Previous Seminars

Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 4:00pm

Accelerating prediction of tumor vulnerabilities using precision functional genomics Jesse S. Boehm, PhD Chief Science Officer, Break Through Cancer and Principal Investigator, Broad Institute, MA Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 4:00pm Host: Benjamin Haibe-Kains, PhD Microsoft Teams OCI Seminar Series Poster available: Seminar Notice_Jesse S. Boehm, January 13, 2022.pdf

Friday, January 14, 2022 - 12:00pm

GGB eDiscovery Series Trainee Seminar - Genome Analysis Adam Shlien, PhD, FCCMG, Senior Scientist, Sasha Blay, Graduate student - M.Sc. Candidate, Siavash Ghaffari, PhD, Research Fellow Friday, January 14, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: Adam Shlien, PhD, FCCMG, Senior Scientist Virtual Genetics & Genome Biology Program Poster available: 2022Jan14_ SeminarPosterl.pdf

Friday, January 14, 2022 - 1:30pm

“Routing and remodeling membranes at synapses” Dr. Avital Adah Rodal, PhD Department of Biology Brandeis University Friday, January 14, 2022 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Julie Brill Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Rodal.pdf

Monday, January 17, 2022 - 3:00pm

Wednesday, January 19, 2022 - 11:00am

Thursday, January 20, 2022 - 1:30pm

The mechanisms of maturation - bridging development and degeneration via synaptic molecules Dr. Timothy J. Mosca, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Thomas Jefferson University Thursday, January 20, 2022 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Julie Brill PGCRL Rm 1, 2nd Fl, 686 Bay St., SickKids Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Poster available: Mosca[60].pdf

Friday, January 21, 2022 - 1:30pm

Tau toxicity at the synapse Dr. Patrik Verstreken, PhD Director, VIB Center for Brain & Disease Research Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven Friday, January 21, 2022 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Julie Brill Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Verstreken.pdf

Thursday, January 27, 2022 - 12:00pm

The geometry of decision-making in individuals and collectives Prof. Nir Gov Department of Chemical and Biological Physics Weizmann Institute of Science Thursday, January 27, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: Prof. Anton Zilman Virtual Seminar BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: NGov_Jan272022.pdf

Novel peptide-based antibiotics for treatment of infections in cystic fibrosis Dr. Charles Deber Thursday, January 27, 2022 - 12:00pm Virtual Meeting: Email candice.cumberbatch@sickkids.ca for Teams link Cystic Fibrosis Seminar

Thursday, January 27, 2022 - 1:30pm

Shared mechanisms of CKD progression and how to target them Dr. Paola Romagnani, MD, PhD Professor and Chair of Nephrology, University of Florence, Head of Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Children’s Hospital Anna Meyer Thursday, January 27, 2022 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Mathieu Lemaire Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Poster available: Romagnani[87].pdf

Friday, January 28, 2022 - 12:00pm

Genomic Evolution and Adaptation in Africa: Implications for Health and Disease Sarah A. Tishkoff, PhD David and Lyn Silfen University Professor Departments of Genetics and Biology University of Pennsylvania Director, Center for Global Genomics & Health Equity Friday, January 28, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Monica Justice Register in advance for this webinar on Zoom Leading Strand Series Poster available: Sarah Tishkoff poster - Compatibility Mode.pdf

Monday, January 31, 2022 - 1:00pm

The Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm matrix adhesin CdrA Courtney Reichhardt, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis Monday, January 31, 2022 - 1:00pm Host: Dr. Lynne Howell Join through Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/99379799932?pwd=UGJqcmtIcjNnWHJmbWVTVEp2Umh1Zz09 Molecular Medicine Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: MM Seminar - Courtney Reichhardt Jan 31.pdf

Thursday, February 3, 2022 - 4:00pm

Replication repair deficiency in children: How global collaboration translated intotherapeutic breakthrough for lethal brain cancers Dr. Eric Bouffet and Dr. Anirban Das Director, Paediatric Neuro-Oncology Program, Garron Family Chair in Childhood Cancer Research and Clinical Research Fellow Division of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children Thursday, February 3, 2022 - 4:00pm Via Zoom Translational Cancer Research Seminar Series, Garron Family Cancer Centre Special Seminar Poster available: Translational Cancer Research Seminar Feb 3 2022.pdf

Friday, February 4, 2022 - 12:00pm

GGB eDiscovery Series Trainee Seminar - Gene-based Therapies Zhenya Ivakine, PhD, Scientist, Joshua Hung, Graduate student - M.Sc. Candidate, Zain Awamleh, PhD, Research Fellow Friday, February 4, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: Zhenya Ivakine, PhD, Scientist Virtual Genetics & Genome Biology Program Poster available: 2022Feb4_ SeminarPoster.pdf

Friday, February 4, 2022 - 1:30pm

Coin flips in development: The systemic influence of epigenetic noise on phenotype Dr. Jesse Gillis, PhD Department of Physiology, University of Toronto Friday, February 4, 2022 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Amira Klip Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Gillis.pdf

