Join the PRiME Next-Generation Precision Medicine Initiative for their monthly research rounds. This month's PriME research rounds will feature EPIC member Amanda Hargrove who will be discussing "Modulating the conformation and function of RNA with small molecules". Date: 22 May 2026 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Location: Red Room, Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto St. George Campus
Join the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine for their weekly city-wide HIV Rounds. This week’s rounds will be led by Timothy Lim (University of Toronto) and Jaris Swidrovich (University of Toronto) who will cover the following topic: "Indigenous Peoples' understanding of PrEP in Toronto" Date: 25 May 2026 Time: 12:00 – 1:00 […]
Join the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine for their weekly city-wide Infectious Disease and Microbiology (ID/Micro) Rounds. This week's rounds will be led by Nuria Sualih and Selam Bogale Gissa (Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration) and will cover the following topic: "Infectious disease cases from Ethiopia" Date: 26 May 2026 Time: 1:00 - […]
A two-day event to bring together the microbiology and infectious diseases community in Toronto. Registration is now open! The annual University of Toronto Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research Days return on May 27th and 28th, 2026. Join the Emerging & Pandemic Infections Consortium (EPIC) for a day of trainee talks on May 27th and an […]
The 6th Symposium of the Canadian Society for Virology, CSV2026, will be held between May 31-June 4, 2026 on the University of Guelph. This 4-day symposium provides an opportunity for people of all levels of scientific research to present their research in person. Oral presentations and posters will be selected by the abstract review committee from submitted abstracts, based […]
Join the Department of Immunology for a special seminar with Brad Jones (Weill Cornell Medicine) hosted by EPIC steering committee member Jennifer Gommerman. Jones will be presenting a talk titled "Clonal persistence, immune escape and HIV cure". Registration is not required. Date: 2 June 2026 Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Location: MSB 7231, Medical Sciences Building
Held annually since 1946, the 75th Annual International Conference on Diseases in Nature Communicable to HuMans (INCDNCM) seeks to increase knowledge and awareness of zoonotic disease within medical and public health communities. Meetings are multidisciplinary, including presentations on viral, rickettsial, bacterial, parasitic, and prion-related diseases acquired from natural sources, including animals (wild or domestic), contaminated […]
Join the Canadian Society for Microbiologists (CSM) for their Annual Meeting taking place at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, from June 16-19, 2026. This year’s theme, “Microbes & Global Challenges,” will bring together researchers to explore the diverse and critical roles that microbes, and microbiology research, play in tackling the world’s most pressing issues […]
Hosted by Unity Health, EPIC member Greg German and team (Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, U of T; Unity Health Chronic Infection Clinic and Microbiology Service), and the U of T Phage Therapy Interest Group. This special event will feature Steffanie Strathdee, infectious disease epidemiologist, Harold Simon Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the University of […]
The Zoonoses, AMR, and BioInformatics (ZAMBI) meeting brings together cross-disciplinary researchers and trainees working at the intersection of antimicrobial resistance, emerging zoonotic diseases, and computational biology to share their research and develop new cross-cutting One Health skills. This meeting is a joint effort of three CIHR Health Research Training Platforms: CAN-AMR-NET, Canopy, and the Canadian […]