2023-2024 Schedule

Every other Thursday at 12 pm at McLennan MP606 

(exceptions to time & location are highlighted)

followed by Pizza & mingling and scientific discussion 

September 14, 2023   

Speaker: Dr. Naoto Hirano (Immunology, UToronto)

Title: Immuno-Bioengineering Approaches in Cancer Immunotherapy

Location: MP606

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September 28, 2023   

Speaker: Dr. Andrew Eckford (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, York University)

Title: The channel capacity of Channelrhodopsin: What does information theory have to say about signal transduction? 

Location: MP606

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October 3, 2023 (Tuesday)

Speaker: Dr. Thorsten Hoppe (CECAD Cologne, Germany)

Title: Proteostasis in Development and Aging

Location: MaRS 16th Floor (Note the special location for this seminar)

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October 12, 2023   

Speaker: Dr. Aereas Aung (Biomedical Engineering, UToronto)

Title: Modulation of vaccine responses by lymph node proteolysis

Location: MP606

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November 16, 2023   

Speaker: Dr. Mei Zhen (Molecular Genetics, UToronto)

Title: The neural Compression, computation, and sensory-driven rewiring at a small nervous system: insights from the C. elegans neural circuit

Location: MP606

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December 7, 2023

Speaker: Dr. Gregory Schwartz (Medical Biophysics, UToronto)

Location: MP606

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January 25, 2024

Speaker: Dr. Leo Chou (Biomedical Engineering, UToronto)

Location: MP606

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February 1, 2024   

Speaker: Dr. Taufik Valiante (Surgery and Krembil Institute, UToronto)

Location: MP606

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February 8, 2024

Speaker: Dr. Julie Forman-Kay (Biochemistry, UToronto; SickKids)

Location: MP606

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February 22, 2024

Speaker: Dr. Ahilya Sawh (Biochemistry, UToronto)

Location: MP606

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March 7, 2024

Speaker: Dr. Andrew Beharry (Chemistry, UToronto/UTM)

Location: MP606

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March 21, 2024

Speaker: Dr. Alison McGuigan, (Biomedical Engineering UofT)

Location: MP606

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April 4, 2024 (Postponed to Fall 2024)

Speaker: Dr. Dana Philpott (Immunology, UToronto)

Location: MP606