EPIC Trainee Seminars: Angcy Xiao and Nafisa Mahbub

Medical Sciences Building, Room 3278 1 King’s College Circle, Room 3278, Toronto, ON, Canada

EPIC Trainee Seminars provide a no-PI space for trainees to practice presenting and to discuss their research with other students, post-docs and RAs from similar research fields. We will be providing refreshments following each seminar. The speakers for this session are: Angcy Xiao (supervised by Aaron Reinke): Phenotypes of wild C. elegans strains against microsporidia infection Nafisa […]

Institute for Pandemics Interdisciplinary Symposium

Hart House 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, ON, Canada

The Institute for Pandemics (IfP) is pleased to present its 2024 Interdisciplinary Symposium, on April 18th at the historic Great Hall of Hart House on the St. George campus of the University of Toronto. This year’s theme is “Reimagining Response & Preparedness for future Public Health Emergencies.” Join members of the Institute, the university, government, private […]

Missing gut microbes (and where to find them)

Medical Sciences Building, Room 2170 1 King’s College Circle, Room 2170, Toronto, ON, Canada

EPIC member Stephen Girardin co-hosts Emma Allen-Vercoe (University of Guelph) as part of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology's Monday seminar series.

Imaging and engineering cytokine signalling

Medical Sciences Building, Room 2172 1 King’s College Circle, Room 2172, Toronto, ON, Canada

Nathanael Caveney (University of British Columbia) presents as part of a Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology special seminar.

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research Day

Medical Sciences Building, Room 3153 1 King’s College Circle, Room 3153, Toronto, ON, Canada

The annual University of Toronto Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research Day returns on June 10 and 11, 2024. Join us for a day of trainee talks on June 10 and an invited keynote, faculty talks and posters on June 11! The event is free and open to all to attend. Stay tuned for more details […]

Covid-19 Excess Mortality Symposium

Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute 209 Victoria St, Toronto, ON, Canada

The COVID-19 pandemic is estimated to have caused nearly 15 million excess deaths globally by the end of 2021, more than twice the number of COVID-specific deaths reported. The Omicron waves in 2022 likely added to this total. In contrast to incidence and prevalence data, mortality data are high quality and complete. For most countries […]