Seminars
Below are the seminars for the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, as well the Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar series.
Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series
List of Seminars
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series~
Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
in person RGN room 3248 and Zoom
Dr. Susan George, MD
Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto
Seminar Title: " G Protein Coupled Receptor Heteromers in Brain: Unraveling Functional and Therapeutic Implications for a Dopamine Receptor Complex in Neuropsychiatric Disorders"
Hosted by: Dr. Steve Ferguson
~ Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series ~
Friday, January 17, 2025, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
In-person RGN room 2003
Dr. Jae Bum Kim
Professor, School of Biological Science, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Seoul National University
Seminar Title: " Adipose Tissue Remodeling Upon Metabolic Stimuli"
Hosted by: Dr. Han Kim & Dr. Erin Mulvihill
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series~
Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
in person RGN room 3248 and Zoom
Silvia Pozzi, PhD
Assistant Professor at Laval University CERVO Brain Research Centre
Seminar Title: " Molecular Regulators of Neurodegeneration and Neuroinflammation in ALS: Unveiling a New Therapeutic target for the Disease"
Hosted by: Dr. Max Rousseaux
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series~
Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
in person RGN room 3248 and Zoom
Nader Ghasemlou, PhD
Associate Professor, Queen’s University Director, Pain Chronobiology & Neuroimmunology Laboratory, Dept of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, Dept of Biomedical & molecular Science
Seminar Title: "Chronobiology as a Tool to Dissect Molecular, Cellular and Behavioural Neuroimmune Interactions"
Hosted by: Dr. Steve Ferguson
~ Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series ~
Thursday, January 30, 2025, 10:30 to 11:30 am
RGN room 2003
Dr. Stephan Gruber
Associate Professor, Department of Fundamental Microbiology
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Seminar Title: " How a chromosome folding machine recognizes and eliminates extrachromosomal DNA elements"
~ Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series ~
Friday, January 31, 2025, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
In-person RGN room 2005
Dr. Jeffrey C. Smith Ph.D
Director, Carleton Mass Spectrometry Centre
President, Canadian Society for Mass Spectrometry
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Institute of Biochemistry and Chemical and Environmental Toxicology Program
Carleton University
Seminar Title: "Enhancing our understanding of viroceuticals using an optimized mass spectrometry-based lipidomics approach "
Hosted by: Dr. Mathieu Lavallée
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series~
Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
in person RGN room 3248 and Zoom
Julie Lefebvre, PhD
Senior Scientist in the Neuroscience and Mental Health Program, Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto
Seminar Title: "Molecular Strategies for Wiring Neurons into Circuit"
Hosted by: Dr. Simon Chen
~ Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series ~
Thursday, February 6, 2025, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Hybrid – RGN room 1007 or Zoom
Zoom meeting: 956 2571 6825 / Passcode: 9iYfTG
David Sabatino, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Institute of Biochemistry
Carleton University
Seminar Title: "Translational Molecular Medicine at the Interface of Chemistry & Biology"
Hosted by: Dr. Marceline Côté
~ Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series ~
Friday, February 21, 2025, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Roger Guindon Hall, Room 2005
Dr. Ali Abdul-Sater
Associate Professor & York Research Chair | Director, PsA CARE Hub | School of Kinesiology and Health Science | Faculty of Health
York University
Seminar Title: "The Immune Workout: How Exercise Training Shapes Macrophage Function"
Hosted by: Dr. Michael De Lisio
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series~
Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
in person RGN room 3248 and Zoom
Bruno Giros, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
McGill University
Seminar Title: "Deciphering the role of D1/D2 Dopamine Receptors Co-Expressing Striatal Neurons Using Intersectional Genetics"
Hosted by: Dr. Mario Tiberi
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series~
Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
Hybrid - in person RGN room 2113 and Zoom
Caroline Ménard, PhD
Associate Professor, Department and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine & CERVO Brain Research Centre, Université Laval
Seminar Title: "Neurovascular Adaptations Underlie Stress Vulnerability vs Resilience in Mice and Human Depression"
Hosted by: Drs Baptiste Lacoste and Paul Albert
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series~
Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
Hybrid - in person RGN room 3248 and Zoom
Numa Dancause, Bsc (PT), PhD
Professor, Associate Director Département de Neurosciences, Faculté de Médecine, Scientific Director Centre Interdisciplinaire de recherche sur le cerveau et l’apprentissage (CIRCA)
Université de Montréal
Seminar Title: "Using Animal Models to Improve Neuromodulatory Approaches that Increase Stroke Recovery"
Hosted by: Dr. Greg Silasi
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series~
Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
Hybrid - in person RGN room 3248 and Zoom
Louis-Eric Trudeau, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology, Physiology and neurosciences
Faculty of Medicine | Montreal University
Seminar Title: "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Vulnerability Factors Leading to Dopamine Neuron Loss in Parkinson’s Disease"
Hosted by: Dr. Max Rousseau
~ Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series ~
Friday, March 21, 2025, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
In-person RGN room 2005
Dr. Stephen Wilkens PhD
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Upstate Medical University
Seminar Title: "TLDc Proteins – a New Family of V-ATPase Influencers"
Hosted by: Dr. Jyh-Yeuan (Eric) Lee
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series~
Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
Hybrid - in person RGN room 3248 and Zoom
Sabrina Berretta, MD
Director, Havard Brain Tissue Resource Center | Director Translational Neuroscience Laboratory
McLean Hospital, Mailman Research Center
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Seminar Title: "Collaborations among Peers: Neuron-GLIA Interactions in Health and Disease"
Hosted by: Dr. Baptiste Lacoste
~ Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series ~
Friday, March 28, 2025, 2:00 to 3:00 pm
In-person RGN room 2005
Dr. Devika S. Manickam
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics | Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Seminar Title: "Delivery of mitochondria-containing extracellular vesicles to the BBB"
Hosted by: Dr. Baptiste Lacoste
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series~
Tuesday, April 1, 2025, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
Hybrid - in person RGN room 3248 and Zoom
Ed Ruthazer, PhD
James McGill Professor of neurology and Neurosurgery, Director, McGill University Integrated Program in Neuroscience Graduate Program
Seminar Title: "GLIA in Visual System Circuit Developmental Refinement"
Hosted by: Dr. Katalin Toth
~ Cellular and Molecular Medicine Seminar Series ~
Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 11:00 to 12:00 p.m.
In-person RGN room 2003
Dr. Alessandro Treves
Liminar Investigations of Memory and Brain Organization
Cognitive Neuroscience, SISSA, Trieste, Italy
Seminar Title: "The Hippocampus and memory: Disorders messes up the standard model"
~ Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series ~
Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 2:00 to 3:00 pm
Hybrid - In-person RGN room 2021& Zoom
Meeting: 937 4518 0825 / passcode: Rf9LrU
Dr. Roger Lippé, PhD
Full Professor of Department of Pathology and Cellular Biology
Université de Montréal
Seminar Title: " The proteomics of host-pathogen interactions"
Hosted by: Dr. Marc-André Langlois
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series~
Tuesday, December 10, 2024, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Azad Bonni, MD, PhD
Senior Vice President and Global Head Neuroscience and Rare Diseases Roche Pharma Research & Early Development
Seminar Title: " Deregulation of Ubiquitin signaling in genetic neurodevelopmental disorders"
Hosted by: Dr. Arezu Jahani-Asl
~ Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series ~
Friday, December 6, 2024, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Anu Suomalainen MD, PhD
Professor of clinical molecular medicine and chief physician
Helsinki University and University Hospital
Seminar Title: " New mitochondrial mechanisms of degenerative diseases"
Hosted by: Dr. Mireille Khacho
~ Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series ~
Friday, November 1, 2024, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Paolo Bernardi, MD
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of Padova
Seminar Title: "Defining the molecular nature of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore(s)"
Hosted by: Dr. Luca Pellegrini
