Archived Cell Biology Seminars

Friday, February 20, 2015 - 1:30pm

Lowering the bar for an HIV vaccine. Dr. Jean-Philippe Julien Molecular Structure and Function Program, The Hospital For Sick Children Friday, February 20, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Julien.pdf

Friday, March 20, 2015 - 1:30pm

Harnessing microtubules to control cell migration and tissue regeneration/repair. Dr. David Sharp Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Friday, March 20, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Sharp.pdf

Friday, March 27, 2015 - 1:30pm

It's not you, it's me: neuronal self/non-self recognition in neural circuit assembly. Dr. Julie Lefebvre Neurosciences & Mental Health Program, The Hospital For Sick Children Friday, March 27, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Lefebvre.pdf

Friday, April 10, 2015 - 1:30pm

Genetic analysis of endosomal protein trafficking. Dr. Esteban Dell’Angelica Department of Human Genetics David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles Friday, April 10, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Dell-Angelica.pdf

Friday, April 17, 2015 - 1:30pm

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa: the challenges and the response. Dr. Eleanor Fish Department of Immunology, University of Toronto Friday, April 17, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 3a, 3rd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Fish.pdf

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - 12:00pm

Gut microbiota-bone axis: impact of vitamin D. Dr. Elena M. Comelli Departments of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - 12:00pm Room 1527, Roy C Hill Wing Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Special Seminar Poster available: Comelli.pdf

Friday, May 15, 2015 - 1:30pm

Collective cell migration: junctional and cytoskeletal dynamics at the interface. Dr. Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto Friday, May 15, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Fernandez-Gonzalez.pdf

Friday, May 22, 2015 - 1:30pm

Cytoskeletal reorganization during cytokinesis. Dr. Gilles Hickson Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Université de Montréal Friday, May 22, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Hickson.pdf

Friday, May 29, 2015 - 1:30pm

Targeting ion channels in brain cancer. Dr. Xi Huang Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program, The Hospital For Sick Children Friday, May 29, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Huang.pdf

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 2:00pm

Hypoxia-inducible factor-2a(HIF-2a) is a driver of mammalian pexophagy. Dr. Werner Kovacs Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Institute of Molecular Health Sciences Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 2:00pm PGCRL, Multi-Media Room, 3rd Floor Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Poster available: Kovacs.pdf

Friday, June 26, 2015 - 1:30am

Electron tomography workflows in the study of platelets and dendritic cells. Dr. Harry Heijnen Department of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology and Cell Microscopy Center, University Medical Center Utrecht Friday, June 26, 2015 - 1:30am PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Heijnen.pdf

Monday, July 13, 2015 - 3:00pm

Optical Microscopy Methods, Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM) and Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FSC) or Measuring Protein Mobility and Protein-Protein Interactions. Dr. Manoel Veiga PicoQuant Innovations, Berlin, Germany Monday, July 13, 2015 - 3:00pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Veiga.pdf

Friday, August 21, 2015 - 1:30pm

Surviving Apoptosis: Cell-to-Cell Variability and Life-Death-Inflammatory Signaling in Response to the Death Ligand TRAIL Dr. Deborah A. Flusberg Merck Research Laboratories, Boston, MA Friday, August 21, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Flusberg.pdf

Friday, September 11, 2015 - 1:30pm

Probing the structural basis of regulation of phosphoinositide signalling in disease. Dr. John Burke Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria Friday, September 11, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Special Seminar Poster available: Burke.pdf

Friday, October 9, 2015 - 1:30pm

Breaking the ubiquitin code: using mass spectrometry to explore the human ubiquitin system. Dr. Brian Raught Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Friday, October 9, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Raught.pdf

Friday, October 16, 2015 - 1:30pm

Sending and receiving Hedgehog signals. Dr. Adrian Salic Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School Friday, October 16, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 3a, 3rd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Salic.pdf

Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 2:00pm

Autophagy: it's molecular machinery and roles in suppression of diseases Dr. Tamotsu Yoshimori Department of Genetics, Osaka University Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 2:00pm PGCRL, Multi-Media Room, 3rd Floor Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Yoshimori.pdf

Friday, November 6, 2015 - 1:30pm

Very Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease (VEOIBD): Insight into the pathogenesis of disease. Dr. Aleixo Muise Program in Cell Biology, The Hospital For Sick Children Friday, November 6, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 3a, 3rd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Muise.pdf

Friday, November 20, 2015 - 1:30pm

Functional Genomics in Primary Human Cells. Dr. Robert Screaton Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto Friday, November 20, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Screaton.pdf

Friday, December 4, 2015 - 1:30pm

Around or through? Endothelial permeability as a therapeutic target. Dr. Warren Lee Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto Friday, December 4, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Lee.pdf

Friday, December 11, 2015 - 1:30pm

Epigenetic regulation of cell identity in glioblastoma. Dr. Sunit Das Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto Friday, December 11, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Das.pdf

Friday, December 18, 2015 - 1:30pm

Novel insights into the regulation of the undruggable Ras GTPase. Dr. Michael Ohh Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto Friday, December 18, 2015 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Ohh.pdf

Friday, January 8, 2016 - 1:30pm

Apolipoprotein B: A Clinically Important Protein with a Complex Cell Biology Involving ERAD, Autophagy and Lipophagy. Dr. Khosrow Adeli Clinical Biochemistry Division, The Hospital For Sick Children Friday, January 8, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Adeli.pdf

Friday, January 15, 2016 - 1:30pm

The Endothelium in Hormone Access and Insulin Action. Dr. Cathryn Kolka Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Institute Friday, January 15, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Kolka.pdf

Friday, January 22, 2016 - 1:30pm

Self-renewal and differentiation in brain tumor stem cells. Dr. Peter B. Dirks Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program, The Hospital For Sick Children Friday, January 22, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Dirks.pdf

Friday, January 29, 2016 - 1:30pm

Organization and Evolution of Membrane Trafficking: a Ciliate Perspective. Dr. Aaron Turkewitz Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, University of Chicago Friday, January 29, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Turkewitz.pdf

Friday, February 5, 2016 - 1:30pm

“The Genetics and Epigenetics of Pediatric Midline Glioma” Dr. Cynthia Hawkins Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Friday, February 5, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Hawkins..pdf

Friday, February 12, 2016 - 1:30pm

"Protective Effects of Exercise Against Metabolic and Inflammatory Challenges” Dr. David Wright Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph Friday, February 12, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Wright.pdf

Friday, February 19, 2016 - 1:30pm

“The Where and What for of Inositol Lipid Metabolism" Dr. Gerald Hammond Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Friday, February 19, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Hammond.pdf

Friday, March 11, 2016 - 1:30pm

Harnessing bacterial ingenuity of making progenitor/stem cells in tissue niches. Dr. Anura Rambukkana MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, The University of Edinburgh Friday, March 11, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Rambukkana.pdf

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 10:00am

“Eating a good apoptotic meal: relevance to health and disease” Dr. Kodi S. Ravichandran Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 10:00am PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Ravichandran.pdf

Friday, April 1, 2016 - 1:30pm

“The secret (cytoplasmic) life of chromatin remodelers” Dr. Cheryl Lyn Walker Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center Friday, April 1, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Walker.pdf

Friday, April 15, 2016 - 1:30pm

“There’s more to it than just getting in: Control of receptor signaling by clathrin at the plasma membrane”. Dr. Costin N. Antonescu Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University Friday, April 15, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 2a, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Antonescu.pdf

Friday, April 22, 2016 - 1:30pm

“Microbes fighting back: suppression of host defense systems through novel post-translational modifications”. Dr. Neal Alto Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Friday, April 22, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Alto.pdf

