Previous Seminars
Friday, December 11, 2020 - 11:00am
Kristen Koenig
Harvard University
Friday, December 11, 2020 - 11:00am Virtual Invited Speaker Seminar |
Friday, December 11, 2020 - 1:30pm
Dr. Arohan R. Subramanya, MD, FASN
Department of Medicine, Renal-Electrolyte Division, Associate Professor of Medicine and of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Friday, December 11, 2020 - 1:30pm Via Zoom - https://zoom.us/j/94671356794?pwd=NDEyWEFoRTBFa0xlVCtDUDBXWmR1dz09 Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar |
Monday, December 14, 2020 - 1:00pm
The plasma membrane as a competitive inhibitor and positive allosteric modulator of KRas4B signaling
Christopher Neale, PhD
Staff Scientist, Theoretical Biology & Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Monday, December 14, 2020 - 1:00pm https://zoom.us/j/92375827198?pwd=cmVIY3ZBMXo4c05wcDhWUVJPcUo4QT09 Meeting ID: 923 7582 7198 Passcode: 868161 Invited Speaker Seminar ![]() |
Thursday, December 17, 2020 - 1:00pm
Parastoo Boroumand
Thursday, December 17, 2020 - 1:00pm Remote - Please contact students advisor Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar |
Thursday, December 17, 2020 - 4:00pm
Dr. Alice Soragni
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Co-Director, Orthopedic Oncology Translational Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Member, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC), UCLA
Thursday, December 17, 2020 - 4:00pm Join via Zoom OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar |
Friday, December 18, 2020 - 1:30pm
Dr. Jonathan C. Kagan, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Director of Basic Research and Shwachman Chair in Gastroenterology
Boston Children’s Hospital
Friday, December 18, 2020 - 1:30pm Via Zoom-https://zoom.us/j/98177671873?pwd=L2RSRlA0N0VaK3UzU1JUczFvSTFmQT09 Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar |
Friday, January 8, 2021 - 1:30pm
Paul Delgado Olguin, PhD
Translational Medicine Program, Hospital for Sick Children
Friday, January 8, 2021 - 1:30pm Via Zoom - https://zoom.us/j/98125193823?pwd=aFVGNHdWaGFrZXF4RnZOSkNINHhXdz09 Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar |
Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 12:00pm
Jörg Matysik
Universität Leipzig
Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 12:00pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89407663380?pwd=OFBMczlhWVZKbUswQzk3VXNkLzhGdz09 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar ![]() |
Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 4:00pm
Dr. David Fooksman
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; Member of Albert Einstein Cancer Center
Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 4:00pm Join via Zoom OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar |
Friday, January 15, 2021 - 11:00am
Miranda Hunter, Research Fellow
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Friday, January 15, 2021 - 11:00am https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/94049486250 Invited Speaker Seminar |
Friday, January 15, 2021 - 1:30pm
Dr. Trude Helen Flo, PhD
Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Friday, January 15, 2021 - 1:30pm Via Zoom - https://zoom.us/j/91638228559?pwd=TUd3aGlNT2creHdUbmNJN3R6Z0tWZz09 Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar |
Monday, January 18, 2021 - 3:00pm
Dr. Harmit Malik
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Monday, January 18, 2021 - 3:00pm Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/98608130110 Department of Molecular Genetics Departmental Seminar |
Thursday, January 21, 2021 - 12:00pm
Willem J.M. Mulder, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiology and Oncological Sciences at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) New York and Professor of Precision Medicine at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), The Netherlands
Thursday, January 21, 2021 - 12:00pm Join us via zoom OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar |
Friday, January 22, 2021 - 11:00am
Alexandra Byrne, Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, MA, USA
Friday, January 22, 2021 - 11:00am Virtual Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar |
Friday, January 22, 2021 - 1:30pm
Dr. Laurence Pelletier, PhD
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto
Friday, January 22, 2021 - 1:30pm Via Zoom - https://zoom.us/j/93482771445?pwd=V1N6MkszRnM0OTBWWVdIUlVkdE5Cdz09 Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar |
Monday, January 25, 2021 - 1:00pm
Marie Arrieta, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology & Dept. of Paediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Monday, January 25, 2021 - 1:00pm Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/92563776545?pwd=OEU0YldsUE92eG11aW00d1NLU0x4UT09 Meeting ID: 925 6377 6545 Passcode: 027234 Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar ![]() |
Monday, January 25, 2021 - 3:00pm
Dr. Coleen Murphy
Princeton University
Monday, January 25, 2021 - 3:00pm Zoom Meeting Department of Molecular Genetics Departmental Seminar |
Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 12:00pm
Dr. Jean-Philippe Julien
Molecular Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children
Departments of Biochemistry & Immunology, University of Toronto
Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 12:00pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89407663380?pwd=OFBMczlhWVZKbUswQzk3VXNkLzhGdz09 Invited Speaker Seminar ![]() |