Friday, February 4, 2022 - 3:30pm

How are the causes of complex disease distributed in the human genome Dr. David Balding Honorary Professor of Statistical Genetics, University of Melbourne Director, Melbourne Integrative Genomics Friday, February 4, 2022 - 3:30pm Host: CANSSI Ontario STAGE Zoom Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: 02 Feb 4, 2022 - STAGE - David Balding.pdf

Thursday, February 10, 2022 - 12:00pm

Species coexistence and the distribution of species diversity Dr. Benjamin Gilbert Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Toronto Thursday, February 10, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: Jeremy Rothschild Virtual Seminar BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: BGilbert_Feb1022.pdf

Friday, February 11, 2022 - 1:30pm

Autophagy-mediated Cholesterol Efflux from Arterial Foam Cells Dr. Mireille Ouimet, PhD Department of Biochemistry, University of Ottawa Friday, February 11, 2022 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Neil Goldenberg Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Ouimet[3].pdf

Tuesday, February 15, 2022 - 3:00pm

“Rapid antibiotics for sepsis: Saving lives or driving overuse?” Hallie Prescott, MD, MSc, FACP Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Core Investigator, VA Center for Clinical Management Research Tuesday, February 15, 2022 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Victoria McCredie, IDCCM Visiting Professor Rounds Virtual Poster available: IDCCM Visiting Professor Round - Tuesday February 15, 2022.pdf

Wednesday, February 16, 2022 - 12:00pm

Genetic Systems for Rapid Mutation, Protein Evolution, and Biology Chang C. Liu Wednesday, February 16, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: Peter Liang Virtual Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Departmental Seminar Poster available: Connell poster_LIU_2022.pdf

Thursday, February 17, 2022 - 12:00pm

Thursday, February 17, 2022 - 4:00pm

Decoding the hidden states of genome variation cancer cell populations Dr. Sohrab Shah, PhD Chief, Computational Oncology, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College Thursday, February 17, 2022 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Benjamin Haibe-Kains, PhD Virtual OCI Seminar Series Poster available: Seminar Notice _ Sohrab Shah, PhD.pdf

Friday, February 18, 2022 - 12:00pm

GGB eDiscovery Series Trainee Seminar - Genome Structure and Integrity Christopher Pearson, PhD, Senior Scientist, Wendy Choi, Graduate Student - PhD Candidate, Shahir Morcos, Graduate Student - PhD Candidate Friday, February 18, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: Christopher Pearson, PhD, Senior Scientist Virtual Genetics & Genome Biology Program Poster available: 2022Feb18_ SeminarPoster.pdf

Thursday, February 24, 2022 - 12:00pm

Function without Structure: Single-Molecule Experiments and Modelling of Disordered Proteins Claudiu Gradinaru, PhD Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences University of Toronto, Mississauga Thursday, February 24, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: James B. Otis Virtual seminar BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Poster_GradinaruFeb24.pdf

New insights into the regulation of ENaC Dr. Daniela Rotin, Dr. Avinash Persaud Thursday, February 24, 2022 - 12:00pm Virtual Meeting: Email candice.cumberbatch@sickkids.ca for Teams link Cystic Fibrosis Seminar

Wednesday, March 2, 2022 - 9:00am

Friday, March 4, 2022 - 1:30pm

Shaping the enterocyte apical surface with adhesion and actin polymerization Dr. Matthew Tyska, PhD Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Friday, March 4, 2022 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Aleixo Muise Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Tyska.pdf

Wednesday, March 9, 2022 - 12:00pm

Cell Organization by Liquid- Liquid Phase Separation Michael K. Rosen Wednesday, March 9, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: Gaddy Rakhaminov (gaddy.rakhaminov@mail.utoronto.ca) Online Department of Biochemistry George Connell Lecture Special Seminar Poster available: Connell poster_Michael K. Rosen.22.pdf

Thursday, March 10, 2022 - 12:00pm

Anti-CRISPRs do Amazing Things Dr. Alan R. Davidson Department of Molecular Genetics Department of Biochemistry University of Toronto Thursday, March 10, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid A. Houry Virtual seminar BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: ADavidson_March102022.pdf

Delivery of Base Editors to Airway Epithelia to Correct CFTR Mutations Dr. Paul McCray Thursday, March 10, 2022 - 12:00pm Virtual Meeting: Email candice.cumberbatch@sickkids.ca for Teams link Cystic Fibrosis Seminar

Thursday, March 10, 2022 - 4:00pm

Solving fundamental cancer problems with AI Amber Simpson, PhD Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Computing and Informatics, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences and School of Computing at Queen’s University Thursday, March 10, 2022 - 4:00pm Host: Benjamin Haibe-Kains, PhD MS Teams OCI Seminar Series Poster available: Seminar Notice for Posting_Amber Simpson.pdf

