Student seminars. These will be held 12-1PM Wednesdays (see schedule below). For the regular seminars, each talk should be no more than 20 min, allowing an additional 5 min for questions.

The First Talk Symposium Schedule April 2025.  These will be held the second week of April  in MSB 4279 (more information to follow at a later date). For the first talk symposium, each talk should be no more than 12 min, allowing an additional 3 min for questions.

For details on seminar scheduling and content see:
Master’s Seminar Course in Biochemistry BCH2020L
Doctoral Seminar Course in Biochemistry BCH2022L

 

Student Seminar Schedule

 

September 2024

Sept. 11 Welcome Back  / New Student Introductions MSB 2172
Host: Trevor Moraes
Sept. 18 Ian Yen (Lynne Howell) / Rosie Irwin (Julie Forman-Kay) MSB 2172
Host: Trevor Moraes
Sept. 25 Tina Qiu (Alex Palazzo) / Yingke Liang (John Rubinstein) MSB 2172
Host: Trevor Moraes

October 2024

Oct. 2 Strategies for Getting Published
Guest speaker: Heather Cunningham,  Assistant Director, Research & Innovation Services, Gerstein Science Information Centre, University of Toronto
MSB 2172
Host: Lea Harrington
Oct. 9 Sina Ghasempour (Spencer Freeman & Aleixo Muise) / Nicholas Silver (Joel Watts) MSB 2172
Host: Trevor Moraes
Oct. 16 Hanlin Wang (John Rubinstein) / Rachel Shannon (William Trimble & Peter Kim) MSB 2172
Host: Trevor Moraes
Oct. 23 No seminars
Oct. 30 Reading week – no seminars / 2nd Year student Info session MaRS Rm 1622

November 2024

Nov. 6 Ruikai Wu (Walid Houry) / Hwa Young (Haley) Yun (Haley Wyatt) MSB 2172
Host: Trevor Moraes
Nov. 13 No Seminar
Nov. 20 Marim Barghash (Walid Houry) / Zetao (William) Liu (Daniela Rotin) MSB 2172
Host: Trevor Moraes
Nov. 27 No Seminar

December 2024

Dec. 4 Christopher Chin Sang (Hyun Kate Lee) / Wei Sheng Yap (Peter Kim) MSB 2172
Host: Trevor Moraes
Dec. 11 Guest Speaker: Daryl David, Senior Editor at Springer Nature
“Editorial processes and editorial careers at the Nature Portfolio”
MSB 2172
Hosts: Dr. Kate Lee, Robert Jomphe and Gregory Cole
Dec. 18 No Seminar

January 2025

Jan. 8 No seminar MSB 2172
Host:
Jan. 15 Sherwin Xu (Kate Lee) / Robert Jomphe (Peter Kim) MSB 2172
Host: Trevor Moraes
Jan. 22 No seminar MSB 2172
Host:
Jan. 29 Alex Lee (Andreas Schulze) / Amogh Natu (Aleixo Muise) MSB 2172
Host: Trevor Moraes

February 2025

Feb. 5 No seminar MSB 2172
Host:
Feb. 12 No seminar MSB 2172
Host:
Feb. 19 Reading Week – No Seminars
Feb. 26 Katharine Myler (Justin Nodwell) / Krithika Muthuraman (Jean-Philippe Julien) MSB 2172
Host: Trevor Moraes

March 2025

March 5 Camila Aprosoff (Haley Wyatt) / Nadia Zafar (Lilliana Attianso) MSB 2172
Host: Trevor Moraes
March 12 No seminars
March 19 The Temerty Graduate Representation Committee (GRC) and Graduate Student Resource Navigation
Guest speakers: Willow Squires and Maurice Pasternak
MSB 2172
Host: Trevor Moraes
March 26 Fermisk Saleh (Carol Schuurmans) / Chalini Weerasooriya (Craig Smibert) MSB 2172
Host: Trevor Moraes

April 2025

April 2 No Seminars
April 9 No seminar – First Talk Symposium

 

First Talk Symposium

 

Monday April 7, 2025 – Room MSB 4279

9:15 – 9:30 Nour Bazzi Ahilya Sawh
9:30 – 9:45 Benjamin Beavington Michael Norris
9:45 – 10:00 Maria (Candela) Bosco Suarez Angus McQuibban
10:00 – 10:15 Nikki Zamani Farahani Jason Maynes
10:15 – 10:30
10:30 – 10:45  Break
10:45 – 11:00 Nicholas Chan Jason Maynes
11:00 – 11:15 Tianhao Cheng Alan Davidson
11:15 – 11:30 Juliana de Andrade Bolsoni Igor Stagljar
11:30 – 11:45 Nadia Diakiw Peter Kim
11:45 – 12:00 Ian Douglas Justin Nodwell

Tuesday April 8, 2025 – Room MSB 4279

9:15 – 9:30 Minseo (Bella) Kim Karen Maxwell
9:30 – 9:45 Angelina Kim Spencer Freeman
9:45 – 10:00 Zurie Campbell Robert Screaton
10:00 – 10:15 Whijin (Jin) Kwon Spencer Freeman
10:15 – 10:30 Natalie Kwong Ahilya Sawh
10:30 – 10:45  Break
10:45 – 11:00 Mingyang (Judy) Liang Christopher Yip
11:00 – 11:15 Hedy Liu Lea Harrington
11:15 – 11:30 Umayeer Milky Grant Brown
11:30 – 11:45 Ali Bin Munim Spencer Freeman
11:45 – 12:00 Licheng (Amy) Qian Karen Maxwell

Wednesday April 9, 2025 – Room MSB 4279

9:15 – 9:30 Haoxuan (Christoph) Qing Julie Forman-Kay
9:30 – 9:45 Deanna Rath Julie Forman-Kay
9:45 – 10:00 Inna Zaiats Lea Harrington
10:00 – 10:15 Yuchen Zheng Aleixo Muise
10:15 – 10:30 Byuri Sim Stephane Angers
10:30 – 10:45  Break
10:45 – 11:00 Jiancheng (Jason) Yu John Rubinstein
11:00 – 11:15 Tian Hao (Alex) Huang Julie Forman-Kay
11:15 – 11:30 Alyssa Vander Zee Karen Maxwell
11:30 – 11:45 Yuhan (Chloe) Zhang Lynne Howell
11:45 – 12:00 Emilya Stolyarova Lea Harrington
12:00 – 12:15 Shi Bo (Michelle) Cao Roman Melnyk