Previous Seminars

Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 4:00pm

Friday, September 24, 2021 - 11:00am

Friday, September 24, 2021 - 1:30pm

“Paligenosis: the program mature cells use to become progenitors (and sometimes cause cancer!)” Dr. Jason Mills Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Baylor College of Medicine Friday, September 24, 2021 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Nicola Jones Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Mills_R.pdf

Tuesday, September 28, 2021 - 3:00pm

Thursday, September 30, 2021 - 1:00pm

PhD Public Seminar - Aleksei Shkurin Aleksei Shkurin Department of Molecular Genetics Thursday, September 30, 2021 - 1:00pm Supervisor: Dr. Timothy Hughes Zoom Meeting: Email graduate.coordinator@utoronto.ca for link Department of Molecular Genetics PhD Oral Seminar Poster available: Aleksei Shkurin Public Seminar.pdf

Friday, October 1, 2021 - 11:00am

Friday, October 1, 2021 - 12:00pm

Genetic methods for biology and epidemiology Benjamin Neale, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital Friday, October 1, 2021 - 12:00pm Host: CANSSI Ontario STAGE Zoom Webinar CANSSI Ontario STAGE International Speaker Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: May 7, 2021 - STAGE ISSS - Benjamin Neale.pdf

Friday, October 1, 2021 - 1:30pm

“Regulatory mechanisms and molecular signatures of LC3-associated phagocytosis and non-canonical autophagy” Dr. Oliver Florey The Babraham Institute, Cambridge Friday, October 1, 2021 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. John Brumell Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Florey.pdf

Thursday, October 7, 2021 - 4:00pm

Friday, October 8, 2021 - 11:00am

Friday, October 8, 2021 - 1:30pm

“Autophagy- primary cilium crosstalk in the regulation of hypothalamic insulin sensitivity” Dr. Eugenia Morselli Physiology Department, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Friday, October 8, 2021 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Amira Klip Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Morselli..pdf

Wednesday, October 13, 2021 - 9:00am

Pathological phase transitions in neurodegenerative disease J. Paul Taylor, MD, PhD Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chair, Cell & Molecular Biology Department, Director, St. Jude Translational Neuroscience Initiative, Edward F. Barry Endowed Chair in Cell and Molecular Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Wednesday, October 13, 2021 - 9:00am Please register in advance for this seminar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1_C6GNpbRA2D6BOsxBcMGQ Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster seminar.pdf .pdf

Friday, October 15, 2021 - 1:30pm

“Regulation of phagocytosis by SLAMF7 and inflammation” Dr. André Veillette, MD Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) Friday, October 15, 2021 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Daniela Rotin Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Veillette.pdf

Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 9:00am

Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 4:00pm

Friday, October 22, 2021 - 1:00pm

Tuesday, October 26, 2021 - 3:00pm

“How Low Should We Go? Driving Pressure as a Target for Lung Protective Ventilation in ARDS” Sarina Sahetya, MD Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Tuesday, October 26, 2021 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Warren Lee Virtual:https://ca01web.zoom.us/j/63104883037?pwd=cUJ2akJMaUlMak10bkVhTUZwNVJBQT09 IDCCM Visiting Professor Rounds Poster available: IDCCM Visiting Professor Round - Tuesday October 26 2021.pdf

Friday, October 29, 2021 - 1:30pm

“Using mouse genetics to define context for emergent oncogene/tumor suppressor gene function” Dr. Sean Egan, PhD The Hospital for Sick Children, Cell Biology Program Friday, October 29, 2021 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. John Brumell Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Egan.pdf

Thursday, November 4, 2021 - 12:00pm

Developmental bioelectric networks instruct growth and form: from basic mechanisms to electroceuticals Dr. Michael Levin Biology Department, Tufts University Thursday, November 4, 2021 - 12:00pm Host: eremy Rothschild Zoom meeting BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MLevin_Nov 420201.pdf

Friday, November 5, 2021 - 12:00pm

Friday, November 5, 2021 - 1:30pm

“Mechanisms of vascular remodeling in pulmonary micro- and macrovessels in pulmonary hypertension” Dr. Wolfgang M. Kuebler, MD Director, Institute of Physiology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Friday, November 5, 2021 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Neil Goldenberg Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Kuebler.pdf

