Seminars

Tuesday, November 29, 2016, RGN 2149, 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Dr. Purna A. Joshi
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Toronto
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Seminar title: "The stem cell niche during mammopoiesis and breast cancer"

Friday, November 25, 2016, RGN 2003, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Scott McComb
Research Officer
Cancer Immunology
Human Health Therapeutics
National Research Council of Canada
Seminar title: "Decompiling Death: Understanding Why Death Goes Wrong in Drug-Resistant Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia"

Friday, November 18, 2016, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Adrianna Di Polo
Professor
Department of Neuroscience
University of Montréal
Seminar title: "The molecular basis of retinal ganglion cell dysfunction and death in glaucoma: new insights"

Friday, November 11, 2016, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Minsoo Kim
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology
University of Rochester Medical Center
Seminar title: "Visualizing and manipulating immunity with light"

Friday, November 4, 2016, RGN 2149, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Tae-Hee Kim
Scientist, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program
The Hospital for Sick Children
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Toronto
Seminar title: "The role of SOX family transcription factors in gastric development and cancer"

Thursday, November 3, 2016, RGN 1421, 11:45 am to 12:45 pm
Dr. Julia von Maltzahn
Junior Group Leader Fritz-Lipmann Institute
Leibniz Institute for Age Research
Jena, Germany
Seminar title: "Muscle stem cells in Age and Disease"

Thursday, November 3, 2016, RGN 2005, 10:45 am to 11:30 am
Dr. Éric Boilard
Associate Professor of Medicine
Laval University
Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunity
CHU de Québec Research Center
Seminar title: "Flow cytometry for the distinction of various subtypes of platelet microparticles in inflammatory conditions"

Friday, October 28, 2016 RGN 2149, 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Dr. Donatella Barisani, MD
Associate Professor
Applied Biology
School of Medicine
University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
Seminar title: "GLUTEN-FREE? Molecular regulation of immune response and proliferation in celiac disease”

Wednesday, October 26, 2016 RGN 2149, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Dr. Emanuela Gussoni
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Boston Children's Hospital
Division of Genetics and Genomics
Seminar title: "CD82 is a marker for human muscle stem cells and is linked to muscular dystrophy”

Friday, October 21, 2016, RGN 2149, 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Dr. Gabrielle Boulianne
Professor
Senior Scientist, Program Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Department Molecular Genetics
University of Toronto
SickKids, Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning
Seminar title: "Super-size flies: Using Drosophila to identify CNS regulators of obesity"

Tuesday, October 18, 2016 RGN 1421, 11:45am to 12:45pm
Dr. Elisa Bergamin
Postdoctoral fellow
University of Ottawa
Faculty of Medicine
Seminar title: "Epigenetic inheritance mechanisms: insights from structural biology”

Friday, October 14, 2016, RGN 2149, 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Dr. Esther M. Verheyen
Professor
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia
Seminar title: "Hipk kinase regulates Jak-Stat Signaling, cancer and metastatic behavior"

Wednesday, September 21, 2016, RGN 2003, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Dr. Vincenzo Lionetti
Laboratory of Translational Critical Care Medicine
Institute of Life Sciences
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Pisa, Italy
Seminar title: "Exosomes: the Hermes of modern cardioprotection"

Tuesday, September 20, 2016, RGN 1007, 11:45am to 12:45pm
Dr. Jean-François Poulin
Postdoctoral Fellow
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL, USA Seminar title: "Unraveling dopamine neuron diversity"

Friday, September 9, 2016, RGN 2149, 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Dr. Joel Levine
Professor, Department of Biology
University of Toronto
Seminar title: "Synchrony in Drosophila melanogaster: from peripheral cells to group dynamics"

Thursday, September 1, 2016, RGN 3248, 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Dr. Kevin Kane
Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta
Seminar title: "Determinants of NK cell receptor recognition of MHC I"

Friday, August 19, 2016, RGN 2005, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. André Tchernof
Québec Heart and Lung Institute
Laval University School of Nutrition
Seminar title: "Markers of adipose tissue dysfunction and abdominal obesity"

Tuesday June 28, 2016 RGN 1007, 11:45 am to 12:45 pm
Dr. Gergely (Greg) Silasi
Department of Psychiatry
University of British Columbia
Seminar Title: "Probing and observing cortical circuits during stroke recovery in mice"

Tuesday June 14, 2016 RGN 1007, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Dr. Tanuj Gulati
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Neurobiology, San Francisco VA Medical Center
University of California San Francisco, USA
Seminar Title: "Brain-machine interface based approaches to stroke rehabilitation"

Tuesday May 31, 2016 RGN 1007, 11:30 am to 12:30p.m.
Dr. Alex Gregorieff  
Research Associate & Post-doctoral Fellow
Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute
Toronto, Ontario
Seminar Title : "Hippo signalling in tissue regeneration and cancer initiation"

Tuesday May 24, 2016 RGN 1007, 11:45 am to 12:45 p.m.
Dr. Yannick Benoit
FRQS, CIHR, and CRS Postdoctoral Fellow
Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute (SCCRI)
McMaster University Hamilton, ON
Seminar Title : "Identification of new small molecules to selectively eradicate human cancer stem cells"

Tuesday May 17, 2016 RGN 2113, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Dr. Deqiang Li
Postdoctoral fellow
Jon Epstein Laboratory  Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Pennsylvania Smilow Center for Translational Research,
Philadelphia, PA
Seminar Title : “Cardiomyocyte Commitment”

April 14, 2016 RGN 2149, 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Dr. Douglas Black
Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
University of California, Los Angeles

March 4, 2016 RGN 2149, 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Dr. Roger Moorehead
Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of Guelph

February 26, 2016 RGN 2003, 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Dr. Jack Uetrecht
Professor of Pharmacy and Medicine
Canada Research Chair in Adverse Drug Reactions
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
University of Toronto

February 19, 2016 RGN 2149, 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Dr. Amy Caudy
Assistant Professor
Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research
University of Toronto