Previous Seminars

Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 2:00pm

Activity-Based Protein Probes in the Glycosciences Gideon Davies, PhD Professor, York Structural Biology Laboratory, University of York Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 2:00pm Host: Dr. Lynne Howell PGCRL Event Room 1 (02.9320, 2nd Floor), 686 Bay St. Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MM Special Seminar - Gideon Davies March 28.pdf

Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 4:00pm

Friday, March 29, 2019 - 11:00am

Friday, March 29, 2019 - 1:30pm

Systematic exploration of genetic interactions in mammalian cells. Dr. Jason Moffat, PhD Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto Friday, March 29, 2019 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Moffat.pdf

Friday, March 29, 2019 - 2:00pm

Mechanism of Galactosaminogalactan Biosynthesis and Modification in Aspergillus fumigatus Biofilm Formation Natalie Bamford Friday, March 29, 2019 - 2:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Lynne Howell MSB 4171 Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.Natalie.Bamford.pdf

Monday, April 1, 2019 - 4:00pm

Deconstructing tumors for precision medicine DSR Sarma Lectureship in Oncologic Pathology, Jen Jen Yeh, MD Professor, Departments of Surgery and Pharmacology, Vice Chair of Research, Department of Surgery, Co-Director of Clinical Research, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Monday, April 1, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Michael Ohh, PhD MSB 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: DSR Sarma 2019.pdf

Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 4:00pm

Mental illnesses common risk factor Fxr1 regulates homeostatic neuronal plasticity and sleep Jivan Khlghatyan Ph.D. Post Doctoral Fellow, Beaulieu Lab, Departments of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Psychiatry & Neuroscience, University of Toronto Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Martin Beaulieu Supervisor: Dr. Martin Beaulieu MSB 4171 Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Poster available: Khlghatyan.pdf

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 11:00am

DNA damage responses in time and space: Implications for cancer immunotherapy Dr. Shane Harding Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Stephane Angers Pharmacy Building Room 850 Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology Poster available: 190403_CPO_Harding.pdf

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 12:00pm

A tale of two tissues: Lgr5+ stem cells in the stomach and uterus Dr. Nicholas Barker Research Director, A*STAR Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore, Chair of Tissue Regeneration, University of Edinburgh, UK, Research Professor, Kanazawa University, Japan Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 12:00pm Host: Drs. Tae-Hee Kim and Robert Bandsma Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1246 Black Wing Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Special Seminar Co-sponsor: Program in Cell Biology - SickKids, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition Poster available: Nick Barker Seminar Announcement.pdf

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 2:00pm

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 4:00pm

Thursday, April 4, 2019 - 11:00am

How cells control protein aggregation under stress Hyun Kate Lee, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto Thursday, April 4, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Liliana Attisano, PhD, Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Medical Biophysics | Canada Research Chair in Signalling Networks in Cancer CCBR Red Room Donnelly Seminar Series Departmental Seminar Poster available: Hyun Kate Lee Donnelly seminar poster.pdf

Thursday, April 4, 2019 - 4:00pm

Friday, April 5, 2019 - 11:00am

Monday, April 8, 2019 - 9:30am

Biochemistry Graduate First Seminar Symposium (9:30am - 12:30pm) MSc, PhD students Monday, April 8, 2019 - 9:30am MaRS 15th floor, room 1522 AND MaRS 16th flloor, room 1622 Department of Biochemistry Seminar Special Seminar Poster available: FinalRev4.Posted_1st.talk_.schedule_2018.19.xls-1.pdf

Monday, April 8, 2019 - 1:00pm

The role of non-coding RNAs in viral infection and the immunometabolic response John Pezacki, PhD Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa Monday, April 8, 2019 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Lewis Kay PGCRL Event Rooms 3A/3B (03.9310, 3rd Floor), 686 Bay St. Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MM Seminar - John Pezacki April 8.pdf

Monday, April 8, 2019 - 2:00pm

Structural and functional characterization of ubiquitin variants and ubiquitin binding proteins Noah Manczyk Monday, April 8, 2019 - 2:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Frank Sicheri Medical Sciences Building, Room 3278 Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Rev.Ph_.D.Poster.Noah_.Manczyk.pdf