Monday, November 8, 2021 - 1:00pm

Next Generation Protein Therapeutics for Treating Cancer Jennifer Cochran, PhD Professor and Chair, Bioengineering, Stanford University Monday, November 8, 2021 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Jean-Philippe Julien Join Through Zoomhttps://zoom.us/j/95208920017?pwd=N2J3ZGNqNlhxRDRDOFFqcXNZbjFHdz09 Meeting ID: 952 0892 0017 Passcode: 633419 Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MM Seminar - Jennifer Cochran Nov 8 .pdf

Wednesday, November 10, 2021 - 12:00pm

Noninvasive sensory stimulation to induce gamma entrainment and neuroprotection DR. LI-HUEI TSAI Director, Picower Institute for Learning & Memory Picower Professor of Neuroscience Co-Director, The Alana Down Syndrome Center Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wednesday, November 10, 2021 - 12:00pm Host: Raphaella So Virtual Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Departmental Seminar Poster available: Connell poster_TSAI.pdf

Thursday, November 11, 2021 - 4:00pm

New Technologies for Exploiting the Human Glycoproteome for Personalized Medicine Dr. Rebekah L. Gundry Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Director of CardiOmics Program, Assistant Chief of Basic & Translational Research, Division of Cardiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center Thursday, November 11, 2021 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Thomas Kislinger Virtual via MS Teams link Virtual Princess Margaret Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: PM Virtual Seminar Series - Dr. Rebekah L. Gundry - November 11, 2021 at 4pm (EST).pdf

Friday, November 12, 2021 - 1:30pm

“Driving forces for meta-inflammation; adiposity, sex, and myelopoiesis” Dr. Kanakadurga Singer, MD Pediatrics, University of Michigan Friday, November 12, 2021 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Amira Klip Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Singer.pdf

Monday, November 15, 2021 - 5:15pm

Employing Social Media to Improve Mental Health: Pitfalls, Lessons Learned, and the Next Frontier Dr. Munmun De Choudhury Georgia Tech Monday, November 15, 2021 - 5:15pm Host: Data Science Speaker Series at U of T Zoom Webinar Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Nov 15, 2021 - DSSS - Mumun DeChoudhury banner.pdf

Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 12:00pm

Driven polymers: From basic biophysics to identification of RNA viruses Prof. Ulrich F. Keyser Cavendish Laboratory University of Cambridge Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 12:00pm Host: Prof. Anton Zilman Virtual Seminar BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: Keyser_Nov182021.pdf

One-Step Formation of Protein-Based Tubular Structures for Functional Devices and Tissues Wuyang Gao Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 12:00pm Virtual Meeting: Email candice.cumberbatch@sickkids.ca for Teams link Cystic Fibrosis Seminar

Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 4:00pm

Cellular Identity and Tumorigenesis in the Female Reproductive Tract: Clarity Through Genomics Hui Shen PhD Associate Professor, Department of Epigenetics, Van Andel Institute Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Daniel De Carvalo Virtual OCI Seminar Series Poster available: Shen-SeminarPosting.pdf

Friday, November 19, 2021 - 1:30pm

“Function and regulation of inter-organelle contacts in lipid transport” Dr. Fabien Alpy, PhD Department of Functional Genomics and Cancer, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire Friday, November 19, 2021 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Peter Kim Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Alpy.pdf

Monday, November 22, 2021 - 1:00pm

Bioinformatic approaches for human microbiome studies Morgan Langille, PhD Canada Research Chair in Human Microbiomics, Associate Professor, Dept of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University Monday, November 22, 2021 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. John Parkinson Join through zoom:https://zoom.us/j/99457869661?pwd=U1RzSTJyeC9YelZxekUzMXV3UE9Fdz09 Meeting ID: 994 5786 9661 Passcode: 631530 Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MM Seminar - Morgan Langille Nov 22.pdf

Tuesday, November 23, 2021 - 3:00pm

30 years of echocardiography in ventilated patients: the key messages Professor Antoine Vieillard-Barron University hospital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt, France University hospital Ambroise Paré Boulogne-Billancourt, France Tuesday, November 23, 2021 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Warren Lee Virtual Poster available: IDCCM Visiting Professor Round - Tuesday November 23, 2021.pdf

