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.

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 - Dr. Shelley Lumba
 Assistant Professor, Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto (faculty host: Dr. R. Shapiro)

3. November 1, 2023 - Dr. Curtis Benson
  (faculty host: Dr. M. Alpaugh)

3. November 22, 2023 - Dr. Alex Kostic
  (faculty host: Dr. E. Allen-Vercoe)

4. December 13, 2023 - Dr. Xue Pan
 University of Toronto (faculty host: Dr. Y. Xu)

5. January 17, 2024 - Dr. Minoru Koyama
  University of Toronto (faculty host: Dr. T. Van Raay)

6. February 7, 2024 - Dr. Samuel Workenhe
  University of Guelph (faculty host: Dr. N. Jones)

7. March 6, 2024 - Dr. Spencer Freeman
  (faculty host: Dr. N. Jones)

8. April 3, 2024 - Dr. Veronique Miron
  (faculty host: Dr. J. Lalonde)

 

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)

 

2021-2022 Virutal Seminar Series

1. October 20, 2021 at 10:30 am - Dr. Ana Flores-Mireles  OCT 20 SEMINAR LINK
 Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Notre Dame University (faculty host: Dr. R. Shapiro)

2. November 10, 2021 at 10:30 am - Dr. Christian Danve M. Castroverde   NOV 10 SEMINAR LINK
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University (facutly host: Dr. M. Wills)

3. December 1, 2021 at 10:30 am - Dr. Maria Ioannou  DEC 1 SEMINAR LINK
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta (faculty host: Dr. J. Lalonde)

4. January 19, 2022 at 10:30 am - Dr. Paul Jenkins JAN 19 SEMINAR LINK
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and the Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan (faculty host: Dr. S. Sanders)

5. February 9, 2022 at 10:30 am - Dr. Amelie Fradet-Turcotte FEB 9 SEMINAR LINK
Associate Professor, Cancer Research Centre, Universite Laval (faculty host: Dr. W. Zhang)

6. March 2, 2022 at 10:30 am - Dr. Natalie Zeytuni MAR 2 SEMINAR LINK
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University (faculty host: Dr. S. Vahidi)

7. March 23, 2022 at 10:30 am -Dr. Nicole Hansmeier MAR 23 SEMINAR LINK
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Regina (faculty host: Dr. J. Geddes-McAlister)

 

2019-20 Distinguished Speaker Series:​

  1. October 2, 2019 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Stephen Trent
    CVI Affiliated Faculty, Professor, UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor, Center for Vaccines and Immunology, Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia.
     
  2. October 16, 2019 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Sylvain Moineau
    Full Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Bioinformatics, Université Laval; Canada Research Chair In Bacteriophages.
     
  3. October 30, 2019 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Sabine Cordes
    Senior Investigator, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hosptial.
     
  4. November 6, 2019 - [CANCELLED] Dr. Steffany Bennett
     
  5. Novermber 13, 2019 - [CANCELLED] Dr. Jean-Martin Beaulieu
     
  6. February 5, 2020 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Gisela Storz
    NIH Distinguished Investigator, Section on Environmental Gene Regulation, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development.
     
  7. February 12, 2020 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Evangelos Michelakis
    Professor and Associate Chair of Research, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta; Canada Research Chair in Applied Molecular and Mitochondrial Medicine.
     
  8. February 26, 2020 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Michael Emes
    Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph.
     
  9. March 18, 2020 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - [CANCELLED] Dr. Michael Tyers
    Professor, Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal; Principal Investigator, Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology Research Unit, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer.
     
  10. April 1, 2020 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - [CANCELLED] Dr. George O'Toole
    Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College.   

 

2018-19 Distinguished Speaker Series:
 

  1. October 3, 2018 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Gary Shaw
    Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Canada Research Chair in Structural Neurobiology.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. Steffen Graether)
     
  2. October 10, 2018 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Judy Bolton
    Distinguished Professor and Head, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. David Josephy)
     
  3. October 31, 2018 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Kaspar Locher
    Associate Professor of Molecular Membrane Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics; Canada Research Chair in Comparative Genomics.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. Chris Whitfield)
     
  4. November 14, 2018 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. David Guttman
    Professor, Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto; Canada Research Chair in Comparative Genomics.
    (Faculty Hosts: Drs.  Rebecca Shapiro & Jennifer Geddes-McAlister)
     
  5. November 28, 2018 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Michael Schlossmacher
    Director, Neuroscience Program Bhargava Research Chair in Neurodegeneration, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. Scott Ryan)
     
  6. January 16, 2019 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Elizabeth Edwards
    Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto; Canada Research Chair (tier 1) in Anaerobic Biotechnology.
    (Host: Gaelan Melanson)
     
  7. January 23, 2019 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Jason Moffat (cancelled)
    Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto; Canada Research Chair in Functional Genomics of Cancer.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. David Josephy)
     
  8. January 30, 2019 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Gerry Wright
    Professor, Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University; Canada Research Chair in Antimicrobial Biochemistry; Scientific Director, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. Georgina Cox)
     
  9. March 13, 2019 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Anne-Claude Gingras
    Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics,  Mount Sinai Hospital.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. Nina Jones)
     

2017-18 Distinguished Speaker Series:
 

  1. October 11, 2017 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Peter McCourt
    Professor, Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto; Canada Research Chair in Plant Molecular Biology, Jack Dainty Distinguished Professor.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. Mike Emes)
     
  2. October 18, 2017 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. John Rubinstein
    Senior Scientist, Molecular Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. Matthew Kimber)
     
  3. November 8, 2017 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. David Picketts
    Professor, Departments of Medicine and BMI, Director, Collaborative Graduate Program in Human and Molecular Genetics, University of Ottawa; Senior Scientist, Regenerative Medicine Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. Scott Ryan)
     
  4. November 22, 2017 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. David Kaplan
    Senior Scientist, Neurosciences & Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto.
    (Faculty Host: John Vessey)
     
  5. January 24, 2018 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. David Vocadlo
    Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. Chris Whitfield)
     
  6. February 28, 2018 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Yves Brun
    Distinguished Professor and Clyde Culbertson Professor, Department of Biology, Indiana University.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. Cezar Khursigara)
     
  7. March 21, 2018 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Leah Cowen
    Professor, Canada Research Chair in Microbial Genomics & Infectious Disease, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. Rebecca Shapiro)
     

2016-17 Distinguished Speaker Series:
 

  1. October 19, 2016 at 10:30 am in SSC 1511 - Dr. Roger Lévesque
    Director, Integrative and Systems Biology Institute (IBIS) and Full Professor, Université Laval.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. Joe Lam and Dr. Cezar Khursigara)
     
  2. November 2, 2016  at 10:30 am in SSC 1511 - Dr. Peter L. Davies
    Professor of Biochemistry, and CRC in Protein Engineering, Queen's University.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. Steffen Graether)
     
  3. November 16, 2016 at 10:30 am in SSC 1511 - Dr. Phil Hieter
    Professor, Michael Smith Laboratories, Dept. of Medical Genetics and Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. Krassimir (Joseph) Yankulov
     
  4. February 1, 2017 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Paul Lasko
    Professor, Department of Biology, McGill Cancer Research Centre.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. Jim Uniacke)
     
  5. February 15, 2017 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315- Dr. Lynne-Marie Postovit 
    Associate Professor, Experimental Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. Jim Uniacke)
     
  6. March 1, 2017 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Jim Woodgett 
    Director of the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Professor, Dept of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. Nina Jones)
     
  7. March 29, 2017 at 10:30 am in SSC 2315 - Dr. Harry Brumer
    Professor, Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. Chris Whitfield)
     
  8. May 17, 2017 at 10:30 am in PAHL 1800 - Dr. Lynne Maquat
    Recipient of the Canada Gairdner International Award, 2015. Director, Center for RNA Biology; Professor, Dept of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center.
    (Faculty Host: Dr. Steven Rothstein)

2022 - 2023 Seminar Committee:

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

 

Seminar Series