Extracellular vesicles derived from amniotic fluid stem cells as a novel treatment strategy for impaired fetal lung development: A big opportunity in small vesicles Dr. Augusto Zani Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon, Division of General and Thoracic Surgery, Scientist-Track Investigator, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Monday, April 8, 2019 - 2:00pm Host: Dr. Brian Ciruna PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Special Seminar Poster available: Augusto Zani Seminar Announcement.pdf

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 9:30am

Biochemistry Graduate First Seminar Symposium (9:30am - 12:30pm) MSc, PhD students Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 9:30am MaRS 15th floor, room 1522 AND MaRS 16th flloor, room 1622 Department of Biochemistry Seminar Special Seminar Poster available: FinalRev4.Posted_1st.talk_.schedule_2018.19.xls-1.pdf

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 4:00pm

Pioneering Drug Development with the Nematode Worm Caenorhabditis elegans Peter J. Roy, Ph.D. Professor, Vice Chair, Canada Research Chair in Chemical Genetics, Departments of Molecular Genetics and Pharmacology & Toxicology, The Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Leonardo Salmena, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology MSB 4171 Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: Roy.pdf

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 9:30am

Biochemistry Graduate First Seminar Symposium (9:30am - 1:05pm) MSc, PhD students Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 9:30am MaRS 15th floor, room 1522 AND MaRS 16th flloor, room 1622 Department of Biochemistry Seminar Special Seminar Poster available: FinalRev4.Posted_1st.talk_.schedule_2018.19.xls-1.pdf

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 12:00pm

‘DNA repair: A unifying mechanism in neurodegeneration.’ Dr. Ray Truant Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Jim Woodgett Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St. Level 3 Conference Rooms, L3-201-202-203 Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Ray Truant Poster 1.pdf

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 4:00pm

Transmission of misfolded proteins in neurodegenerative disorders – a common mechanism of disease progression DR. VIRGINIA M.-Y. LEE Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Director, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Raphaella So MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Connell 2019_Virginia M.Y. Lee.pdf

Thursday, April 11, 2019 - 11:00am

Targeting Wnt signalling in cancer and tissue regeneration Stéphane Angers, PhD Professor/Associate Dean of Research, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto Thursday, April 11, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Grant W. Brown, PhD | Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto CCBR Red Room Donnelly Seminar Series Departmental Seminar Poster available: Stéphane Angers April 11, 2019 Donnelly poster.pdf

Thursday, April 11, 2019 - 2:00pm

Global analysis of the human RNA-RNA interactome Eesha Sharma PhD Candidate, Dept. of Molecular Genetics Thursday, April 11, 2019 - 2:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Ben Blencowe CCBR Red Room Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Exam Seminar Poster available: Sharma Poster.pdf

Thursday, April 11, 2019 - 4:00pm

Friday, April 12, 2019 - 11:00am

Friday, April 12, 2019 - 1:30pm

Regulation of human immune function by P13K genes. Dr. Carrie Lucas, PhD Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine Friday, April 12, 2019 - 1:30pm PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Poster available: Lucas.pdf

Friday, April 12, 2019 - 4:00pm

The methyltransferase Trm1p influences tRNA processing independent of catalytic activity Jennifer Porat York University Friday, April 12, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Toronto RNA Club Supervisor: Mark Bayfield CCBR Black Room Toronto RNA Club Poster available: Toronto RNA Club Poster April 12th.pdf

Friday, April 12, 2019 - 4:30pm

Exploring the role of alternative splicing in regulating muscle-cuticle attachments in C. elegans June Tan University of Toronto, Dept of Molecular Genetics Friday, April 12, 2019 - 4:30pm Host: Toronto RNA Club Supervisor: Andrew Fraser CCBR Black Room Toronto RNA Club Poster available: Toronto RNA Club Poster April 12th.pdf

Monday, April 15, 2019 - 1:00pm

An Innovative Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Program Dr Susy Hota MD FRCPC Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control, University Health Network, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Toronto Monday, April 15, 2019 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Roman Melnyk PGCRL Event Rooms 3A/3B (03.9310, 3rd Floor), 686 Bay St. Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MM Seminar - Dr. Susy Hota April 15.pdf

