Previous Seminars

Friday, August 25, 2023 - 12:00pm

Understanding and exploiting radiation response networks for improving therapy outcome – lessons learned from systems analyses and preclinical models Univ. Prof. Dr. Verena Jendrossek Acting Chair, Institute of Cell Biology (Cancer Research), Professor and Head of Molecular Cell Biology Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen Friday, August 25, 2023 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Fei-Fei Liu MaRS- TMDT R# 4-204, 4th floor OCI Special Seminar Special Seminar

Friday, September 1, 2023 - 1:00pm

ADAMTS proteases and ADAMTS-like proteins in the musculoskeletal system: From molecular functions to therapeutic potential. Dirk Hubmacher, Ph.D Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY Friday, September 1, 2023 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Boris Hinz Li Ka Shing Auditorium, St. Michael's Hospital, 209 Victoria St. Keenan Research Centre Research Seminar Series, St. Michael's Hospital Research Group Seminar

Thursday, September 7, 2023 - 12:00pm

"Airway Bacterial Prevalence Change, 2001-2019" Dr. Dutch VanDevanter Thursday, September 7, 2023 - 12:00pm Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1246 Black Wing Cystic Fibrosis Seminar

Thursday, September 7, 2023 - 2:30pm

Organelle interplay – peroxisome interactions and dynamics in human health and disease Dr. Michael Schrader, PhD Professor, Cell Biology & Cytopathology University of Exeter, UK Thursday, September 7, 2023 - 2:30pm Host: Dr. Peter Kim PGCRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Schrader.pdf

Friday, September 8, 2023 - 1:00pm

Strains of Pathological Protein Aggregates in Neurodegenerative Diseases Joel Watts, PhD University of Toronto Friday, September 8, 2023 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Raphael Schneider 136 Multipurpose Room, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, 209 Victoria Street Keenan Research Centre Research Seminar Series, St. Michael's Hospital Research Group Seminar

Friday, September 8, 2023 - 1:30pm

Epithelial Cell Behaviors in Development and Disease Dr. Ian Macara, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Friday, September 8, 2023 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. John Brumell PGCRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Macara.pdf

Monday, September 11, 2023 - 3:00pm

From Chaos comes Order: Genetics and Genome Biology of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Dr. Nicolas Corradi Department of Biology, University of Ottawa University Chair in Microbial Genomics Monday, September 11, 2023 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Aaron Reinke Room 254 (MC) Mechanical Engineering Bldg Department of Molecular Genetics Departmental Seminar Poster available: Departmental Seminar Series- Corradi.pdf

Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 12:00pm

Immuno-Bioengineering Approaches in Cancer Immunotherapy Dr. Naoto Hirano Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 12:00pm Host: Prof. Sid Goyal McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Hirano_Sept14.pdf

Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 5:00pm

DPCD is a novel adaptor of chaperone complex R2TP in ciliogenesis through AKT signaling regulation Yu-Qian Mao Dept. Biochemistry, U of T Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 5:00pm Host: Andrew Wilde Supervisor: Walid Houry MaRS West 1523 Cytoskeleton Support Group Research Group Seminar

Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 5:30pm

Centrosome-induced plasma membrane infoldings initiate growth of a cortical actin domain Rebecca Tam Cell and Systems Biology, U of T Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 5:30pm Host: Andrew Wilde Supervisor: Tony Harris MaRS West 1523 Cytoskeleton Support Group Research Group Seminar

Friday, September 15, 2023 - 11:25am

Chromosome acrobatics during embryonic development AHILYA N. SAWH, PhD Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto Friday, September 15, 2023 - 11:25am Host: Professor John Calarco Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, September 15, 2023 - 1:30pm

Ubiquitin signalling in cell survival and death Dr. Paul Elliott, PhD Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford Friday, September 15, 2023 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. John Brumell PGCRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Elliott[54].pdf

Thursday, September 21, 2023 - 4:00pm

AAV gene therapy for rare genetic diseases Dr. Dan Wang Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Chan Medical School Thursday, September 21, 2023 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Hansen He and Dr. Bowen Li PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, September 22, 2023 - 11:00am

Mapping Genetic Interaction Networks in Yeast and Human Cells Charlie Boone, PhD Molecular Genetics / Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto Friday, September 22, 2023 - 11:00am Host: Shelley Lumba Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, September 22, 2023 - 1:00pm

Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: critical orchestrators of musculoskeletal tissue regeneration Wilder Scott, PhD Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto Friday, September 22, 2023 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Boris Hinz Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, 209 Victoria Street, in the 216 CONFERENCE ROOM Keenan Research Centre Research Seminar Series, St. Michael's Hospital Research Group Seminar

Friday, September 22, 2023 - 1:30pm

Cellular asymmetry and asymmetric cell division Dr. Clemens C. Cabernard, PhD Department of Biology, University of Washington Friday, September 22, 2023 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Julie Brill PGCRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Cabernard[93].pdf

Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 12:00pm

The channel capacity of Channelrhodopsin: What does information theory have to say about signal transduction? Prof. Andrew Eckford Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, York University Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 12:00pm Host: Prof. Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Eckford_Sept28.pdf

Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 4:00pm

Advancing endoplasmic reticulum stress inducers to the clinic Dr. Ganesh V. Raj UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 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_Ganesh Raj_Sept 28.pdf

Friday, September 29, 2023 - 11:00am

Cutting-Edge Trends in Plant Response Induction through Non-Thermal Plasma Irradiation to Seeds Takamasa Okumura, PhD Kyushu University, Japan, Graduate School and Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering Friday, September 29, 2023 - 11:00am Host: Eiji Nambara Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, September 29, 2023 - 1:00pm

Diverse and creative approaches to early-stage drug discovery Professor Marc J. Adler, PhD Toronto Metropolitan University Friday, September 29, 2023 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Boris Hinz Li Ka Shing Auditorium, St. Michael's Hospital, 209 Victoria St. KRC Research Seminar Series Research Group Seminar

Monday, October 2, 2023 - 1:00pm

Dynamics of Aging Biomolecular Condensates PRIYA BANERJEE Associate Professor of Physics Adjunct Faculty of Biological Sciences University at Buffalo, SUNY Monday, October 2, 2023 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Ji-Young Youn PGCRL- 686 Bay St. (SickKids), Event Room 3A/3B (3rd Floor) OR Join on Zoom Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MM Seminar - Priya Banerjee Oct 2.pdf

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 - 11:00am

Proteostasis in Development and Aging Dr. Thorsten Hoppe Institute for Genetics & CECAD, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany Tuesday, October 3, 2023 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Walid A. Houry MaRS Centre, West Tower Room 1622 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Thorsten Hoppe_October 3.pdf

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 - 3:00pm

A Closer Look: Confronting the complexity of critical illnes David Maslove, MD Department of Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Queen’s University Tuesday, October 3, 2023 - 3:00pm Host: Warren L. Lee Virtual on Zoom IDCCM Visiting Professor Rounds Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: David Maslove VP round Flyer - October 3.pdf

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 - 12:00pm

Large-scale testing of nearly all possible AGXT missense variant effects in the reference allele and a double mutant background (the minor allele: Pro11Leu, Ile340Met) Adrine De Souza PhD Candidate Wednesday, October 4, 2023 - 12:00pm Supervisor: Fritz Roth Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St. Level 3 Conference Rooms, L3-201-202-203 Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Seminar Series Departmental Seminar Poster available: DeSouza&Xu.2023.pdf

Improving mixture cure modelling of multiple molecular factors in cancer prognosis Changchang Xu PhD Candidate Wednesday, October 4, 2023 - 12:00pm Supervisor: Shelley Bull Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St. Level 3 Conference Rooms, L3-201-202-203 Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Seminar Series Departmental Seminar Poster available: DeSouza&Xu.2023.pdf

Thursday, October 5, 2023 - 12:00pm

The development and study of mouse models for large chromosome deletions implicated in human cancer LAURYL NUTTER & SEAN EGAN Genetics & Genome Biology and Cell Biology, SickKids Research Institute Thursday, October 5, 2023 - 12:00pm Through ZOOM Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Poster available: Research Connections_Oct 5.pdf

Thursday, October 5, 2023 - 4:00pm

Stem Cell Fitness & Longevity: The Role of Proteostasis Robert Signer, Ph.D. Deputy Director, Stem Cell Discovery Center, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego Thursday, October 5, 2023 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Aaron Schimmer PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, October 6, 2023 - 11:00am

