Previous Seminars

Friday, December 11, 2020 - 11:00am

Kristen Koenig
Harvard University
Friday, December 11, 2020 - 11:00am
Host: John Calarco
Virtual
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, December 11, 2020 - 1:30pm

Dr. Arohan R. Subramanya, MD, FASN
Department of Medicine, Renal-Electrolyte Division, Associate Professor of Medicine and of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Friday, December 11, 2020 - 1:30pm
Host: Dr. Daniela Rotin
Via Zoom - https://zoom.us/j/94671356794?pwd=NDEyWEFoRTBFa0xlVCtDUDBXWmR1dz09
Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series 
Invited Speaker Seminar

Monday, December 14, 2020 - 1:00pm

Christopher Neale, PhD
Staff Scientist, Theoretical Biology & Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Monday, December 14, 2020 - 1:00pm
Host: Dr. Régis Pomès
https://zoom.us/j/92375827198?pwd=cmVIY3ZBMXo4c05wcDhWUVJPcUo4QT09 Meeting ID: 923 7582 7198 Passcode: 868161
Invited Speaker Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon MM Seminar - Chris Neale Dec 14.pdf

Thursday, December 17, 2020 - 1:00pm

Parastoo Boroumand
Thursday, December 17, 2020 - 1:00pm
Supervisor: Dr. Amira Klip, Co-Supervisor: Dr. Stephan Giradin Supervisory Committee Members: Dr. Khosrow Adeli, Hoon-ki Sung
Remote - Please contact students advisor
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
PhD Oral Seminar

Thursday, December 17, 2020 - 4:00pm

Dr. Alice Soragni
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Co-Director, Orthopedic Oncology Translational Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Member, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC), UCLA
Thursday, December 17, 2020 - 4:00pm
Host: Dr. Michael Hoffman
Join via Zoom
OCI Seminar Series
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, December 18, 2020 - 1:30pm

Dr. Jonathan C. Kagan, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Director of Basic Research and Shwachman Chair in Gastroenterology Boston Children’s Hospital
Friday, December 18, 2020 - 1:30pm
Host: Dr. Neil Goldenberg
Via Zoom-https://zoom.us/j/98177671873?pwd=L2RSRlA0N0VaK3UzU1JUczFvSTFmQT09
Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series 
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, January 8, 2021 - 1:30pm

Paul Delgado Olguin, PhD
Translational Medicine Program, Hospital for Sick Children
Friday, January 8, 2021 - 1:30pm
Host: Dr. Amira Klip
Via Zoom - https://zoom.us/j/98125193823?pwd=aFVGNHdWaGFrZXF4RnZOSkNINHhXdz09
Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series 
Invited Speaker Seminar

Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 12:00pm

Jörg Matysik
Universität Leipzig
Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 12:00pm
Host: James Otis
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89407663380?pwd=OFBMczlhWVZKbUswQzk3VXNkLzhGdz09
BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks
Invited Speaker Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Matysik_Jan15.pdf

Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 4:00pm

Dr. David Fooksman
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; Member of Albert Einstein Cancer Center
Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 4:00pm
Host: Dr. Anastasia Tikhonova
Join via Zoom
OCI Seminar Series
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, January 15, 2021 - 11:00am

Miranda Hunter, Research Fellow
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Friday, January 15, 2021 - 11:00am
Host: Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez (rodrigo.fernandez.gonzalez@utoronto.ca)
https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/94049486250
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, January 15, 2021 - 1:30pm

Dr. Trude Helen Flo, PhD
Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Friday, January 15, 2021 - 1:30pm
Host: Dr. John Brumell
Via Zoom - https://zoom.us/j/91638228559?pwd=TUd3aGlNT2creHdUbmNJN3R6Z0tWZz09
Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series 
Invited Speaker Seminar

Monday, January 18, 2021 - 3:00pm

Dr. Harmit Malik
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Monday, January 18, 2021 - 3:00pm
Host: Dr. Thomas Hurd
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/98608130110
Department of Molecular Genetics
Departmental Seminar

Thursday, January 21, 2021 - 12:00pm

Willem J.M. Mulder, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiology and Oncological Sciences at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) New York and Professor of Precision Medicine at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), The Netherlands
Thursday, January 21, 2021 - 12:00pm
Host: Dr. Gang Zheng
Join us via zoom
OCI Seminar Series
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, January 22, 2021 - 11:00am

