Vaccine access, equity and the importance of communication

Join the Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases for a fireside chat with Upton Allen, Division Head of Infectious Diseases at The Hospital for Sick Children, Sabina Vohra-Miller, co-founder of the South Asian Health Network, and Joe Cressy, former Chair of the Toronto Board of Health. Panelists will share their experience working to improve vaccine equity and access, […]

2024 Respiratory trends: Navigating the threat of RSV, influenza, and COVID-19

As we enter the new year, concerns are echoing from health officials about the growing triple threat: the combined surge of COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sounded the alarm with a notable uptick in emergency room visits attributed to COVID-19 and influenza. At the same time, […]

Redrawing borders: The model-based optimization of molecular clusters

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

EPIC member Artem Babaian hosts Art Poon (Western University) 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.

Celebrating first-in-Canada Orbitrap Astral mass spectrometer

Mount Sinai Hospital, 18th floor auditorium 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON

The Network Biology Collaborative Centre (NBCC) and the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (LTRI) at Sinai Health in Toronto are proudly announcing Canada's first Orbitrap Astral mass-spectrometer. Released in the summer by Thermo Fisher Scientific, the Astral is poised to transform proteomics with high throughput, deep coverage and unrivalled precision and accuracy. Housed in the NBCC's proteomics […]

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 […]