Previous Seminars

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 12:30pm

From Genetics to CRISPR Gene Editing with Machine Learning Jennifer Listgarten, PhD Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research New England, Cambridge, MA Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 12:30pm Host: Dr. Anna Goldenberg Fields Institute, 222 College Street, 2nd Floor Special Seminar Poster available: 20171011_Jennifer Listgarten poster.pdf

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 3:00pm

Neuron-astrocyte communication in brain homeostasis Dr. Keith Murai The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Kenichi Okamoto MSB 2172 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Murai Poster.pdf

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 4:00pm

Thursday, October 12, 2017 - 4:00pm

A 20-year Odyssey in Apoptosis Saul H. Rosenberg, Ph.D Senior Director, AbbVie, Chicago IL Thursday, October 12, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Cheryl Arrowsmith PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-605 OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: PM CC Seminar Notice_Saul H. Rosenberg.pdf

Friday, October 13, 2017 - 9:30am

Friday, October 13, 2017 - 1:00pm

Applications of deep learning in healthcare Dr. Alireza Sadeghian Ryerson University Friday, October 13, 2017 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Ori Rotstein Keenan Research Centre, 209 Victoria Street, in the AUDITORIUM, 2ND FLOOR iBEST Visiting Lecturer Series, St. Michael's Hospital Co-sponsor: Ryerson University Poster available: IBEST Visiting Lecturer Series (Alireza Sadeghian Oct 13th).pdf

Friday, October 13, 2017 - 1:30pm

“Ciliary PI(4,5)P2 dictates fall of primary cilia and rise of cell cycle” Dr. Takanari Inoue Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University Friday, October 13, 2017 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 3a, 3rd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Inoue.pdf

Friday, October 13, 2017 - 2:00pm

Friday, October 13, 2017 - 4:00pm

Friday, October 13, 2017 - 4:30pm

Monday, October 16, 2017 - 11:00am

Monday, October 16, 2017 - 1:00pm

Regulation of catalytic activity of the ubiquitin ligase Nedd4 Daniela Rotin, PhD Cell Biology, SickKids Research Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto Monday, October 16, 2017 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Julie Forman-Kay PGCRL Event Room 1 (02.9320, 2nd Floor) Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MM Seminar - Dr. Rotin Oct 16.pdf

Monday, October 16, 2017 - 4:00pm

Reading and writing epigenetic marks for genome expression and stability Dr. Jacques Côté L'Université Laval Monday, October 16, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Eric Campos Fitzgerald Building, Room #103 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Cote Poster.pdf

Tuesday, October 17, 2017 - 1:00pm

Defining the roles of tissue-specific transcription factors in gut development and disease Dr. Tae-Hee Kim The Hospital for Sick Children Tuesday, October 17, 2017 - 1:00pm Pharmacy Building Room 850 Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology Poster available: 171017_CPO_Flyer_Tae-Hee Kim.pdf

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

Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 4:00pm

Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 11:00am

Imaging and Understanding the Dynamics of the Immune System Matthew F. (Max) Krummel, PhD Professor, Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 11:00am Host: Jason Moffat, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Functional Genomics, Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Molecular Genetics CCBR Red Room Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Max Krummel poster 19 Oct 2017.pdf

Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 12:00pm

Terasaki Ramps: A Glimpse into the Geometrical Architecture of the Cell Dr. Greg Huber Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: GregHuber_Oct19_2017.pdf

Metaeffectors: a new unexplored dimension in the regulation of host-pathogen interactions Alex Ensminger Dept. of Molecular Genetics and Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Toronto Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 12:00pm ENG102 (ENG is located at the southeast corner of Gould and Church Sts.) Molecular Science Seminar Series (Ryerson)

Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 12:30pm

The self engineering of the mammalian embryo: a synthetic approach Dr. Alfonso Martinez-Arias Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, UK Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 12:30pm Host: Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez, Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Quantitative Cell Biology & Morphogenesis (Tier II) Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering Department of Cell and Systems Biology Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research Bahen Centre Rm. 1170 Medicine by Design Global Speaker Series Invited Speaker Seminar Co-sponsor: IBBME and Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medicine Poster available: GlobalSpeakerSeries_Poster_Alfonso Martinez-Arias.pdf

Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 4:00pm

Friday, October 20, 2017 - 1:30pm

“Uncovering molecular mechanisms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis” Dr. Janice Robertson Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto Friday, October 20, 2017 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 3a, 3rd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Robertson.pdf

Friday, October 20, 2017 - 2:00pm

Monday, October 23, 2017 - 11:00am

Monday, October 23, 2017 - 4:00pm

Signaling mechanisms regulating neural circuit formation and their relevance to neurodevelopmental disorders Dr. Karun Singh McMaster University Monday, October 23, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Julie Lefebvre Fitzgerald Building, Room #103 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Singh Poster.pdf

From transcription factors to nuclear organization and human disease Jack Greenblatt, PhD Professor, Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Monday, October 23, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: Karim Mekhail, PhD MSB 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster J. Greenblatt.pdf

