Cell & Systems Biology Seminars

Friday, March 8, 2024 - 11:00am

Something's wrong in the cellular neighborhood: the biophysics of how cells respond to laser-induced wounds Shane Hutson, PhD A.B. Learned Professor of Living State Physics, Vanderbilt University Friday, March 8, 2024 - 11:00am Host: Tony Harris Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, March 15, 2024 - 11:00am

Investigating plant responses to bacterial infection with spatial and cellular resolution Gitta Coaker, PhD University of California, Davis Friday, March 15, 2024 - 11:00am Host: Tamar Av-Shalom (Student Invitation) Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, March 22, 2024 - 11:00am

Dynamic cell surface nanoscale organization controls receptor signaling in breast cancer cells Costin Antonescu, PhD Toronto Metropolitan University, Department of Chemistry and Biology Friday, March 22, 2024 - 11:00am Host: Professor Sergey Plotnikov Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, April 5, 2024 - 11:00am

Nuclear CCT chaperonin regulates meiotic chromosome morphogenesis through assembly of meiotic HORMAD proteins Monique Zetka, PhD Department of Biology, McGill University Friday, April 5, 2024 - 11:00am Host: Professor Arneet Saltzman Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, April 12, 2024 - 11:00am

Maintenance and Remodeling of Epithelial Cell-Cell Junctions in Response to Cell Shape Changes Ann Miller, PhD University of Michigan, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB) Friday, April 12, 2024 - 11:00am Host: Professor Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, April 19, 2024 - 11:00am

Multi-scale control of structural functionality in plants Anja Geitmann, PhD Department of Plant Science, McGill University Friday, April 19, 2024 - 11:00am Host: Professor Heather McFarlane Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, April 26, 2024 - 11:00am

Understanding the remote control of gene transcription: lessons from the pluripotency gene Sox2 Thomas Sexton, PhD Department of Functional Genomics and Cancer, IGBMC Friday, April 26, 2024 - 11:00am Host: Professor Jennifer Mitchell Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, September 20, 2024 - 11:00am

The neuromuscular junction and its glial cells as therapeutic target in ALS Richard Robitaille, PhD Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal Friday, September 20, 2024 - 11:00am Host: Mackenzie Lorager Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, September 27, 2024 - 11:00am

Enhancers are genes JOH N MATTICK, PHD RNA Biology, University of New South Wales Friday, September 27, 2024 - 11:00am Host: John Calarco Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar Poster available: Sept 27, 2024 Poster.pdf

Friday, October 4, 2024 - 11:00am

Ammonium Chemotaxis in Chlamydomonas: Mechanistic Insights into Ciliary Beat Pattern Modulation and Evolutionary Implications Naohiro Kato, PhD Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University Friday, October 4, 2024 - 11:00am Host: Professor Keiko Yoshioka Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, October 11, 2024 - 1:30pm

Spatial organization of organelles and lipid metabolism Dr. Mike Henne University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Friday, October 11, 2024 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Amra Saric PGCRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Dr. Henne - Oct 11_SK.pdf

Friday, October 18, 2024 - 11:00am

Untangling biological complexity to reveal drivers of root microbiome assembly Sarah Lebeis, PhD Michigan State University Friday, October 18, 2024 - 11:00am Host: Mackenzie Lorager (Yoshioka lab) Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, October 25, 2024 - 11:00am

Harnessing fundamental cell biology in Drosophila for improved treatments of cancer and neurodegenerative disease Denise Montell, PhD University of California, Santa Barbara Friday, October 25, 2024 - 11:00am Host: Ernest Iu (Plotnikov Lab) Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, November 1, 2024 - 11:00am

Neuronal mechanisms underlying flexible locomotor behaviour development Minoru Koyama, PhD Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto Friday, November 1, 2024 - 11:00am Host: Professor Maxwell Shafer Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, November 8, 2024 - 11:00am

Processing extracellular information: MLO signaling in plant reproduction and development Sharon Kessler, PhD Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University Friday, November 8, 2024 - 11:00am Host: Professor Daphne Goring Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Nov 8, 2024 Poster.pdf

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 - 10:00am

Cell state transitions during mammalian epithelial morphogenesis Jennifer Zallen, PhD Developmental Biology Group, Sloan Kettering Institute Wednesday, November 13, 2024 - 10:00am Host: Una McNally - Joint Cell and Systems Biology and Collaborative Specialization in Developmental Biology Invitee Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Zallen CSDB poster Nov 13 2024.pdf

