Previous Seminars

Friday, April 7, 2017 - 1:30pm

Mitochondrial turnover in skeletal muscle Dr. David Hood School of Kinesiology and Health Science and Department of Biology, York University Friday, April 7, 2017 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Hood.pdf

Monday, April 10, 2017 - 10:30am

Monday, April 10, 2017 - 11:00am

Synthesising and Analysing Biological Programs in Embryonic Stem Cells Sara-Jane Dunn, PhD Scientist, Microsoft Research, Cambridge | Affiliate Researcher, Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, UK Monday, April 10, 2017 - 11:00am Host: Frederick P. (Fritz) Roth, PhD | Professor, CCBR Red Room Special Seminar Poster available: Sara-Jane Dunn April 10 2017 poster.compressed.pdf

Development of therapeutic restorative and implant systems based on the biomaterial’s interactions with the host and bacteria. YOAV FINER George Zarb/Nobel Biocare Chair in Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto Monday, April 10, 2017 - 11:00am Fitzgerald Building, Room #237 Matrix Dynamics Group Seminar Research Group Seminar

Monday, April 10, 2017 - 1:00pm

Voltage-Gated Sodium and Calcium Channels: From Atomic Structure to Therapy Dr. William A. Catterall, PhD. Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle Monday, April 10, 2017 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Régis Pomès PGCRL Event Room 1 (02.9320, 2nd floor) Molecular Medicine Program Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MM SEMINAR POSTER DR. CATTERAL.pdf

Monday, April 10, 2017 - 5:00pm

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 3:00pm

Cancer metastasis: A developmental biologist's perspective Dr. Ben Stanger Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Tae-Hee Kim PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Ben Stanger Seminar Announcement.pdf

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 4:00pm

Regulation of Growth by the mTOR Pathway Dr. David Sabatini Department of Biology, MIT Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: Louis Ho MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Sabatini Poster.pdf

Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 10:40am

Drug discovery for parasitic diseases / Post-column flow cytometry analytics for discovery of venom peptides targeting the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor Marco Siderius, Jeroen Kool Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 10:40am Host: Dr. Jack Uetrecht Pharmacy Building Room 850 Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: Apr 13 - Siderius.Kool_.Uetrecht.pdf

Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 11:00am

Histone chaperones and the re-distribution of epigenetic information at replication forks Eric Campos, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, Scientist, Genetics & Genome Biology, SickKids Research Institute Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 11:00am Host: Grant W. Brown, PhD, Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Biochemistry CCBR Red Room Donnelly CCBR Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: Eric Campos April 13 2017 poster.compressed.pdf

Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 12:00pm

Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 3:00pm

Human microglia-in-a-dish: recapitulating nature and nurture to model brain disorders Dr. Julien Muffat BBR Young Investigator Fellow, Rudolf Jaenisch's Lab, Whitehead Institute Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Brian Ciruna, SickKids Research Institute PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Special Seminar Poster available: Julien Muffat Seminar Announcement31.pdf

Human microglia-in-a-dish: recapitulating nature and nurture to model brain disorders Dr. Julien Muffat BBR Young Investigator Fellow, Rudolf Jaenisch's Lab, Whitehead Institute Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Brian Ciruna PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Special Seminar Poster available: Julien Muffat Seminar Announcement.pdf

Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 4:00pm

Monday, April 17, 2017 - 11:00am

Monday, April 17, 2017 - 4:00pm

Integration of Two Actin Networks by Focal Adhesions Mediates Cell Mechanosensing and Migration Sergey V. Plotnikov, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Cell and Systems Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto Monday, April 17, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: Michelle Bendeck, PhD Medical Sciences Building, Room 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster S.Plotnikov.pdf

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 2:00pm

Communication between the Endoplasmic Reticulum and Peroxisomes in Mammalian Cells Rong Hua Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 2:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Peter K. Kim MSB 4279 Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Exam Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.Rong_.Hua_.pdf

Wednesday, April 19, 2017 - 4:00pm

Thursday, April 20, 2017 - 11:00am

Materials and Mechanisms for Understanding and Controlling Hemorrhage Christian Kastrup, PhD Assistant Professor, Michael Smith Laboratories and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Member, Centre for Blood Research | Associate Member, Biomedical Engineering Program, University of British Columbia Thursday, April 20, 2017 - 11:00am Host: Michael Sefton, ScD, University Professor and Michael E. Charles Professor of Engineering CCBR Red Room Donnelly CCBR Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: Christian Kastrup May 2017 poster.compressed.pdf

Thursday, April 20, 2017 - 2:00pm

The Misfolding Pathway of SOD1: Implications for Drug Design in ALS Phil Ip Thursday, April 20, 2017 - 2:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Avijit Chakrabartty MSB 2173 Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.Phil_.Ip_.pdf

Thursday, April 20, 2017 - 4:00pm

Protein misfolding in aging yeast Martin Duennwald, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Ontario Thursday, April 20, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: Mikko Taipale, PhD, Assistant Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto CCBR Red Room Donnelly CCBR Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Martin Duennwald poster.compressed.pdf

The abscopal effect in the clinic: from theory to observation Dr. Silvia C. Formenti Sandra and Edward Meyer Professor of Cancer Research Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology Associate Director, Meyer Cancer Center Weill Cornell Medical College; Radiation Oncologist in Chief, New York Presbyterian Hospital Thursday, April 20, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Fei-Fei Liu PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, April 21, 2017 - 11:00am

Cannabis Use in Transplantation: There's Smoke, But is there Fire? Jennifer Harrison Pharmacy Clinical Site Leader, Toronto General Hospital/ Assistant Professor (status only), Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Friday, April 21, 2017 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Lakshmi Kotra; lkotra@uhnresearch.ca Pharmacy Building Room 850 Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: Apr 21 - Harrison.Kotra_.pdf

Friday, April 21, 2017 - 1:30pm

“More than a license to kill: Regulation of inflammation and autoimmunity by leukocyte NADPH oxidase”. Dr. Mary C. Dinauer Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine Friday, April 21, 2017 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Dinauer.pdf

Friday, April 21, 2017 - 2:00pm

The ups and downs of protein expression regulation Christine Vogel, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University, NY Friday, April 21, 2017 - 2:00pm Host: Philip M. Kim, PhD | Associate Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Molecular Genetics, Department of Computer Science CCBR Red Room Poster available: Christine Vogel 21 April 2017 poster.compressed.pdf

Friday, April 21, 2017 - 4:00pm

Monday, April 24, 2017 - 11:00am

Monday, April 24, 2017 - 1:00pm

Hydrogen exchange mass spectrometry to probe the conformation of kinases and protein machines Dr. John Engen Professor of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Northeastern University Monday, April 24, 2017 - 1:00pm Robert C. Salter Auditorium, PGCRL 13th Annual Sarkar Lecture Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Sarkar Lecture poster 2017[5].pdf

Monday, April 24, 2017 - 4:00pm

Grading of Prostate Cancer: Beyond Gleason Ming Zhou, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Charles T. Ashworth Professor of Pathology, Director, Anatomic Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Monday, April 24, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: George Yousef MD, PhD, FRCPC, MSc, MBBCh Medical Sciences Building, Room 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster M.Zhou_.pdf

Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 4:00pm

Thursday, April 27, 2017 - 12:00pm

Unlocking our inner salamander: The path from scarring to perfect regeneration Dr. Joshua Currie Center for Regenerative Therapies, Dresden, Germany Thursday, April 27, 2017 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Penney Gilbert and Dr. Alex Palazzo CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Poster_Joshua Currie.pdf

Thursday, April 27, 2017 - 4:00pm

Decoding intercellular immune signaling networks by quantitative proteomics Felix Meissner, PhD Max Plank Institute of Biochemistry, Experimental Systems Immunology Thursday, April 27, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Thomas Kislinger PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Poster available: Meissner_SeminarPosting.pdf

Friday, April 28, 2017 - 1:30pm

"Neutrophil subsets in health and disease: Identification and characterization of first responder neutrophils in mice and men”. Dr. Michael Glogauer Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto Friday, April 28, 2017 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Glogauer.pdf

Monday, May 1, 2017 - 10:00am

The physiology and habitat of the first cells on Earth Prof. William Martin Institute of Molecular Evolution, Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf Monday, May 1, 2017 - 10:00am Host: Dr. Larry Moran CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: W Martin Poster.pdf

Monday, May 1, 2017 - 1:00pm

Molecular Medicine Seminar May 1, 2017 - Dr. Michelle Arkin Dr. Michelle Arkin Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco Monday, May 1, 2017 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. John Rubinstein PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: michlle arkin - May 1st.pdf

Monday, May 1, 2017 - 4:00pm

Resolvins Novel Mediators & Mechanisms in Resolution of Infectious-Inflammation & Tissue Regeneration Charles Nicholas Serhan, Ph.D.,DSc. Professor & Director, Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury Brigham and Women's Hospital, The Simon Gelman Professor of Anaesthesia (Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School & Professor Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA Monday, May 1, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: Myron Cybulsky, MD Medical Sciences Building, Room 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster C.Serhan.pdf

Monday, May 1, 2017 - 5:00pm

Wednesday, May 3, 2017 - 4:00pm

Thursday, May 4, 2017 - 4:00pm

Cloaking Potent Electrophilic Warheads: Shape, a New Stealth Approach Professor Patrick Gunning Departments of Chemical & Physical Sciences University of Toronto/Mississauga Thursday, May 4, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: Robert Rottapel PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: PM CC Seminar Notice_P. Gunning.pdf

Friday, May 5, 2017 - 1:30pm

Integration of two actin networks by focal adhesions mediates cell mechanosensing and migration Dr. Sergey Plotnikov Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto Friday, May 5, 2017 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Poster available: Plotnikov.pdf

Monday, May 8, 2017 - 9:00am

Role of an alternative splicing regulatory program in nervous system development disorders Mathieu Quesnel-Vallières PhD Candidate, Department of Molecular Genetics Monday, May 8, 2017 - 9:00am Supervisor: Drs. Ben Blencowe and Sabine Cordes CCBR Red Room Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Exam Seminar Poster available: Quesnel Vallieres Poster.pdf

Monday, May 8, 2017 - 11:00am

Monday, May 8, 2017 - 1:00pm

Structural and functional insight into megaenyme nanofactories Dr. Martin Schmeing, PhD. Associate Professor, Department of BioChemistry McGill University Monday, May 8, 2017 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Roman Melnyk PG CRL Rm 2a, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Molecular Structure and Function Program Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MARTIN SCHMEING - May 8.pdf

Monday, May 8, 2017 - 2:00pm

Arginine methylation and QUAKING as regulators of CNS myelination Dr. Stéphane Richard McGill University Monday, May 8, 2017 - 2:00pm Host: Dr. Ben Blencowe CCBR Red Room Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Richard Poster.pdf

Monday, May 8, 2017 - 3:30pm

Biochemical and biophysical dissection of RNA silencing pathways Yukihide Tomari Professor Monday, May 8, 2017 - 3:30pm Host: Dr. Olivi Rissland Donnelly Centre Red Room, 160 College Street Molecular Structure and Function Program Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Seminar Notice_Tomari.pdf