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 - 4:00pm

Substrate processing and mechanochemical coupling of the 26S proteasome – a fine-tuned molecular machine Andy Martin HHMI, UC Berkeley, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology Wednesday, October 25, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: Julianne Burçoğlu (Enenkel Lab) MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Andreas Martin Poster.pdf

Topic TBA Quaid Morris Associate Professor, University of Toronto Wednesday, October 25, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: TorBUG CCBR Red Room TorBUG Invited Speaker Seminar

Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 12:00pm

Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 3:00pm

RNAi mechanisms in gene regulation and epigenetic memory Dr. Thomas Duchaine McGill University Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Julie Claycomb and Dr. Craig Smibert MaRS2, Room 1522 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Duchaine Poster.pdf

Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 4:00pm

Friday, October 27, 2017 - 2:00pm

Monday, October 30, 2017 - 11:00am

Monday, October 30, 2017 - 1:00pm

Thermostatted signaling proteins that allow bacteria to build biofilms in response to body heat Joe Harrison, PhD Canada Research Chair in Biofilm Microbiology & Genomics; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary Monday, October 30, 2017 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Lynne Howell PGCRL Event Rooms 2A/2B (02.9310, 2nd Floor) Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MM Seminar - Dr. Harrison Oct 30.pdf

Monday, October 30, 2017 - 2:00pm

HIV-1 Vpu Oligomerization in Membrane Mimetics David Davidson Monday, October 30, 2017 - 2:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Simon Sharpe CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.D.Davidson.pdf

Monday, October 30, 2017 - 4:00pm

Learning the Secrets of Sequences with Deep Generative Models Dr. Debora Marks Harvard University Monday, October 30, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Gary Bader Fitzgerald Building, Room #103 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Marks Poster.pdf

The Embryonic Stem Cell Pluripotency Genes Oct4 and Klf4 Regulate SMC Phenotypic Transitions Critical in the Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis B. Lowell Langille Vascular Biology Lectureship, Gary K. Owens, PhD 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, University of Virginia School of Medicine Monday, October 30, 2017 - 4:00pm Host: Michelle Bendeck, PhD MSB 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: 2017 B. Lowell Langille Vascular Biology Lectureship.pdf

Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - 1:00pm

Wednesday, November 1, 2017 - 12:00pm

Trajectory analysis of single-cell RNA-seq and imaging data reveals alternate origins of tuft cells in the gut Dr. Ken S. Lau Vanderbilt University Medical Center Wednesday, November 1, 2017 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Jim Dennis Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St. Level 3 Conference Rooms, L3-201-202-203 Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Dr. Ken Lau Seminar Poster.pdf

Wednesday, November 1, 2017 - 2:00pm

Molecular Engineering of Polymers for Cancer Nanomedicine Dr. Youqing Shen Director, Center for Bionanoengineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Wednesday, November 1, 2017 - 2:00pm Host: Dr. Gang Zheng Pharmacy Building Room 850 Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology Poster available: 171101_CPO_Flyer_Shen.pdf

Wednesday, November 1, 2017 - 4:00pm

Thursday, November 2, 2017 - 9:30am

Limb Regeneration in Axolotls: the TGF-ß superfamily from beginning to end! Dr. Stéphane Roy Université de Montreal Thursday, November 2, 2017 - 9:30am Host: Dr. Bret Pearson CCBR Red Room Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Roy Poster.pdf

Thursday, November 2, 2017 - 12:00pm

Single-Molecule Approaches to Mechanobiology: From DNA Nanoswitches to the Centrifuge Force Microscope Dr. Wesley Wong Harvard Medical School Thursday, November 2, 2017 - 12:00pm Host: Prof. Josh Milstein Council Chambers, UTM and streamed at MP 606 St. George BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: WongSeminar.pdf

Thursday, November 2, 2017 - 1:00pm

The planarian TCF/LEF factor Smed-tfc1 is required for the regeneration of dorsal-lateral neuronal subtypes David Brown PhD Candidate, Department of Molecular Genetics Thursday, November 2, 2017 - 1:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Bret Pearson MSB 2173 Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Brown Poster.pdf

Friday, November 3, 2017 - 11:00am

Functional Expansion of Ancient Protein Synthesis Enzymes: A New Code of Life? Sunghoon Kim, PhD Professor and Director, Medicinal Bioconvergence Research Center, Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Korea Friday, November 3, 2017 - 11:00am Host: Philip M. Kim, Associate Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Computer Science, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto CCBR Red Room Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Sunghoon Kim 3 November 2017 poster.pdf

From clinical efficacy to mechanism investigation: the story of a Chinese herbal formula-MZRW Dr. Linda Zhong, MD, PhD Professor, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University Friday, November 3, 2017 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Heather Boon Pharmacy Building Room 850 Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Nov 3 - Zhong.Boon_.pdf