Friday, November 22, 2024 - 11:00am

Of sleep and stars: defining a role for astrocytes in sleep expression and homeostasis Ashley Ingiosi, PhD Department of Neuroscience, Ohio State university Friday, November 22, 2024 - 11:00am Host: Jimmy Fraigne and John Peever Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, November 29, 2024 - 11:00am

Of nutrients and toxicants: Plant root membrane transport in a time of major flux Devrim Coskun, PhD Département de Phytologie, Faculté des Sciences de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation (FSAA), Université Laval Friday, November 29, 2024 - 11:00am Host: Professor Eiji Nambara Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, January 10, 2025 - 11:00am

Mechanical interactions between tissue layers underlie plant morphogenesis Daniel Kierzkowski, PhD Department of Biological Sciences, University of Montreal Friday, January 10, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Professor Heather Mcfarlane Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar Poster available: Jan 10, 2025 Poster.pdf

Friday, January 17, 2025 - 11:00am

The causes and consequences of splicing variation David Knowles, PhD Columbia University and New York Genome Center Friday, January 17, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Professor Alan Moses Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar Poster available: Jan 17, 2025 Poster.pdf

Friday, January 24, 2025 - 11:00am

Bridging the Gap: Unveiling the ER-Chloroplast Interface in Plant Cells Federica Brandizzi, PhD Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University Friday, January 24, 2025 - 11:00am Host: PJ Gamueda (Provart lab) Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar Poster available: Jan 24, 2025 Poster (1).pdf

Friday, January 31, 2025 - 11:00am

Deciphering pleiotropy: How complex genes are regulated to affect behaviour Ina Anreiter, PhD Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Friday, January 31, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Arneet Saltzman Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Deciphering pleiotropy: How complex genes are regulated to affect behaviour Ina Anreiter, PhD Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Friday, January 31, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Arneet Saltzman Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar Poster available: Jan 31, 2025 Poster.pdf

Friday, February 7, 2025 - 11:00am

An atypical NLR confers bacterial wilt resistance in a wild Solanum species Kee Hoon Sohn, PhD Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University Friday, February 7, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Professor Darrell Desveaux Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar Poster available: Feb 7, 2025 Poster.pdf

Friday, February 14, 2025 - 11:00am

Understanding brain function and evolution with barcodes and sequencing Justus Kebschull, PhD Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Friday, February 14, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Professor Maxwell Shafer Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, February 21, 2025 - 11:00am

The Daily Cycle of Plants: Using Quantitative Proteomics to Understand Diel Plant Biology Dr. R. Glen Uhrig (M.Sc., Ph.D.) Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Friday, February 21, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Professor Maxwell Shafer Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Feb 21, 2025 Poster.pdf

Friday, February 28, 2025 - 11:00am

Interactions with sub-cellular systems and actions across scales Anna Marie Sokac, Ph.D. Master Facilitator & Master Consultant of the NIH’s NRMN, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology Friday, February 28, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Tony Harris Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, March 7, 2025 - 11:00am

Regulation of cell shape and movements during Xenopus morphogenesis Chenbei Chang, PhD Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Friday, March 7, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Professor Ashley Bruce Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, March 21, 2025 - 11:00am

From external cues to internal states: tuning inherited information Jadiel Wasson, PhD Arts and Science, New York University Friday, March 21, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Maxwell Shafer Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, March 28, 2025 - 11:00am

How do neurons distinguish self from non-self? From genome architecture to brain architecture Daniele Canzio, PhD UCSF, Weill Institute for Neurosciences Friday, March 28, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Student invitee; Ernest Lang (Calarco Lab), Linda Li (Saltzman Lab) Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, April 4, 2025 - 11:00am

Multiscale patterning outside the cell: the C. elegans model extracellular matrix Andrew Chisholm, PhD Neurobiology, University of California, San Diego Friday, April 4, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Student invitee; Sharanja Premachandran (Calarco Lab) Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Multiscale patterning outside the cell: the C. elegans model extracellular matrix Andrew Chisholm, PhD University of California, San Diego Friday, April 4, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Student invitee; Sharanja Premachandran (Calarco Lab) Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology

Friday, April 11, 2025 - 11:00am

Flexible organ development for a changing world Dominique Bergmann, PhD Shirley R. and Leonard W. Ely, Jr. Professor of the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Friday, April 11, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Student invitee: Karan Ishii (Plotnikov Lab) Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, April 25, 2025 - 11:00am

Post-transcriptional control of cell plasticity in tissue development, regeneration, and disease Auinash Kalsotra, Ph.D. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Friday, April 25, 2025 - 11:00am Host: John Calarco Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, May 2, 2025 - 11:00am

Organelle Biogenesis and Function in Plants Liwen Jiang, PhD School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Friday, May 2, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Professor Heather Mcfarlane Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Monday, June 16, 2025 - 2:00pm

Winners and losers: forest and crop responses to climate change Danielle Way, PhD Research School of Biology, ANU College of Science and Medicine, The Australian National University Monday, June 16, 2025 - 2:00pm Host: Desveaux Lab 25 Willcocks Steet, ESC 3087 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology

Monday, June 16, 2025 - 3:00pm

Endothelial cells under flow: biophysical mechanisms to clinical consequences Martin Schwartz, PhD Yale University Monday, June 16, 2025 - 3:00pm Host: Professor Plotnikov Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Special Seminar Poster available: Martin Schwartz Seminar.pdf

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 - 11:00am

CANCELLED: Forward genetics to synthetic biology: the case of a mutant in Madagascar Periwinkle CANCELLED: Mehran Dastmalchi, PhD Plant Science, McGill University Tuesday, June 24, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Provart Lab Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Special Seminar

Monday, July 28, 2025 - 11:00am

Novel brassinosteroid signaling factors BIL7 and BPG4 regulate plant development and chloroplast biogenesis Prof. TAKESHI NAKANO Grad. Sch. Biostudies, Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, JAPAN Monday, July 28, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Professor Keiko Yoshioka ES 3087 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Special Seminar

Thursday, August 21, 2025 - 11:00am

Shocking Secrets of Cell Motility and Wound-healing Julie Theriot, PhD Professor, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Investigator, HHMI Thursday, August 21, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Plotnikov Lab Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Special Seminar

Wednesday, September 3, 2025 - 3:00pm

SRFR1 biomolecular condensates: computing root developmental programs in the cloud Walter Gassmann, PhD Bond Life Sciences Center, Division of Plant Science & Technology, University of Missouri Wednesday, September 3, 2025 - 3:00pm Host: Desveaux Lab Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology

Friday, September 19, 2025 - 11:00am

New components in the CLAVATA signaling pathway to control shoot apical meristem size Xiaolan Zhang, PhD Professor of Vegetable Sciences at China Agricultural University Friday, September 19, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Professor Eiji Nambara Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar

Friday, September 26, 2025 - 11:00am

Into the wild and digital: Virus hunting beyond the traditional Mark Paul Selda Rivarez, PhD Faculty of Land and Food System, University of British Columbia Friday, September 26, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Keiko Yoshioka Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, October 3, 2025 - 11:00am

Molecular and mechanical basis for collective cell migration Roberto Mayor, PhD Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London Friday, October 3, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Rodrigo (and CSDB co-sponsorship) Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, October 10, 2025 - 11:00am

Tuning Immune Response Through RNA Processing Kristen Lynch, PhD UPenn, Perelman School of Medicine Friday, October 10, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Professor John Calarco (and Mike Zoberman) Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, October 17, 2025 - 11:00pm

Phosphorylation in stomatal vacuole fusion and tar Marcela Rojas-Pierce, PhD North Carolina State University Friday, October 17, 2025 - 11:00pm Host: Student Invitee (PJ, Provart Lab) Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, October 24, 2025 - 11:00am

Invertebrate oncology: tumor-host interactions in the Drosophila model David Bilder, PhD Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley Friday, October 24, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Ulli Tepass Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 11:00am

Sleep like a baby: How REM sleep helps the brain learn to move. Jimmy Dooley, PhD Purdue University, Dept. of Biological Sciences Friday, October 31, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Jimmy Fraigne Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, November 7, 2025 - 11:00am

Sensory neuron plasticity sculpted by the internal and external world Tatsuya Tsukahara, PhD Investigator, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto Friday, November 7, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Maxwell Shafer Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology

Friday, November 21, 2025 - 11:00am

An odd mutant phenotype yields “parts” for synthetic biology Mehran Dastmalchi, PhD Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto, Scarborough Friday, November 21, 2025 - 11:00am Host: Dinesh Christendat Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Invited Speaker Seminar