Previous Seminars

Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 3:00pm

Labatt BTRC Academic Lectureship "Molecular Trajectories of Glioma" Roel Verhaak, PhD Professor and Associate Director of Computational Biology, Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. James Rutka PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Brain Tumour Research Centre, Hospital For Sick Children Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: BTRC Academic Lectureship Poster 2019.pdf

Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 4:00pm

Thursday, January 17, 2019 - 12:00pm

Tell Cells Where to Go Dr. Kevin Truong Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Toronto Thursday, January 17, 2019 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid A. Houry McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Kevin Truong_011719.pdf

Thursday, January 17, 2019 - 3:00pm

The arms race between hosts and their transposons Dr. Zhao Zhang Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Embryology; Baltimore, Maryland Thursday, January 17, 2019 - 3:00pm MSH- 60 Murray St., 3rd Floor, Room 203 LTRI-Principal Investigator Candidate Seminars Departmental Search Candidate Poster available: Zhao Zhang.pdf

Thursday, January 17, 2019 - 4:00pm

Post-transcriptional circuitries underlying normal and malignant hematopoietic stem cell function Kristin Hope, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute Thursday, January 17, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Faiyaz Notta PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Seminar Notice - Dr. Kristin Hope - January 17, 2019.pdf

Friday, January 18, 2019 - 11:00am

Friday, January 18, 2019 - 1:30pm

Investigating mRNA diversity in the nervous system. Dr. John Calarco, PhD Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto Friday, January 18, 2019 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Julie Brill PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Calarco.pdf

Monday, January 21, 2019 - 1:00pm

Heterochromatin Organization & Dynamics Serena Sanulli, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Advisors: John Gross (Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry) & Geeta Narlikar (Dept. of Biochemistry & Biophysics), University of California, San Francisco Monday, January 21, 2019 - 1:00pm Host: SickKids Faculty Recruitment Seminar - Biological Assembly & Phase Separation Position PGCRL Event Rooms 3A/3B (03.9310, 3rd Floor), 686 Bay St. Faculty Recruitment Seminar Faculty Recruitment Seminar Poster available: Recruitment Seminar - Sanulli.pdf

Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - 11:00am

Mechanisms Controlling Cell Size in Animal Cells PhD Public Seminar - Shixuan Liu Molecular Genetics Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Department of Molecular Genetics Supervisor: Dr. Ran Kafri PG CRL Rm 2a, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Exam Seminar Poster available: Liu, S. Memo.pdf

Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - 4:00pm

The multiple and surprising consequences of genetic respiratory chain disorders on mitochondrial physiology Yan Burelle, PhD. University Research Chair in Integrative Mitochondrial Biology, Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Ana Andreazza, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology MSB 4171 Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Burelle.pdf

Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - 4:00pm

Thursday, January 24, 2019 - 11:00am

Investigating the function of G-quadruplexes and Rap1 at yeast telomeres Michael (Mike) Chang, PhD Group Leader, European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA) | Faculty of Medical Science, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Thursday, January 24, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Grant W. Brown, PhD | Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto CCBR Red Room Donnelly Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: M Chang 24 Jan 2019 poster.pdf

Thursday, January 24, 2019 - 12:00pm

Thursday, January 24, 2019 - 4:00pm

Getting more out of mass spectrometry-based proteomics using machine learning approaches Dr. Mathieu Lavallée-Adam Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa Thursday, January 24, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Thomas Kislinger PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Poster available: Seminar Notice_Lavallee-Adam.pdf

Thursday, January 24, 2019 - 4:10pm

Evolutionary “Design” of Proteins Prof. Rama Ranganathan University of Chicago Thursday, January 24, 2019 - 4:10pm Host: Prof. Sid Goyal McLennan Physical Labs, MP 102 Physics Colloquium Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Ranganathan_poster.pdf

Friday, January 25, 2019 - 11:00am

Friday, January 25, 2019 - 12:00pm

Clinical utility of RNA sequencing for rare disease and childhood cancer Drs. James Dowling & Adam Shlien Friday, January 25, 2019 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Monica Justice Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1246 Black Wing Genetics & Genome Biology Program Poster available: The Leading Strand.pdf

Friday, January 25, 2019 - 2:00pm

Human environmental exposome revealed by extensive longitudinal personal monitoring Dr. Chao Jiang Department of Genetics, Stanford University Friday, January 25, 2019 - 2:00pm Host: Dr. Laurent Briollais Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St. Level 3 Cooper Centre LTRI-Principal Investigator Candidate Seminars Departmental Search Candidate Poster available: Chao Jiang.pdf

