BiophysTO Seminars

Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 12:00pm

Expanding the biochemical map with full scan metabolomics Dr. Amy Caudy Department of Molecular Genetics, UofT Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Anton Zilman Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: AmyCaudy_Sept17_2015.pdf

Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 12:00pm

Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 12:00pm

Stochastic models for the evolution of quantitative molecular traits Dr. Alan Moses Cell and Systems Biology, UofT Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 12:00pm Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: AlanMoses_Oct15_2015.pdf

Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 12:00pm

Tracking single membrane molecules during phagocytosis Dr. Sergio Grinstein SickKids and Biochemistry, UofT Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 12:00pm Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: SergioGrinstein_Nov5_2015_2.pdf

Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 12:00pm

To Cluster or Not to Cluster: New insight into the the segregation mechanism of high-copy bacterial plasmids Dr. Yong Wang Chemical and Physical Sciences, UTM Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 12:00pm Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: YongWang_Nov19_2015.pdf

Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 12:00pm

Dynamic force patterns promote collective cell migration during embryonic wound repair Dr. Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez IBBME, UofT Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 12:00pm Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: RodrigoFernandez-Gonzalez_Dec3_2015.pdf

Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 12:00pm

Formation of an amyloid state by a bacterial chaperone: structure and consequences Dr. Walid A. Houry Biochemistry, UofT Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 12:00pm Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: WalidHoury_Dec17_2015.pdf

Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 12:00pm

Hearing the shape of life: Mathematical explorations of cell biology Dr. Ran Kafri Sick Kids, U of T Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 12:00pm Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: RanKafri_Jan14_2016.pdf

Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 12:00pm

The Active Ear Dr. Chris Bergevin Physics, York University Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 12:00pm Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: ChrisBergevin_Jan28_2016.pdf

Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 12:00pm

New Initiatives in Combinatorial Microscopies: From Single Molecules to Developmental Events Dr. Chris Yip IBBME, U of T Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 12:00pm Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: ChrisYip_Feb11_2016.pdf

Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 12:00pm

How Does an Enzyme Unknot DNA? Statistical Mechanics of Disentangling by Topoisomerases Dr. Hue Sun Chan Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, UofT Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 12:00pm Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: HueSunChan_Feb25_2016.pdf

Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 12:00pm

Order from disorder: Defining structure in disordered proteins Dr. Liz Rhoades Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Josh Milstein Davis Building 4001, UTM BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: ElizabethRhoades_March10_2016.pdf

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 11:00am

Biological Networks at Atomic Resolution Yu (Brandon) Xia Department of Bioengineering, McGill University Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 11:00am Host: Drs. Hue Sun Chan and Zhaolei Zhang CCBR Red Room BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Special Seminar Poster available: YuXia_March16_2016.pdf

Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 12:00pm

How viruses cross the gate much traveled: Transport of viruses into the cell nucleus Dr. Nelly Pante Dept. of Zoology, UBC Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Anton Zilman Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: NellyPante_March24_2016.pdf

Thursday, April 7, 2016 - 12:00pm

Chromatin Remodeling Machines Dr. Craig L. Peterson University of Massachusetts Medical School Thursday, April 7, 2016 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid A. Houry Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: CraigPeterson_April7_2016.pdf

Thursday, April 14, 2016 - 12:00pm

Thursday, April 21, 2016 - 12:00pm

The design and application of genetically encoded Apollo-NADP+ sensors to image cellular metabolism in tissues Dr. Jonathon Rocheleau IBBME, University of Toronto and TGRI, University Health Network Thursday, April 21, 2016 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Josh Milstein Davenport Seminar Room, Chemistry Department, 80 St. George St. BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: JonathanRocheleau_April21_2016.pdf

Thursday, September 8, 2016 - 12:00pm

Reprogramming membrane protein function by design Patrick Barth Thursday, September 8, 2016 - 12:00pm McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: PatrickBarth_Sept8_2016.pdf

Thursday, September 22, 2016 - 12:00pm

Tracking the structure and dynamics of elastin-like polypeptides through a liquid-liquid phase separation (and beyond) using NMR spectroscopy Dr. Simon Sharpe Molecular Structure and Function Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Thursday, September 22, 2016 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid A. Houry McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: SimonSharpe_Sept22_2016.pdf

Thursday, October 6, 2016 - 12:00pm

Protein-lipid complexes in the lysosome Gil Privé Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Department of Medical Biophysics and Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto Thursday, October 6, 2016 - 12:00pm Host: Walid A. Houry McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: GilPrive_Oct6_2016.pdf

Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 12:00pm

Soft Materials at surfaces and interfaces: Elastocapillarity Dr. Kari Dalnoki-Veress Department of Physics & Astronomy, McMaster University; Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie Théorique, ESPCI, Paris, France Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 12:00pm DV3129 at UTM and via streaming to McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: KariDalnokiVeress_Oct20_2016.pdf

Thursday, November 3, 2016 - 12:00pm

How bacterial gene silencing proteins contribute to the evolution of pathogens Will Navarre Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto Thursday, November 3, 2016 - 12:00pm McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: WilNavarre_Nov3_2016.pdf

Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 12:00pm

Studies on structure, function and interactions of the heat shock protein Hsp40 Dr. Carlos Ramos Chemistry Institute, University of Campinas UNICAMP, Brazil Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 12:00pm Host: Walid A. Houry McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: CarlosRamos_Nov17_2016.pdf

Thursday, December 1, 2016 - 12:00pm

Physics of tissue morphogenesis: from cellular forces to tissue shape Guillaume Salbreux The Francis Crick Institute, UK Thursday, December 1, 2016 - 12:00pm DV3129 at UTM and via streaming to McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: GuillaumeSalbreux_Dec1_2016.pdf

Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 4:00pm

Thursday, January 12, 2017 - 12:00pm

An actomyosin-Arf-GEF negative feedback loop for tissue elongation under stress Tony Harris Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto Thursday, January 12, 2017 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: Tony Harris_Jan12_2016.pdf

Thursday, January 26, 2017 - 12:00pm

Biophysical regulation of mandibular arch shape Sevan Hopyan Hospital for Sick Children Thursday, January 26, 2017 - 12:00pm Host: Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Sevan Hopyan_Jan26_2017.pdf

Thursday, February 9, 2017 - 12:00pm

Single-cell modeling of the dysfunctional signaling in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Gregoire Altan-Bonnet National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health, USA Thursday, February 9, 2017 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: Gregoire Altan-Bonnet_Feb9_2017.pdf

Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 12:00pm

How Bacterial Toxins Deliver Proteins Across Membranes and into Cells Dr. Roman Melnyk Hospital for Sick Children Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid A. Houry McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: RomanMelnyk_Feb23_2017.pdf

Thursday, March 9, 2017 - 12:00pm

Probing the biophysical regulation of the de novo tumor microenvironment Dr. Kandice Tanner Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute (NIH), USA Thursday, March 9, 2017 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: KandiceTanner_March9_2017.pdf

Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 12:00pm

Disruption of Cellular Control Mechanisms by Intrinsically Disordered Viral Proteins Dr. H. Jane Dyson The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Mitsu Ikura and Dr. Julie Forman-Kay CCBR Red Room BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Research Group Seminar Poster available: JaneDyson_March23_2017.pdf

Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 4:00pm

Active Matter: from colloids to living cells Cristina Marchetti Syracuse Biomaterials Institute and Department of Physics, Syracuse University Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 4:00pm McLennan MP102, 60 St George BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Special Seminar Poster available: CristinaMarchetti_March23_2017.pdf

Thursday, April 6, 2017 - 12:00pm

Structure and Dynamics of GPCRs: Insights from X-ray and EPR Dr. Oliver P. Ernst Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto Thursday, April 6, 2017 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Poster available: OliverErnst_April6_2017.pdf

Thursday, September 21, 2017 - 12:00pm

Bacterial Surface Lipoproteins and Membrane Proteins used to Overcome Nutritional Immunity Dr. Trevor F. Moraes Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto Thursday, September 21, 2017 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid A. Houry McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: TrevorMoraes_Sept21_2017.pdf

Thursday, October 5, 2017 - 12:00pm

How cellular decisions are encoded in its proteome's physical chemistry Dr. Ken Dill Laufer Center for Physical & Quantitative Biology, Stony Brook University Thursday, October 5, 2017 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Josh Milstein Kaneff Centre L1220 at UTM and streamed to MP606 at St. George BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: KenDillPoster_Oct5_2017.pdf

Friday, October 6, 2017 - 11:00am

The Amazing Protein Molecule: 20,000 different biological machines, all in one piece of string Dr. Ken Dill Laufer Center for Physical & Quantitative Biology, Stony Brook University Friday, October 6, 2017 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Hue Sun Chan CCBR Red Room BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: KenDillPoster_Oct6_2017.pdf

Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 12:00pm

Terasaki Ramps: A Glimpse into the Geometrical Architecture of the Cell Dr. Greg Huber Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: GregHuber_Oct19_2017.pdf

Thursday, November 2, 2017 - 12:00pm

Single-Molecule Approaches to Mechanobiology: From DNA Nanoswitches to the Centrifuge Force Microscope Dr. Wesley Wong Harvard Medical School Thursday, November 2, 2017 - 12:00pm Host: Prof. Josh Milstein Council Chambers, UTM and streamed at MP 606 St. George BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: WongSeminar.pdf

Friday, November 10, 2017 - 12:00pm

Anomalously slow transport in single-file diffusion with slow binding kinetics Andrew Rutenberg Dalhousie University Friday, November 10, 2017 - 12:00pm Host: Prof. Sidhartha Goyal McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP505 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Special Seminar Poster available: ARutenberg_BiophysSeminar.pdf

Thursday, November 16, 2017 - 12:00pm

Human Coronavirus Adaptation and Evolution Dr. James M. Rini University of Toronto Department of Biochemistry & Department of Molecular Genetics Thursday, November 16, 2017 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid A. Houry McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: JamesRini_Nov16.pdf

Thursday, November 30, 2017 - 4:10pm

Physics of Protein Function and Evolution: From Sequence-Structure to Sequence-Ensemble Relationships Hue Sun Chan Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Depts of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics,University of Toronto Thursday, November 30, 2017 - 4:10pm Host: Prof. Claudiu Gradinaru McLennan Physical Labs, Room 102 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Co-sponsor: Joint with Physics Colloquium Poster available: HSChanNov30_poster.pdf

Thursday, January 11, 2018 - 12:00pm

Super-resolution Imaging Toward Diagnosis, Mechanism and Discovery of Rare Diseases Dr. Vito Mennella Biochemistry, U of T and Sick Kids Thursday, January 11, 2018 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Joshua Milstein Davis Building 3129, UTM; livestreamed to MP606 St.George BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: VitoMinellin.pdf

Thursday, January 25, 2018 - 12:10pm

Microfabrication of elastomeric polymers for organ-on-a-chip engineering and injectable tissues Milica Radisic Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Dept. of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto; Toronto General Research Institute Thursday, January 25, 2018 - 12:10pm Host: Dr. Anton Zilman McLennan Physics Lab, MP 606, Livestreamed to DV3129@UTM BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Radisic4-flyer-1.pdf

Thursday, February 8, 2018 - 12:00pm

Electron Cryomicroscopy of Rotary ATPases John L. Rubinstein Sick Kids/Biochemistry and Medical Biophysics University of Toronto Thursday, February 8, 2018 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Joshua Milstein Davis Bldg 3129, UTM ; livestreamed to MP 606, St. George BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Rubinstein_Feb8.pdf

Thursday, February 15, 2018 - 12:00pm

Imaging and probing biomolecular assemblies at nanometre resolution Prof. Bart Hoogenboom London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London Thursday, February 15, 2018 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Hoogenboon_Feb15.pdf

Thursday, February 22, 2018 - 12:10pm

Molecular Machines and Synthetic Motors: Active Motion on Nanoscales Prof. Ray Kapral Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto Thursday, February 22, 2018 - 12:10pm Host: Dr. Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: RKapral_Feb 22.pdf

Thursday, March 1, 2018 - 12:00pm

Molecular Simulations of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Prof. Sarah Rauscher Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto, Mississauga Thursday, March 1, 2018 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: Rauscher_March1.pdf

Thursday, March 8, 2018 - 12:00pm

Cancer Nanomedicine: The challenge of targeting nanoparticles into solid tumors Prof. Warren Chan Prof. Warren Chan Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME), Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research (CCBR) Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, University of Toronto Thursday, March 8, 2018 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: WChan_March8.pdf

Thursday, March 22, 2018 - 12:00pm

Exploiting stochastic fluctuations to understand cellular processes and infer biochemical kinetics Dr. Andreas Hilfinger Department of Physics, U of T Thursday, March 22, 2018 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Anton Zilman McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: AHilfinger_March22.pdf

Thursday, April 5, 2018 - 12:00pm

How do mechanical forces sculpt tissues? Dr. Lisa Manning Department of Physics, Syracuse University Thursday, April 5, 2018 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room MP606 BiophysTO Lunchtime Talks Invited Speaker Seminar Poster available: LManning_April5.pdf