Friday, April 29, 2016 - 1:30pm

“Classical and novel molecular targets of the PTPase Shp-1 underly its metabolic functions”. Dr. André Marette Department of Medicine, Université Laval Friday, April 29, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Marette R.pdf

Friday, May 6, 2016 - 1:30pm

“Tracking organelle- and signaling complex maturation with quantitative super-resolution microscopy” Dr. Elias M. Puchner Physics and Nanotechnology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Friday, May 6, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Puchner.pdf

Friday, May 13, 2016 - 1:30pm

"Targeting signaling, metabolism, and epigenetic regulators to promote cancer cell differentiation” Dr. Kimberly Stegmaier Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard University Friday, May 13, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Stegmaier.pdf

Thursday, May 19, 2016 - 3:00pm

“Acting locally to grow globally – localized mechanisms in cell size and neuron growth regulation” Dr. Mike Fainzilber Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science Thursday, May 19, 2016 - 3:00pm PGCRL, Multi Media Room, 3rd floor Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Fainzilber.pdf

Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 2:00pm

“Protein modification (PTM) profiling: From global patterns to mechanistic insight of ubiquitin regulation” Dr. Yifat Merbl Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 2:00pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Merbl.pdf

Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 1:00pm

Aerobic Glycolysis: food for thought or Achilles heel for Alzheimer's disease Dr. Robert Cumming Department of Biology, Western University, London, Ontario Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 1:00pm PG CRL Rm 3a, 3rd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Special Seminar Poster available: Robert Cumming, Western Univ, Special CB Seminar, Tues Aug 16, 2016[2].pdf

Friday, September 9, 2016 - 1:30pm

“MYCN and ALK: a danse macabre in neuroblastoma” Dr. Rani George Department of Pediatric Hematology & Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Friday, September 9, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 2a, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: George.pdf

Friday, September 16, 2016 - 1:30pm

Patenting my research: Why do so and what is required? Melanie Szweras, B.SC, Ph.D (Genetics) LL.B. Partner at Bereskin & Parr Intellectual Property Law Friday, September 16, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: CB_BTRC Seminar.pdf

Monday, September 19, 2016 - 9:00am

Hyperplasia and hypertrophy as alternative strategies for postnatal growth of liver and pancreas. Dr. Yuval Dor Department of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, The Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada (IMRIC), The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School Jerusalem, Israel Monday, September 19, 2016 - 9:00am PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Special Seminar Poster available: Yuval Dor, Special CB Journal Club, Sept 19, 2016.pdf

Friday, September 23, 2016 - 1:30pm

Platelets lipids – they’re not just there for hemostasis Dr. Charles S. Abrams Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Friday, September 23, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Abrams.pdf

Friday, September 30, 2016 - 1:30pm

On Boveri’s inscrutable puzzle: cell size control from yeast to humans. Dr. Michael Tyers Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal Friday, September 30, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Tyers.pdf

Friday, November 11, 2016 - 1:30pm

Channels and pores, new insights into transepithelial calcium transport. Dr. Robert Todd Alexander Departments of Pediatrics/Nephrology and Physiology, University of Alberta Friday, November 11, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Alexander.pdf

Friday, November 18, 2016 - 1:30pm

Writing and reading the tubulin code. Dr. Antonina Roll-Mecak Cell Biology and Biophysics, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH Friday, November 18, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Roll-Mecak.pdf

Friday, November 25, 2016 - 1:30pm

Uncovering pathogenic mechanisms in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Dr. Janice Robertson Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto Friday, November 25, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Robertson.pdf

Friday, December 2, 2016 - 1:30pm

Metabolic control of macrophage activation Dr. Tiffany Horng Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Friday, December 2, 2016 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Horng.pdf

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - 4:00pm

Weak base accumulation and alkalinization in acidic compartments can induce acrosome reaction in mouse and human spermatozoa. Dr. Alberto Darszon Dept. of Developmental Genetics and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Biotechnology, National Autonomous University of Mexico. Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - 4:00pm PG CRL Rm 3a, 3rd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar