Previous Seminars
Monday, March 2, 2020 - 4:00pm
Mireille Ouimet, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor & Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Biology,
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Monday, March 2, 2020 - 4:00pm MSB 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Departmental Seminar ![]() |
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 - 11:00am
Dr Michael Ohh
Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 - 11:00am Pharmacy Building Room 850 Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology Invited Speaker Seminar ![]() |
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 - 4:00pm
Geoffrey Liu M.Sc. M.D.
Professor, Departments of Medicine, Medical Biophysics, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Epidemiology, and IMS, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Alan Brown Chair in Molecular Genomics, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 - 4:00pm MSB 2173 Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar ![]() |
Thursday, March 5, 2020 - 11:00am
Gloria A. Brar
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Thursday, March 5, 2020 - 11:00am CCBR Red Room Donnelly Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar ![]() |
Thursday, March 5, 2020 - 12:00pm
Dr. Jim Hu, Peter Zhou
Thursday, March 5, 2020 - 12:00pm Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1527, Hill Wing Cystic Fibrosis Seminar |
Thursday, March 5, 2020 - 2:00pm
Rafael Montenegro-Burke, PhD
Post-doctoral Associate, Center for Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry | Gary Siuzdak’s Laboratory | The Scripps Research Institute | La Jolla, California
Thursday, March 5, 2020 - 2:00pm CCBR Red Room Special Seminar ![]() |
Friday, March 6, 2020 - 11:00am
Pamela Geyer
Professor, University of Iowa, Department of Biochemistry
Friday, March 6, 2020 - 11:00am Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar |
Yun Zhang, PhD
Professor, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology | Center for Brain Science, Harvard University | Cambridge, MA, USA
Friday, March 6, 2020 - 11:00am Imperial Oil Lecture Hall, David Naylor Building, Room 6 Special Seminar Special Seminar ![]() |
Monday, March 9, 2020 - 11:10am
“Expansion of organ-specific immunoregulatory cell networks for the treatment of autoimmune disease"
Dr. Pere Santamaria
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases (MID)
Chair, Immunology Research Group
Chair, Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Centre
Monday, March 9, 2020 - 11:10am MSB 2170 Department of Immunology Easton Seminar Series Departmental Seminar ![]() |
Monday, March 9, 2020 - 1:00pm
James Rini, PhD
Departments of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Toronto
Monday, March 9, 2020 - 1:00pm PGCRL Event Rooms 3A/3B (03.9310, 3rd Floor), 686 Bay St. Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar ![]() |
Monday, March 9, 2020 - 4:00pm
Dr. Francesca Luca
Wayne State University
Monday, March 9, 2020 - 4:00pm PGCRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Molecular Genetics Departmental Seminar |
Yun Fang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor & Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Biology,
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Monday, March 9, 2020 - 4:00pm MSB 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Departmental Seminar ![]() |
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 - 12:00pm
Dr. Shuya Huang
University of Toronto Mississauga
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 - 12:00pm PGCRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids NMR seminar series |
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 - 1:00pm
Dr. Yasmine Hurd
Director | Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai, Professor | Pharmacological Sciences, Professor | Neuroscience, Professor | Psychiatry
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 - 1:00pm Health Sciences Building, 6th floor Auditorium (HS610), 155 College Street Distinguished Lecture in Behavioral Pharmacology ![]() |
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 12:00pm
Karina Baksh
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 12:00pm PGCRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar |
Thursday, March 12, 2020 - 12:00pm
Hanna Salman
University of Pittsburgh
Thursday, March 12, 2020 - 12:00pm McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar ![]() |
Friday, March 13, 2020 - 11:00am
Ashley Bruce
University of Toronto, Cell and Systems Biology