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~ Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series ~
Monday, November 4, 2024, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
RGN room 3248
Dr. Steffanie A. Strathdee, PhD
Harold Simon Distinguished Professor, Co-director, Center for Innovative Phage Applications & Therapeutics
Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, UC San Diego Health Sciences Author : The PerfectPredator.com
Seminar Title: "From Bog to Bedside: A Personal Perspective on Phage Therapy for Treating Superbug Infections"
Hosted by: Dr. Adam Rudner
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~ Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series ~
Thursday, November 14, 2024, 11:30 to 12:30 pm
RGN room 3248
Cedric Moro, PhD
Research Director, Team Leader, Inserm, Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases, UMR1297, Team MetaDiab
Seminar Title: " Muscle-Adipose Tissue Crosstalk during Exercise"
Hosted by: Dr Céline Aguer
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~ Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series ~
Friday, November 29, 2024, 1:00 to 2:00 pm, RGN room 2003
Dr. Marie-Pier Scott-Boyer, PhD MBA
Researcher, Computational Biology Laboratory, Research Centre of Quebec CHU-Université Laval
Seminar Title: "Bridging Data Layers in Systems Biology: Multi-Omics Integration for Precision Health Insights"
Hosted by: Dr. Mathieu Lavallée
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
Hybrid - In-person RGN room 1421 & MS Teams
Dr. Elizabeth Crouch
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco
Seminar Title: "A vasculo-centric approach to neural development"
Hosted by: Dr. Baptiste Lacoste
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~ Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series ~
Thursday, October 3, 2024, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Marek Michalak
Distinguished University Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta
Seminar Title: "Stress sensors and excitation-contraction coupling in the heart"
Hosted by: Dr. Balwant Tuana
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~ Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series ~
Friday, October 11, 2024, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Kazunobu Sawamoto
Professor, Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology
Director, Institute of Brain Science
Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Nagoya City University
Seminar Title: "Building Bridges in the Brain: Promoting Neuronal Migration for Recovery"
Hosted by: Dr. Armen Saghatelyan
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~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Friday, October 15, 2024, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
Hybrid - In-person RGN room 1421 & MS Teams
Dr. Rita Sattler
Professor, Department of Translational Neuroscience
David and Weezie Reese Chair for Neurodegeneration Research
Co-Director, ASU-BNI Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience
Director, BNI Research Education Programs
Seminar Title: "Time to SPARCL(1) - the role of astrocytes in synaptic dysfunction"
Hosted by: Dr. Max Rousseaux
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~ Neuroscience Seminar Series & MS Mingle Series ~
Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
Hybrid - In-person RGN room 1421 & MS Teams
Dr. Harry Atkins, MD
Senior Clinician Investigator, Cancer Research Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Physician, Transplant and Cell Therapy Program, The Ottawa Hospital
Associate Professor, Clinical Hematology, University of Ottawa
Seminar Title: "Hematopoietic stem cell transplant for multiple sclerosis"
Hosted by: Dr. Guilia Fadda
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~ Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series ~
Friday, October 25, 2024, 10:30 am to 11:30 am
RGN room 3248
Dr. Sven Marcel Stefan
PD/PI, Junior Research Group Leader
Medicinal Chemistry and Systems Polypharmacology
Medical Systems Biology Division
Lübeck Institute of Experimental Dermatology
University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, University of Lübeck
Seminar Title: "Target Repurposing to Tackle Target Undruggability"
Hosted by: Dr. Jyh-Yeuan (Eric) Lee
~ Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series ~
Friday, September 6, 2024, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Vivian Gama
Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Department of Human Genetics
Vanderbilt Center for Stem Cell Biology
Seminar Title: "The coordination of DRP1-mediated mitochondrial and peroxisomal fission establishes cell fate during neurogenesis"
Hosted by: Dr. Mireille Khacho
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~ Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series ~
Friday, September 20, 2024, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Emmanuel A. Ho
Principal Investigator
Laboratory for Drug Delivery and Biomaterials
School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, University of Waterloo
Seminar Title: "Exploring New Drug Delivery Strategies for the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections"
Hosted by: Dr. Suresh Gadde
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~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Friday, September 24, 2024, 1:00 to 2:00 pm
Hybrid - in-person RGN room 1421 & MS Teams
Dr. Izabella A. Pena
Scientist, CHEO-RI, Assistant Professor
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Ottawa
Seminar Title: "Genetic and Mechanistic investigation of vitamin B6 disorders"
Hosted by: Dr. Diane Lagace
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~ Advances in Biomedical Research Seminar Series ~
Friday, September 27, 2024, 2:00 to 3:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Ján Kyselovič
Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Faulty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Seminar Title: "Molecular Signaling in Failing Heart: Understanding Pathogenesis and Pharmacotherapeutic Targets"
Hosted by: Dr. Balwant Tuana
~ CMM Seminar Series~
Friday, July 12, 2024, 11:00 to 12:00 pm
RGN room 3248
Dr. Jordi Torres-Rosell
Principal Investigator,
Lleida Biomedical Research Institute
University of Lleida
Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Seminar Title: "The SmcS/6 complex and genome integrity: a tale of two RINGs"
Hosted by: Dr. Damien D'Amours
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, June 18 2024, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 1421
Dr. Yimin Zuo
Full Professor, Department of Neurobiology,
School of Biological Sciences,
University of California, San Diego
Seminar title: "Assembly and Maintenance of Glutamatergic Synapses"
Hosted by: Drs. Simon Chen and Antonio Colavita
~ CMM Seminar Series~
Friday, June 14, 2024, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
RGN room 1421
Dr. Daniel Choquet
Research Director,
National Scientific Research Center,
Bordeaux School of Neuroscience,
University of Bordeaux
Seminar Title: "Interplay between glutamatergic synapse dynamic nano organization function and plasticity"
Hosted by: Dr. Simon Chen
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, June 11 2024, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 1421
Dr. Shane Liddelow
Associate Professor,
Department of Neuroscience and Physiology
NYU Langone Health
Seminar title: "What is the function of reactive astrocytes"
Hosted by: Drs. Ben Nguyen and Baptiste Lacoste
~ Special "Hybrid" BMI Adjunct Seminar Series ~
Monday, June 10, 2024, 10:30 am to 11:30 am
RGN room 2149
Dr. May Griffith
Professor,
Department of Ophthalmology,
University of Montreal
Seminar Title: "A Injectable LiQD Cornea as an Alternative to Corneal Transplantation in HSV-1 infection Models"
Hosted by: Dr. Jean-François Couture
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.
~ Special "Hybrid" BMI Adjunct Seminar Series ~
Thursday, May 23, 2024, 10:00 am to 11:00 am
RGN room 1007
Dr. Anh Tran
Associate Research Officer,
National Research Council of Canada
Seminar Title: "Vesicular Stomatitis Virus vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine: not a simple click and play process"
Hosted by: Dr. Jean-François Couture
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 1421
Dr. Ting Hu
Associate Professor at the School of
Computing, Queen's University in Kingston
Seminar title: "Explainable AI solutions using evolutionary computing"
Hosted by: Dr. Steffany Bennett
~ Special "Hybrid" BMI Adjunct Seminar Series ~
Thursday, May 23, 2024, 10:00 am to 11:00 am
RGN room 1007
Dr. Dr. Anh Tran
Associate Research Officer,
National Research Council of Canada
Seminar Title: "Vesicular Stomatitis Virus vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine: not a simple click and play process"
Hosted by: Dr. Jean-François Couture
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 1421
Dr. Ann Yeh
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto,
Director, Pediatric MS and Demyelinating Disorders,
SickKids Research Institute
Seminar title: "Progression and regeneration in Pediatric Onset MS : creating a trial promote pediatric white matter repair in MS"
Hosted by: Dr. Jing Wang
~ Special "Hybrid" Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 10:30 am to 11:30 am
RGN room 1007
Dr. Andrew C. Doxey
Associate Professor,
Department of Biology &
Cheriton School of Computer Science,
University of Waterloo
Seminar Title: "Lost in Translation: The Critical Role of Biomanufacturing for the Advancement of Novel Biotherapies"
Hosted by: Mr. Zhongzhi Sun (PhD candidate in TECHNOMISE program)
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.
~ Special "Hybrid" BMI Adjunct Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 10:30 am to 11:30 am
RGN room 1007
Dr. Jennifer Quizi
Director, BMC-VMF
Investigator,
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Seminar Title: "Lost in Translation: The Critical Role of Biomanufacturing for the Advancement of Novel Biotherapies"
Hosted by: Dr. Jean-François Couture
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Thursday, May 2, 2024, 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
RGN room 1421
Dr. Vivek K. Unni
Professor of Basic
Research of Movement Disorders
Associate Professor, OHSU Parkinson Center,
Department of Neurology
Oregon Health & Science University
Seminar title: "Linking neurodegeneration & cancer : Alpha-synuclein in DNA double-strand break"
Hosted by: Dr. Maxime Rousseaux
~ Special Seminar Series on Centre for Infection, Immunity and Inflammation ~
Thursday, May 2, 2024, 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm
Dr. Julian J. Lum
Distinguished Scientist and Professor,
Deeley Research Centre, BC Cancer,
University of Victoria
Seminar Title: "Immunoregulation of CAR-T cells Revealed Through 13C-tracing in Human Ovarian Cancer"
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 1421
Dr. Osama Harraz
Researcher, Assistant Professor,
Department of Pharmacology,
Larner College of Medicine,
University of Vermont
Seminar title: "Mechano - feedback control of brain blood flow"
Hosted by: Dr. Baptiste Lacoste
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 1421
Dr. Yun Li
Assistant Professor,
University of Toronto,
Department of Molecular Genetics
Seminar title: "Investigating human brain development and autism spectrum disorders in pluripotent stem cells derived neurons and brain organoids"
Hosted by: Dr. Jing Wang
Friday, April 12, 2024, 10:30 am to 11:30 am
RGN room 2005
Dr. Nicolas Bertrand
Associate professor,
Faculty of Pharmacy,
Laval University
Seminar Title: "Is there an immunological link between baby shampoo, ice cream and mRNA vaccines"
Hosted by: Dr. Suresh Gadde
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 1421
Dr. Craig Brown
Professor,
University of Victoria in British Columbia
Seminar title: "Cortical Capillaries: from Construction to Cognition"
Hosted by: Dr. Greg Silasi
~ OISB Seminar Series~
Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
RGN room 2149
Dr. Geneviève Deblois
Principal Investigator,
Institut de recherche en immunologie et en cancérologie (IRIC)
Assistant Professor,
University of Montreal – Faculty of Pharmacy
Seminar Title: "Epigenetic adaptations to metabolic and microenvironment stresses in breast cancer"
Hosted by: Dr. Mary-Ellen Harper & Dr. Michael Downey
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 1421
Dr. Shawn Ferguson
Associate Professor,
Cell Biology and of Neuroscience,
Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University
Seminar title: "Intersection between Lysosome damage and Parkinson's disease risk"
Hosted by: Dr. Michael Schlossmacher
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 1421
Dr. Majid Mohajerani
Associate Professor,
Douglas Research Centre
and McGill University
Seminar title: "Default-Mode Network, spontaneous activity, and Memory replay"
Hosted by: Dr. Greg Silasi
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 1421
David Park uOBMRI Colloquium Series
Drs. Jennifer Phillips, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa,
& Argel Aguilar-Valles, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience, Carleton University
Seminar title: "Ketamine for Depression: from Mole Molecular Mechanisms to Clinical use"
Monday, March 18, 2024, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
RGN room 1007
~ BMI Special Hybrid Seminar Series ~
Dr. Arsalan S. Haqqani
Senior Research Officer,
National Research Council of Canada
Seminar title: ''Mass spectrometry-based methods to study CNS drug delivery and biomarkers''
Hosted by: Dr. Jean-François Couture
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.
~ Neuroscience Seminar Series ~
Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Marc Ekker
Professor,
Department of Biology,
Vice-Dean Research,
Faculty of Science, University of Ottawa
Seminar title: "Death and Regeneration of Dopaminergic Neurons in Zebrafish"
Hosted by: Dr. Paul Albert
Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
RGN room 3248
Dr. Simon Maroori
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Pharmacy,
University of Montreal
Seminar Title: "Repurposing drug delivery systems for diagnostics"
Hosted by: Dr. Emilio Alarcon
Friday, March 1, 2024, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2005
Dr. John Stavrinides
Professor and Department Head,
Department of Biology,
University of Regina
Seminar Title: "Uncovering the diversity of antimicrobial natural products produced by the bacteria genus, Pantoeant”
Hosted by: Dr. Vanessa D'Costa
Friday, February 23, 2024, 10:30 am to 11:30 am
RGN room 1007
Dr. Thomas Drysdale
Associate Professor,
Department of Physiology & Pharmacology,
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry,
Western University
Seminar Title: "The Changing Roles for Animal Models in Understanding Heart and Kidney Development”
Hosted by: Dr. Balwant Tuana
Friday, February 16, 2024, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 3248
Dr. Aurélie De Rus Jacquet
Assistant Professor,
Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences,
Faculty of Medicine,
Laval University
Seminar Title: "The neurovascular unit: a target to prevent dissemination and progression of Parkinson’s disease”
Hosted by: Dr. Baptiste Lacoste
~ Special "Online" Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, February 14, 2024, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
RGN room 1007
Dr. Xu Zhang
Research Scientist,
Health Canada
Seminar Title: "Microbiota-directed therapeutics: considerations for drug quality assessment"
Hosted by: Dr. Galen Guo, Postdoctoral Fellow in the TECHNOMISE Program
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.