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - 10:00am

Going Global: Long-range Regulation of Adult Neural Stem Cells Fiona Doetsch, PhD Professor, Biozentrum, The Center for Molecular Life Sciences, University of Basel, Switzerland Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - 10:00am Host: Derek van der Kooy, PhD, Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Medical Biophysics, U of T CCBR Red Room Special Seminar Co-sponsor: Program in Neuroscience, Development Biology Program, Department of Molecular Genetics, Ontario Institute of Regenerative Medicine Poster available: Fiona Doetsch April 16 2019 poster.pdf

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - 1:00pm

States and fates of primitive neural stem cells and their progeny in the mammalian brain Samantha Yammine PhD Candidate, Dept of Molecular Genetics Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - 1:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Derek van der Kooy MSB 2173 Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Exam Seminar Poster available: Yammine Poster.pdf

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 9:00am

Chaperone Systems in Model Organisms Kamran Rizzolo Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 9:00am Supervisor: Dr. Walid Houry MSB 2173 Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Exam Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.Kamran.Rizzolo.pdf

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 2:30pm

Chaperoning protein misfolding in ALS Dr. Martin L. Duennwald Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry University of Western Ontario Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 2:30pm Host: Dr. Walid A. Houry MaRS Centre West Tower, Room 1622 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MDuennwald_April 17.pdf

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 4:00pm

Getting excited about NMR, structure, mechanisms, the unknown and curing cancer Dr. Gerhard Wagner Elkan R. Blout Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Alexander Orazietti MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Connell 2019_Gerhard Wagner.pdf

Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 11:00am

Structure and Function of Mammalian SWI/SNF Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in Human Cancer Cigall Kadoch, PhD Assistant Professor, Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Institute Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Mikko Taipale, Assistant Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Department of Molecular Genetics | Canada Research Chair in Functional Proteomics and Proteostasis CCBR Red Room Donnelly Seminar Series Departmental Seminar Poster available: Cigall Kadoch donnelly seminar poster.pdf

Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 12:00pm

Dominant rotors Dr. Andre K. Yudin Department of Chemistry University of Toronto Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid A. Houry McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: AndreYudin_041819-1.pdf

"Membrane Protein Folding and Stability Investigated by Solid-State NMR" Xiao Peng University of Guelph Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 12:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Vladimir Ladizhansky PG CRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids NMR seminar series

Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 4:00pm

Stress signaling in yeast and beyond Matthias Peter, PhD Professor, Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Brenda J. Andrews, PhD, CC, FRSC | University Professor and Director, The Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research | Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics CCBR Red Room Special Seminar Poster available: Peter Matthias 18 April 2019 Donnelly poster.pdf

Transposable elements and epigenome evolution TING WANG, PhD The Sanford and Karen Loewentheil Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Hansen He PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 4:00pm

Cancer Modification Miguel Angel Pujana ProCURE, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBELL, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Dr Leonardo Salmena MSB 4171 Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Poster available: Pujana.pdf

Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - 4:00pm

PROTEIN TRANSPORT ACROSS MEMBRANES DR. Tom Rapoport Professor of Cell Biology and HHMI Investigator, HHMI/Harvard Medical School Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Kathleen Orrell MSB 2172 Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Connell 2019_Tom Rapoport.pdf

Thursday, April 25, 2019 - 11:00am

Toxin-antitoxin systems: perplexing simplicity Stephen Hare, PhD. University of Sussex, UK Thursday, April 25, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Trevor Moraes MaRS West Tower Room 1622 Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster_Stephen Hare.pdf

Thursday, April 25, 2019 - 12:00pm

The SMX Tri-Nuclease: Making it Safe to Play with Knives Dr. Haley Wyatt Department of Biochemistry University of Toronto Thursday, April 25, 2019 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid A. Houry McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Haley Wyatt_ 042519-1.pdf

CF Centre Seminar Group Meet and Greet TBD Thursday, April 25, 2019 - 12:00pm Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1527, Hill Wing Cystic Fibrosis Seminar

Thursday, April 25, 2019 - 2:00pm

Investigation of the immunogenicity and specificity of the Transferrin binding proteins from bovine pathogenic bacteria Anastassia Pogoutse Thursday, April 25, 2019 - 2:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Trevor Moraes CCBR, Black Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.Ana_.Pogoutse.pdf