Friday, March 13, 2020 - 11:00am Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar |
Friday, March 13, 2020 - 1:30pm
Laurence Pelletier, PhD
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
Friday, March 13, 2020 - 1:30pm PGCRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar ![]() |
Monday, March 16, 2020 - 9:10am
Dr. Karen Maxwell
Monday, March 16, 2020 - 9:10am Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/902556130?pwd=bGpmSXBVbGY2aVR1OSs2TmtLc0VHQT09 Meeting ID: 902 556 130 Password: 753347 One tap mobile +16475580588,,902556130# Canada Dial by your location +1 647 558 0588 Canada Meeting ID: 902 556 130 Department of Biochemistry Seminar Departmental Search Candidate |
Thursday, March 19, 2020 - 4:00pm
Jennifer S. Carew, PhD
Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Hematological Malignancies Disease Team, University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona
Thursday, March 19, 2020 - 4:00pm PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series |
Friday, March 20, 2020 - 1:30pm
Julien Muffat, PhD
Neurosciences & Mental Health Program, The Hospital for Sick Children
Friday, March 20, 2020 - 1:30pm PGCRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar ![]() |
Monday, March 23, 2020 - 9:00am
Joel Swanson, PhD
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School
Monday, March 23, 2020 - 9:00am PGCRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar ![]() |
Monday, March 23, 2020 - 10:30am
Philip Ostrowski
Monday, March 23, 2020 - 10:30am Seminar will be shown online Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar |
Monday, March 23, 2020 - 4:00pm
Nicholas E. Navin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Genetics,
Dept. of Bioinformatics,
Director, Single Cell Genomics Center,
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Monday, March 23, 2020 - 4:00pm MSB 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Departmental Seminar ![]() |
Thursday, April 16, 2020 - 9:00am
Louis Ho
Thursday, April 16, 2020 - 9:00am Seminar will be shown online - Access by permission only. Contact student's advisor for approval PhD Exam Seminar |
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 12:00pm
Chloe Mitchell
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 12:00pm Online seminar Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Departmental Seminar |
Friday, May 1, 2020 - 11:00pm
Sri Kosuri, PhD
Co-Founder and CEO at Octant | Assistant Professor (on leave) Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, University of California, Los Angeles
Friday, May 1, 2020 - 11:00pm CCBR Red Room Invited Speaker Seminar |
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 12:00pm
Special Guests: Drs. Trevor Moraes & Tomas Gverdyz
University of Toronto & PPD Laboratories (Wisconsin)
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 12:00pm By Zoom Invitation Department of Biochemistry Seminar Special Seminar |
Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - 12:00pm
K. Maxwell, J. Rini, S. Icho, A. Fitzpatrick
University of Toronto
Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - 12:00pm By Zoom Invitation Special Seminar |
Thursday, May 21, 2020 - 11:00am
Dr. Andrea Sottoriva
Professor of Cancer Genomics and Evolution Director of the Centre for Evolution and Cancer The Institute of Cancer Research, London, U.K.
Thursday, May 21, 2020 - 11:00am Zoom meeting OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar |
Monday, May 25, 2020 - 4:00pm
Bita Labibi
Monday, May 25, 2020 - 4:00pm Held Remotely - Please contact Students Advisor for approval PhD Oral Seminar |
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 12:00pm
Drs. Igor Staglijar & Ashleigh Tuite
University of Toronto
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 12:00pm By Zoom Invitation Special Seminar |
Thursday, June 4, 2020 - 4:00pm
Joan Massague, PhD
Director, Sloan Kettering Institute, Member, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
Thursday, June 4, 2020 - 4:00pm Zoom meeting OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar |
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 - 12:00pm
Dr. Yunoung Li then Dr. David Gallo
University of Toronto (Li) , Repare Therapeutics Inc (Gallo)
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 - 12:00pm Zoom Link Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Special Seminar |
Thursday, June 11, 2020 - 11:00am
Dr. Ji-Young Youn
SickKids Research Institute
Thursday, June 11, 2020 - 11:00am Zoom For access, please register in advance: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElduhpjsvHtYNNi8dMwBlLG8SBLNYhCpN Department of Molecular Genetics Departmental Seminar ![]() |
