Previous Seminars

Monday, February 11, 2019 - 3:00pm

Distant-acting enhancers in evolution and disease Dr. Evgeny Kvon Project Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA Monday, February 11, 2019 - 3:00pm Host: Janet Rossant & Miguel Ramalho-Santos Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St. Level 3 Cooper Centre LTRI-Principal Investigator Candidate Seminars Departmental Search Candidate Poster available: Evgeny Kvon.pdf

Monday, February 11, 2019 - 4:00pm

Metabolic impact of small intestinal nutrient sensing Tony Lam, PhD John Kitson McIvor Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research, University Health Network, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Diabetes and Obesity, Senior Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Professor, Departments of Physiology and Medicine, University of Toronto Monday, February 11, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Jason Fish, PhD MSB 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: Poster TL.pdf

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 - 10:00am

Novel optogenetic approach reveals a function of cGMP in synaptic plasticity and memory Jelena Borovac, PhD Candidate Molecular Genetics Tuesday, February 12, 2019 - 10:00am Supervisor: Dr. Kenichi Okamoto MSB 3154 PhD Exam Seminar Poster available: Borovac poster.pdf

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 - 4:00pm

Thursday, February 14, 2019 - 11:00am

Checks and balances in orchestrating global gene regulation L. Stirling Churchman, PhD Associate Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School | Associate Member of the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT Thursday, February 14, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Brenda J. Andrews, PhD, CC, FRSC | University Professor and Director, The Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research CCBR Red Room Donnelly Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: LS Churchman Feb 14 2019 seminar poster.pdf

Thursday, February 14, 2019 - 12:00pm

Biophysical regulation of skeletal muscle stem cell fate Dr. Penney M. Gilbert Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering University of Toronto Thursday, February 14, 2019 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid Houry McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: PGilbert_Feb14.pdf

Friday, February 15, 2019 - 11:00am

Friday, February 15, 2019 - 1:30pm

Single-cell transcriptomics of the mouse kidney reveals potential cellular targets of kidney disease. Dr. Katalin Susztak, MD/PhD Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Friday, February 15, 2019 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Susztak.pdf

Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - 4:00pm

Adventures in Drug Discovery: Building a Better Anti-Inflammatory Drug John Wallace PhD, MBA, FRSC Chief Scientific Officer, Antibe Therapeutics Inc | Adjunct Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Toronto Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Leonardo Salmena, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology MSB 4171 Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: Wallace.pdf

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 - 12:00pm

Thursday, February 21, 2019 - 4:00pm

Cancer Proteomics at PNNL: Proteogenomic Characterization, Biomarker Development, and Technology Development Dr. Tao Liu Senior Staff Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA Thursday, February 21, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Thomas Kislinger PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Poster available: Liu_Seminar Posting.pdf

Friday, February 22, 2019 - 11:00am

Friday, February 22, 2019 - 12:00pm

Phenotyping with and without typing: Capturing and sharing RD data for the 21st century genetics clinic Dr. Michael Brudno Friday, February 22, 2019 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Monica Justice PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Genetics & Genome Biology Program Poster available: The Leading Strand - Brudno_2019Feb22.pdf

Monday, February 25, 2019 - 3:00pm

From haploid stem cells to human blood vessel engineering Dr. Josef Penninger Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia Monday, February 25, 2019 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. C.C. Hui PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Special Seminar Poster available: Josef Penninger Seminar Announcement.pdf

Monday, February 25, 2019 - 4:00pm

Efferocytosis in the Resolution of Inflammation and Atherosclerosis Ira Tabas, MD, PhD Richard J. Stock Professor and Vice-Chair of Research Department of Medicine, Professor of Anatomy & Cell Biology (in Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center Monday, February 25, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Myron Cybulsky, MD MSB 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: Poster IT.pdf

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 - 4:00pm

Molecular and Mechanistic Underpinnings of Signal Transduction in Membranes - NMR Inspired Studies of the Conformational Landscape in Enzymes & GPCRs R. Scott Prosser Ph.D. Professor, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chair of Graduate Studies, Chemistry, University of Toronto Tuesday, February 26, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Martin Beaulieu MSB 4171 Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Prosser.pdf

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 - 4:00pm

Thursday, February 28, 2019 - 9:00am

Is it Possible to Correct or Mitigate Neurodevelopmental ​ Genetic Disorders using Viral Vector-mediated Gene Therapy? Dr. David Hampson Thursday, February 28, 2019 - 9:00am Host: Dr. Neal Sondheimer Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1246 Black Wing Genetics & Genome Biology Program Poster available: Hampson_2019Feb28.pdf

Thursday, February 28, 2019 - 4:00pm

Friday, March 1, 2019 - 11:00am

Monday, March 4, 2019 - 4:00pm

LMP WEBINAR - A NEW FEATURE OF THE LMP MONDAY 4 PM SEMINAR SERIES Aristotelis Tsirigos, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pathology Director, Applied Bioinformatics Laboratories, New York University School of Medicine Monday, March 4, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Rita Kandel, MD, FRCPC MSB 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: LMP_webinar_Aris T_2019-03-04.pdf