Monday, January 28, 2019 - 1:00pm

The endoplasmic reticulum and mRNA-protein (RNP) granules: An unconventional contact doing conventional things Jason Lee, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Advisor: Gia K. Voeltz (Dept. of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology), University of Colorado, Boulder Monday, January 28, 2019 - 1:00pm Host: SickKids Faculty Recruitment Seminar: Biological Assembly & Phase Separation Position PGCRL Event Rooms 3A/3B (03.9310, 3rd Floor), 686 Bay St. Faculty Recruitment Seminar Faculty Recruitment Seminar Poster available: Recruitment Seminar - Lee.pdf

Monday, January 28, 2019 - 3:00pm

Functional evolutionary genomics approaches to understanding the cardiovascular system Dr. Michelle Ward Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Monday, January 28, 2019 - 3:00pm Host: Jennifer Mitchell / Miguel Ramalho-Santos Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St. Level 3 Cooper Centre LTRI-Principal Investigator Candidate Seminars Departmental Search Candidate Poster available: Michelle Ward.pdf

Monday, January 28, 2019 - 4:00pm

Control of innate immunity by a novel cytosolic unfolded protein response (cUPR) pathway Stephen Girardin, PhD Professor, Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto Monday, January 28, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Rita Kandel, MD, FRCPC MSB 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: SGirardin Lectureship final.pdf

Tuesday, January 29, 2019 - 10:00am

What Do We Lose from Getting Old?- Towards a Better Understanding of DNA Methylation Loss in Normal and Cancer Cells Dr. Wanding Zhou Van Andel Research Institute - Grand Rapids, MI Tuesday, January 29, 2019 - 10:00am Host: Dr. Steve Lye Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St. Level 3 Cooper Centre LTRI-Principal Investigator Candidate Seminars Departmental Search Candidate Poster available: Wanding Zhou.pdf

Tuesday, January 29, 2019 - 4:00pm

New and emerging strategies for the treatment of AML Aaron Schimmer, M.D., Ph.D., FRCPC Professor, Staff Physician, Senior Scientist, Director, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Tuesday, January 29, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Leonardo Salmena, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology MSB 4171 Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Schimmer.pdf

Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 9:30am

Molecular mechanism of transposon regulation via sperm-borne tRNA fragment Dr. Ana Boskovic Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 9:30am Host: Andrea Jurisicova / Miguel Ramalho-Santos MSH- 60 Murray St., 3rd Floor, Room 203 LTRI-Principal Investigator Candidate Seminars Departmental Search Candidate Poster available: Ana Boskovic.pdf

Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 3:00pm

New roles for pluripotency factors during development and somatic cell reprogramming Dr. Amy Ralston Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Janet Rossant PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Amy Ralston Seminar Announcement.pdf

Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 4:00pm

Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 12:00pm

Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 3:00pm

From model organism to super organism: epigenetics of development, reproduction, aging, and interorgan communication Dr. Rajee Rajakumar Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 3:00pm Host: Mei Zhen / Miguel Ramalho-Santos MSH- 60 Murray St., 3rd Floor, Room 203 LTRI-Principal Investigator Candidate Seminars Departmental Search Candidate Poster available: Rajee Rajakumar.pdf

Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 4:00pm

Coordination between differentially regulated molecular clocks governs rhythmic behaviour Deniz Top, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics; Department of Pharmacology; Dalhousie University Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Julie Forman-Kay PG CRL Rm 3.9320, 3rd Fl. Multi-Media Room, 686 Bay St., Sickkids Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Special Seminar Poster available: MM Special Seminar - Dr. Top Jan 31.pdf

Schwannomatosis: an overiew Dr. Laura Papi, MD Associate Professor, Medical Genetics Unit,Dept. Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences Mario Serio, University of Physiopathology DIP Studies, Florence, Italy Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Gelareh Zadeh PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 Princess Margaret Seminar Series

Friday, February 1, 2019 - 11:00am

Friday, February 1, 2019 - 1:30pm

The cost of thinking: metabolic control of brain synapses – an Achilles’ heel. Dr. Timothy A. Ryan, PhD Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medicine, The Rockefeller University Friday, February 1, 2019 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Sergio Grinstein PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Ryan.pdf

Monday, February 4, 2019 - 2:00pm

Understanding Molecular Organization of Stress Granules and P-Bodies Ji-Young Youn, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Advisor: Anne-Claude Gingras, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health Systems Monday, February 4, 2019 - 2:00pm Host: Faculty Recruitment Seminar: Biological Assembly & Phase Separation Position PGCRL Event Rooms 3A/3B (03.9310, 3rd Floor), 686 Bay St. Faculty Recruitment Seminar Faculty Recruitment Seminar Poster available: Recruitment Seminar - Youn.pdf

