BiophysTO Seminars

Thursday, February 24, 2022 - 12:00pm

Function without Structure: Single-Molecule Experiments and Modelling of Disordered Proteins Claudiu Gradinaru, PhD Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences University of Toronto, Mississauga Thursday, February 24, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: James B. Otis Virtual seminar BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster_GradinaruFeb24.pdf

Thursday, March 10, 2022 - 12:00pm

Anti-CRISPRs do Amazing Things Dr. Alan R. Davidson Department of Molecular Genetics Department of Biochemistry University of Toronto Thursday, March 10, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid A. Houry Virtual seminar BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: ADavidson_March102022.pdf

Thursday, March 24, 2022 - 12:00pm

Massively parallel reporter assays, machine learning, and the biophysics of gene regulation​ Dr. Justin Kinney Cancer Center Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Thursday, March 24, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Sidhartha Goyal Virtual seminar BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: Kinney_March24.pdf

Thursday, March 31, 2022 - 12:00pm

On evidence and probability Joseph Berkovitz and Aaron Kenna Institute for History and Philosophy of Science & Technology, UofT Thursday, March 31, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: Anton Zilman Virtual seminar BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: March 31_2022_poster.pdf

Thursday, April 7, 2022 - 12:00pm

Identifying critical steps in the ribosome assembly process using cryo-EM Dr. Joaquin Ortega Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Centre for Structural Biology McGill University Thursday, April 7, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid A. Houry Virtual Seminar BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Joaquin Ortega_April 7_2022.pdf

Thursday, April 21, 2022 - 12:00pm

Randomness, Complexity, and the Biological Frontier Dr. Pankaj Mehta Department of Physics Boston University Thursday, April 21, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: Jeremy Rothschild Virtual Seminar BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: PMehta_April21.pdf

Thursday, September 29, 2022 - 12:00pm

Control of Protein Function by Phosphorylation Dr. Kalle Gehring Department of Biochemistry & Centre de Recherche en Biologie Structurale McGill University Thursday, September 29, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid A. Houry Virtual seminar BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Kalle Gehring_September 29_2022.pdf

Thursday, November 3, 2022 - 12:00pm

Physical Principles of Protein Phase Separation in Biomolecular Condensates Dr. Hue Sun Chan Department of Biochemistry University of Toronto Thursday, November 3, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: Wilson Zeng McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: HueSunChan_Nov3.pdf

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 - 1:00pm

Eco-evolutionary feedback can stabilize diverse predator-prey communities Dr. Stephen Martiss Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Tuesday, November 15, 2022 - 1:00pm Host: Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: SMartiss_Nov15.pdf

Thursday, December 15, 2022 - 12:00pm

Structure-function analysis of SPACA6: assembling the proteinaceous pieces of gamete fusion Tyler Vance Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology University of Toronto Thursday, December 15, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: James Otis Virtual Seminar BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Vance_BiophysTO_Dec15.pdf

Thursday, January 12, 2023 - 12:00pm

Structural studies define regulatory features in ATP binding cassette transporters Dr. Voula Kanelis Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto; Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto; Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga Thursday, January 12, 2023 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid A. Houry McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Voula Kanelis_January 12_2023.pdf

Thursday, January 26, 2023 - 12:00pm

Lipid Binding Drives Measles and Nipah Virus Matrix Protein Polymerization and Virion Assembly Dr. Michael J. Norris Department of Biochemistry University of Toronto Thursday, January 26, 2023 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid A. Houry McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Mike Norris_January 26_2023.pdf

Thursday, March 23, 2023 - 12:00pm

Fluid surveillance and mechanotransduction in macrophages Spencer Freeman Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto SickKids Research Institute Thursday, March 23, 2023 - 12:00pm Host: James Otis McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: BiophysTO_Freeman_March15.pdf

Thursday, April 6, 2023 - 12:00pm

Improving human stem cell derived organoid models to model human disease: cerebral organoids and beyond. Prof. Liliana Attisano Department of Biochemistry, UofT Thursday, April 6, 2023 - 12:00pm Host: Prof. Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: attisano_April 6.pdf

Monday, April 17, 2023 - 2:00pm

A temporal signaling code to specify innate immune responses Prof. Alexander Hoffmann Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UCLA Monday, April 17, 2023 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: hoffmann-poster_April17.pdf

Thursday, April 20, 2023 - 12:00pm

Harnessing the magic of bacterial toxins Roman Melnyk, Ph.D Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto Molecular Medicine, SickKids Research Institute Thursday, April 20, 2023 - 12:00pm Host: James Otis McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: Roman_Melnyk_April20.pdf

Thursday, May 4, 2023 - 12:00pm

T cell Glycosylation in Health and Disease Landon J. Edgar Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto Thursday, May 4, 2023 - 12:00pm Host: Wilson Zeng McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Edgar_Landon_May4.pdf

Thursday, May 18, 2023 - 12:00pm

Beyond the permeation-selectivity trade-off: Simultaneous optimization of discordant processes to achieve biomolecular function Michael P. Zwolak National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Thursday, May 18, 2023 - 12:00pm Host: Wilson Zeng Zoom BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Zwolak_Mike_May 18.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 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

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

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, November 16, 2023 - 12:00pm

The neural Compression, computation, and sensory-driven rewiring at a small nervous system: insights from the C. elegans neural circuit Dr. Mei Zhen Molecular Genetics and Lunenfeld-Tannenbaum Institute University of Toronto Thursday, November 16, 2023 - 12:00pm Host: Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Mei-Zhen-Nov-16-2023.pdf

Thursday, December 7, 2023 - 12:00pm

Detecting spatially-resolved cell-cell communication using deep learning Gregory Schwartz Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network Thursday, December 7, 2023 - 12:00pm Host: Sid Goyal McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Schwartz_Dec7_2023.pdf

Thursday, January 25, 2024 - 12:00pm

Manipulating immune system receptor-ligand interactions using 3D DNA nanotechnology Prof. Leo Chou Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto Thursday, January 25, 2024 - 12:00pm Host: Prof. Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Chou Jan 25_2024.pdf

Thursday, February 1, 2024 - 12:00pm

Resiliency of cortical dynamics through cellular diversity Dr. Taufik Valiante Department of Surgery, University of Toronto Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network Thursday, February 1, 2024 - 12:00pm Host: Prof. Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Valiante_Feb1.pdf

Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 12:00pm

The Intrinsically disordered protein biophysics: bioinformatics, biochemistry and structural biology Dr. Julie Forman-Kay Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto Molecular Medicine Program SickKids Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 12:00pm Host: Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Forman-Kay-Feb 8.pdf

Thursday, February 22, 2024 - 12:00pm

Chromosome acrobatics during embryonic development Dr. Ahilya Sawh Department of Biochemistry University of Toronto Thursday, February 22, 2024 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid Houry McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Ahilya Sawh_Feb 22.pdf

Thursday, March 7, 2024 - 12:00pm

Light-Responsive Probes: Guiding Clinician Decision-Making and Destroying Cancer Dr. Andrew Beharry Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences University of Toronto Mississauga Thursday, March 7, 2024 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid A. Houry McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Andrew Beharry_March 7_2024.pdf

Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 12:00pm

Engineered cellular models to explore human disease heterogeneity Dr. Alison McGuigan Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Sid Goyal McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: AMcGuigan_March21.pdf