Cell & Systems Biology Seminars

Friday, March 13, 2015 - 2:00pm

"Dynamics and Function of Actomyosin Cytoskeleton and Trafficking of Junctional Regulators during Epithelial to Mesenchyme Transitions" Dr. Sergio Simoes Dept of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto Friday, March 13, 2015 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Ulrich Tepass Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, March 20, 2015 - 2:00pm

"Biomechanical Regulation of Morphogenesis and Tissue Maintenance by Cell-Matrix Adhesion" Prof. Guy Tanentzapt Dept of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia Friday, March 20, 2015 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Ulrich Tepass Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, March 27, 2015 - 2:00pm

Multilevel Dynamics in Zebrafish Gastrulation Dr. Nadine Peyrieras Director USR BioEmergences, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France Friday, March 27, 2015 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Ashley Bruce Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, April 17, 2015 - 2:00pm

"Coordinating Mitosis and Morphogenesis in Epithelial Cell Sheets" Dr. Matthew Gibson Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri Friday, April 17, 2015 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez (IBBME) Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Research Group Seminar

Friday, April 24, 2015 - 2:00pm

"Spatiotemporal Input Feature Detection by Developing CA1 Pyramidal Neuronal Dendrites" Prof. Jean-Claude Béïque Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery and Centre for Neural Dynamics, Dept of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa Friday, April 24, 2015 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Melanie Woodin Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, May 8, 2015 - 2:00pm

A Talk to Celebrate the Election of Prof. Tepass as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Prof. Ulrich Tepass Dept of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto Friday, May 8, 2015 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Tony Harris Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, May 22, 2015 - 2:00pm

"All Together Now: Receptor Kinase Function in Plant Stem Cell Regulation" Prof. Zachary Nimchuk Dept of Biological Sciences and Faculty of Health Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Friday, May 22, 2015 - 2:00pm Host: Profs. Nick Provart & Darrell Desveaux Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, October 2, 2015 - 2:00pm

“Neuroanatomical Investigations of Basal Forebrain GABAergic and Glutamatergic Neurons” Dr. James McKenna Dept of Psychiatry/Division of Sleep Medicine & Research Services, Harvard Medical School & VA Boston Healthcare System Friday, October 2, 2015 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. John Peever Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 3:00pm

“Sleep to Remodel the Brain: Role for the Central Noradrenergic System and Its Absence” Professor Gina Poe Anesthesiology/Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 3:00pm Host: Prof. John Peever Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Special Seminar

Friday, October 9, 2015 - 2:00pm

“Maternal Regulators of Oocyte Polarity and Germ Cell Development” Professor Florence Marlow Developmental and Molecular Biology/Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Friday, October 9, 2015 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Ashley Bruce Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 - 1:00pm

Chloroplast Evolution – the Requirement and Adaptation of Protein Transport Professor Kentrao Inoue Department of Plant Sciences, University of California at Davis Wednesday, October 14, 2015 - 1:00pm Host: Prof. Keiko Yoshioka <keiko.yoshioka@utoronto.ca> Earth Sciences Centre, Room 3087 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Special Seminar

Friday, October 16, 2015 - 2:00pm

“Polyploidy and Aneuploidy in Organ Development” Professor Donald Fox Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University School of Medicine Friday, October 16, 2015 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Tony Harris Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Polyploidy and Aneuploidy in Organ Development Professor Donald Fox Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University School of Medicine Friday, October 16, 2015 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Tony Harris <tony.harris@utoronto.ca> Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, October 23, 2015 - 2:00pm

Design Principles and Self-Assembling Properties of the Extracellular Interactome in Arabidopsis Dr. Youssef Belkhadir Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Vienna, Austria Friday, October 23, 2015 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Darrell Desveaux <darrell.desveaux@utoronto.ca> Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, November 6, 2015 - 2:00pm

A Numbers Game: Rapid Cellular Evolution Driven by Karyotype Instability and Stoichiometry Imbalance Dr. Rong Li Director, Center for Cell Dynamics, Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University Friday, November 6, 2015 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez, IBBME <rodrigo.fernandez.gonzalez@utoronto.ca> Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, November 13, 2015 - 2:00pm

Autocrine Peptides, Self-organization and Zombie Cells: Molecular Switches in Phloem Formation Prof. Christian Hardtke Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne Friday, November 13, 2015 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Thomas Bertleth <thomas.berleth@utoronto.ca> Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, November 27, 2015 - 2:00pm

Bacterial Mechanisms to Overcome Nutritional Immunity Prof. Trevor Moraes Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto Friday, November 27, 2015 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Dinesh Christendat <dinesh.christendat@utoronto.ca> Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, December 4, 2015 - 2:00pm

Molecular Mechanisms Orchestrating Epithelial Cell Polarity Prof. Patrick Laprise Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry and Pathology/Oncology, Université Laval Friday, December 4, 2015 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Dorothea Godt <d.godt@utoronto.ca> Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, December 11, 2015 - 2:00pm

"Plant Host Manipulation by Powdery Mildews: Insights into Obligate Biotrophy & Host Processes" Prof. Mary Wildermuth Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley Friday, December 11, 2015 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Keiko Yoshioka <keiko.yoshioka@utoronto.ca> Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, January 15, 2016 - 2:00pm

Visualizing the Host-hijacking Toolkit of Pathogenic Bacteria Prof. Alexei Savchenko Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto Friday, January 15, 2016 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Peter McCourt <peter.mccourt@utoronto.ca> Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, January 22, 2016 - 2:00pm

The Queen is Dead: Understanding Stem Cell Hierarchies using Freshwater Planarians Prof. Bret Pearson Dept of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto Friday, January 22, 2016 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Dorothea Godt <d.godt@utoronto.ca> Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, January 29, 2016 - 2:00pm

Going in Circles gets you Somewhere – Mechanisms Controlling Egg Chamber Elongation in Drosophila Prof. Sally Horne-Badovinac Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago Friday, January 29, 2016 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Maurice Ringuette <maurice.ringuette@utoronto.ca> Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, February 12, 2016 - 2:00pm

“Neural Circuits that Mediate Visually Driven Behaviours in Larval Zebrafish” Prof. Tod R. Thiele Dept of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough Friday, February 12, 2016 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Vince Tropepe Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, February 26, 2016 - 2:00pm

Kaleidoscopic Evolution of C2H2 Zinc Finger Proteins Prof. Tim Hughes Dept of Medical Genetics & Microbiology, University of Toronto Friday, February 26, 2016 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Maurice Ringuette <maurice.ringuette@utoronto.ca> Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, March 4, 2016 - 2:00pm

Integrative Analysis Reveals the Gene Regulatory Network of Rice Leaves in Response to Environmental Stress Prof. Olivia Wilkins Center for Genomics & Systems Biology, New York University Friday, March 4, 2016 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Nick Provart <nicholas.provart@utoronto.ca> Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 11:00am

Genetics from scratch: designing and building synthetic eukaryotic chromosomes Dr. Leslie Mitchell New York University Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 11:00am Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Poster available: Dr. Leslie Mitchell Seminar Poster.pdf

Friday, March 11, 2016 - 2:00pm

Ca2+ Signaling in Plants: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Cell Immune Response to Pathogens, Hormone Control of Plant Growth, and Stem Cell Signaling Prof. Gerald Berkowitz Dept of Plant Science & Landscape Agriculture, University of Connecticut Friday, March 11, 2016 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Keiko Yoshioka Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Monday, March 14, 2016 - 11:00am

Efficient Mapping of Genome-Wide Regulatory Elements for Biological Insights Dr. Shao-shan Carol Huang Salk Institute for Biological Studies Monday, March 14, 2016 - 11:00am Host: Prof. Nicholas Provart <nicholas.provart@utoronto.ca> Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Search Candidate

Friday, March 18, 2016 - 2:00pm

Supramolecular Assembly of the Centrosome Prof. Vito Mennella Dept of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, and Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Friday, March 18, 2016 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Maurice Ringuette <maurice.ringuette@utoronto.ca> Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 - 2:00pm

Wound-induced Rapid Systemic Calcium Signaling in Arabidopsis Dr. Msatsugu Toyota JST PRESTO Researcher, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison Wednesday, April 6, 2016 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Keiko Yoshioka Earth Sciences Centre, Room 3087 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Special Seminar

Friday, April 8, 2016 - 2:00pm

Molecular Mechanisms that Regulate Central Synapses in Drosophila Dr. Timothy Mosca Stanford University, Dept of Biology, Laboratory of Prof. Liqun Luo Friday, April 8, 2016 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. David Lovejoy <david.lovejoy@utoronto.ca> Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, April 15, 2016 - 2:00pm

Genome Stability: From Molecular DNA Ambulances to Destructive RNA-DNA Marriages Dr. Karim Mekhail Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (LMP), University of Toronto Friday, April 15, 2016 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Jennifer Mitchell Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, April 22, 2016 - 2:00pm

Revealing the Secrets of T Cell Immunological Synapse Formation and Function using Super Resolution Imaging Dr. John Hammer Molecular Cell Biology Section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Friday, April 22, 2016 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Sergey Plotnikov <sergey.plotnikov@utoronto.ca> Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, April 29, 2016 - 2:00pm