Friday, November 26, 2021 - 1:30pm

Cellular and organellar anion transport - from biophysics to pathophysiology in bone and brain Dr. Tobias Stauber, PhD Friday, November 26, 2021 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Spencer Freeman Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Stauber.pdf

Thursday, December 2, 2021 - 12:00pm

Microbial Lifestyle Strategies Revealed through Metabolic Modeling Dr. John Parkinson Program in Molecular Medicine Hospital for Sick Children Thursday, December 2, 2021 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid A. Houry Virtual Seminar BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: John Parkinson_Dec 2_2021.pdf

Friday, December 3, 2021 - 12:00pm

CanRisk: Personalising cancer risk prediction for prevention and early detection Dr. Antonis Antoniou University of Cambridge Friday, December 3, 2021 - 12:00pm Host: CANSSI Ontario STAGE Zoom Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: 12 Dec 03, 2021 - STAGE ISSS - Antonis Antoniou Twitter.pdf

Friday, December 3, 2021 - 1:30pm

Reaping the benefits of childhood cancer therapy, without paying the “Toll 4” it Dr. Amit Bhavsar, PhD Friday, December 3, 2021 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Peter Kim Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Bhavsar.pdf

Wednesday, December 8, 2021 - 12:00pm

Tumorigenesis in the setting of DNA interstrand crosslink repair deficiency Agata Smogorzewska, M.D., Ph.D. Head, Laboratory of Genome Maintenance Rockefeller University Wednesday, December 8, 2021 - 12:00pm Host: Elizabeth Tse Virtual Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Connell poster_SMOGORZEWSKA-2.pdf

Friday, December 10, 2021 - 12:00pm

GGB Discovery Series Trainee Seminar - Genome Structure and Integrity Michael Wilson, PhD, Senior Scientist, Will Scott, Graduate Student - PhD Candidate, Natalie Shum, Graduate Student - PhD Candidate Friday, December 10, 2021 - 12:00pm Host: Michael Wilson, PhD Virtual Genetics & Genome Biology Program Poster available: 2021Dec10_ SeminarPoster.pdf

Monday, December 13, 2021 - 10:00am

Tuesday, December 14, 2021 - 9:00am

Tuesday, December 14, 2021 - 4:00pm

Understanding and targeting aberrant metabolism in acute myeloid leukemia Lev Kats Ph.D. Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia Tuesday, December 14, 2021 - 4:00pm Host: Lenny Salmena, Ph.D. ZOOM Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Departmental Seminar Poster available: Lev Kats Dec 14 2021 .pdf

Thursday, December 16, 2021 - 12:00pm

ABC Transporters: Nutrient Uptake and Pathogenesis Heather Pinkett, PhD Department of Molecular Biosciences Northwestern University Thursday, December 16, 2021 - 12:00pm Host: James Otis Virtual Seminar BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster_Pinkett_Dec16.pdf

Friday, December 17, 2021 - 1:30pm

Why so many ways to die? The non-canonical inflammasome pathway Dr. Vishva M. Dixit, MD Friday, December 17, 2021 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Neil Goldenberg Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Dixit.pdf

Friday, January 7, 2022 - 1:30pm

“Quantitative Medicine for Breast Cancer Patients” Dr. Charles M. Perou, PhD Co-Director, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Friday, January 7, 2022 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Sean Egan Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Perou.pdf

Monday, January 10, 2022 - 3:00pm

Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - 3:00pm

Respiratory Infections: Lungs Learn from Experience Professor Joseph P. Mizgerd Director, Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Warren Lee Virtual Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine’s Visiting Professor Series and Kavanagh Physiology Rounds Poster available: IDCCM Visiting Professor Round & Kavanagh Physiology Round - Jan 11, 2022.pdf

Wednesday, January 12, 2022 - 11:00am

Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 12:00pm

Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 1:30pm

Dynamic cell surface nanodomains control receptor signaling in breast cancer cells Dr. Costin. N. Antonescu, PhD Department of Chemistry and Biology, Toronto Metropolitan University Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Amira Klip PGCRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Poster available: Antonescu[72].pdf