Previous Seminars

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 4:00pm

Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 9:00am

Regulation of Phagocyte Function by Sterols and Endocytosis by Membrane Curvature Stella Lu Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 9:00am Supervisor: Gregory Fairn MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.Stella.Lu_.pdf

Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 11:00am

Statistical physics of molecular evolution across scales Prof. Armita Nourmohammad University of Washington Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 11:00am Host: Prof. Sig Goyal McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Seminar_poster-SG.pdf

Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 12:00pm

Toward development of efflux pump inhibitors against P. aeruginosa Dr. Charles Deber Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 12:00pm Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1527, Hill Wing Cystic Fibrosis Seminar

Investigating the Neurobiologic Function of Tubby - Identification of a novel role for Tubby in RNA Biology Mr. Hamza Bin Taufique, PhD Candidate Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 12:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Sabine Cordes MSB 4279 Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Exam Seminar Poster available: Revised Memo Taufique.pdf

Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 4:00pm

Systematic approaches to study the cytotopic distribution properties of cellular RNAs and their interacting proteins Dr. Eric Lecuyer Universite de Montreal Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Sabine Cordes MSB 4279 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar

The Emergence of Non-self in Tumors Dr. Benjamin Greenbaum Assistant Professor, Departments of Medical Oncology, Pathology and Oncologic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Daniel De Carvalho PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Poster available: Greenbaum-Seminar Posting.pdf

Friday, November 9, 2018 - 11:00am

Friday, November 9, 2018 - 4:00pm

Monday, November 12, 2018 - 11:00am

Monday, November 12, 2018 - 4:00pm

De novo assembly of mammalian genomes with chromosome-length scaffolds for $1000 Dr. Olga Dudchenko Postdoctoral Research Associate, Aiden Lab, Baylor College of Medicine Monday, November 12, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Michael Taylor PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Brain Tumour Research Centre, Hospital For Sick Children Special Seminar Co-sponsor: Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program - SickKids Poster available: Speaker Olga Dudchenko.pdf

Let sleeping yeast lie: RNA interference in replication and quiescence Dr. Rob Martienssen Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory Monday, November 12, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Marc Meneghini MSB 2172 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Martienssen poster.pdf

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 9:00am

Engineering Diphtheria Toxin as an Intracellular Protein Delivery Platform Minyoung Park Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 9:00am Supervisor: Dr. Roman Melnyk CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.Minyoung.Park_.pdf

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 3:00pm

Regulation of Oocyte mRNA Translation and Decay during the Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition in Mouse Dr. Heng-Yu Fan Zhejiang University Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Howard Lipshitz PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Heng-Yu Fan Poster.pdf

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 4:00pm

Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 10:00am

Functional Annotation of the Mammalian Genome in the FANTOM projects Michiel de Hoon, PhD Team Leader, Laboratory for Applied Computational Genomics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Japan Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 10:00am Host: Dr. Michael Hoffman PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 Special Seminar Poster available: Seminar Notice for Posting- Dr. Michiel de Hoon.pdf

Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 11:00am

Towards Precision Medicine: Progress in Cystic Fibrosis Program for Individualized CF Therapy Annual Meeti Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 11:00am Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1246 Black Wing Special Seminar

The interplay between gene regulatory and metabolic networks A.J. Marian Walhout, PhD Maroun Semaan Chair in Biomedial Research | Co-Director Program in Systems Biology | University of Massachusetts Medical School Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 11:00am Host: Brenda J. Andrews, PhD, CC, FRSC, University Professor and Director, The Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research CCBR Red Room Donnelly Seminar Series Poster available: Marian Walhout Donnelly poster 15 Nov 2018.pdf

Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 12:00pm

Metabolic Modeling for Designing Microbes and Communities Radhakrishnan Mahadevan University of Toronto Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 12:00pm Host: Prof. Sid Goyal McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Seminar_poster-SG.pdf

Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 1:00pm

Ion Permeation and Selectivity in Voltage-gated Sodium Channels Christopher Ing Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 1:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Regis Pomes MSB 4171 Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.Chris_.Ing_.pdf

Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 4:00pm

Tubulin and Outer Mitochondrial Membrane Interactions: Window into structural mechanisms controlling metabolite flux Sergei Noskov, PhD Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Régis Pomès CCBR Red Room (Donnelly Centre, Room 250, 2nd Floor, 160 College St.) Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Special Seminar Poster available: MM Special Seminar - Dr. Noskov Nov 15.pdf

Epotranscriptomic and translational control of gene expression (and the link to cancer) Professor Zoya Ignatova Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Robert Rottapel PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Special Seminar Poster available: PMCC Special Seminar Notice_Soya Ignatova.pdf

Friday, November 16, 2018 - 9:00am

Characterization of Tmem 14 proteins in the context of zebrafish PCP and ciliogenesis Mr. Meg Mendoza, PhD Candidate Friday, November 16, 2018 - 9:00am Supervisor: Dr. Brian Ciruna MSB 4279 Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Exam Seminar Poster available: Mendoza poster.pdf

Friday, November 16, 2018 - 11:00am

Friday, November 16, 2018 - 3:00pm

A new model system for studying the evolution of regeneration and development Mansi Srivastava, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University Friday, November 16, 2018 - 3:00pm PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Collaborative Specialization in Developmental Biology Seminar