Speakers: Shaun Morris, Jim Hu & Natasha Saunders
Three Talks featuring Dr. Shaun Morris: National surveillance for children hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection: Results of the Canadian Pediatric Surveillance Program COVID-19 Study;
Dr. Jim Hu: Toronto-made safe and effective COVID-19 Vaccines;
Dr. Natasha Saunders: Mental health care delivery in Ontario through the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 12:00pm Join on Zoom https://zoom.us/j/91730116928?pwd=NVBtTERTSkJDdTdvR2xjRnZVQkxZUT09 Meeting ID: 917 3011 6928 Passcode: 732696 Research Connections: COVID-19 Series Invited Speaker Seminar |
Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 4:00pm
Jason Moffat PhD
Professor, University of Toronto, Canada Research Chair in Functional Genomics of Cancer
Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 4:00pm join us via zoom, details below OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar |
Friday, January 29, 2021 - 12:00pm
Jesse Bloom
Associate Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Friday, January 29, 2021 - 12:00pm Virtual Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar ![]() |
Friday, January 29, 2021 - 1:30pm
Dr. Suzana Salcedo, PhD
Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Structural BiochemistUniversity of Lyon
Friday, January 29, 2021 - 1:30pm Via Zoom - https://zoom.us/j/92740572978?pwd=YXpKOGJla2lteU15VGg1blhZK1lXQT09 Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar |
Monday, February 1, 2021 - 3:00pm
Dr. Erle Robertson
Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Monday, February 1, 2021 - 3:00pm Zoom Meeting Department of Molecular Genetics Departmental Seminar |
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 9:00am
Dr. Michael Wieczorek
Laboratory of Chemistry and Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 9:00am https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89167946405?pwd=ZEE0N1pJcWZoQ1NTZWZiWVJmdUhoQT09, Meeting ID: 891 6794 6405 Passcode: 0gGbS1 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty Search Seminar Departmental Search Candidate |
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 11:00am
Dr Marc-Andre Fortin
Professor, Materials Engineering, Université Laval
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 11:00am https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/87613002634 Meeting ID: 876 1300 2634 Passcode: 836205 Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology Invited Speaker Seminar |
Thursday, February 4, 2021 - 9:30am
Amit Meir
Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, USA
Thursday, February 4, 2021 - 9:30am https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83968785713?pwd=S1pyWmxQVFVPMkhSZVY2eWNFZ080QT09, Meeting ID: 839 6878 5713 Passcode: A9V9ra Department of Biochemistry, Faculty Search Seminar Departmental Search Candidate |
Thursday, February 4, 2021 - 4:00pm
Weibo Cai, PhD
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Radiology, Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin, Madison
Thursday, February 4, 2021 - 4:00pm join us via Zoom OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar |
Friday, February 5, 2021 - 1:30pm
Dr. Julien Muffat, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Synthetic Neuroimmunology and Stem Cell Bioengineering
Scientist, Neurosciences and Mental Health Program
Friday, February 5, 2021 - 1:30pm Via Zoom - https://zoom.us/j/92958004962?pwd=YkFoZDNhTThrRHhLVE1pQy9YeGltdz09 Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar ![]() |
Monday, February 8, 2021 - 3:00pm
Dr. Francesca Luca
Wayne State University
Monday, February 8, 2021 - 3:00pm Zoom Meeting (Email: studentservices.mogen@utoronto.ca for link) Department of Molecular Genetics Departmental Seminar |
Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 12:00pm
Dr. Ashleigh Tuite
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
University of Toronto
Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 12:00pm https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/86958573202 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar ![]() |
Felix Ratjen, Lucy Perrem
Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 12:00pm Virtual Meeting: Email candice.cumberbatch@sickkids.ca for Teams link Cystic Fibrosis Seminar |
Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 4:00pm
Cedric Blanpain, MD, PhD
Professor of Stem Cell and Developmental Biology WELBIO investigator, Director of the Laboratory of Stem Cells and Cancer, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium
Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 4:00pm Join us via zoon (details below) OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar |
Friday, February 12, 2021 - 11:00am
Arjun Raj, Full Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Bioengineering
Department of Genetics
Friday, February 12, 2021 - 11:00am Virtual Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar |
Friday, February 12, 2021 - 12:00pm
Pamela Hoodless, PhD
Director and Distinguished Scientist, Terry Fox Lab, BC Cancer Research Institute, Professor, Departments of Medical Genetics & School of Biomedical Engineering,
University of British Columbia
Friday, February 12, 2021 - 12:00pm https://qrgo.page.link/sVcaG Genetics & Genome Biology Program Invited Speaker Seminar ![]() |
Friday, February 12, 2021 - 1:30pm
Dr. Carey Lumeng, MD/PhD
Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School