Tuesday, March 5, 2019 - 10:00am

On the diversity of eukaryotic transcription factor specificities Samuel Lambert, PhD Candidate Tuesday, March 5, 2019 - 10:00am Supervisor: Dr. Timothy Hughes CCBR Red Room Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Exam Seminar Poster available: Lambert Poster.pdf

Tuesday, March 5, 2019 - 3:00pm

Computational discovery of perturbed interactions in cancer Dr. Mona Singh Princeton University Tuesday, March 5, 2019 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Timothy Hugues CCBR Red Room Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Singh March 5.pdf

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 - 4:00pm

Thursday, March 7, 2019 - 12:00pm

Thursday, March 7, 2019 - 4:00pm

Thursday, March 7, 2019 - 11:00pm

DNA Damage Responses in Time and Space: Implications for Cancer Immunotherapy Shane Harding, PhD Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network | Assistant | Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto Thursday, March 7, 2019 - 11:00pm Host: Grant W. Brown, PhD | Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto CCBR Red Room Donnelly Seminar Series Departmental Seminar Poster available: Shane Harding March 7, 2019 Donnelly poster.pdf

Friday, March 8, 2019 - 11:00am

Friday, March 8, 2019 - 1:30pm

Deriving novel disease insights through integration of common and rare disease datasets: Application to Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Inborn Errors of Metabolism. Dr. Carmen Argmann, PhD Genetics and Genomics Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Friday, March 8, 2019 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Argmann.pdf

Friday, March 8, 2019 - 4:00pm

Post-transcriptional regulatory networks underlying human neurodevelopment Marat Mufteev University of Toronto, Dept of Molecular Genetics Friday, March 8, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Toronto RNA Club Supervisor: Dr. James Ellis CCBR Red Room Toronto RNA Club Poster available: Toronto RNA Club Poster March 8th, 2019.pdf

Friday, March 8, 2019 - 4:30pm

Hypoxia influences polysome association of select human ribosomal proteins and alternative splicing of ribosomal protein genes Andrea Brunell University of Guelph Friday, March 8, 2019 - 4:30pm Host: Toronto RNA Club Supervisor: Jim Uniacke CCBR Red Room Toronto RNA Club Poster available: Toronto RNA Club Poster March 8th, 2019.pdf

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 - 4:00pm

Friday, March 15, 2019 - 11:00am

Monday, March 18, 2019 - 11:00am

Translation research of theranostic radiopharmaceuticals: Status at the ININ Mexico Dr. Guillermina Ferro-Flores National Institute of Nuclear Research, Mexico Monday, March 18, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Raymond Reilly Pharmacy Building Room 1210 Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology Poster available: 190318_CPO_Ferro-Flores.pdf

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 9:00am

Structural investigation of saposin/hydrolase systems Zi-Jian Xiong's PhD Oral Exam Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 9:00am Supervisor: Dr. Gil Prive MSB Room 3278 Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.Zi_.Jian_.Xiong_.pdf

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 11:00am

Alternative polyadenylation as a driver of pancreatic cancer Dr. Michael Feigin Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Stephane Angers Pharmacy Building Room 850 Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology Poster available: 190320_CPO_Feigin.pdf

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 2:00pm

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 4:00pm

Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 11:00am

High resolution ribosome profiling reveals signatures of translation elongation regulation and mRNA decay Rachel D. Green, PhD Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics | Principal investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute | The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Grant W. Brown, PhD | Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto CCBR Red Room Donnelly Seminar Series Poster available: Rachel Green Donnelly seminar poster.pdf

Friday, March 22, 2019 - 11:00am

Friday, March 22, 2019 - 1:30pm

A new perspective of the lymphatic vasculature in the 21st century. Dr. Guillermo Oliver, PhD Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Northwestern University Friday, March 22, 2019 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Oliver.pdf

Monday, March 25, 2019 - 1:00pm

Localizing Peptidoglycan Synthesis for Bacterial Growth and Morphogenesis Yves Brun, PhD Canada 150 Research Chair in Bacterial Cell Biology, Département de microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie, Université de Montréal Monday, March 25, 2019 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Lynne Howell PGCRL Event Rooms 3A/3B (03.9310, 3rd Floor), 686 Bay St. Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MM Seminar - Yves Brun March 25.pdf

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 4:00pm

Structure and Dynamics of GPCRs Oliver Ernst Ph.D. Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Martin Beaulieu MSB 4171 Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: Ernst.pdf

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - 12:00pm

‘Divide and Conquer: Targeting the cell cycle in pancreatic cancer’ Dr. Erik Knudsen Chairperson, Molecular & Cellular Biology; Associate Director, Center for Personalized Medicine; Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Rod Bremner Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St. Level 3 Conference Rooms, L3-201-202-203 Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Erik Knudsen Poster.pdf

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - 4:00pm

Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 12:00pm