Regulation of Wnt signaling via negative feedback regulators Dr. Terry Van Raay University of Guelph Friday, November 16, 2018 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Brian Ciruna MSB 2170 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Van Raay poster.pdf

Monday, November 19, 2018 - 9:00am

Characterization of Slam-mediated surface lipoprotein translocation across the bacterial outer membrane Yogesh Hooda Monday, November 19, 2018 - 9:00am Supervisor: Dr. Trevor Moraes MSB 2173 Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.Yogesh.Hooda_.pdf

Monday, November 19, 2018 - 11:00am

Monday, November 19, 2018 - 2:00pm

The assembly of the autotransporter family of bacterial outer membrane proteins Dr. Harris Bernstein, Ph.D. Protein Biogenesis Section, Genetics and Biochemistry Branch- NIH Intramural Research Program (NIH/NIDDK) Bethesda, MD, USA Monday, November 19, 2018 - 2:00pm Host: Dr. Trevor Moraes CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar Special Seminar Poster available: Poster_Harris Bernstein.pdf

Monday, November 19, 2018 - 4:00pm

Molecular Mechanism and Clinical Impact of APOBEC Mutagenesis in Cancer Dr. Reuben Harris University of Minnesota Monday, November 19, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Lori Frappier MSB 2172 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Harris poster.pdf

Wednesday, November 21, 2018 - 3:30pm

Segregating chromosomes, a spatial problem. Peter H. Thorpe, PhD School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London | QMUL, London, United Kingdom Wednesday, November 21, 2018 - 3:30pm Host: Grant W. Brown, PhD | Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto CCBR Red Room Special Seminar Poster available: Peter Thorpe 21 Nov 2018 poster.pdf

Wednesday, November 21, 2018 - 4:00pm

Thursday, November 22, 2018 - 11:00am

Modeling human development and diseases in neurons and brain organoids Yun Li, PhD Assistant Professor, Departments of Biochemistry, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto | Scientist, Development and Stem Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning Thursday, November 22, 2018 - 11:00am Host: Liliana Attisano, PhD | Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto CCBR Red Room Donnelly Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Yun Li 22 November 2018 Donnelly poster.pdf

Thursday, November 22, 2018 - 12:00pm

Controlling Heterogeneity within Multicellular Populations Dr. Nika Shakiba Massachusetts Institute of Technology Thursday, November 22, 2018 - 12:00pm Host: Prof. Sid Goyal McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Seminar_poster-SG.pdf

Progress in permanent CFTR correction with site-specific gene-targeting Dr. Jim Hu Thursday, November 22, 2018 - 12:00pm Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1527, Hill Wing Cystic Fibrosis Seminar

Thursday, November 22, 2018 - 4:00pm

Combining Multiple Types of Genomics Data to Understand Complex Human Traits Dr. Sara Mostafavi Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia, Departments of Statistics and Medical Genetics Thursday, November 22, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Michael Hoffman PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Seminar Notice for Posting_Dr. Sara Mostafavi.pdf

Friday, November 23, 2018 - 11:00am

Friday, November 23, 2018 - 1:30pm

Divide and conquer: how deleterious mitochondrial DNA is eliminated in the germline. Dr. Thomas Hurd, PhD Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto Friday, November 23, 2018 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Hurd.pdf

Monday, November 26, 2018 - 10:00am

Donnelly Centre PDF/RA Research Symposium PDF/RA Symposium Donnelly Centre Monday, November 26, 2018 - 10:00am CCBR Red Room Poster available: Symposium Program 2018.pdf

Monday, November 26, 2018 - 1:00pm

Functional Selectivity & Spatio-Temporal Propagation of G Protein-Coupled Receptor Signaling: From Structural Determinants to Better Drugs Michel Bouvier, PhD Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Investigator, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Canada Research Chair in Signal Transduction and Molecular Pharmacology, Université de Montréal Monday, November 26, 2018 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Jason Maynes PGCRL Event Rooms 3A/3B (03.9310, 3rd Floor) Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MM Seminar - Dr. Bouvier Nov 26.pdf

Monday, November 26, 2018 - 4:00pm

Functional Organization of the Human Genome Dr. Bing Ren University of California, San Diego Monday, November 26, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Michael Wilson MSB 2172 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Ren poster.pdf

The Endothelium and the Pathogenesis of Heritable Aortopathies, Muscular Dystrophy and Dyslipidemias: old dog, new tricks Pascal Bernatchez, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Heart & Lung Innovation. University of British Columbia Monday, November 26, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Michelle Bendeck, PhD MSB 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: Poster P.Bernatchez.pdf

Wednesday, November 28, 2018 - 4:00pm

Thursday, November 29, 2018 - 12:00pm

Thursday, November 29, 2018 - 4:00pm

Controlling gene expression at the intersection of 3D genomics and long non-coding RNAs Josée Dostie Professor, Department of Biochemistry, McGill University; Associate Member, Goodman Cancer Research Center, McGill University Thursday, November 29, 2018 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Michael Hoffman PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Seminar Notice for Posting_Dr. Josee Dostie.pdf

Friday, November 30, 2018 - 11:00am