Monday, February 4, 2019 - 4:00pm

LMP WEBINAR - A NEW FEATURE OF THE LMP MONDAY 4 PM SEMINAR SERIES Susan Done, MA, MB, BChir, MBA, PhD, FRCPC, FCAP, Pathologist, UHN Cancer Clinical Research Unit, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, UHN, Associate Professor, Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto Monday, February 4, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Myron Cybulsky, MD MSB 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: LMP_webinar_Done_2019-02-04.pdf

Tuesday, February 5, 2019 - 4:00pm

Addressing the Achilles’ Heel of Cancer Nanomedicine: The Dark Side of All-in-One Approaches and the EPR Effect Gang Zheng Ph.D. Professor of Medical Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toronto | Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Center Tuesday, February 5, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Leonardo Salmena, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology MSB 4171 Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: Gang.pdf

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 - 11:00am

Alternative Polyadenylation: Mechanisms and Consequences Dr. Bin Tian Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Wednesday, February 6, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Drs. Benjamin Blencowe and Quaid Morris CCBR Red Room Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Tian poster.pdf

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 - 1:30pm

Systematic Analysis of Alternative Polyadenylation from High-Throughput RNA Sequencing Data Kevin Ha, PhD Candidate Molecular Genetics Wednesday, February 6, 2019 - 1:30pm CCBR Red Room Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Exam Seminar Poster available: Ha poster.pdf

Thursday, February 7, 2019 - 12:00pm

Indirect regulation of gene expression: Implications for bacterial evolution Matthew Scott University of Waterloo Thursday, February 7, 2019 - 12:00pm Host: Prof. Sid Goyal McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MScott_Feb7.pdf

NTM and the CF Airway: The more we learn the less we know! Dr. Jerry Nick Thursday, February 7, 2019 - 12:00pm Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1527, Hill Wing Cystic Fibrosis Seminar

Thursday, February 7, 2019 - 11:00pm

Disordered Protein Phase Separation: Insights into Activity-Dependent Translational Regulation Julie D. Forman-Kay Canada Research Chair in Intrinsically Disordered Proteins | Senior Scientist and Program Head, Molecular Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute | Professor, Department of Biochemistry Thursday, February 7, 2019 - 11:00pm Host: Grant W. Brown, PhD | Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto CCBR Red Room Donnelly Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Julie Forman-Kay Donnelly 7 Feb 2019 poster.pdf

Friday, February 8, 2019 - 11:00am

Friday, February 8, 2019 - 12:00pm

Epigenetics and Cancer Biology: From Viral Mimicry to Liquid Biopsies Dr. Daniel D. De Carvalho Friday, February 8, 2019 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Jeehye Park PG CRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Genetics & Genome Biology Program Poster available: 2019 Feb 8_DanielDeCarvalho.pdf

Friday, February 8, 2019 - 1:30pm

Platelet secretory granule development. Dr. Walter Kahr, MD/PhD Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Friday, February 8, 2019 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Kahr.pdf

Friday, February 8, 2019 - 4:00pm

RNA binding by the Nab3 RRM domain in yeast: a regulatory role for reversible lysine methylation? Dr. Marc Meneghini University of Toronto, Dept of Molecular Genetics Friday, February 8, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Toronto RNA Club CCBR Red Room Toronto RNA Club Poster available: Feb TorontoRNAClubPoster2018-pdf.pdf

Sunday, February 10, 2019 - 11:10am

"Ion channels in immunity: ORAI, STIM and company" Dr. Stefan Feske Professor of Experimental Pathology Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pathology Director, Ion Channel & Immunity Program New York University School of Medicine Sunday, February 10, 2019 - 11:10am Host: Dr. Bebhin Treanor MSB 2170 Department of Immunology Easton Seminar Series Departmental Seminar Poster available: Dr. Feske Poster.pdf

Monday, February 11, 2019 - 12:00pm

TRPV4 and CFTR ion channels as disease mechanisms and putative targets in acute lung injury/ARDS Wolfgang M. Kuebler, MD Director, Institue of Physiology, Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin Monday, February 11, 2019 - 12:00pm Host: Brian Kavanagh PG CRL Rm 2a, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Translational Medicine Seminar Special Seminar Poster available: TMInvitedSpeakerKubler11022019.pdf

Monday, February 11, 2019 - 1:00pm

Phase Separation: A Paradigm Shift for Understanding the Formation and Function of T Cell Signaling Clusters Jonathon Ditlev, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Advisor: Michael Rosen (Department of Biophysics), Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre Monday, February 11, 2019 - 1:00pm Host: Faculty Recruitment Seminar: Biological Assembly & Phase Separation Position PGCRL Event Rooms 3A/3B (03.9310, 3rd Floor), 686 Bay St. Faculty Recruitment Seminar Faculty Recruitment Seminar Poster available: Recruitment Seminar - Ditlev.pdf