2023
Monday, January 22 Seminar Series: Kendrick Lee, PhD Candidate: “The effects of gestational cannabinoid exposure on postnatal cardiac outcomes in offspring”
Monday, December 11 Seminar Series: Dr. Paula Foster: “An evolution of in vivo imaging technologies for tracking cells”
Wednesday, December 6 Special Seminar: Dr. Alicia Viloria-Petit: “DOGBONe: Connecting the Dots Through Veterinary Research to Improve Osteosarcoma Outcomes”
Monday, November 27 Seminar Series: Dr. Tallulah Andrews: “Single cell, Single nucleus and Spatial transcriptomics of liver”
Monday, November 20 Seminar Series: Dr. Baptiste Lacoste: “Vascular and glial determinants of brain development”
Monday, November 13 Seminar Series: Dr. David Hess: “What is your VR score? Reversal of vascular regenerative cell exhaustion during chronic metabolic diseases”
Monday, November 6 2023 Gowdey Distinguished Lecture and Research Day
November 2, 2023 Western Organoid Workshop 2023
Our goal is to bring together scientists from across Southwestern Ontario who utilize 3D organoid models in their research.Monday, October 30 Seminar Series: Dr. Amy Reichelt: “Tipping the scales: Insights into how obesity alters neuronal function”
Monday, October 23 Seminar Series: Dr. Michael Boffa: "Old dogs and new tricks: fibrinolytic proteins impacting atherothrombosis and cancer metastasis"
Monday, October 16 Seminar Series: Nicole Sidor, PhD Candidate: “Investigation of TMAP as a candidate biomarker of kidney function”
Monday, October 2 Seminar Series: Dr. Mei Ding: “Explore the Molecular Mechanism of Renal Disease”
Monday, September 25 Seminar Series: Dr. Imogen Coe: "Facing Uncomfortable Truths and Driving Inclusive Excellence in Academic Scientific Research in Canada”
Monday, June12 Seminar Series: Tom Lin, PhD Candidate: “Structural and Mechanistic Elucidation of the EF-hand in LETM1 Ca2+/H+ Antiporter function”
Monday, June 5 Seminar Series: Stephanie Wojtowicz, PhD Candidate: “Characterizing how 1,4-Dihydropyridines and Functionally Related Compounds Inhibit TGFß Signalling”
Monday, May 29 Seminar Series: Dr. Michael Rukstalis: “Career opportunities in Pharma and Biotech: A biologist’s journey through Kendall Square”
Monday, May 8 Seminar Series: Mandy Wang, PhD Candidate: “Potentiation of adenosine receptor signalling by extracellular ATP and structurally related molecules”
Monday, May 1 Seminar Series: Sergiu Lucaciu, PhD Candidate: “Characterization and Rescue of Connexin Variants Associated with Skin Disease”
Monday, April 17 Seminar Series: Dr. Brian Gulbransen: “Enteric glia in gut motor control and sensations”
Monday, April 3 Seminar Series: Dr. Rachel Miller: “Identifying Targets for Osteoarthritis Pain”
Monday, March 27 Seminar Series: Dr. Amanda Dan Tong: “HFpEF, Atrial Fibrillation, and Aging”
Monday, March 20 PPGSC seminar: "Opening Doors to Exciting Careers!"
Monday, March 6 Seminar Series: Dr. Helen Jones: “Improving fetal growth in utero by nanoparticle-mediated placental therapy”
Monday, February 27 Seminar Series: James Lim, PhD Candidate: "Identification of Metabolic Biomarkers for the Prediction and Early Diagnosis of Cisplatin Induced Acute Kidney Injury"
Monday, February 13 Seminar Series: Dr. Grace Parraga, “On the role of small airway and gas-exchange abnormalities in Long-COVID”
Monday, February 6 Seminar Series: Dr. Jean-Jacques Orban de Xivry, “Does cerebellar motor function decline with aging?”
Monday, January 30 Seminar Series: Dr. Moumita Barua, “Prioritizing therapeutic targets in kidney disease from human genetic studies”
Monday, January 23 Seminar Series: Dr. Katherine Wilmore, “Many possible routes: Using mouse models to uncover developmental determinants of craniofacial variation”
Monday, January 16 Seminar Series: Dr. Thomas Velenosi, “Using pharmacometabolomics to reveal metabolic biomarkers of treatment response in triple-negative breast cancer” "
Monday, January 9 Seminar Series: Dr. Arghya Paul, "Adoption Multifunctional Nanocomposite Hydrogels in Medicine - Drug delivery, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine”