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Graduate Student Seminars
This page provides the schedule overview for Wednesday Noon Student Seminar Series and Connell Lectures, as well as the First Talk Symposium.
For PhD Examination Seminars and Departmental Seminars, please see the Upcoming Events Page
For Seminars hosted across the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, please visit Cette Semaine
See also Graduate Student Seminar Course Requirements
If you are giving a seminar this term, please be sure to notify your supervisor and committee members of your scheduled date. About two weeks before your presentation date, send them a reminder. If your supervisor is not a regular at the seminars, encourage them to come along with you every Wednesday.
Remember that the student seminar series is a required course (BCH2020/BCH2022) and that a satisfactory record of attendance (you must attend at least 70% of all student seminars) is needed to obtain credit. You are required to attend even if you have been given permission to write your thesis.
Student Seminar Schedule
All seminars are held on Wednesdays 12 pm-1 pm.
For regular seminars, each talk should be no more than 20 mins, allowing an additional 5 mins for questions.
MSB - Medical Sciences Building, 1 King's College Circle
September 2026 |
Host Name | ||
| Sept. 9 | First Day/ Welcome Back/ Mad Libs | MSB 2170 |
Haley Wyatt |
| Sept. 16 | Grace Parish (John Parkinson) / Nicholas Silver (Watts lab) | MSB 2170 |
TBA |
| Sept. 23 | Prabhsimran (Simran) Khroud (Peter Kim) / Fermisk Saleh (Carol Schuurmans) | MSB 2170 |
TBA |
| Sept. 30 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
October 2026 |
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| Oct. 7 | Andria Henry (Warren Lee) / Shi Bo Cao (Roman Melynk) | MSB 2170 |
TBA |
| Oct. 14 | George Connell Lecture: Shawn Ferguson | MSB 2170 | TBA |
| Oct. 21 | Sayantani Upadhyay (Julie Forman-Kay) / Ruikai Wu (Walid Houry) | MSB 2170 |
TBA |
| Oct. 28 | No seminars; Reading Week | MSB 2170 | |
November 2026 |
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| Nov. 4 | Nikki Zamani Farahani (Jason Maynes) / Haoxuan (Christoph) Qing (Julie Forman-Kay) | MSB 2170 |
TBA |
| Nov. 11 | Ian Douglas (Justin Nodwell) / Taylor Battellino (Mike Norris) | MSB 2170 |
TBA |
| Nov. 18 | Guest Speaker: Toronto Condensate Network (Hosted by: Hyun Kate Lee & Julie Forman-Kay) | MSB 2170 |
Hyun Kate Lee & Julie Forman-Kay |
| Nov. 25 | Tianhao Cheng (Alan Davidson) / Nicholas Chan (Jason Maynes) | MSB 2170 | TBA |
December 2026 |
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| Dec. 2 | Student Information Session - Guest to be confirmed | MSB 2170 |
TBA |
| Dec. 9 | George Connell Lecture: Sophie Gobeil | MSB 2170 |
TBA |
| Dec. 23 | No Seminar (U of T closed for Holiday Break on Dec 24) |
MSB 2170 | TBA |
| Dec. 30 | U of T closed for holiday Break | ||
January 2027 |
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| Jan. 13 | Randy Yoo (Jean-Philippe Julien) / Wei Sheng Yap (Peter Kim) | MSB 2170 | TBA |
| Jan. 20 | George Connell Lecture: Richard Kriwacki | MSB 2170 |
TBA |
| Jan. 27 | George Connell Lecture: Katie Cockburn | MSB 2170 | TBA |
February 2027 |
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| Feb. 3 | Candela Bosco Suarez (Angus McQuibban) / Robert Jomphe (Peter Kim) | MSB 2170 | TBA |
| Feb. 10 | Licheng (Amy) Qian (Karen Maxwell) / Angelina Kim (Spencer Freeman) | MSB 2170 | TBA |
| Feb. 17 | Zeynep Baltaci (Hyun Kate Lee) / Chloe Zhang (Lynne Howell) | MSB 2170 | TBA |
| Feb. 24 | George Connell Lecture: Mary Allen | MSB 2170 | TBA |
March 2027 |
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| March 3 | George Connell Lecture: Brandon Findlay | MSB 2170 |
TBA |
| March 10 | Umayeer Milky (Grant Brown) / David Van Ommen (Mike Norris) | MSB 2170 | TBA |
| March 17 | Irene Abraham (Haley Wyatt) / Tian Huang (Julie Forman-Kay) | MSB 2170 |
TBA |
| March 24 | Bella Kim (Karen Maxwell) / Benjamin Beavington (Mike Norris) | MSB 2170 |
TBA |
| March 31 | George Connell Lecture: Paul Duprex | MSB 2170 | TBA |
April 2027 |
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| April 14-16 | First Talk Symposium | MSB 2170 | TBA |
First Talk Symposium
These will be held in the second week of April in Sidney Smith Hall(SS), 100 St. George Street, Room 1073.
For the first talk symposium, each talk should be no more than 12 mins, allowing an additional 3 mins for questions.
April 13, 2026
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Student Presenting |
Supervisor / Co-Supervisor |
| 9:15 - 9:30 | Lucas Anderson | Jason Maynes |
| 9:30 - 9:45 | Trevor Bell | Trevor Moraes |
| 9:45 - 10:00 | Ana Paola Cano Morris | Lea Harrington |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Lina Al Halabi | Amra Saric |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Seoyoun (Kelly) Jung | Walter Kahr |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break | |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Zeynep Baltaci | Huyn (Kate) Lee / Jonathon Ditlev |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Chiara D'Addario | Christine Bear / Trevor Moraes |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Ayeisha Desjardins | Alex Palazzo |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Amrita Dhindsa | Jean-Philippe Julien |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | ||
April 14, 2026
|
Student Presenting |
Supervisor / Co-Supervisor |
| 9:15 - 9:30 | Aakash Natarajan | Karen Maxwell |
| 9:30 - 9:45 | Krishna Gandhi | Mathieu Lemaire / Daniela Rotin |
| 9:45 - 10:00 | Jill Greenlaw | Alan Davidson |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Léo Sanghoon Han | Spencer Freeman |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Christian Jacobsen-Perez | Lynne Howell |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break | |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Nourhan Almasri | Spencer Freeman / Lisa Robinson |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Tiana Mong-Teng Lee | Trevor Moraes |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Katherine Matthew | Andreas Schulze |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Matthew McCarthy | Karen Maxwell |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Daniel Dai Yu | Spencer Freeman / Aleixo Muise |
April 15, 2026
|
Student Presenting |
Supervisor / Co-supervisor |
| 9:15 - 9:30 | Sarina Doshi | Frank Sicheri |
| 9:30 - 9:45 | Mithusha Peragerasingam | Robert Screaton |
| 9:45 - 10:00 | Tanya Yutong Shi | Walter Kahr |
| 10:00 -10:15 | Zach Thow | Michael Norris |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Jie (Cynthia) Wu | Grant Brown |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break | |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Yifan Xian | James Rini |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Jiayi (April) Yu | Frank Sicheri |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Zoe Ang | Ahilya Sawh |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | n/a | n/a |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | n/a | n/a |