EPIC Trainee Pizza Talks

CCBR Red Room

This seminar series, organized by EPIC’s Trainee Advisory Committee (TAC), is a safe and supportive trainee-only space for trainees to present and discuss their research with other students, postdocs, and RAs from various research fields. It is also an excellent opportunity for trainees to connect and interact with other trainees! The speakers for the December talks […]

Role of neutrophils in leptospirosis

MSB 7231

Offered by The Department of Immunology and hosted by Dana Philpott and Stephen Girardin, this is a special seminar featuring a talk by Catherine Werts at Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. Location: MSB 7231 Date and time: January 17th, 10:00 - 11:00 AM Visit the event page for more details.  

Developing microbiome-targeted therapeutics through community-based metabolic modelling

"The Pod" Leslie Dan Pharmacy Building 144 College Street W, Toronto, ON, Canada

PhD defense seminar for Irina Utkina, supervised by EPIC faculty member John Parkinson. Hosted by the Department of Molecular Genetics Location: “The Pod” in the Leslie Dan Pharmacy Building Date and time: January 20th, 10:00 AM  Visit event page for more details.  

Research seminar for graduate students: Advancing equity and social justice through community-engaged research

Haultain Building Room 403, 170 College Street,, Toronto, ON, Canada

Hosted by the Institute for Pandemics, this in-person seminar for U of T graduate students features presentations by Chavon Niles and Lance T. McCready on advancing equity and social justice through community-engaged research. Location:  Haultain Building, Room 403, 170 College Street, Toronto, ON Date and time: January 27th, 2:00 - 3:00 PM Register here, via […]

Crisis Response: Delivering Global Health in Emergencies

TRP Auditorium 263 McCaul Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

Translational Research Program (TRP) at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine is hosting the February installment of the Get Talking! series. EPIC member Fahad Razak (Unity Health Toronto) will be joined by Pulkit Aggrwal to discuss some of the most challenging issues facing healthcare today including equitable access to care, funding and innovation. The discussion is […]

Platelets’ role during COVID-19: More to it than blood clots?

Red Seminar Room, Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research

Calling all trainees, staff and faculty interested in infectious disease research! The Emerging & Pandemic Infections Consortium with The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is proud to host a special seminar on the evolving role of platelets in infectious diseases. The seminar is hosted by EPIC faculty member, Julien Muffat, and features a talk by […]

EPIC Trainee Pizza Talks

Red Seminar Room, Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research

Hosted by EPIC Trainee Advisory Committee and held on the first Thursday of every month, the Trainee Pizza Talks are a safe and supportive trainee-only space for trainees to present and discuss their research with other students, postdocs, and RAs from various research fields. It is also an excellent opportunity to network and get to know other trainees! Join us on February 6th, from 5:00 -6:00 […]

Lunch Lectures: Topics and techniques in infectious disease research

MSB 5231 Medical Sciences Building, 1 King's College Circle, ON, Canada

Hosted by EPIC Trainee Advisory Committee, the Lunch Lectures is a seminar series aimed at building skills and knowledge to help trainees in their infectious disease research work. This is an exciting opportunity to hear from senior trainees about how ideas can be applied to your research over a pizza lunch. Véronique Taylor (research associate, […]

Soft Skills Workshop for Graduate Students: Crafting and Delivering an Effective Elevator Pitch

Health Sciences Building 155 College St., Toronto, on, Canada

This in-person workshop organized by the Institute for Pandemics is a great opportunity for graduate students to improve their research communication skills. Presented by Fiona Coll and Michael Cournoyea, the workshop will help participants craft concise 30-to 60-second pitches that effectively communicate their research and tailor them for different settings such as conferences, networking events and […]