Previous Seminars

Friday, October 12, 2018 - 11:00am

Friday, October 12, 2018 - 2:00pm

Regulation of CFTR function and stability by phosphorylation and its membrane environment Stephanie Chin Friday, October 12, 2018 - 2:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Christine Bear CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.Stephanie.Chin_.pdf

Friday, October 12, 2018 - 4:00pm

The long and the short of it; dissecting the differential functions of the Argonaute CSR-1 throughout C. elegans development Amanda Charlesworth University of Toronto, Department of Molecular Genetics Friday, October 12, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Toronto RNA Club Supervisor: Dr. Julie Claycomb CCBR Black Room Toronto RNA Club Poster available: Toronto RNA Club October 2018 plus sponsors.pdf

Friday, October 12, 2018 - 4:30pm

LncRNA expression profiles are effective prognostic biomarkers for cancer survival outcomes Karin Isaev University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research Friday, October 12, 2018 - 4:30pm Host: Toronto RNA Club Supervisor: Dr. Jüri Reimand CCBR Black Room Toronto RNA Club Poster available: Toronto RNA Club October 2018 plus sponsors.pdf

Monday, October 15, 2018 - 11:00am

Monday, October 15, 2018 - 3:00pm

Monday, October 15, 2018 - 4:00pm

Tackling World Health Problems by Analyzing Cell Images Dr. Anne Carpenter Broad Institute, USA Monday, October 15, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Mikko Taipale MSB 2172 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Carpenter Poster.pdf

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 12:30pm

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 3:00pm

Pluripotent stem cells in regenerative medicine and cancer biology Dr. Viviane Tabar Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. James Rutka Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1246 Black Wing Special Seminar Poster available: Traynor Lectureship Poster 2018[1].pdf

Wnt signaling and tissue renewal Dr. Roeland Nusse Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Developmental Biology, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 3:00pm Host: Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program Trainees PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Roeland Nusse Seminar Announcement.pdf

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 4:00pm

Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 10:00am

Building nicotianamine-based metallophores in bacteria Pascal Arnoux Laboratoire de Bioénergétique Cellulaire Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologies Aix-Marseille (BIAM) Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 10:00am Host: Deborah Zamble Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. Chemistry Department Seminar Special Seminar

Moving from Basic Towards Systems PKPD Models for Corticosteroids Dr. William Jusko SUNY Distinguished Professor, Director, Center of Excellence in PK/PD Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 10:00am Host: Dr. Sandy Pang Pharmacy Building Room 1210 Pharmacy seminar Poster available: William Jusko - October 18 2018.pdf

Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 12:00pm

Immune recognition, antagonism and machine learning Prof. Paul Francois McGill University Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 12:00pm Host: Prof. Sid Goyal McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Seminar_poster-SG.pdf

Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 4:00pm

Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Drivers of Clonal Hematopoiesis Dr. Margaret A Goodell, Professor and Director Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Centre (STaR), Baylor College of Medicine Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Daniel De Carvalho PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Poster available: Goodell_Seminar Notice.pdf

Friday, October 19, 2018 - 11:00am

Friday, October 19, 2018 - 1:30pm

Unlocking our inner salamander: migrating from scarring toward perfect regeneration. Dr. Joshua Currie, PhD Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto Friday, October 19, 2018 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Currie.pdf

Monday, October 22, 2018 - 9:00am

Monday, October 22, 2018 - 11:00am

Monday, October 22, 2018 - 1:00pm

The Functional Anatomy of Orai1 Channel Gating Murali Prakriya, PhD Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Monday, October 22, 2018 - 1:00pm Host: Régis Pomès PGCRL Event Rooms 2A/2B (02.9310, 2nd Floor) Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MM Seminar - Dr. Prakriya Oct 22.pdf

Monday, October 22, 2018 - 4:00pm

Role of RNF4 in SUMO-dependent, Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation Dr. Ron Hay University of Dundee Monday, October 22, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Lori Frappier MSB 2172 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Hay poster.pdf

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 4:00pm

How phage L capsid decoration protein distinguishes between nearly identical binding sites on an icosahedral virion DR. KRISTIN PARENT Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michigan State University Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Annoj Thavalingam MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Connell 2018_Kristin Parent.pdf

Thursday, October 25, 2018 - 12:00pm

Friday, October 26, 2018 - 11:00am

Monday, October 29, 2018 - 11:00am

Monday, October 29, 2018 - 1:00pm

Mechanisms of chronic alcohol and nicotine self-administration and relapse: Role of oxidative stress/neuroinflammation and translational opportunities Yedi Israel Ph.D. Professor, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile Monday, October 29, 2018 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Harold Kalant MSB 4227 Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Poster available: Israel Poster Oct 29.pdf