Measuring, Modeling, and Targeting the Cell Cycle Jeremy Purvis, PhD Department of Genetics, UNC School of Medicine Friday, October 6, 2023 - 11:00am Host: Ian Tobias (postdoc - Mitchell lab) Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, October 6, 2023 - 1:30pm

Environmental mediators of inflammation that alter MS-like disease trajectories in mice Dr. Lisa C. Osborne, PhD Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia Friday, October 6, 2023 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. John Brumell PGCRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Osborne[100].pdf

Thursday, October 12, 2023 - 12:00pm

Modulation of vaccine responses by lymph node proteolysis Dr. Aereas Aung Institute for Biomedical Engineering University of Toronto Thursday, October 12, 2023 - 12:00pm Host: Prof. Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Aung-October 12.pdf

Thursday, October 12, 2023 - 4:00pm

Chemistry in Medicine: translating optical probes to the clinic Prof. Marc Vendrell Chair of Translational Chemistry and Biomedical Imaging Co-Head of IRR Chemistry Hub Centre for Inflammation Research Institute of Regeneration and Repair, The University of Edinburgh Thursday, October 12, 2023 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Gang Zheng PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar

Thursday, October 12, 2023 - 5:00pm

Reinforcing the Actin Network in the Lamellipodia via Local Calcium (Ca2+) Signaling Alex Bogatch Cell and Systems Biology Thursday, October 12, 2023 - 5:00pm Host: Andrew Wilde 661 Univerity Ave, MaRS West 1522 Cytoskeleton Support Group Research Group Seminar

Thursday, October 12, 2023 - 5:30pm

Do four amino acids make a difference? Lessons from studying non-muscle actins in human melanoma cells Antonina Mazur University of Wroclaw Thursday, October 12, 2023 - 5:30pm Host: Andrew Wilde 661 University Ave, MaRS West 1522 Cytoskeleton Support Group

Friday, October 13, 2023 - 10:00am

Native Mass Spectrometry Tools for Glycomics Professor John Klassen University of Alberta Friday, October 13, 2023 - 10:00am Host: Professor Mark Nitz Lash Miller Building, Davenport Seminar Rooms Special Seminar Poster available: Colloquium-Professor-John Klassen- University of Alberta,-Friday-October 13th -10am.pdf

Friday, October 13, 2023 - 12:00pm

Advances in Mendelian Randomization: Robust Causal Inference and Identification of Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease Dr. Ron Do Professor, Genetics and Genomic Sciences Charles Bronfman Professor, Personalized Medicine Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Friday, October 13, 2023 - 12:00pm Host: CANSSI Ontario STAGE Hybrid Event, In person - 700 University Avenue, 9th Floor, Rooms 9014 & 9016, Toronto, ON and Remote: Zoom link provided at registration Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: 10 Oct 13, 2023 - STAGE ISSS - Ron Do.pdf

Friday, October 13, 2023 - 1:30pm

How to make contact: a tale of three Chlamydia inclusion membrane proteins Dr. Isabelle Derre, PhD Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia Health Science Center Friday, October 13, 2023 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. John Brumell PGCRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Derre[23].pdf

Monday, October 16, 2023 - 10:00am

Biological factors associated with the onset of psychosis Dr. Boris Chaumette Associate Professor, Université Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris, France and Adjunct professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGillUniversity, Montreal, Canada. Monday, October 16, 2023 - 10:00am Host: Presented by the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicologyand the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto Room UC 85, University College. 27 King's College Cir, Toronto, ON. Joint Pharmacology and Psychiatry Special Lecture Special Seminar Poster available: Joint Pharmacology and Psychiatry Special Lecture poster - PRINT.pdf

Monday, October 16, 2023 - 1:00pm

Modeling human lung development and disease using iPSC AMY WONG Scientist, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, SickKids Assistant Professor, Dept of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Modeling Monday, October 16, 2023 - 1:00pm Host: Jonathon Ditlev PGCRL- 686 Bay St. (SickKids), Event Room 3A/3B (3rd Floor) OR Join on Zoom Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MM Seminar - Amy Wong Oct 16.pdf