Mechanisms Regulating Plant Immune Homeostasis Prof. Jacqueline Monaghan Biology Department, Queen’s University, Kingston Friday, April 29, 2016 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Nicholas Provart Earth Sciences Centre, B142 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, April 29, 2016 - 3:30pm

New Frontiers of Science in Society, New Paradigms and New Generation of Scientists Dr. Mehrdad Hariri CEO & President of the Canadian Science Policy Centre Friday, April 29, 2016 - 3:30pm Host: Cell and Systems Biology Graduate Union (CSBGU) Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology

Friday, September 9, 2016 - 2:00pm

“Evolutionary Genomic Dissection of Pathogen Immune Recognition” Prof. David Guttman Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto Friday, September 9, 2016 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Maurice Ringuette Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, September 16, 2016 - 2:00pm

“Molecular Mechanisms of Polarization and Cell Guidance for Collective Migration” Prof. Tobias Meyer Chemical & Systems Biology, Stanford University Friday, September 16, 2016 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Sergey Plotnikov <sergey.plotnikov@utoronto.ca> Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, October 14, 2016 - 2:00pm

Network Oscillations Coordinate Neuronal Ensembles during Sleep-dependent Memory Consolidation Prof. Sara J. Aton Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Friday, October 14, 2016 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Alan Moses <alan.moses@utoronto.ca> Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology

Friday, November 4, 2016 - 2:00pm

Nuclear Pore Complex: Simple Biophysics of a Complex Biomachine Prof. Anton Zilman Department of Physics, University of Toronto Friday, November 4, 2016 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. Tony Harris <tony.harris@utoronto.ca> Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, November 11, 2016 - 2:00pm

Origins of Pandemic Cholera from Environmental Gene Pools (and its Fate within Patients) Prof. Jesse Shapiro Canada Research Chair in Microbial Evolutionary Genomics, Dept of Biological Sciences, Université de Montréal Friday, November 11, 2016 - 2:00pm Host: Prof. David Guttman <david.guttman@utoronto.ca> Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Monday, June 19, 2017 - 1:00pm

Unlocking our inner salamander: The path from scarring to perfect regeneration Joshua Currie, Ph.D. Center for Regenerative Therapies, Dresden, Germany Monday, June 19, 2017 - 1:00pm Host: Prof. Vince Tropepe Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Special Seminar Poster available: CSB Seminar-Special Seminar - Joshua Currie, Ph.D.pdf

Friday, September 8, 2017 - 2:00pm

Targeting the undruggable: high-throughout inhibition of protein-protein interactions Professor Philip M. Kim Departments of Molecular Genetics and Computer Science, U of T Friday, September 8, 2017 - 2:00pm Host: Profs: Maurice Ringuette, John Peever, Shelley Lumba Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, September 15, 2017 - 2:00pm

Sleep functions in synapse remodeling during development and learning Professor Guang Yang New York University School of Medicine Friday, September 15, 2017 - 2:00pm Host: Professor John Peever (john.peever@utoronto.ca) Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, September 22, 2017 - 2:00pm

Organelle homeostasis in the plant secretory pathway Professor Federica Brandizzi Michigan State University Friday, September 22, 2017 - 2:00pm Host: Professor Federica Brandizzi Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology

Friday, September 29, 2017 - 2:00pm

Histone methylation ‘readers’ ensure robust development and germline immortality in C. elegans Professor Arneet Saltzman Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto Friday, September 29, 2017 - 2:00pm Host: Professor Vince Tropepe Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, October 6, 2017 - 2:00pm

Membrane curvature sensing-mediated ultrafast traveling wave of cortical proteins Doctor Jian Liu National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Friday, October 6, 2017 - 2:00pm Host: Professor Sergey Plotnikov Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, October 13, 2017 - 2:00pm

Molecular adaptation to low oxygen: novel insights from the zebrafish embryo Professor Rachel Brewster Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Friday, October 13, 2017 - 2:00pm Host: Professor Ashley Bruce Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 3:00pm

The Cellular Basis of Axial Elongation in Mammalian Embryos Professor Alfonso Martinez Arias University of Cambridge Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 3:00pm Host: Professor Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzales MSB 2172 Developmental Biology and Cell & Systems Biology Special Seminar Poster available: CSDB Disting Lect Poster draft_v4.pdf

Friday, October 20, 2017 - 2:00pm

Building Cell-Type and Tissue Specific Centrosomes Doctor Nasser M. Rusan National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Friday, October 20, 2017 - 2:00pm Host: Professor Tony Harris Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, October 27, 2017 - 2:00pm

FERONIA receptor kinase: its dual role in ensuring fertilization and preventing polyspermy in plant reproduction Professor Alice Cheung UMassAmherst Friday, October 27, 2017 - 2:00pm Host: Professor Daphne Goring Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar