Cell & Systems Biology Seminars

Friday, February 22, 2019 - 11:00am

Exploiting single cell variability to infer and understand regulatory mechanisms Professor Andreas Hilfinger University of Toronto, Mississauga Friday, February 22, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Professor Vince Tropepe Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, March 1, 2019 - 11:00am

Nanoscale organisation of transcription regulated by Myosin VI Dr Chris Toseland MRC Research Fellow and Group Leader, University of Kent Friday, March 1, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Professor Sergey Plotnikov Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology

Friday, March 8, 2019 - 11:00am

Non-self recognition and signaling mechanisms in plants Professor Libo Shan Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, and AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University Friday, March 8, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Professor Daphne Goring Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, March 15, 2019 - 11:00am

Genome interpretation in trees – genetic and epigenetic factors in stress responses and development Professor Katharina Braeutigam Department of Biology, University of Toronto Misssissauga Friday, March 15, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Professor Arneet Saltzman Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, March 22, 2019 - 11:00am

Control of mechanosensation in Drosophila by the microtubule acetylase dTAT Professor Stephen Rogers University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Friday, March 22, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Professor Joshua Currie Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, March 29, 2019 - 11:00am

Mechanisms of Plant Immune Receptor Function: What are Toll/interleukin receptor-1 Domains Doing in Plants? Professor Marc Nishimura Colorado State University Friday, March 29, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Professor Darrell Desveaux Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, April 5, 2019 - 11:00am

Small molecule approach to the devastation caused by a parasitic plant Striga hermonthica Professor Yuichiro Tsuchiya Nagoya University Friday, April 5, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Professor Peter McCourt Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 11:00am

Too much of a good thing: regulatory and structural brakes underlie contractile oscillations in cytokinesis Professor Amy Shaub Maddox Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Tony Harris Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Special Seminar

Tuesday, August 20, 2019 - 10:10am

Investigating the role of mucin-related genes in the dauer state of C. elegans Francine Milone CSB Tuesday, August 20, 2019 - 10:10am Host: John Calarco Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology

Friday, September 6, 2019 - 11:00am

‘Population genomics to understand pathogen evolution: when and why commensal skin bacteria (Staphylococcus epidermidis) go bad’ Samuel Sheppard The Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath Friday, September 6, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Amir Arellano Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology

Friday, September 13, 2019 - 11:00am

A trip to the evolutionary repair shop: how cells adapt to the loss of important proteins Andrew Murray Harvard University Friday, September 13, 2019 - 11:00am Host: John Calarco Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, September 20, 2019 - 11:00am

Waking up parasitic witchweed: Signaling pathways in Striga germination Shelley Lumba Department of Cell Systems and Biology, University of Toronto Friday, September 20, 2019 - 11:00am Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, September 27, 2019 - 11:00am

Exploiting bacterial toxins in characterizing extracellular interactions Mikko Taipale Donnelly Centre for Cellular + Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto Friday, September 27, 2019 - 11:00am Host: John Calarco Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, October 4, 2019 - 11:00am

Evolution of voltage-gated Ca2+ and Degenerin/ENaC ion channel function in the Metazoa: Insights from the basal invertebrate Trichoplax adhaerens Adriano Senatore Cell Systems and Biology, University of Toronto at UTM Friday, October 4, 2019 - 11:00am Supervisor: Arneet Saltzman Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, October 11, 2019 - 11:00am

"Maintenance and remodeling of cell-cell junctions in dynamic epithelia” Ann Miller Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) University of Michigan Friday, October 11, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Sergey Plotnikov Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar Poster available: option 3.pdf

Friday, October 25, 2019 - 11:00am

Mechanisms of Development and Regeneration in Hydra Celina Juliano UC Davis Friday, October 25, 2019 - 11:00am Host: John Calarco Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, November 8, 2019 - 11:00am

"Reinventing the wheel or making it rounder? On the evolution of multiple pathways to lignin in land plants.” Juergen Ehlting Department of Biology & Centre for Forest Biology, University of Victoria Friday, November 8, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Dinesh Christendat Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology

Friday, November 22, 2019 - 11:00am

Swarming motility as a model microbial cooperative behaviour and importance of surfactants as socially beneficial exoproducts of bacteria Eric Deziel Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie Friday, November 22, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Keiko Yoshioka Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, November 29, 2019 - 11:00am

Motivational gating of sleep and wakefulness Ada Eban-Rothschild Department of Psychology, University of Michigan Friday, November 29, 2019 - 11:00am Supervisor: John Peever Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology

Friday, December 6, 2019 - 11:00am

Trans-species microRNAs from the parasitic plant Cuscuta target host mRNAs Michael Axtell The Pennsylvania State University Friday, December 6, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Shelley Lumba Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, January 17, 2020 - 11:00am

Epigenetic reprogramming in plants: small RNA goes a long way Jean-Sebastién Parent Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC/AAC) Friday, January 17, 2020 - 11:00am Host: Daphne Goring: daphne.goring@utoronto.ca Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, January 24, 2020 - 11:00am

ARF transcription factor phase transition to promote nuclear export and control of hormone response Lucia Strader Washington University Friday, January 24, 2020 - 11:00am Host: Shelley Lumba: shelley.lumba@utoronto.ca Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Thursday, January 30, 2020 - 1:00pm

Seeding is Believing - Insights on pathological alpha-synuclein spread and toxicity from in vivo models Kelvin Luk University of Pennsylvania, Dept Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Thursday, January 30, 2020 - 1:00pm Host: John Peever Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Special Seminar

Friday, January 31, 2020 - 11:00am

Maintenance of Gene Expression States LeAnn Howe Faculty of The University of British Columbia Medicine | Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Friday, January 31, 2020 - 11:00am Host: Jennifer Mitchell: ja.mitchell@utoronto.ca Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, February 7, 2020 - 11:00am

Membrane remodeling for protein degradation in plants Marisa Otegui Departments of Botany and Genetics Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology U of Wisconsin-Madison Friday, February 7, 2020 - 11:00am Host: Heather McFarlane: h.mcfarlane@utoronto.ca Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, February 14, 2020 - 11:00am

“The identification of candidate effectors from the genome of Striga hermonthica” and “Role of sublaterodorsal tegmental nucleus GABA neurons in sleep-wake control” James Bradley and HanHee Lee University of Toronto Friday, February 14, 2020 - 11:00am Host: Shelley Lumba and John Peever Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, February 21, 2020 - 11:00am

Peer review and publishing at Nature Research Kevin DaSilva Nature Neuroscience Friday, February 21, 2020 - 11:00am Host: John Peever Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, February 28, 2020 - 11:00am

Basal Forebrain-Hypothalamic Networks Supporting Wakefulness Elda Arrigoni Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Friday, February 28, 2020 - 11:00am Host: John Peever Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, March 6, 2020 - 11:00am

Shaping of Nuclear Structure During Mitosis Impacts Stem Cell Survival Pamela Geyer Professor, University of Iowa, Department of Biochemistry Friday, March 6, 2020 - 11:00am Host: Dorothea Godt Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, March 13, 2020 - 11:00am

Thinning and spreading: How the zebrafish embryo gets into shape Ashley Bruce University of Toronto, Cell and Systems Biology Friday, March 13, 2020 - 11:00am Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, October 2, 2020 - 11:00am

Cytoskeletal cross-talk with integrin adhesion complexes in cell morphogenesis Alexander Bershadsky Professor, Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore Friday, October 2, 2020 - 11:00am Host: Tony Harris https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/94049486250 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Thursday, October 15, 2020 - 11:00am

Biophysical mechanisms controlling tissue flows during development Karen Kasza, Assistant Professor Columbia University Thursday, October 15, 2020 - 11:00am Host: Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/94049486250 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, October 23, 2020 - 11:00am

Building a SynBio toolbox to monitor and control plant hormone activity Anna Stepanova, Assistant Professor North Carolina State University Friday, October 23, 2020 - 11:00am Host: Shelley Lumba Virtual Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, November 6, 2020 - 11:00am

Single-cell Studies of Phage Decision Making and Infection Dynamics Lanying Zeng Associate Professor, Texas A&M University Friday, November 6, 2020 - 11:00am Host: Fernando Valencia (grad student host) https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/94049486250 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, November 13, 2020 - 11:00am

Mechanism and functionality of (body)temperature-controlled kinase activity in plants, reptiles and humans Florian Heyd Department of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin Friday, November 13, 2020 - 11:00am Host: John Calarco Virtual Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, November 27, 2020 - 11:00am

Early development and impacts on health and disease risk Deborah Sloboda McMaster University Friday, November 27, 2020 - 11:00am Supervisor: Jennifer Mitchell Virtual Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, December 4, 2020 - 11:00am

Environmental epi/genetics in mammalian development and cancer Miguel Ramalho-Santos Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute Friday, December 4, 2020 - 11:00am Host: John Calarco Virtual Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, January 22, 2021 - 11:00am

Improving functional axon regeneration in the injured nervous system Alexandra Byrne, Assistant Professor Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, MA, USA Friday, January 22, 2021 - 11:00am Host: John Calarco Virtual Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, January 29, 2021 - 12:00pm

The evolutionary potential of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain Jesse Bloom Associate Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Friday, January 29, 2021 - 12:00pm Host: Student: Steven Chen Virtual Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Jan29_Seminar_Jesse_Bloom.pdf

Friday, February 12, 2021 - 11:00am

Emergent cellular ecosystems in melanoma revealed by single cell analysis Arjun Raj, Full Professor University of Pennsylvania Department of Bioengineering Department of Genetics Friday, February 12, 2021 - 11:00am Host: Student: Steven Chen Virtual Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, February 26, 2021 - 11:00am

Signals, forces, and cells: Decoding tissue morphogenesis Jennifer Zallen Professor HHMI/Sloan Kettering Institute Friday, February 26, 2021 - 11:00am Host: Professor Tony Harris Virtual Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, March 12, 2021 - 11:00am

The last step is the hardest: Lignin and suberin formation in the cell wall Niko Geldner Full Professor, University of Lausanne Friday, March 12, 2021 - 11:00am Host: Student invited speaker (Natalie Hoffmann and Eduardo Ramirez Rodriguez) Virtual Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, March 19, 2021 - 11:00am

Force-dependent activation of actin elongation factor mDia1 protects the cytoskeleton from mechanical damage and facilitates stress fiber repair Sergey V. Plotnikov and Fernando Valencia Department of Cells and Systems Biology, University of Toronto Friday, March 19, 2021 - 11:00am Host: Sergey V. Plotnikov https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/94049486250 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, March 26, 2021 - 11:00am

Insights into human disease mechanisms using Drosophila: Cdk8 regulates a Parkinson’s Disease Model Esther Verheyen Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Co-Director, Centre for Cell Biology, Development and Disease Simon Fraser University Friday, March 26, 2021 - 11:00am Host: Urich Tepass (u.tepass@utoronto.ca) Virtual Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, April 9, 2021 - 11:00am

Exerting and sensing forces during integrin-mediated phagocytosis Valentin Jaumouillé Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University Friday, April 9, 2021 - 11:00am Host: Sergey Plotnikov (sergey.plotnikov@utoronto.ca) Virtual Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, April 16, 2021 - 11:00am

Pollen and its coat – ‘smart’ dressing for the mating game James Doughty Dept of Biology and Biochemistry University of Bath, UK Friday, April 16, 2021 - 11:00am Host: Daphne Goring (d.goring@utoronto.ca) Virtual Dept of Cell and Systems Biology

Friday, April 23, 2021 - 11:00am

How to make microtubules and build the cytoskeleton Sabine Petry Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology Princeton University Friday, April 23, 2021 - 11:00am Host: Student invited speaker (Ernest Iu and Steven Chen) Virtual Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, April 30, 2021 - 11:00am

Thinking of cells as composites of materials: a way to understand shaping of the early Drosophila embryo by cytoskeletal networks Tony Harris and Medha Sharma Cell and Systems Biology University of Toronto Friday, April 30, 2021 - 11:00am Host: Tony Harris (tony.harris@utoronto.ca) Virtual Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, June 4, 2021 - 11:00am

Using a push-pull system of repressors to match glucose transporters to extracellular glucose Ph.D. Peter Swain University of Edinburgh Friday, June 4, 2021 - 11:00am Host: Professor Alan Moses Virtual Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Special Seminar

Friday, September 17, 2021 - 11:00am

miRNA and RNA Alternative Polyadenylation Professor Marco Mangone School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University Friday, September 17, 2021 - 11:00am Host: Professor John Calarco Virtual Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar Poster available: September 17, 2021 TV Poster.pdf