Alexandra Byrne, Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, MA, USA
Friday, January 22, 2021 - 11:00am
Host: John Calarco
Virtual
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, January 22, 2021 - 1:30pm

Dr. Laurence Pelletier, PhD
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto
Friday, January 22, 2021 - 1:30pm
Host: Dr. John Brumell
Via Zoom - https://zoom.us/j/93482771445?pwd=V1N6MkszRnM0OTBWWVdIUlVkdE5Cdz09
Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series 
Invited Speaker Seminar

Monday, January 25, 2021 - 1:00pm

Marie Arrieta, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology & Dept. of Paediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Monday, January 25, 2021 - 1:00pm
Host: Dr. John Parkinson
Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/92563776545?pwd=OEU0YldsUE92eG11aW00d1NLU0x4UT09 Meeting ID: 925 6377 6545 Passcode: 027234
Molecular Medicine Seminar Series
Invited Speaker Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon MM Seminar - Marie Arrieta Jan 25.pdf

Monday, January 25, 2021 - 3:00pm

Dr. Coleen Murphy
Princeton University
Monday, January 25, 2021 - 3:00pm
Host: Dr. Julie Claycomb
Zoom Meeting
Department of Molecular Genetics
Departmental Seminar

Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 12:00pm

Dr. Jean-Philippe Julien
Molecular Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children Departments of Biochemistry & Immunology, University of Toronto
Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 12:00pm
Host: Wilson Zeng
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89407663380?pwd=OFBMczlhWVZKbUswQzk3VXNkLzhGdz09
Invited Speaker Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon JP-J_Jan28.pdf
Speakers: Shaun Morris, Jim Hu & Natasha Saunders
Three Talks featuring Dr. Shaun Morris: National surveillance for children hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection: Results of the Canadian Pediatric Surveillance Program COVID-19 Study; Dr. Jim Hu: Toronto-made safe and effective COVID-19 Vaccines; Dr. Natasha Saunders: Mental health care delivery in Ontario through the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 12:00pm
Host: SickKids Research Institute Seminar Series
Join on Zoom https://zoom.us/j/91730116928?pwd=NVBtTERTSkJDdTdvR2xjRnZVQkxZUT09 Meeting ID: 917 3011 6928 Passcode: 732696
Research Connections: COVID-19 Series
Invited Speaker Seminar

Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 4:00pm

Jason Moffat PhD
Professor, University of Toronto, Canada Research Chair in Functional Genomics of Cancer
Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 4:00pm
Host: Dr. Catherine O'Brien
join us via zoom, details below
OCI Seminar Series
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, January 29, 2021 - 12:00pm

Jesse Bloom
Associate Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Friday, January 29, 2021 - 12:00pm
Host: Student: Steven Chen
Virtual
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Jan29_Seminar_Jesse_Bloom.pdf

Friday, January 29, 2021 - 1:30pm

Dr. Suzana Salcedo, PhD
Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Structural BiochemistUniversity of Lyon
Friday, January 29, 2021 - 1:30pm
Host: Dr. Sergio Grinstein
Via Zoom - https://zoom.us/j/92740572978?pwd=YXpKOGJla2lteU15VGg1blhZK1lXQT09
Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series 
Invited Speaker Seminar

Monday, February 1, 2021 - 3:00pm

Dr. Erle Robertson
Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Monday, February 1, 2021 - 3:00pm
Host: Dr. Lori Frappier
Zoom Meeting
Department of Molecular Genetics
Departmental Seminar

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 9:00am

Dr. Michael Wieczorek
Laboratory of Chemistry and Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 9:00am
Host: Dr. Justin Nodwell
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89167946405?pwd=ZEE0N1pJcWZoQ1NTZWZiWVJmdUhoQT09, Meeting ID: 891 6794 6405 Passcode: 0gGbS1
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty Search Seminar
Departmental Search Candidate

Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 11:00am

Dr Marc-Andre Fortin
Professor, Materials Engineering, Université Laval
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 11:00am
Host: Raymond Reilly
https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/87613002634 Meeting ID: 876 1300 2634 Passcode: 836205
Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology
Invited Speaker Seminar

Thursday, February 4, 2021 - 9:30am

Amit Meir
Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, USA
Thursday, February 4, 2021 - 9:30am
Host: Dr. Justin Nodwell
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83968785713?pwd=S1pyWmxQVFVPMkhSZVY2eWNFZ080QT09, Meeting ID: 839 6878 5713 Passcode: A9V9ra
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty Search Seminar
Departmental Search Candidate

