Neuronal regulation of barrier immunity and host defense

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

Isaac Chui (Harvard Medical School) will be speaking as part of the Department of Molecular Genetics Colloquium MMG1003H: Winter 2024 Seminar Series. The seminar is open to faculty and trainees who are not affiliated with the Department of Molecular Genetics. Seminar abstract Neuroimmune interactions play a critical role in regulating homeostasis and host defense. Barrier […]

Targeting nucleic acids to combat inflammation

Medical Sciences Building, Room 3154 1 King’s College Circle, Toronto, ON, Canada

EPIC member Milica Radisic hosts Kam Leong (Columbia University) as part of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering's Invited Academic Speaker Series. Talk abstract: Inflammation serves as a crucial defense mechanism, alerting our bodies to damage and aiding in the restoration of homeostasis. However, when inflammation becomes excessive or chronic, it can manifest as a range […]

Addressing the mental health impact of school closures post-pandemic

The fourth-annual Vohra Miller Lectures in Critical Public Health Issues in collaboration with the Institute for Pandemics aims to foster a dialogue on health equity issues, as it relates to the youth educational landscape. While recognizing the importance of the public health measures that were put in place based on scientifically proven best practices to […]

LTRI’s Scientific Core Facilities Expo

60 Murray Street, Level 3, Room 201 60 Murray Street, Toronto, ON

Discover how you can advance your research with the cutting-edge instruments and expertise available at the LTRI. Meet their expert staff and learn about the wide range of services and technologies we offer, from advanced instrumentation to biorepositories to mouse models. A complimentary lunch will be provided, and you can also enter a draw for […]

5th Annual PRiME Symposium

Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Auditorium 55 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

Join PRiME for their fifth annual symposium on the theme of New Frontiers in Precision Medicine: Unleashing the Potential. The deadline to submit abstracts is January 25, 2024 at 11:58 pm ET.

EPIC Trainee Seminars: Duncan Carruthers-Lay and Grant Stevens

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

EPIC Trainee Seminars provide a safe and supportive trainee-only space for trainees to share their work and receive feedback from their peers and network. The speakers for this session are: Duncan Carruthers-Lay (supervised by John Parkinson and Scott Gray-Owen): Population genomics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Juliette Blais-Savoie (supervised by John Parkinson): A high-throughput screen to elucidate the function […]

Programming persistence of a parasitic infection

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

EPIC member Aaron Reinke hosts Sebastian Lourido (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) as part of the Department of Molecular Genetics Colloquium MMG1003H: Winter 2024 Seminar Series. The seminar is open to faculty and trainees who are not affiliated with the Department of Molecular Genetics. Seminar abstract Apicomplexans have coevolved with their animal hosts for half a […]