Monday, October 29, 2018 - 4:00pm

Microbial Modulation of Neuroendocrine Physiology and Behavior of C. elegans Dr. Dennis Kim MIT Monday, October 29, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Aaron Reinke MSB 2172 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Kim, D. poster.pdf

How cells control protein aggregation under stress Hyun Kate Lee, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto. Monday, October 29, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Rita Kandel, MD, FRCPC MSB 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: Poster KLee.pdf

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 - 10:00am

Molecular drivers of platelet production. Dr. Joseph Italiano, PhD Department of Medicine, The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center, Harvard Medical School. Wednesday, October 31, 2018 - 10:00am PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Italiano.pdf

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 - 1:00pm

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 - 4:00pm

Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 10:00am

Investigation of the tail fibres and tail fibre assembly proteins of contractile-tailed phages Olesia Ivantsiv Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 10:00am Supervisor: Dr. Alan Davidson CCBR Black Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.Olesia.Ivantsiv.pdf

Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 11:00am

AI, Information, and the Future of Machine Learning Dr. Jeffrey A. Bilmes The University of Washington Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Michael Hoffman Bahen Centre Rm. 1180 Distinguished Lecture Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: DLS1802 BILMES_poster.pdf

Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 12:00pm

Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 2:00pm

Cryo-EM structures of human multidrug ABC transporters provide insight into drug transport and small-molecule inhibition Kaspar Locher, PhD Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 2:00pm Host: Drs. Jean-Philippe Julien & Jeff Lee MSB 2170 Molecular Medicine Program, SickKids & BHT Organization Special Seminar Special Seminar Poster available: MM & BHT Special Seminar - KASPAR LOCHER Nov 1 2018.pdf

Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 4:00pm

Epigenetic Regulation of Pluripotency Miguel Ramalho-Santos Canada 150 Research Chair in Developmental Epigenetics; Senior Investigator, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System; Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Mathieu Lupien PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Seminar Notice for Posting_Dr. Ramalho-Santos.pdf

Friday, November 2, 2018 - 9:00am

Extending Current Models of a Phosphoinositide Code of Cilia by Examining the Effect of Phosphatidylinositol 4, 5-Bisphosphate Redution Mr. Alind Gupta, PhD Candidate Friday, November 2, 2018 - 9:00am Supervisor: Dr. Julie Brill MSB 4279 Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Exam Seminar Poster available: Revised Gupta PhD Exam Memo.pdf

Friday, November 2, 2018 - 11:00am

Friday, November 2, 2018 - 1:30pm

A Novel Atypical Sperm Centriole is Functional During Fly and Human fertilization Dr. Tomer Avidor-Reiss University of Toledo Friday, November 2, 2018 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Julie Brill PG CRL Rm 2b, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Reiss poster.pdf

A novel atypical sperm centriole is functional during fly and human fertilization. Dr. Tomer Avidor-Reiss, PhD Biomedical Research, University of Toledo Friday, November 2, 2018 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto and Cell Biology Program, Hospital for Sick Children Joint Seminar Poster available: Avidor Reiss.pdf

Monday, November 5, 2018 - 11:00am

Monday, November 5, 2018 - 1:30pm

Functional Annotation of Uncharacterized Enzymes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ms. Julia Hanchard, PhD Candidate Monday, November 5, 2018 - 1:30pm Supervisor: Dr. Amy Caudy MSB 4171 Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Exam Seminar Poster available: Hanchard Memo.pdf

Monday, November 5, 2018 - 4:00pm

Regulation of Progenitor Cells in the Adult Lung and Lung Cancer Dr. Carla Kim Harvard University Monday, November 5, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Xi Huang MSB 2172 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Kim, C. poster.pdf

Tuesday, November 6, 2018 - 9:00am

Integrating Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Virtual Reality into the Structural Biology Pipeline Aidin Balo Tuesday, November 6, 2018 - 9:00am Supervisor: Dr. Oliver Ernst MSB 3278 Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.Aidin_.Balo_.pdf

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 12:00pm

Using Ligand Binding Processes and EPR Spectroscopy for Functional Characterization of (Bio-)Macromolecules Dr. Dariush Hinderberger Institute of Chemistry Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenbergle Germany Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Oliver Ernst Medical Sciences Building, Rm 5231 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: DariushHinderberger_Nov7_2018-2.pdf

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 2:00pm

Exploring and exploiting the constraints of local signaling mechanisms in cancer Dr. John Scott Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 2:00pm Host: Dr. Robert Rottapel PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Special Seminar Special Seminar Poster available: PMCC Special Seminar Notice_John Scott.pdf