Understanding the fate of zoonotic viral reservoir and spillover hosts using molecular biology, genetics and a One Health strategy

CCBR Red Room

Arinjay Banerjee, University of Saskatchewan, will present a talk on viral zoonosis and spill-over in Canadian bats at the Molecular Genetics Faculty Candidate seminar. EPIC member, Artem Babaian is hosting the seminar. Date and time: March 12th, 11:00AM - 12:00PM Location: CCBR Red Room Please note: There is a trainee lunch on March 13th, between […]

Coffee talk: “How to get your lab started and funded”

MSB 7231

The Department of Immunology is hosting an event for postdocs and RAs interested in establishing their labs. EPIC member, Tania Watts will be presenting along with Olga Rojas and Chao Wang. Date and time: March 19, 2:00 - 4:00 pm Location: MSB 7231  No registration is required. For postdocs from departments other than immunology interested in […]

Building public trust in health through culturally-aligned artificial intelligence

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

Organized by the Institute for Pandemics, the fifth-annual Vohra Miller Lectures in Critical Public Health Issues features EPIC member, Jude Kong, in a conversation with Ishtiaque Ahmed and Dan Lizotte about health equity issues as it relates to culturally-aligned artificial intelligence (AI) and ways to foster trust in healthcare. Kate Mulligan will moderate the event […]

Lunch Lectures: Topics and techniques in infectious disease research

MaRS Centre, Room 1522 101 C

Hosted by EPIC Trainee Advisory Committee, 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 and techniques can be applied to your research over a pizza lunch. We have two speakers […]

Soft Skills Training for Graduate Students: Networking Skills and Exploring Careers Outside Academia

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

Organized by the Institute for Pandemics, the skills workshop is open for graduate students interested in developing their networking skills. The workshop includes a presentation by Garry Curnew, a relationship and program manager at Rotman Commerce and a career coach who provides personalized guidance to students navigating their professional journeys. For students interested in exploring careers […]

Lunch & Learn: Bruker Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry

Mount Sinai Hospital 60 Murray Street, L3-201, Toronto, ON

Sinai Health’s Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute is co-hosting a mini symposium to showcase the latest advances in MALDI imaging, spatial proteomics and 4D metabolomics & lipidomics. Register for the symposium to learn about these technologies and how to use them in your research. Date and time: March 27, 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM Location: 60 Murray […]

EPIC Trainee Pizza Talks

CCBR Red Room

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 Thursday, April 3rd between […]

Easton Seminar – Dr. Joon Soo Kang

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

Organized by the Department of Immunology, the April 7th Easton Seminar is hosted by Cindy Guidos and features a presentation by Joon Soo Kang. Talk Title: "Mechanism of fungal antigen recognition by mucocutaneous T cells" Date and time: April 7, 10:00 - 11:00 AM EDT Location: MSB 2170  Please visit the eventpage here!

Opportunities for prevention: Group B Streptococcus vaccines under development

Virtual

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) causes serious and fatal infections in newborns and is the leading cause of neonatal sepsis and meningitis. In this webinar co-hosted by the Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Eliana Castillo, Kirsty Le Doare and Ziyaad Dangor will discuss the latest clinical findings on GBS vaccine candidates and outline a path to […]

BRN Research Symposium 2025

Alumni Hall, Victoria University in the University of Toronto

The Black Research Network will host its inaugural research symposium on April 14th. The symposium will bring together multidisciplinary researchers from all three University of Toronto campuses to showcase the transformative impact of Black research excellence in shaping the future. The symposium features keynote presentations by Jude Kong (EPIC faculty member and assistant professor at […]