Friday, February 12, 2021 - 1:30pm Via Zoom - https://zoom.us/j/97890982489?pwd=bGc3OEtPeDFzZmlxanBmczJPclFsZz09 Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar ![]() |
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 - 9:00am
Dr. Malik Chaker-Margot
Biozentrum, Universität Basal
Biozentrum, Universität Basal
Biozentrum, Universität Basal
Biozentrum, Universität Basal
Biozentrum, Universität Basal
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 - 9:00am https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86749911798?pwd=cUltWiswMU5BczBqbjFjZTZtQ3B3QT09, Meeting ID: 867 4991 1798 Passcode: ChrH31 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty Search Seminar Departmental Search Candidate |
Wednesday, February 17, 2021 - 1:00pm
Michael Norris
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, California, USA
Wednesday, February 17, 2021 - 1:00pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84307416155?pwd=RFVEajBNVGxSOEJaamNwSVR5Uzludz09, Meeting ID: 843 0741 6155 Passcode: 3u51DV Department of Biochemistry, Faculty Search Seminar Faculty Recruitment Seminar |
Friday, February 19, 2021 - 1:30pm
Dr. Julien Prudent, PhD
Medical Research Council, University of Cambridge, Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Friday, February 19, 2021 - 1:30pm Via Zoom - https://zoom.us/j/98072267651?pwd=L3huOHhCTTkwSXl0YmE2TVNkM1N3Zz09 Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar ![]() |
Monday, February 22, 2021 - 3:00pm
Dr. Cedric Feschotte
Cornell University
Monday, February 22, 2021 - 3:00pm Zoom Meeting Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar |
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 9:00am
Ahmad Jomaa
Institute for Molecular Biology & Biophysics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 9:00am https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87914630875?pwd=SEg3blhFQXpxeUtncnhDR0hIK0NoUT09, Meeting ID: 879 1463 0875 Passcode: 4h3PWq Department of Biochemistry, Faculty Search Seminar Departmental Search Candidate |
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 12:00pm
Michelle Science, JP Julien, Julien Muffat
Three talks: Michelle Science, MD, MSc, Division of Infectious Diseases, SickKids; Department of Paediatrics,UofT: "Masked education: A randomized controlled trial of masking in the classroom"; Jean-Philippe Julien, PhD, Molecular Medicine, SickKids; Depts of Biochemistry and Immunology, UofT: "Breadth and potency of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies"; Julien Muffat, PhD, Neurosciences & Mental Health, SickKids; Dept of Molecular Genetics, UofT, Medicine by Design Investigator:"Tissue mimics to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the human brain"
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 12:00pm Join on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/91731319206?pwd=TkVqSU54dGUzK1dFdG96WXl0RFhrUT09 Meeting ID: 917 3131 9206 Passcode: 674469 Research Connections: COVID-19 Series Invited Speaker Seminar ![]() |
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - 1:00pm
Melinda Diver
Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - 1:00pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83947741046?pwd=UFZML0xuU2lHaHFKbThieGhhMUZKdz09, Meeting ID: 839 4774 1046 Passcode: 5V9hUH Biochemistry Faculty Search Seminar Departmental Search Candidate |
Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 11:00am
The Importance of the Perinatal Environment and Maternal Microbiota on Infant Health and Development
Professor Elena Comelli
Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 11:00am Virtual Lawson Family Chair in Microbiome Nutrition Research Seminar Series Special Seminar ![]() |
Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 12:00pm
Dr. Ruby Sullan
Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough &
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 12:00pm https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/82622130777 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar ![]() |
Friday, February 26, 2021 - 11:00am
Gurnit Atwal
Department of Molecular Genetics
Friday, February 26, 2021 - 11:00am Zoom Meeting- Contact Ab Atre (studentservices.mogen@utoronto.ca) for link Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Oral Seminar |
Jennifer Zallen
Professor
HHMI/Sloan Kettering Institute
Friday, February 26, 2021 - 11:00am Virtual Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar |
Friday, February 26, 2021 - 1:30pm
Dr. Michael S. Marks, PhD
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania
Friday, February 26, 2021 - 1:30pm Via Zoom - https://zoom.us/j/94442088230?pwd=RTdKd1RpVUtGQ254NjZMK09meVAwdz09 Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar ![]() |
Monday, March 1, 2021 - 3:00pm
Dr. Quan Yuan
National Institutes of Health
Monday, March 1, 2021 - 3:00pm Zoom Meeting: Contact Ab Atre (studentservices.mogen@utoronto.ca) for link Department of Molecular Genetics Departmental Seminar |
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 11:00am
Abdalla Ahmed
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 11:00am Zoom Meeting - Contact Ab Atre (studentservices.mogen@utoronto.ca) for link Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Oral Seminar |
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 12:00pm
Vince Young, MD/PhD
Depts of Internal Medicine/Division of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology & Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 12:00pm Online, please contact host for more information Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Special Seminar |