Friday, January 19, 2024, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2005
Dr. Jennifer Geddes-McAlister
Associate Professor
Molecular and Cellular Biology Department
University of Guelph
Seminar Title: "Proteomics of Fungal Disease in One Health”
Hosted by: Dr. Mathieu Lavallée-Adam
Friday, December 15, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2005
Dr. Ulf Tölch
Project team leader Education, Training & Quality in
Research,
Berlin Institute of Health @ Charité
Seminar Title: "Improving translational success through the Responsible PrecliniX consulting framework”
Hosted by: Dr. Manoj Lalu
Thursday, December 14, 2023, 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Joanne McLaurin
Professor,
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology,
University of Toronto
Seminar Title: "Obesity Paradox: what does it mean for Alzheimer's disease”
Hosted by: Dr. Steffany Bennett
Friday, November 24, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2005
Dr. Anthony Scimè
Associate Professor,
Stem Cell Research Group,
Molecular, Cellular and Integrative
Physiology,
Faculty of Health, York University
Seminar Title: "Metabolic control of muscle stem cell fates: The impact of altering
intrinsic and extrinsic metabolism"
Hosted by: Dr. Alexandre Blais
Friday, November 17, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2005
Dr. Danielle Peters
Research Associate,
National Research Council of Canada
Seminar Title: "Enzybiotics: exploiting phage-derived enzymes for targeted therapy of Acinetobacter baumannii"
Hosted by: Dr. Adam Rudner
Friday, September 22, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2005
Dr. Amélie Fradet-Turcotte
Associate Professor,
Department of Molecular Biology,
Medical Biochemistry and Pathology,
Laval University
Seminar Title: "How seeking for vulnerabilities of HPV-driven cancer cells to
chemoradiation led to the discovery of a new protector of genomic
integrity"
Hosted by: Dr. Damien D’Amours
Friday, September 15, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2005
Dr. Benjamin J. Orlando
Assistant Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Michigan State University
Seminar Title: "Structural Insights Into Membrane Protein Complexes That Defend Against Antimicrobial Peptides"
Hosted by: Dr. Jyh-Yeuan (Eric) Lee
Tuesday, September 5, 2023, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
RGN room 1007
~ BMI Special Seminar Series ~
Charlène Roussel PhD
University of Laval
Seminar title: ''Exploration into artificial digestive systems to decipher microbiota-E. coli pathogens and microbiota-prebiotic relationships''
Hosted by: Dr. Jean-François Couture
No seminars
Wednesday, July 5, 2023, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
RGN room 1007
~ BMI Special Seminar Series ~
Dr. Joey Sheff
Research Officer,
Human Health Therapeutics,
National Research Council of Canada
Seminar title: ''Painting Proteins: Exploring Dynamic Antibody Interactions with Structural Mass Spectrometry''
Hosted by: Dr. Jean-François Couture
~9th Annual Morris Kates "Hybrid" Seminar Series ~
Monday, June 26, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2005
Dr. Navdeep S. Chandle
David W. Cugell Professor of Medicine,
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Seminar Title: "Mitochondria control physiology and diseases"
Hosted by: Dr. Mireille Khacho
~ Special "Online" Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, May 17, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Dr. Carolina Tropini
Assistant Professor,
School of Biomedical Engineering &
Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology,
University of British Columbia
Seminar Title: "Industrialization and the metamorphosis of natural ecosystems"
Hosted by: Mr. Zhongzhi Sun (PhD candidate in TECHNOMISE program)
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.
