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Advancing engagement in antimicrobial stewardship through effective communication strategies

Julia Szymczak will be presenting as part of Public Health Ontario Rounds. As a key initiative to mitigate the public health threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), Public Health Ontario promotes the advancement of antimicrobial stewardship across all healthcare sectors. Antimicrobial overuse is a key driver of antimicrobial resistance, so initiatives to improve prescribing behaviour are instrumental […]

EPIC Trainee Seminars

Room 1085, Sidney Smith Hall

The monthly EPIC Trainee Seminars return for the 2023-24 year! These trainee-only seminars provide a safe and supportive environment for trainees to share their work, receive feedback from their peers and network. To sign up to present at a future seminar, please complete this form. Speakers Ryan Chieu (John Parkinson's lab): Functional analysis of Neisseria […]

Antimicrobial Resistance Symposium

The MaRs Centre 101 College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

After the success of last year’s symposium on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), we are thrilled to partner with diagnostics industry leader bioMérieux Canada once again this year to present the second annual AMR symposium! The theme of this year’s event is Putting evidence into practice in the fight against AMR. We are also excited to work with AMMI Canada and the […]

Single-cell and spatial dissection of host-microbe interactions

Cell and Systems Biology, Suite 432 25 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

Join Tatsuya Nobori from the Salk Institute for a talk as part of the Cell and Systems Biology Departmental Seminar series. A live stream of the seminar is available through the CSB website. Talk abstract: In multicellular organisms, individual cells interpret a multitude of developmental and environmental signals through unique gene regulatory mechanisms, leading to […]

Combatting mosquito-borne diseases with AI: Innovations in global health intelligence

Join BlueDot for a ground-breaking webinar where we delve deep into the dynamic landscape of mosquito-borne diseases, exploring the latest trends and impacts on a global scale. BlueDot's expert panel will unveil the abnormal activities observed in mosquito-borne diseases, shedding light on emerging pathogens and unprecedented outbreaks of dengue, malaria, and chikungunya infiltrating urban and […]

Webinar on Streptococcus zooepidemicus

Zoom

The Swine Health Information Center and American Association of Swine Veterinarians will be hosting a webinar on Streptococcus zooepidemicus with experts from both Canada and the USA. Speakers and topics: Clinical picture and descriptions of Canadian outbreaks: Frank Marshall, Marshall Swine and Poultry, Camrose, Alberta Laboratory submissions, directions to practitioners, and background: Matheus de Oliveira […]

Strategies for effective written communications for different audiences

Health Science Building, Room 574 155 Co

The Institute for Pandemics invites University of Toronto graduate students for a special soft skills workshop to further develop their written communication skills. Writing about interdisciplinary research at the graduate level can be challenging, not least because such writing requires you to converse across subject and audience silos. This workshop will introduce strategies for increasing your […]

Engineered microbes for the diagnosis and treatment of disease

Mechanical Engineering Building, Room 254 (MC)

EPIC member Will Navarre hosts Robert Britton (Baylor College of Medicine) as part of the Department of Molecular Genetics seminar series. Advances in synthetic biology have given rise to opportunities to use bacteria to sense and respond to human disease. In this seminar, Britton will highlight two projects in his laboratory that use different platforms […]

Embedding EDI principles into biomedical and health research: who, what, where, when and why

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

Imogen Coe (Toronto Metropolitan University) will be speaking as part of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology's Monday seminar series. It is well established across a range of disciplines that more diverse research teams produce more impactful and higher-quality outputs. However, how to achieve inclusive excellence in research is not always obvious or easy, […]