Previous Seminars

Monday, October 7, 2019 - 11:10am

"Regulation of intestinal inflammation by IFN-gamma" Dr. Felix O. Yarovinsky, MD Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Centre for Vaccine Biology and Immunology University of Rochester Medical Centre Monday, October 7, 2019 - 11:10am Host: Dr. Dana Philpott,PhD MSB 2170 Department of Immunology Easton Seminar Series Departmental Seminar Poster available: Seminar Poster_Dr Yarovinsky.pdf

Monday, October 7, 2019 - 1:00pm

Macrophages across tissues and development Slava Epelman MD, PhD, FRCPC Cardiovascular Research Group Lead, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Loretta Rogers Chair in Immunobioengineering, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, Division of Cardiology, University Health Network, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Assistant Professor of Medicine Department of Immunology, University of Toronto Monday, October 7, 2019 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Jason Maynes PGCRL Event Rooms 3A/3B (03.9310, 3rd Floor), 686 Bay St. Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MM Seminar - Slava Epelman Oct 7.pdf

Monday, October 7, 2019 - 4:00pm

Identification in Forensic Practice; Opportunities and Challenges in Uganda DR. FREDERICK JAFFE MEMORIAL LECTURESHIP IN, FORENSIC MEDICINE:, Dr. Sylvester Onzivua Consultant Pathologist, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, Head, Forensic Unit, Department of Pathology Monday, October 7, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Michael Pollanen, BSc, MD, PhD, FRCPath, DMJ, FRCPC MSB 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: Poster Dr Jaffe Lectureship 2019.pdf

Tuesday, October 8, 2019 - 3:00pm

Wednesday, October 9, 2019 - 12:00pm

Thursday, October 10, 2019 - 4:00am

Thursday, October 10, 2019 - 11:00am

DNA event recorders to decipher dynamics of molecules and cells in heterogeneous biological systems Nozomu Yachie, PhD Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo, Synthetic Biology Division, RCAST | Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science Thursday, October 10, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Frederick P. (Fritz) Roth, PhD CCBR Red Room Donnelly Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Nozomu Yachie Donnelly talk 10 Oct 2019-compressed.pdf

Thursday, October 10, 2019 - 12:00pm

Tradeoffs in evolution of antibiotic resistance Prof. Erdal Toprak Green Center for Systems Biology UT Southwestern Medical Center Thursday, October 10, 2019 - 12:00pm Host: Prof. Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: EToprak_Oct10.pdf

Friday, October 11, 2019 - 11:00am

"Maintenance and remodeling of cell-cell junctions in dynamic epithelia” Ann Miller Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) University of Michigan Friday, October 11, 2019 - 11:00am Host: Sergey Plotnikov Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar Poster available: option 3.pdf

Friday, October 11, 2019 - 1:30pm

From regulated membrane traffic to whole-body glucose homeostasis. Dr. Timothy E. McGraw, PhD Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University Friday, October 11, 2019 - 1:30pm PGCRL Rm 3.9320, 3rd Fl. Multi-Media Room, 686 Bay St., Sickkids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: McGraw.pdf

Friday, October 11, 2019 - 4:00pm

C2H2 zinc finger protein as an adapter for FTO mediated m6A demethylation of mRNA Nabeel Haider Shah University of Toronto, Department of Molecular Genetics Friday, October 11, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Toronto RNA Club Supervisor: Jack Greenblatt CCBR Black Room Toronto RNA Club Poster available: TorontoRNAClubPoster2019-Oct11.pdf

Friday, October 11, 2019 - 4:30pm

Everything I wanted to know about Junk RNA but was afraid to ask Alexander Palazzo University of Toronto, Department of Biochemistry Friday, October 11, 2019 - 4:30pm Host: Toronto RNA Club CCBR Black Room Toronto RNA Club Poster available: TorontoRNAClubPoster2019-Oct11.pdf

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 12:00pm

Regulation of protein functions by 3’UTRs Dr. Christine Mayr Sloan Kettering Institute, New York Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 12:00pm Host: Nevraj Kejiou MSB 2170 Biochemistry George Connell Lectures Seminars Poster available: Connell poster_MAYR.pdf

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 3:00pm

Development and evolution of external genitalia Dr. Martin Cohn Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Florida Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Darius Bägli PGCRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Martin Cohn Seminar Announcement.pdf

Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 11:00am

Exploring chromatin mechanisms in somatic and germline development Arneet Saltzman, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto Thursday, October 17, 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: Arneet Saltzman poster 17 Oct 2019.pdf

Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 4:00pm

Friday, October 18, 2019 - 11:00am

Monday, October 21, 2019 - 11:10am

“Epigenetic regulation of T cell exhaustion: Implications for cancer immunotherapy” Dr. Benjamin A. Youngblood, PhD Associate Member, Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Associate Member, St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Monday, October 21, 2019 - 11:10am Host: Dr. Tania Watts & Dr. David Brooks MSB 2170 Department of Immunology Easton Seminar Series Departmental Seminar Poster available: Poster_Dr. Youngblood.pdf

Monday, October 21, 2019 - 1:00pm

Modulation of host immunity by gut-dwelling helminths and bacterial microbes Lisa Reynolds, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria Monday, October 21, 2019 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. John Parkinson PGCRL Event Room 1 (02.9320, 2nd Floor), 686 Bay St. Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Poster available: MM Seminar - Dr. Lisa Reynolds Oct 21.pdf

Monday, October 21, 2019 - 4:00pm

Physical perturbations to the gut microbiota during health and disease Carolina Tropini Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia, School of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Microbiology and Immunology Monday, October 21, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: William Navarre MSB 3153 Department of Molecular Genetics Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Tropini Seminar copy.pdf

Developing new ways to non-invasively image kidney fibrosis Darren Yuen, MD, FRCPC, PhD Assistant Professor, St. Michael’s Hospital Monday, October 21, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Jason Fish, PhD MSB 2170 Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: Poster DY.pdf

Tuesday, October 22, 2019 - 12:00pm

New hypomorphic mutations affecting the CMG DNA helicase cause Primordial Dwarfism Peter Kannu and Eric Campos SickKids Research Institute & SickKids Hospital Tuesday, October 22, 2019 - 12:00pm PGCRL Gallery, 2nd Floor, 686 Bay St. SickKids Research Institute Seminar Series Special Seminar Poster available: Research_Connections_22Oct2019.pdf

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 - 12:00pm

Thursday, October 24, 2019 - 11:00am

Thursday, October 24, 2019 - 12:00pm

Costate methods for reinforcement learning Dr. Douglas Tweed Dept of Physiology, Collaborative Program in Neuroscience (CPIN), University of Toronto Thursday, October 24, 2019 - 12:00pm Host: Wilson Zeng McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: Douglas_Tweed_Oct_24_2019-.pdf

Using patient derived cultures (from primary samples and iPSCs) to inform therapy development for the nonsense mutations: W1282X Dr. Onofrio Laselva, Janet Jiang Thursday, October 24, 2019 - 12:00pm Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1527, Hill Wing Cystic Fibrosis Seminar

Thursday, October 24, 2019 - 4:00pm

Unexpected secrets from the immunopeptidome open new perspectives in cancer immunotherapy Pierre Thibault, PhD Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal Thursday, October 24, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: 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. Pierre Thibault.pdf

Friday, October 25, 2019 - 11:00am

Friday, October 25, 2019 - 11:30am

From the role of Nanog in pluripotency to the mechanical regulation of adult lung stem cells: Understanding stem cell regulation Dr. Julio Sainz de Aja Postdoctoral Fellow, George Daley and Karla Kim labs, Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, Department of Genetics & Stem Cell Program Friday, October 25, 2019 - 11:30am Host: Dr. Janet Rossant PGCRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Special Seminar Poster available: Julio Sainz de Aja - Seminar Announcement.pdf

Friday, October 25, 2019 - 12:00pm

Digging genomes for propelling medicine and understanding our past Dr. Mait Metspalu Director, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu Friday, October 25, 2019 - 12:00pm Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1246 Black Wing Poster available: Metspalu_Poster_no_abstract.pdf

Monday, October 28, 2019 - 11:10am

"Sialic Acid: Master Regulator of Antibody Function" Dr. Robert M. Anthony, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Monday, October 28, 2019 - 11:10am Host: Dr. Tracy McGaha,PhD MSB 2170 Department of Immunology Easton Seminar Series Departmental Seminar Poster available: Poster_Dr. Anthony.pdf

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 - 11:00am

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 - 12:00pm

What if Alzheimer's disease was not caused by amyloid? Dr. Karl Herrup Professor of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School Wednesday, October 30, 2019 - 12:00pm Host: Raphaella So MSB 2170 Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Poster available: Connell 2019_Karl Herrup.pdf

Thursday, October 31, 2019 - 2:00pm

Molecular movies from X-ray lasers : Viruses, GPCRs, Enzymes, RNA, Photosynthesis John Spence, FRS Richard Snell Professor of Physics and Regents Professor, Arizona State University, Director of Science, National Science Foundation BioXFEL Science and Technology Center Thursday, October 31, 2019 - 2:00pm Host: Drs. Jean-Philippe Julien & Jeff Lee MSB 2172 Molecular Medicine Program, SickKids & BHT Organization Special Seminar Special Seminar Poster available: MM & BHT Special Seminar - JOHN SPENCE Oct 31 2019.pdf

