role for astrocytes in sleep expression and homeostasis
Ashley Ingiosi, PhD
Department of Neuroscience, Ohio State university
Friday, November 22, 2024 - 11:00am
Host: Jimmy Fraigne and John Peever
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, November 29, 2024 - 11:00am

Of nutrients and toxicants: Plant root membrane transport in a time of major flux
Devrim Coskun, PhD
Département de Phytologie, Faculté des Sciences de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation (FSAA), Université Laval
Friday, November 29, 2024 - 11:00am
Host: Professor Eiji Nambara
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Departmental Seminar

Friday, January 10, 2025 - 11:00am

Mechanical interactions between tissue layers underlie plant morphogenesis
Daniel Kierzkowski, PhD
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Montreal
Friday, January 10, 2025 - 11:00am
Host: Professor Heather Mcfarlane
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Departmental Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Jan 10, 2025 Poster.pdf

Friday, January 17, 2025 - 11:00am

The causes and consequences of splicing variation
David Knowles, PhD
Columbia University and New York Genome Center
Friday, January 17, 2025 - 11:00am
Host: Professor Alan Moses
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Departmental Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Jan 17, 2025 Poster.pdf

Friday, January 24, 2025 - 11:00am

Bridging the Gap: Unveiling the ER-Chloroplast Interface in Plant Cells
Federica Brandizzi, PhD
Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University
Friday, January 24, 2025 - 11:00am
Host: PJ Gamueda (Provart lab)
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Departmental Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Jan 24, 2025 Poster (1).pdf

Friday, January 31, 2025 - 11:00am

Deciphering pleiotropy: How complex genes are regulated to affect behaviour
Ina Anreiter, PhD
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto
Friday, January 31, 2025 - 11:00am
Host: Arneet Saltzman
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Departmental Seminar
Deciphering pleiotropy: How complex genes are regulated to affect behaviour
Ina Anreiter, PhD
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto
Friday, January 31, 2025 - 11:00am
Host: Arneet Saltzman
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Departmental Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Jan 31, 2025 Poster.pdf

Friday, February 7, 2025 - 11:00am

An atypical NLR confers bacterial wilt resistance in a wild Solanum species
Kee Hoon Sohn, PhD
Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University
Friday, February 7, 2025 - 11:00am
Host: Professor Darrell Desveaux
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Departmental Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Feb 7, 2025 Poster.pdf

Friday, February 14, 2025 - 11:00am

Understanding brain function and evolution with barcodes and sequencing
Justus Kebschull, PhD
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Friday, February 14, 2025 - 11:00am
Host: Professor Maxwell Shafer
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, February 21, 2025 - 11:00am

The Daily Cycle of Plants: Using Quantitative Proteomics to Understand Diel Plant Biology
Dr. R. Glen Uhrig (M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
Friday, February 21, 2025 - 11:00am
Host: Professor Maxwell Shafer
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Feb 21, 2025 Poster.pdf

Friday, February 28, 2025 - 11:00am

Interactions with sub-cellular systems and actions across scales
Anna Marie Sokac, Ph.D.
Master Facilitator & Master Consultant of the NIH’s NRMN, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
Friday, February 28, 2025 - 11:00am
Host: Tony Harris
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, March 7, 2025 - 11:00am

Regulation of cell shape and movements during Xenopus morphogenesis
Chenbei Chang, PhD
Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Friday, March 7, 2025 - 11:00am
Host: Professor Ashley Bruce
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Departmental Seminar

Friday, March 21, 2025 - 11:00am

From external cues to internal states: tuning inherited information
Jadiel Wasson, PhD
Arts and Science, New York University
Friday, March 21, 2025 - 11:00am
Host: Maxwell Shafer
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, March 28, 2025 - 11:00am

How do neurons distinguish self from non-self? From genome architecture to brain architecture
Daniele Canzio, PhD
UCSF, Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Friday, March 28, 2025 - 11:00am
Host: Student invitee; Ernest Lang (Calarco Lab), Linda Li (Saltzman Lab)
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, April 4, 2025 - 11:00am

Multiscale patterning outside the cell: the C. elegans model extracellular matrix
Andrew Chisholm, PhD
Neurobiology, University of California, San Diego
Friday, April 4, 2025 - 11:00am
Host: Student invitee; Sharanja Premachandran (Calarco Lab)
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar
Multiscale patterning outside the cell: the C. elegans model extracellular matrix
Andrew Chisholm, PhD
University of California, San Diego
Friday, April 4, 2025 - 11:00am
Host: Student invitee; Sharanja Premachandran (Calarco Lab)
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology

Friday, April 11, 2025 - 11:00am

Flexible organ development for a changing world
Dominique Bergmann, PhD
Shirley R. and Leonard W. Ely, Jr. Professor of the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Friday, April 11, 2025 - 11:00am
Host: Student invitee: Karan Ishii (Plotnikov Lab)
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, April 25, 2025 - 11:00am

Post-transcriptional control of cell plasticity in tissue development, regeneration, and disease
Auinash Kalsotra, Ph.D.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Friday, April 25, 2025 - 11:00am
Host: John Calarco
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, May 2, 2025 - 11:00am

Organelle Biogenesis and Function in Plants
Liwen Jiang, PhD
School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Friday, May 2, 2025 - 11:00am
Host: Professor Heather Mcfarlane
Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar

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