Dr. Ji-Young Youn
SickKids Research Institute
Thursday, June 11, 2020 - 11:00am Zoom For access, please register in advance: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElduhpjsvHtYNNi8dMwBlLG8SBLNYhCpN Department of Molecular Genetics Departmental Seminar ![]() |
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 - 12:00pm
A. Levin, J. Heffer, Isha Berry, Jean-Paul Soucy
Henry Ford Health, York University, University of Toronto
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 - 12:00pm Zoom Link Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Special Seminar |
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 - 12:00pm
Drs. A.Olaya-Castro, M Miller, M.Bordonaro
University College London, University of Toronto, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 - 12:00pm Zoom Link Department of Biochemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series Special Seminar |
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 - 2:00pm
Darren Yong
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 - 2:00pm Online - Attendance must be approved by Students Advisor PhD Exam Seminar |
Thursday, September 3, 2020 - 4:00pm
Xiaoyuan (Shawn) Chen, PhD
Senior Investigator and Lab Chief at National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
Thursday, September 3, 2020 - 4:00pm Zoom meeting OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar |
Thursday, September 10, 2020 - 10:30am
Tara Akhshi
Thursday, September 10, 2020 - 10:30am Held Remotely - Please contact Students Advisor for approval PhD Oral Seminar |
Thursday, September 10, 2020 - 4:00pm
Dr. Lauren Byers, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Thursday, September 10, 2020 - 4:00pm Join Via Zoom OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar |
Friday, September 11, 2020 - 9:00am
Mandeep Gill
Friday, September 11, 2020 - 9:00am Held Remotely - Please contact Students Advisor for approval PhD Oral Seminar |
Friday, September 11, 2020 - 2:00pm
Anjali Balakrishnan
Friday, September 11, 2020 - 2:00pm Held Remotely. Please contact Students Advisor for Permission to Attend PhD Oral Seminar |
Monday, September 14, 2020 - 3:00pm
Dr. Daniela Witten
University of Washington
Monday, September 14, 2020 - 3:00pm Zoom Data Science Applied Research and Education Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar |
Monday, September 14, 2020 - 4:10pm
Philipp Maass, PhD
Scientist | Principal Investigator,
The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Genetics & Genome Biology Program,
Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics,
University of Toronto.
Canada Research Chair in Non-coding Disease Mechanisms (Tier II)
Monday, September 14, 2020 - 4:10pm Via Zoom Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Departmental Seminar ![]() |
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - 12:00pm
Dr. Mike Seed and Dr. Steven Miller
DR. SEED, Head, Division of Cardiology, Labatt Family Heart Centre; Associate Scientist, Translational Medicine, SickKids; Associate Professor, Departments of Paediatrics and Medical Imaging, University of Toronto AND DR. MILLER, Head, Division of Neurology and Centre for Brain & Mental Health; Senior Scientist, Neurosciences & Mental Health, SickKids; Bloorview Children's Hospital Chair in Paediatric Neuroscience; Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto WITH PANELISTS: Nomazulu Dlamini, Vanna Kazazian, Christopher Macgowan, Davide Marini, John Sled and Steven Schwartz.
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - 12:00pm Join via Zoom https://zoom.us/j/98878943307?pwd=Qzdya3k5TDMvalVXL2hJUWloQXpHUT09 Meeting ID: 988 7894 3307 Passcode: 146372 SickKids Research Connections Seminar Series Special Seminar ![]() |
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - 1:00pm
Zev Ripstein
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - 1:00pm Held Remotely - Please consult students Supervisor for approval to attend PhD Oral Seminar |
Monday, September 21, 2020 - 3:00pm
Dr. Alexandra Chouldechova
Carnegie Mellon University
Monday, September 21, 2020 - 3:00pm Zoom Data Science Applied Research and Education Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar |
Monday, September 21, 2020 - 4:10pm
Omar F. Khan, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Medicine by Design Investigator,
Institute of Biomedical Engineering,
University of Toronto
Monday, September 21, 2020 - 4:10pm Via Zoom Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Departmental Seminar ![]() |