Thursday, February 4, 2021 - 4:00pm

Weibo Cai, PhD
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Radiology, Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin, Madison
Thursday, February 4, 2021 - 4:00pm
Host: Dr. Gang Zheng
join us via Zoom
OCI Seminar Series
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, February 5, 2021 - 1:30pm

Dr. Julien Muffat, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Synthetic Neuroimmunology and Stem Cell Bioengineering Scientist, Neurosciences and Mental Health Program
Friday, February 5, 2021 - 1:30pm
Host: Dr. John Brumell.
Via Zoom - https://zoom.us/j/92958004962?pwd=YkFoZDNhTThrRHhLVE1pQy9YeGltdz09
Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series 
Invited Speaker Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Muffat Seminar.pdf

Monday, February 8, 2021 - 3:00pm

Dr. Francesca Luca
Wayne State University
Monday, February 8, 2021 - 3:00pm
Host: Dr. Michael Wilson
Zoom Meeting (Email: studentservices.mogen@utoronto.ca for link)
Department of Molecular Genetics
Departmental Seminar

Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 12:00pm

Dr. Ashleigh Tuite
Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto
Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 12:00pm
Host: Dr. Walid A. Houry
https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/86958573202
BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks
Invited Speaker Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ashleigh Tuite_Feb 11_2021.pdf
Felix Ratjen, Lucy Perrem
Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 12:00pm
Virtual Meeting: Email candice.cumberbatch@sickkids.ca for Teams link
Cystic Fibrosis Seminar

Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 4:00pm

Cedric Blanpain, MD, PhD
Professor of Stem Cell and Developmental Biology WELBIO investigator, Director of the Laboratory of Stem Cells and Cancer, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium
Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 4:00pm
Host: Dr. John Dick
Join us via zoon (details below)
OCI Seminar Series
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, February 12, 2021 - 11:00am

Arjun Raj, Full Professor
University of Pennsylvania Department of Bioengineering Department of Genetics
Friday, February 12, 2021 - 11:00am
Host: Student: Steven Chen
Virtual
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, February 12, 2021 - 12:00pm

Pamela Hoodless, PhD
Director and Distinguished Scientist, Terry Fox Lab, BC Cancer Research Institute, Professor, Departments of Medical Genetics & School of Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia
Friday, February 12, 2021 - 12:00pm
Host: Monica Justice , PhD
https://qrgo.page.link/sVcaG
Genetics & Genome Biology Program
Invited Speaker Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Pamela Hoodless_2021Feb12.pdf

Friday, February 12, 2021 - 1:30pm

Dr. Carey Lumeng, MD/PhD
Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School
Friday, February 12, 2021 - 1:30pm
Host: Dr. Amira Klip
Via Zoom - https://zoom.us/j/97890982489?pwd=bGc3OEtPeDFzZmlxanBmczJPclFsZz09
Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series 
Invited Speaker Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Lumeng Seminar.pdf

Tuesday, February 16, 2021 - 9:00am

Dr. Malik Chaker-Margot
Biozentrum, Universität Basal Biozentrum, Universität Basal Biozentrum, Universität Basal Biozentrum, Universität Basal Biozentrum, Universität Basal
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 - 9:00am
Host: Dr. Justin Nodwell
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86749911798?pwd=cUltWiswMU5BczBqbjFjZTZtQ3B3QT09, Meeting ID: 867 4991 1798 Passcode: ChrH31
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty Search Seminar
Departmental Search Candidate

Wednesday, February 17, 2021 - 1:00pm

Michael Norris
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, California, USA
Wednesday, February 17, 2021 - 1:00pm
Host: Dr. Justin Nodwell
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84307416155?pwd=RFVEajBNVGxSOEJaamNwSVR5Uzludz09, Meeting ID: 843 0741 6155 Passcode: 3u51DV
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty Search Seminar
Faculty Recruitment Seminar

Friday, February 19, 2021 - 1:30pm

Dr. Julien Prudent, PhD
Medical Research Council, University of Cambridge, Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Friday, February 19, 2021 - 1:30pm
Host: Dr. Julie Brill
Via Zoom - https://zoom.us/j/98072267651?pwd=L3huOHhCTTkwSXl0YmE2TVNkM1N3Zz09
Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series 
Invited Speaker Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Prudent.pdf