Friday, March 11, 2022 - 11:00am

Regulation of cell fate and integrity through nuclear mechanotransduction Dr. Sara Wickström Director at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Molecular Biomedicine Friday, March 11, 2022 - 11:00am Host: CSB Graduate Union – Fernando Valencia (PhD Candidate, Plotnikov Lab) Earth Sciences Building (22 Ursula Franklin Street), Room 1050 Dept of Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar Poster available: CSB Seminar - Prof Sara A Wickström.pdf

Friday, March 11, 2022 - 1:30pm

Calcium and phosphoinositide signalling in healthy and infected cells Dr. Sergio Grinstein, PhD, Dr. Sivakami Mylvaganam, PhD , Dr. Glenn Walpole, PhD Cell Biology Program Friday, March 11, 2022 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. John Brumell Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Grinstein.pdf

Tuesday, March 22, 2022 - 3:00pm

“Can we compare long-term non-mortality outcomes in critical care trials?” Michael Harhay, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Tuesday, March 22, 2022 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Victoria McCredie, Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine’s Visiting Professor Series Virtual IDCCM Visiting Professor Rounds Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: IDCCM Visiting professor round March 22 2022.pdf

Wednesday, March 23, 2022 - 2:00pm

Thursday, March 24, 2022 - 12:00pm

Massively parallel reporter assays, machine learning, and the biophysics of gene regulation​ Dr. Justin Kinney Cancer Center Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Thursday, March 24, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Sidhartha Goyal Virtual seminar BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: Kinney_March24.pdf

Thursday, March 24, 2022 - 4:00pm

Integrated single-cell approaches to dissect multilayer cell fate control in development and cancer Hong Han, PhD Semi-Independent Research Fellow, Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto Thursday, March 24, 2022 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Hansen He Microsoft teams OCI Seminar Series Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Seminar Notice Dr. Han March 24 2022.pdf

Friday, March 25, 2022 - 10:00am

Defining the role of ISWI complexes in neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. David Picketts Senior Scientist, Regenerative Medicine Program, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Friday, March 25, 2022 - 10:00am Host: Dr. Eric Campos Virtual Department of Molecular Genetics Poster available: Picketts Poster.pdf

Friday, March 25, 2022 - 11:00am

Friday, March 25, 2022 - 12:00pm

Diagnostic Strategies in Genetic Neuromuscular Diseases Jodi Warman-Chardon, MD, MSc, FRCPC Director, NeuroMuscular Centre, The Ottawa Hospital Neuromuscular, Ottawa Hospital I Associate Scientist, OHRI Neurogenetics, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario I Scientist, CHEORI Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine I University of Ottawa Co-Director, Centre for Neuromuscular Disease, Faculty of Medicine I University of Ottawa Friday, March 25, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. James Dowling Register on Zoom in advance for this webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vXOheKQmTnOAG2Mt1BZbJw Leading Strand Series Seminar Poster available: Jodi Warman-Chardon poster.pdf

Friday, March 25, 2022 - 1:30pm

Lysosome Function, Dysfunction and Neurological Disease Dr. Shawn M. Ferguson, PhD Departments of Cell Biology and of Neuroscience, Yale University Friday, March 25, 2022 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Sergio Grinstein Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Ferguson.pdf

Wednesday, March 30, 2022 - 9:00am

Translational Medicine-Keith Tanswell Symposium TM Honorary Symposium The Hospital for Sick Children Wednesday, March 30, 2022 - 9:00am Host: TM Trainee Council https://zoom.us/j/99867277804?pwd=b050WVpvN3JHSWRjVEEvSThldjBlQT09 Translational Medicine Seminar Special Seminar Poster available: Keith Tanswell Symposium Poster.pdf

Thursday, March 31, 2022 - 12:00pm

On evidence and probability Joseph Berkovitz and Aaron Kenna Institute for History and Philosophy of Science & Technology, UofT Thursday, March 31, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: Anton Zilman Virtual seminar BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: March 31_2022_poster.pdf

Fertility management in 2022 for men with cystic fibrosis and CFTRD Dr. Keith Jarvi Thursday, March 31, 2022 - 12:00pm Virtual: Email candice.cumberbatch@sickkids.ca for Teams link Cystic Fibrosis Seminar

Thursday, March 31, 2022 - 4:00pm

Friday, April 1, 2022 - 1:30pm

FoxO1 and sex in the regulation of adipose tissue angiogenesis Dr. Tara L. Haas, PhD School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University Friday, April 1, 2022 - 1:30pm Host: Dr. Amira Klip Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Haas.pdf

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - 12:00pm

Targeting Inflammation in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Dr. Neil Goldenberg, MD/PhD Cell Biology Program Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. John Brumell Via Zoom Program in Cell Biology Seminar Series  Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Goldenberg.pdf

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - 3:00pm

Vulnerability to persistent brain dysfunction after sepsis Benjamin Singer MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - 3:00pm Host: Dr. Victoria McCredie, Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine’s Visiting Professor Series Virtual IDCCM Visiting Professor Rounds Poster available: IDCCM Visiting Professor Round - April 5, 2022.pdf

Thursday, April 7, 2022 - 10:00am

Thursday, April 7, 2022 - 12:00pm