~ OISB Seminar Series~
Monday, May 8, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 1007
Dr. Marcus Conrad
Director of the Institute of Metabolism and Cell Death,
Helmholtz Zentrum München,
German Research Center for Environmental Health,
Munich, Germany
Seminar Title: "Ferroptosis: From Basic Mechanisms to Therapeutic Opportunities"
Hosted by: Dr. Steffany Bennett
Advances in Biomedical Research seminar
Friday, April 28, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Eric Holland
Professor,
Human Biology Division,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,
Seattle, WA
Seminar Title: "Data landscapes and mouse models of meningiomas"
Hosted by: Dr. Arezu Jahani-Asl
Advances in Biomedical Research seminar
Friday, April 21, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Christine Grienberger
Assistant Professor,
Brandeis University,
Department of Biology and Volen
National Center for Complex Systems
Seminar Title: "Dendritic computations underlying learning-related hippocampal ensemble dynamics"
Hosted by: Dr. Richard Naud
Advances in Biomedical Research seminar
Friday, April 14, 2023, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Margaret Merryl McCarthy
Professor and Director,
Department of Pharmacology,
Department of Physiology and Psychiatry,
Director, Program in Neuroscience,
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Seminar Title: "The Immune System Sculpts Social Behavior Circuits in the Developing Brain"
Hosted by: Benjamin Nguyen (Trainee)
~ Special "Online" Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Dr. Daniel Grégoire
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Carleton University
Seminar Title: "A history of eating garbage and getting gas"
Hosted by: Mr. Haonan Duan (PhD candidate in TECHNOMISE program)
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.
Friday, March 24, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Jan K. Rainey
Professor,
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology,
Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University
Seminar Title: "Applying structure & dynamics to inform spider silk protein engineering"
Hosted by: Dr. Jyh-Yeuan (Eric) Lee
~ Special "Online" Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Dr. Jocelyne DiRuggiero
Associate Professor,
Department of Biology,
Johns Hopkins University
Seminar Title: "Stress Responses of Microbial Communities at the Dry Limit for Life"
Hosted by: Dr. Joeselle Serrana (Postdoctoral fellow in TECHNOMISE program)
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.
~ Special "Online" Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, March 15, 2023, 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Dr. Yang Lu
Assistant Professor,
Cheriton School of Computer Science,
University of Waterloo
Seminar Title: "Panning for gold: Interpretable and error-controlled pattern discovery from biomedical data"
Hosted by: Mr. Zhongzhi Sun, PhD candidate in Technomise program
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.
Friday, March 10, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Thomas Kislinger
Professor and Director,
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre,
University of Toronto,
Department of Medical Biophysics
Seminar Title: "Clinical Proteomics: Biomarker Discovery & Therapeutic Targets"
Hosted by: Dr. Mathieu Lavallée-Adam
Friday, February 17, 2023, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
RGN room 2149
~ BMI Special Cross-appointed Professor Hybrid Seminar Series ~
Dr. Marisa Azad
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Division of Infectious Diseases,
The Ottawa Hospital,
Associate Clinical Scientist,
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Seminar title: ''A Molecular Approach to Periprosthetic Joint Infection''
Hosted by: Dr. Jean-François Couture
Friday, February 17, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
RGN room 2003
Dr. Shang-Te Danny Hsu
Deputy Director,
Institute of Biological Chemistry,
Academia Sinica,
Taiwan
Seminar Title: "Functional dynamics and glycoshields of coronavirus spike proteins"
Hosted by: Dr. Jyh-Yeuan (Eric) Lee
~ Special "Online" Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Dr. Yuanyue Li
Project Scientist,
West Coast Metabolomics Center,
UC Davis Genome Center,
University of California
Seminar Title: "Analyze MS/MS spectra with spectral entropy"
Hosted by: Mr. Haonan Duan (Ph.D. candidate in TECHNOMISE program)
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.
~ Special "Online" Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Dr. Ken A. Aho
Associate Professor,
Department of Biological Sciences,
Idaho State University
Seminar Title: "The Network Environments of Microbes in Intermittent Streams"
Hosted by: Dr. Joeselle Serrana (postdoctoral fellow in TECHNOMISE program)
To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.
Monday, January 16, 2023, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
RGN room 2149
~ BMI Special Adjunct Seminar Series ~
Dr. Harinad Maganti
Scientist
Canadian Blood Services
Seminar title: ''GAS6 promotes robust expansion of human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells with high serial engraftment activity''
Hosted by: Dr. Jean-François Couture