Monday, February 22, 2021 - 3:00pm

Dr. Cedric Feschotte
Cornell University
Monday, February 22, 2021 - 3:00pm
Host: Dr. Miguel Ramalho-Santos
Zoom Meeting
Department of Molecular Genetics
Invited Speaker Seminar

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 9:00am

Ahmad Jomaa
Institute for Molecular Biology & Biophysics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 9:00am
Host: Dr. Justin Nodwell
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87914630875?pwd=SEg3blhFQXpxeUtncnhDR0hIK0NoUT09, Meeting ID: 879 1463 0875 Passcode: 4h3PWq
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty Search Seminar
Departmental Search Candidate

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 12:00pm

Michelle Science, JP Julien, Julien Muffat
Three talks: Michelle Science, MD, MSc, Division of Infectious Diseases, SickKids; Department of Paediatrics,UofT: "Masked education: A randomized controlled trial of masking in the classroom"; Jean-Philippe Julien, PhD, Molecular Medicine, SickKids; Depts of Biochemistry and Immunology, UofT: "Breadth and potency of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies"; Julien Muffat, PhD, Neurosciences & Mental Health, SickKids; Dept of Molecular Genetics, UofT, Medicine by Design Investigator:"Tissue mimics to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the human brain"
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 12:00pm
Host: SickKids Research Institute Seminar Series
Join on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/91731319206?pwd=TkVqSU54dGUzK1dFdG96WXl0RFhrUT09 Meeting ID: 917 3131 9206 Passcode: 674469
Research Connections: COVID-19 Series
Invited Speaker Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Research Connections COVID-19_Feb 23rd.pdf

Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - 1:00pm

Melinda Diver
Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - 1:00pm
Host: Dr. Justin Nodwell
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83947741046?pwd=UFZML0xuU2lHaHFKbThieGhhMUZKdz09, Meeting ID: 839 4774 1046 Passcode: 5V9hUH
Biochemistry Faculty Search Seminar
Departmental Search Candidate

Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 11:00am

Professor Elena Comelli
Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 11:00am
Host: The Lawson Centre, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Virtual
Lawson Family Chair in Microbiome Nutrition Research Seminar Series
Special Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon 2021 Lawson Seminar Series.pdf

Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 12:00pm

Dr. Ruby Sullan
Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough & Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 12:00pm
https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/82622130777
BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks
Invited Speaker Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Ruby Sullan_Feb 25_2021.pdf

Friday, February 26, 2021 - 11:00am

Gurnit Atwal
Department of Molecular Genetics
Friday, February 26, 2021 - 11:00am
Supervisor: Dr. Quaid Morris
Zoom Meeting- Contact Ab Atre (studentservices.mogen@utoronto.ca) for link
Department of Molecular Genetics
PhD Oral Seminar
Jennifer Zallen
Professor HHMI/Sloan Kettering Institute
Friday, February 26, 2021 - 11:00am
Host: Professor Tony Harris
Virtual
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology
Invited Speaker Seminar

Friday, February 26, 2021 - 1:30pm

Dr. Michael S. Marks, PhD
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania
Friday, February 26, 2021 - 1:30pm
Host: Dr. Julie Brill
Via Zoom - https://zoom.us/j/94442088230?pwd=RTdKd1RpVUtGQ254NjZMK09meVAwdz09
Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series 
Invited Speaker Seminar
Poster available: PDF icon Marks.pdf

Monday, March 1, 2021 - 3:00pm

Dr. Quan Yuan
National Institutes of Health
Monday, March 1, 2021 - 3:00pm
Host: Dr. Xi Huang
Zoom Meeting: Contact Ab Atre (studentservices.mogen@utoronto.ca) for link
Department of Molecular Genetics
Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 11:00am

Abdalla Ahmed
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 11:00am
Supervisor: Dr. Paul Delgado-Olguin
Zoom Meeting - Contact Ab Atre (studentservices.mogen@utoronto.ca) for link
Department of Molecular Genetics
PhD Oral Seminar

Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 12:00pm

Vince Young, MD/PhD
Depts of Internal Medicine/Division of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology & Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 12:00pm
Host: Simoun Icho (simoun.icho@mail.utoronto.ca)
Online, please contact host for more information
Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture
Special Seminar

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