Thursday, October 31, 2019 - 4:00pm

Overcoming the adaptive response of tumors to Hypoxia by targeting HIF-1 induced Carbonic Anhydrase IX/XI Shoukat Dedhar,PhD,FRSC Thursday, October 31, 2019 - 4:00pm PGCRL Auditorium, 686 Bay St., SickKids Brain Tumour Research Centre, Hospital For Sick Children Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Event.pdf

Mechanisms of small cell lung cancer metastasis Dr. Julien Sage Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics, co-Director of the Cancer Biology PhD program Harriet and Mary Zelencik Scientist in Children's Cancer and Blood Diseases, Stanford University Thursday, October 31, 2019 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Benjamin Lok PMH, 610 University Avenue, 6th Floor Auditorium, Rm 6-604 OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, November 1, 2019 - 1:30pm

Crosstalk between metabolism-defining tissues and immune cells in hyperlipidic states. Dr. Amira Klip Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Friday, November 1, 2019 - 1:30pm PGCRL Rm 3a, 3rd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Klip.pdf

Monday, November 4, 2019 - 11:10am

"The adenosine immune checkpoint in immuno-oncology" Dr. John Stagg Associate professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Montreal Université de Montréal, CRCHUM and Institut du cancer de Montréal Monday, November 4, 2019 - 11:10am Host: Dr. David Brooks MSB 2170 Department of Immunology Easton Seminar Series Departmental Seminar Poster available: Dr. Stagg_Final Poster.pdf

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 12:00pm

Thursday, November 7, 2019 - 9:00am

Exploring extraterrestrial life, alpine ice patch archeology and systems biology (moved to Bahen Centre: BA 1160 -- RSVPs required) H. Sapers, J. Mustard, C. Thomas, M. Vidal, 2019 Tanenbaum Symposium (See attached poster) Thursday, November 7, 2019 - 9:00am Host: Dr. Charlie Boone, PhD, FRSC, Anne and max Tanenbaum Chair in Molecular Medicine, Canada Research Chair in Proteomics, Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics | Professor, The Donnelly Centre Bahen Centre Rm. 1160 2019 Tanenbaum Symposium Poster available: 2019 Tanenbaum Symposium poster BAHEN CENTRE.pdf

Thursday, November 7, 2019 - 4:00pm

Investigation of the extent of snoRNA cellular functionality by low structure bias sequencing, network and machine learning approaches Michelle Scott, PhD Department of Biochemistry and Functional Genomics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke Thursday, November 7, 2019 - 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. Michelle Scott.pdf

Friday, November 8, 2019 - 11:00am

Friday, November 8, 2019 - 3:00pm

The Molecular Basis of Microtubule Structure and Dynamic Instability Dr. Gary. J. Brouhard Associate Professor, McGill University (Department of Biology) Friday, November 8, 2019 - 3:00pm Host: Laurence Pelletier MSB 4171 Department of Molecular Genetics Poster available: Gary J. Brouhard Guest Speaker (Nov 8).pdf

Friday, November 8, 2019 - 4:00pm

Monday, November 11, 2019 - 11:10am

"Generating tissue-wide memory T cell responses to cancer" Dr. Mary Jo Turk Professor of Microbiology and Immunology Co-Director, Immunology and Cancer Inmmunotherapy Program Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine Monday, November 11, 2019 - 11:10am Host: Dr. Tracy McGaha MSB 2170 Department of Immunology Easton Seminar Series Departmental Seminar Poster available: Final Poster_Dr. Turk.pdf

Monday, November 11, 2019 - 1:00pm

Regulation of Nod-like receptor signaling Dana Philpott, PhD Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto Monday, November 11, 2019 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. John Parkinson PGCRL Event Rooms 3A/3B (03.9310, 3rd Floor), 686 Bay St. Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MM Seminar - Dana Philpott Nov 11.pdf

Wednesday, November 13, 2019 - 9:00am

Regulation of a Downstream Effector (DIAPH) of RhoA Signaling in Ciliogenesis and Maintenance of the Primary Cilia Oliva Palander Wednesday, November 13, 2019 - 9:00am Supervisor: Dr. William Trimble CCBR Red Room Department of Biochemistry Seminar PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Ph.D.Poster.Oliva_.Palander.pdf

Wednesday, November 13, 2019 - 11:00am

Towards Precision Medicine: Progress in Cystic Fibrosis Symposium, Registration Required - see poster attached Wednesday, November 13, 2019 - 11:00am Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Room 1246 Black Wing Cystic Fibrosis Seminar Special Seminar Poster available: Towards Precision Medicine 2019 Annual Meeting Invitation.pdf