MCB Seminar Series

The Molecular and Cellular Biology Seminar Series is a great opportunity to hear leading researchers in the scientific community discuss their work. These seminars are held on Wednesdays. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Seminar Series 2025-26

Sept. 12 at 10:30 a.m. in SSC 1511: Dr. Silvia Cardona, Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba
Oct. 22 at 10:30 a.m. in SSC 1511: Dr. Jonathon Ditlev, Principal Investigator – Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
Nov. 12 at 10:30 a.m. in SSC 1511: Dr. Dale Martin, Associate Professor, Biology, University of Waterloo
Nov. 21 at 10:00 a.m. in SSC 3317: Dr. Amelia Barber, Jr. Group Leader, Fungal Informatics, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
Dec. 1 at 2:30 p.m. in SSC 1511: Dr. Peter Verhaert, Department of Imaging and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leuven (Belgium) and ProteoFormiX, Vorselaar (Belgium)
Dec. 3 at 10:30 a.m. in SSC 2315: Dr. Brendan Daisley, Postdoctoral Scholar, Allen-Vercoe Lab, University of Guelph
Jan. 14 at 10:30 a.m. in SSC 2315: Dr. Elena Kuzmin, Assistant Professor, Biology, Concordia University, CRC Tier 2 in Synthetic and Functional Genomics
Feb. 18 at 10:30 a.m. in SSC 2315: Dr. Eliana Gonzales-Vigil, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto-Scarborough
March 18 at 10:30 a.m. in SSC 2315: Dr. Lindsay Kalan, Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
April 8 at 10:30 a.m. in SSC 2315: Dr. Devin Schweppe, Assistant Professor, Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington

Past Seminars

2024-2025 Seminar Speaker Series

Sept. 25, 2024: Dr. Tim Audas, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University
Oct. 16, 2024: Dr. Christoph Benning, Professor, Director of MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab, Michigan State University
Nov. 20, 2024: Dr. Tony Mittermaier, Professor, Department of Chemistry, McGill University
Feb. 19, 2025: Dr. Mike Downey, Associate Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa
March 19, 2025: Dr. Laura Hug, Associate Professor, Environmental Microbiology, University of Waterloo
April 16, 2025: Dr. Carol Schuurmans, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto
May 28, 2025: Dr. Lewis Kay, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto

2023-2024 Seminar Speaker Series

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

2022-2023 Seminar Speaker Series

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