Monday, October 16, 2023 - 3:00pm

Having Difficult Conversations (Workshop) MoGen PSME Monday, October 16, 2023 - 3:00pm Host: MoGen PSME (Professional Standards in Mentorship and Education) committee, UofT Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision (CGMS) Room 254 (MC) Mechanical Engineering Bldg Department of Molecular Genetics Workshop Poster available: Departmental Seminar - Workshop.pdf

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 12:00pm

The Road to Precision Obstetrics: Placental small Extracellular Vesicles as Early Diagnostic Tools for Gestational Diabetes Ivan Cheng MSc Student Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 12:00pm Supervisor: Isabella Caniggia Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St. Level 3 Conference Rooms, L3-201-202-203 Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Seminar Series Departmental Seminar Poster available: Poster - single.pdf

Frequently Mutated Regulatory Elements: Dark matter of the cancer genome Robin Oh MD/PhD Student Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 12:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Schramek Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St. Level 3 Conference Rooms, L3-201-202-203 Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Seminar Series Departmental Seminar Poster available: Oct 18 Poster.pdf

Thursday, October 19, 2023 - 4:00pm

Cytokine receptor signaling and transcriptional programs governing hematopoietic cell fat Winnie Kan, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Cytokine Receptor Lab, Centre for Cancer Biology, SA Pathology and University of South Australia Thursday, October 19, 2023 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. John Dick PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, October 20, 2023 - 11:00am

One cell divides into three things?--The curious story of the midbody remnant Ahna Skop, PhD University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of Genetics Friday, October 20, 2023 - 11:00am Host: CSB Trainees - Tammy Lee, Saltzman Lab Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, October 20, 2023 - 1:00pm

Modelling human disease using stem cell derived cerebral and lung organoid models Professor Liliana Attisano Donnelly Centre Friday, October 20, 2023 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Andras Kapus Li Ka Shing Auditorium, St. Michael's Hospital, 209 Victoria St. Keenan Research Centre Research Seminar Series, St. Michael's Hospital Research Group Seminar

Friday, October 20, 2023 - 1:30pm

Complexity in signalling from RAS GTPases Dr. Matthew James Smith, PhD Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Université de Montreal Friday, October 20, 2023 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Ji-Young Youn PGCRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Smith[43].pdf

Monday, October 23, 2023 - 1:00pm

Proteomics of Fungal Disease in One Health JENNIFER GEDDES-McALISTER Canada Research Chair in Proteomics of Fungal Disease in One Health Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology Dept. University of Guelph Monday, October 23, 2023 - 1:00pm Host: Lynne Howell PGCRL- 686 Bay St. (SickKids), Event Room 3A/3B (3rd Floor) OR Join on Zoom Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MM Seminar_Geddes McAlister Oct 23[8].pdf

Monday, October 23, 2023 - 3:00pm

The Red Queen and the Lost Boys: Intragenomic Conflict and Endogenous RNAi in the Male Germline Departmental Seminar Series - Dr. Eric Lai, Weill Monday, October 23, 2023 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Howard Lipshitz Room 254 (MC) Mechanical Engineering Bldg Department of Molecular Genetics Departmental Seminar Poster available: Departmental Seminar - Lai.pdf

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 - 3:00pm

Mechanism and Evolution of a Stolen Defense Jessica Goodheart, PhD Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History Wednesday, October 25, 2023 - 3:00pm Host: Joint CSB / Collaborative Specialization in Developmental Biology Invitee / Ian Scott 160 College St, Donnelly Centre Red Room CSB / Collaborative Specialization in Developmental Biology Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Goodheart CSDB poster Oct 25 2023.pdf

Friday, October 27, 2023 - 1:00pm

Characterization of a macromolecular complex that regulates coagulation and glucometabolic homeostasis Edward M. Conway, MD, PhD University of British Columbia Friday, October 27, 2023 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Heyu Ni Li Ka Shing Auditorium, St. Michael's Hospital, 209 Victoria St. Keenan Research Centre Research Seminar Series, St. Michael's Hospital Research Group Seminar

Friday, October 27, 2023 - 1:30pm

AI-based analysis of super-resolution microscopy: Biological discovery in the absence of ground truth Dr. Ivan Robert Nabi, PhD Professor, Cellular and Physiological Sciences/Biomedical Engineering Life Sciences Institute University of British Columbia Friday, October 27, 2023 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Spencer Freeman PGCRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Nabi.pdf