Our year-long Seminar Series explores current cell biology topics for systems ranging from single-cell organisms to the complexity of the human brain. We host experts in the field from both Canadian and international universities and research institutions.
Seminars will be held on Wednesdays, from 11:30am - 12:30pm, in the Strathcona Anatomy & Dentistry Building, Rm. 1/12.
PhD student seminars will be added to the schedule on an ad hoc basis.
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DATE |
SPEAKER |
AFFILIATION |
TITLE & POSTER LINK |
HOST |
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September 17, 2025 |
Moe R. Mahjoub, PhD | Washington University | Seeing is believing: Discovery of a new organelle essential for multiciliogenesis | Khanh Huy Bui, PhD |
| October 1, 2025 | Mary Munson, PhD | University of Massachusetts | Dissecting the molecular mechanisms that regulate intracellular membrane fusion | John Bergeron, PhD & Nathalie Lamarche-Vane, PhD |
| October 8, 2025 | Sydney Fearnley | PhD Candidate, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology | Accessory olfactory glomerular map formation in the control of aggression and acuity behaviors in mice | PhD Seminar |
| October 15, 2025 | Alicia Ebert, PhD | University of Vermont | Looking forward and reverse: Sema6A/PlexinA2 signaling in the developing zebrafish retina | Alyson Fournier, PhD |
| October 22, 2025 | Amélie Fradet-Turcotte, PhD | Université Laval |
The role of chromatin in safeguarding the genome under stress conditions |
Nathalie Lamarche-Vane, PhD |
| October 29, 2025 | Andrew Kruse, PhD | Harvard Medical School | Activation of the angiotensin and relaxin receptors by chemically divergent drugs | Nathalie Lamarche-Vane, PhD & Stéphane Laporte, PhD |
| November 5, 2025 | Priv. Doz. Dr. Nadja Fratzl-Zelman | Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology | Hypo and hypermineralization in rare bone diseases | Marc McKee, PhD |
| December 3, 2025 | Maria Vera, PhD | McGill University |
The role of biomolecular condensates in guiding cell and tissue recovery from heat stress |
Joaquin Ortega, PhD |
| December 10, 2025 | Anshu Saran | PhD Candidate, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology | Unravelling the regulatory mechanisms of PorX mediated virulence in Porphyromonas gingivalis | PhD Seminar |
| January 7, 2026 | Dr Genevieve Bernard | RI-MUHC | POLR3-related Leukodystrophy: Bedside to Bench and Bench to Bedside | Susanne Bechstedt, PhD |
| January 21, 2026 | Benjamin Martin, PhD | Lady Davis Institute | Functional compensation in chromatin remodeling and transcription regulation | Chantal Autexier, PhD |
| February 4, 2026 | Peter Siegel, PhD | Goodman Cancer Institute | Biophysical Cues Influence Breast Cancer Metastasis | Dieter Reinhardt, PhD |
| February 25, 2026 | Jun Ding, PhD | RI-MUHC |
Deep generative models for building virtual disease models and in-silico drug screening in complex diseases |
Shuaiqi Guo, PhD |
| March 4, 2026 | Dominic Arpin | PhD Candidate, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology | Cooperativity in ribosome assembly and specialization of translation initiation | PhD Seminar |
| March 25, 2026 | Frédérique Le Roux, PhD | Université de Montréal |
Complex temporal dynamics of phage-bacteria populations in an animal-associated marine system |
Natalie Zeytuni, PhD |
| April 8, 2026 | Pierre Moffatt, PhD |
Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, McGill University |
Osteogenesis imperfecta caused by variants in IFITM5: deciphering cellular and molecular perturbation in vitro and in vivo | Marc McKee, PhD |
| April 22, 2026 | Colin Crist, PhD | Lady Davis Institute | TBC | Dieter Reinhardt, PhD |
| May 6, 2026 | Guojun Chen, PhD | McGill University | TBC | Shuaiqi Guo, PhD |
| May 20, 2026 | Radhika Subramanian, PhD | Harvard University | TBC | Graduate Students |
| June 3, 2026 | TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC |