MCB Seminar Speaker Series 2023-2024

A great opportunity to hear leading researchers in the scientific community discuss their work.

These seminars are held on Wednesdays in SSC 1511 or 2315. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Please note seminar dates below.

CURRENT - 2023-2024 Seminar Speaker Series

1. September 27, 2023 at 2:00 pm in SSC 2315 - Dr. Sara Andres
 Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University (faculty host: Dr. M. Kimber)

2. October 25, 2023 at 10:30 am in SSC 1511 - Dr. Shelley Lumba
 Assistant Professor, Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto (faculty host: Dr. R. Shapiro)

3. November 1, 2023 at 2:00 pm in SSC 2315 - Dr. Curtis Benson
  Associate Research Scientist, Centre for Neuroscience and Regeneration, Yale University and VA Connecticut (faculty host: Dr. M. Alpaugh)

3. November 22, 2023 at 2:00 pm in SSC 2315 - Dr. Alex Kostic
  Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Joslin Diabetes Centre, Harvard University (faculty host: Dr. E. Allen-Vercoe)

4. December 13, 2023 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Xue Pan
 Assistant Professor, Department of Cells & Systems Biology, University of Toronto (faculty host: Dr. Y. Xu)

5. January 17, 2024 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Minoru Koyama
  Assistant Professor, Department of Cells & Systems Biology, University of Toronto (faculty host: Dr. T. Van Raay)

6. February 7, 2024 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Sam Workenhe
  Assistant Professor, Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph (faculty host: Dr. N. Jones)

7. March 6, 2024 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. James Houghland
  Professor and Biochemistry Director, Syracuse University (faculty host: Dr. S. Sanders)

8. March 20, 2024 at 10:30am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Spencer Freeman 
  Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto (faculty host: Dr. N. Jones)

8. April 3, 2024 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Veronique Miron
  Professor of Immunology, The John David Eaton Chair in Multiple Sclerosis, University of Toronto (faculty host: Dr. J. Lalonde)

2023 - 2024 Seminar Committee:

  • Nina Jones (Chair)
  • Jennifer Geddes-McAlister
  • Robert Mullen
  • Jim Uniacke
  • Chris Whitfield
  • Katelyn Gilmore

PAST - 2022-2023 Seminar Speaker Series

1. September 28, 2022 at 10:30 am in SSC 1511 - Dr. Jean-Martin Beaulieu
 Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto (faculty host: Dr. J. Lalonde)

2. October 26, 2022 at 10:30 am in SSC 1511 - Dr. Rodrigo Reyes-Lamothe 
 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, McGill University and Canada Research Chair Tier II in Chromosome Biology (faculty host: Dr. J. Uniacke)

3. November 23, 2022 at 1:30 pm in SSC 2315 - Dr. Rui Huang
 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph (faculty host: Dr. Sivash Vahidi)

4. January 18, 2023 at 10:30 am - SSC 2315 - Dr. Hong Han
 Semi-independent Research Fellow, Donnelly Centre, Toronto (faculty host: Dr. W. Zhang)

5. February 15, 2023 at 10:30 am - SSC 2315 - Dr. Anita Sil
 Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Califronia San Francisco (faculty host: Dr. R. Shapiro)

6. March 1, 2023 at 10:30 am - SSC 2315 - Dr. Marie Brunet
 Assistant Professor, Medical Genetics Service, Pediatrics Department, Sherbrooke University (faculty host: Dr. J. Geddes-McAlister)

8. March 15, 2023 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Anirban Banerjee
Senior Investigator, Unit on Structural and Chemical Biology of Membrane Protiens, NIS Intramural Research Program (faculty host: Dr. S. Sanders)

9. April 5, 2023 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Andy McGuire
 Associate Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Centre, Seattle, Washington (faculty host: Dr. M. Coppolino)

10. April 12, 2023 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Erin Goley 
 Associate Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, John Hopkins Medicine (faculty host: Dr. G. Cox)

11. April 26, 2023 at 10:30 am (virtual) and in SSC 2315 - Dr. Wendy Garrett
 Irene Heinz Given Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School (faculty host: Dr. E. Allen-Vercoe)

 

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