Previous Seminars

Monday, February 13, 2017 - 3:00pm

Investigating the role of small molecules during induced cell fate transitions Dr. Ori Bar-Nur Konrad Hochedlinger's lab, Harvard University Monday, February 13, 2017 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Brian Ciruna PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Faculty Recruitment Seminar Co-sponsor: Medicine by Design Poster available: Ori Bar-Nur Seminar Announcement.pdf

Monday, February 13, 2017 - 4:00pm

Coronavirus adaptation and evolution James M. Rini, Ph.D. Professor, Departments of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Toronto Monday, February 13, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: Jeff Lee, PhD MSB 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster J.Rini_.pdf

Monday, February 13, 2017 - 5:00pm

Tuesday, February 14, 2017 - 12:00pm

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 - 9:00am

The pleiotropic roles of Yorkie in planarian homeostasis and regeneration Alex Lin Wednesday, February 15, 2017 - 9:00am Supervisor: Dr. Bret Pearson CCBR Red Room Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Exam Seminar Poster available: Lin Poster.pdf

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 - 9:30am

New developments in liposome nanovector platform MICHEL LAFLEUR Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Montreal Wednesday, February 15, 2017 - 9:30am Host: Dr. Heiko Heerklotz; email: heiko.heerklotz@pharmazie.uni-freiburg.de Pharmacy Building Room 850 Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Poster available: Feb 15 - Lafleur.Heerklotz.pdf

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 - 11:00am

Mechanisms of mitochondrial inheritance and function in germline stem cells Dr. Thomas Hurd NYU School of Medicine Wednesday, February 15, 2017 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Marc Meneghini CCBR Red Room Department of Molecular Genetics Faculty Recruitment Seminar Poster available: Hurd Poster.pdf

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 - 3:00pm

Modelling human development and diseases in neurons and brain organoids Dr. Yun Li Rudolf Jaenisch's lab, Whitehead Institute Wednesday, February 15, 2017 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Brian Ciruna PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Faculty Recruitment Seminar Co-sponsor: Medicine by Design Poster available: Yun Li Seminar Announcement.pdf

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 - 4:00pm

Thursday, February 16, 2017 - 9:00am

Activation by unfolding: how mitochondrial ClpX activates a key enzyme for heme biosynthesis and erythropoiesis Dr. Julia Kardon Department of Biology and HHMI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Thursday, February 16, 2017 - 9:00am CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar Faculty Recruitment Seminar Poster available: Poster_Julia Kardon.pdf

Thursday, February 16, 2017 - 12:00pm

Thursday, February 16, 2017 - 2:00pm

A Hdac1/Rpd3-poised circuit balances continual self-renewal and rapid restriction of developmental potential during asymmetric stem cell division Dr. Cheng-Yu Lee University of Michigan Thursday, February 16, 2017 - 2:00pm Host: Dr. Bret Pearson CCBR Red Room Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Lee Poster.pdf

Thursday, February 16, 2017 - 4:00pm

Chan Zuckerberg Meta: Building the future of scientific knowledge Sam Molyneux, Co-Founder, Meta - AI for Science Chan Zuckerberg Initiative - Meta Thursday, February 16, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Rama Khokha, Interim Director(Research) & Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Poster available: Seminar Posting_Sam Molyneux_Feb 16 2017.pdf

Friday, February 17, 2017 - 11:00am

Small Molecule Design and Development: Application to Alzheimer's disease Dr. Praveen P. Nekkar Rao Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo Friday, February 17, 2017 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Lakshmi Kotra; lkotra@uhnresearch.ca Pharmacy Building Room 850 Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Poster available: Feb 17 - Nekkar Rao.Kotra_.pdf

Friday, February 17, 2017 - 1:30pm

Embryonic programming of cardiac disease by maternal obesity. Dr. Paul Delgado Olguin Physiology & Experimental Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Friday, February 17, 2017 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: delgado olguin.pdf

Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 10:00am

A core viral protein binds host nucleosomes to sequester immune danger signals Dr. Daphne Avgousti University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 10:00am Host: Dr. Lori Frappier CCBR Red Room Department of Molecular Genetics Faculty Recruitment Seminar Poster available: Avgousti Poster.pdf

Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 3:00pm

Gene regulatory mechanisms in human cardiogenesis Dr. Yen-Sin Ang Deepak Srivastava's lab, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, UCSF Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Brian Ciruna PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Faculty Recruitment Seminar Co-sponsor: Medicine by Design Poster available: Yen-Sin Ang Seminar Announcement.pdf

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 - 9:00am

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 - 11:00am

Large-scale methods for making and measuring the consequences of mutations Douglas M. Fowler, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle WA Wednesday, February 22, 2017 - 11:00am Host: Frederick P. (Fritz) Roth, PhD, Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Molecular Genetics, Department of Computer Science CCBR Red Room Roth lab seminar Poster available: Doug Fowler 21 Feb 2017 poster.compressed.pdf

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 - 4:00pm

Structural insight into the biogenesis of beta barrel membrane proteins Dr. Susan Buchanan Senior Investigator, NIH Wednesday, February 22, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Trevor Moraes MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Buchanan Poster.pdf

Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 9:30am

Repurposing the kinetochore machinery for neuronal morphogenesis Dr. Dhanya Cheerambathur University of California, San Diego Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 9:30am Host: Dr. Julie Brill CCBR Red Room Department of Molecular Genetics Faculty Recruitment Seminar Poster available: Cheerambathur Poster.pdf

Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 11:00am

Reprogramming of the epithelial cell surface by oncogenic KRAS Dr. Philippe P. Roux University of Montreal Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Andrew Emili MSB 4171 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Roux Poster.pdf

Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 12:00pm

How Bacterial Toxins Deliver Proteins Across Membranes and into Cells Dr. Roman Melnyk Hospital for Sick Children Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid A. Houry McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: RomanMelnyk_Feb23_2017.pdf

Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 2:00pm

Regulation of Hippo Pathway Kinases MST1/2 by DLGS and Other Signaling Factors Julian Kwan Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 2:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Andrew Emili MSB 4171 Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Exam Seminar Poster available: Kwan Poster.pdf

Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 4:00pm

Friday, February 24, 2017 - 12:30pm

Targeted and Covalent Modification of STAT3/5 Proteins: Lessons Learned Patrick Gunning, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Chemistry University of Toronto at Mississauga Friday, February 24, 2017 - 12:30pm Host: Ali Salahpour, Ph.D. MSB 4279 Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Poster available: PatrickGunning.pdf

Friday, February 24, 2017 - 1:00pm

Telomerase assembly and telomere integrity in telomeropathies Dr. Chantal Autexier Graduate Program Director, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University Friday, February 24, 2017 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Eric Campos PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Genetics & Genome Biology Program Invited Speaker Seminar Co-sponsor: Garron Family Cancer Centre Poster available: GGB_GFCS_InvitedSpeaker_Autexier2017Feb24.pdf

Monday, February 27, 2017 - 10:00am

Unraveling cell polarity dynamics with single-cell biochemistry Dr. Daniel Dickinson University of North Carolina Monday, February 27, 2017 - 10:00am Host: Dr. Brent Derry CCBR Red Room Department of Molecular Genetics Departmental Search Candidate Poster available: Dickinson Poster.pdf

Monday, February 27, 2017 - 11:00am

Monday, February 27, 2017 - 12:30pm

Monday, February 27, 2017 - 1:00pm

Molecular Control Of Kidney Podocyte Morphology Prof. Nina Jones Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph Monday, February 27, 2017 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. John Rubinstein PGCRL Event Room 1 (02.9320, 2nd floor) Molecular Structure and Function Program Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MSF SEMINAR POSTER - NINA JONES.pdf

Monday, February 27, 2017 - 3:00pm

Translating human heart development to novel biological pacemaker therapies using pluripotent stem cells Dr. Stephanie Protze Gordon Keller's lab, University Health Network, Toronto Monday, February 27, 2017 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Brian Ciruna PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Faculty Recruitment Seminar Co-sponsor: Medicine by Design Poster available: Stephanie Protze Seminar Announcement.pdf

Monday, February 27, 2017 - 4:00pm

SMC Phenotypic Transitions Have Critical Atheroprotective and Atheropromoting Roles in Atherosclerosis Lesion Pathogenesis Gary K. Owens, PhD, B. Lowell Langille Vascular Biology Lectureship Robert M. Berne Endowed Professor of Cardiovascular Research, Director of the Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Director of the Cardiovascular Training Program, University of Virginia Monday, February 27, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: Michelle Bendeck Medical Sciences Building, Room 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: 2017 B. Lowell Langille Vascular Biology Lectureship.pdf

Monday, February 27, 2017 - 5:00pm

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 - 3:00pm

Novel human lung models to study development, disease and therapies Dr. Amy Wong Janet Rossant's lab, SickKids Wednesday, March 1, 2017 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Brian Ciruna PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Faculty Recruitment Seminar Co-sponsor: Medicine by Design Poster available: Amy Wong Seminar Announcement.pdf

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 - 4:00pm

Bacterial warfare in close quarters: molecular mechanisms underlying interbacterial antagonism Dr. Joseph Mougous University of Washington, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Investigator Wednesday, March 1, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: Greg Whitfield MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Mougous Poster.pdf

Thursday, March 2, 2017 - 9:00am

New Methods for Probing and Harnessing Noncoding RNA Function Dr. David Shechner Broad Institute, and Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University Thursday, March 2, 2017 - 9:00am CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar Faculty Recruitment Seminar Poster available: Poster_David Shechner.pdf

Thursday, March 2, 2017 - 11:00am

From Genetics to Epigenetics to CRISPR Gene Editing with Machine Learning Jennifer Listgarten, PhD Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research New England, Cambridge, MA Thursday, March 2, 2017 - 11:00am Host: Quaid Morris, PhD, Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Molecular Genetics, Department of Computer Science, ECE CCBR Red Room Special Seminar Poster available: Jennifer Listgarten poster.compressed.pdf

Thursday, March 2, 2017 - 12:00pm

Thursday, March 2, 2017 - 4:00pm

Regulatory Roles for IFN Signaling in Cancer Immune Checkpoint Blockade Dr. Andy Minn Assistant Professor Radiation Oncology Department Assistant Investigator Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Thursday, March 2, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: David Brooks PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Seminar NoticeAndyMINN030217.pdf

Friday, March 3, 2017 - 1:30pm

Making and shaping branched tubular organs. Dr. Amin S. Ghabrial Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Friday, March 3, 2017 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Ghabrial.pdf

Monday, March 6, 2017 - 9:00am

Structure and Function of Multimeric BTB Proteins and Cullin3 Substrate Adaptors Alan Ji Monday, March 6, 2017 - 9:00am Supervisor: Dr. Gil Prive MSB 4279 Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.Alan_.JI_.pdf

Monday, March 6, 2017 - 11:00am

Probabilistic methods for human genetics and disease circuitry Yue Li, PhD Postdoctoral Research Associate, Computational Biology Group, Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Monday, March 6, 2017 - 11:00am Host: Timothy R. (Tim) Hughes, Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Molecular Genetics CCBR Red Room Special Seminar Poster available: Yue Li 06 March 2017 poster.compressed.pdf

Collagen Organization and Desmoplasia in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. ROYA NAVAB Research Associate, University Health Network (UHN) Monday, March 6, 2017 - 11:00am Fitzgerald Building, Room #237 Matrix Dynamics Group Seminar Research Group Seminar

Monday, March 6, 2017 - 1:00pm

Form, Function, And Phase Behaviour Of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Rohit Pappu, PhD Edwin H. Murty Professor of Engineering, Director, Center for Biological Systems Engineering, Washington University, St Louis Monday, March 6, 2017 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Julie Forman-Kay PGCRL Event Room 1 (02.9320, 2nd floor) Molecular Structure and Function Program Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MSF SEMINAR POSTER Rohit Pappu.pdf

Monday, March 6, 2017 - 4:00pm

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 - 2:00pm

Judging the Important Questions and Approaches in Biology Dr. Marc Kirschner Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Wednesday, March 8, 2017 - 2:00pm PGCRL Amphitheatre (Second floor), 686 Bay Street, SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Marc Kirschner Q&A poster_abstract.pdf

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 - 4:00pm

Thursday, March 9, 2017 - 11:00am

Siri of the Cell – Intelligent agents for systems medicine constructed using systems data Trey Ideker, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Bioengineering University of California at San Diego, National Resource for Network Biology, Cancer Cell Map Initiative Thursday, March 9, 2017 - 11:00am Host: Grant W. Brown, Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto CCBR Red Room Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Trey Ideker poster.compressed.pdf