Mechanisms of transcription and epigenetic regulation and their significance to human health.
Friday, June 24, 2022, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Dr. Maria Aristizabal
Assistant Professor,
Biology Department,
Queen's University

Hosted by: Dr. Michael Downey

To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle

Functional genomics approaches to uncover molecular mechanisms of immuno-pathologies

Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Roger Guindon Hall, Room 2149

~ Special CI3 Seminar Series ~
Dr. Jeremie Poschmann
Center for Research in Transplantation
and Translational Immunology,
CR2TI
Nates Université, France

Hosted by: Dr. Subash Sad

To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Amanda Barqueiro

Specific Wnt/Fzdrequirements in hematopoietic stem cell development
Friday, June 17, 2022, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Dr. Stephanie Grainger
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology,
Van Andel Research Institute,
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Hosted by: Dr. David Lohnes

To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle

The role of muscle stem cell niche environment in skeletal muscle development and diseases
Thursday, June 16, 2022, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., RGN 2149

~ BMI Special Seminar Series ~
Dr. Vahab D. Soleimani
Associate Professor,
McGill University,
Department of Human Genetics,
Montreal, QC

Hosted by: Dr. Jean-François Couture

To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Amanda Barqueiro

Monocyte-derived antigen presenting cells and signal 4 for T cell activation
Thursday, June 9, 2022, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Dr. Tania Watts
Professor,
Department of Immunology,
University of Toronto

Hosted by: Dr. Subash Sad

To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle

Retooling Microbiome Engineering for a Sustainable Future
Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

~ Special ''online'' Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Dr. Christopher E. Lawson, 
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry,
University of Toronto

Hosted by: Dr. Leyuan Li, Research Associate in Figeys’ lab
Please feel free to contact technomise if you have any questions or concerns.

To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.

Ace2 from fly hearts to the heart of apandemic
Friday, May 6, 2022, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Dr. Josef Penninger
Department of Medical Genetics,
University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, B.C.

Hosted by: Dr. Haley Geertsma, PhD trainee

To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle

Can we reprogram T cells to treat hypertension
Friday, April 29, 2022, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Dr. Meena Madhur
Associate Professor,
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics,
Vanderbilt University

Hosted by: Dr. Baptiste Lacoste

To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle

Non-covalent interactions between polysaccharides and phenolic compounds: implications in human nutrition
Friday, April 22, 2022, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

~ BMI Special ''online'' Cross-appointee Seminar Series ~
Dr. Nicolas Bordenave
University of Ottawa,
Faculty of Health Sciences,
Nutrition Sciences Program

Hosted by: Dr. Jean-Francois Couture

To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle

Quantitative ecology of host-associated microbial communities
Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.

~ Special ''online'' Seminar Series on Microbiomes ~
Dr. Lei Dai
Director of Center for Synthetic Microbiome,
Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Hosted by: Dr. Leyuan Li, Research Associate in Figeys’ lab
Please feel free to contact technomise if you have any questions or concerns.

To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.

Drug discovery of mitochondrial diseases using patient-specific iPSCs and brain organoids
Friday, March 11, 2022, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Dr. Alessando Prigione
Associate Professor,
Department of General Pediatrics,
Neonatology and Pediatric Cardiology,
Children’s Hospital,
University Clinic Düsseldorf (UKD) Heinrich Heine University (HHU),
Düsseldorf, Germany

Hosted by: Dr. Mireille Khacho

To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle

Sentinels: how inflammasomes sense pathogens and other stress

Dr. Hao Wu, Professor,
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology,
Harvard Medical School,
Harvard University, Boston

Hosted by: Haley Geertsma, PhD, student in Dr. Rousseaux Lab

To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle

Natural killer cells juggle functions to balance pathology and cancer control
Friday February 18, 2022, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Dr. Jeanette Boudreau
Assistant Professor,
Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine,
Department of Microbiology of Immunology, and Pathology,
Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute,
Halifax, N.S.

Hosted by: Dr. Michele Ardolino

To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Blanche Dinelle

Predicting CRISPR-Cas9 off-target effects using bidirectional LSTM with BERT
Friday, February 11, 2022, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Special ''online'' BMI New Adjunct Professor Seminar Series

Dr. Xiaojian Shao
Research Officer,
Digital Technologies, Research Centre,
National Research Council of Canada

Hosted by: Dr. Alexandre Blais

To register for the Zoom webinar, please contact Bo Xu.