The Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics hosts speakers from International institutes and local academia, in a series of weekly seminars.
Senior Seminars:
To reserve a slot for your senior seminar, please contact the departmental seminar coordinators:
koren.mann [at] mcgill.ca (Koren Mann), diego.loggia [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Diego Loggia) and copy in chairsec.pharmacology [at] mcgill.ca (Senior Administrative Coordinator)
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SPEAKER |
TOPIC |
DATE & LOCATION |
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| 2026 | ||
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Inaugural Barbara Hales Lectureship in Toxicology Dana Dolinoy Ph.D NSF International Chair of Environmental Health Sciences and Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Nutritional Sciences University of Michigan School of Public Health |
"Toxicoepigenetics and the Use of piRNA for Precision Environmental Health Research" |
Friday May 15, 2026 Time: 4:00 to 5:30 Location TBD McIntyre Medical Sciences Building Host: Dr. Koren Mann |
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Mark Nickerson Memorial Lecture Amanda Garner Ph.D |
TBA |
Thursday April 23, 2026 Time: 4:00-5:30 Location: TBD McIntyre Mecical Sciences Building Host: Dr. Bernard Robaire |
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Inaugural Diamond Lecture Tracy Bale Ph.D. The Anschutz Foundation Endowed Chair in Women's Integrated Mental and Physical Health Research at the Ludeman Center University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus |
"Extracellular vesicles as stress signaling mechanisms and biomarkers in psychiatry" |
Wednesday April 15, 2026 Time: 1:00 to 4:00 Palmer Amphitheater McIntyre Medical Sciences Building in room 522 Host: Dr. Koren Mann |
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Kyle Greenway, MD, MSc, FRCPC Psychiatrist, Jewish General Hospital Assistant Professor, McGill University
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TBA |
Thursday March 19, 2026 Time: 4:00 In-Person Seminar McIntyre Medical Sciences Building Host: Dr. Paul Clarke |
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Phar & Wide Seminar Diego Loggia Ph.D Candidate Supervisor: TBA |
TBA |
Thursday March 12, 2026 Time: 4:00 In-Person Seminar McIntyre Medical Sciences Building in Room 1345 Host: TBA |
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Senior Seminar Olivia Kovecses Ph.D. Candidate Supervisor: |
TBA |
Thursday February 26, 2026\ Time: 4:00 In-Person Seminar McIntyre Medical Sciences Building in Room 1345 Host: Dr Koren Mann |
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David Chatenet, Ph.D. Director of the Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologique Research Centre Full Professor Pharmacochemistry, Medical chemistry, Peptide engineering, Pharmacology
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Into the Urotensinverse: Navigating the Pharmacological Maze of the urotensinergic system with Peptide-Based Tools |
Thursday February 19, 2026 Time: 4:00 In-Person Seminar McIntyre Medical Sciences Building in Room 1345 Host: Dr.Koren Mann |
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Cameron McAlpine, Ph.D. Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Nash Family Department of Neuroscience Associate Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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"Brain-heart axes connect lifestyle and cardiovascular disease" |
Thursday February 12, 2026 Time: 4:00 In Person Seminar McIntyre Medical Sciences Building in Room 1345 Host: Dr. Daniel Bernard |
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Phar & Wide Seminar Diego Loggia Ph.D Candidate Supervisor: TBA |
TBA |
Thursday January 29, 2026 Time 4:00 In-Person McIntyre Medical Sciences Building in Room 1345 Host: DTA |
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Gareth Lim, Ph.D. Canada Research Chair in Adipocyte Development Professeur agrégé sous octroi / Associate Professor; Université de Montréal; CRCHUM |
“Is targeting 14-3-3 zeta a potential two-pronged approach to treat type 1 diabetes?” |
Thursday, January 15, 2026 Time: 4:00 In person Seminar, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building in Room 1345 Host: Dr. Koren Mann |
| 2025 | ||
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Senior Seminar Oscar Yu Ph.D. Candidate Supervisor: Dr. Bernard Robaire |
"Effects of Organophosphate esters on Hepatocytes" |
Thursday, December 18th, 2025 Time: 4:00PM In-person Seminar, |
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Jamie Engert, PhD MUHC Associate Professor |
“From Proteomics to Disease Pathogenesis: A Multi-Omics Investigation of Aortic Stenosis” |
Thursday, November 6th, 2025 TIME: 4:00PM In-person Seminar, Host: Dr. Terry Hébert |
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Phar & Wide Seminar Dania Shaban (MRM) |
TBA |
Thursday, October 30th, 2025 TIME: 4:30PM In-person Seminar, McIntyre Medical Building, Room 1345 |
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D. James Surmeier, PhD
Chicago, IL, USA |
"Selective neuronal vulnerability, Parkinson's disease and the pursuit of a disease-modifying therapeutic" |
Thursday, October 23rd, 2025 TIME: 3:30PM In-person Seminar,
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Phar & Wide Seminar Evan Buddle, PhD 3 student in Daniel Bernard's Lab (GAPTS) Matthias Thijs, Nathan Luedke lab (CRBS) Romina Filippelli (MRM) |
TBA |
Thursday, October 2nd, 2025 TIME: 4:30PM In-person Seminar, |
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Jennifer Estall, PhD Research Professor Molecular Mechanisms of Diabetes Research Unit, IRCM Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Montreal Affiliated with Experimental Medicine and Anatomy & Cell Biology, McGill University |
“Dissecting the Hepatic Fasting Response and how that helps to understand MASLD” |
Thursday, September 18th, 2025 TIME: 4:00PM In-person Seminar, Host: Dr. Koren Mann |
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Jean-Christophe Leroux, Ph.D. Professor, Institute of ETH Zürich |
"3D printing of drug eluting devices: from tracheal stents to colonic capsules" |
Thursday, August 28th, 2025 TIME: 4:30PM In-person Seminar, Host: Professor Bastien Castagner |
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Vrinda Kalia, Ph.D. **Recruitment Candidate** Associate Research Scientist Department of Environmental Health Sciences Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University |
“High-resolution mass spectrometry to understand the influences of the environment on the brain” |
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 TIME: 9:00AM VIA ZOOM: Meeting ID: 817 6921 3412 Passcode: 954228 Host: Professor Koren Mann |
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Roxanne Bérubé, Ph.D. **Recruitment Candidate** Postdoctoral Fellow-Kassotis Lab Department of Pharmacology/Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Wayne State University |
“Metabolic health disruptions by environmental chemical mixtures” |
Wednesday, June 11th, 2025 TIME: 2:00PM In-person Seminar- McIntyre Medical Building Room 1345 Host: Professor Koren Mann |
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Eric Rhon Calderon, Ph.D. **Recruitment Candidate** Research Associate-Bartolomei Lab Epigenetics Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania |
“Preimplantation Exposures and Long-Term Health Outcomes: Insights from an In Vitro Fertilization Mouse Model” |
Monday, June 9th, 2025 TIME: 9:00AM In-person Seminar- McIntyre Medical Building Room 1345 Host: Professor Koren Mann |
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Jamie Bernard, Ph.D. **Recruitment Candidate** Associate Professor Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University |
“Dual Role for Kynurenine in Obesity-driven Aggressive Breast Cancers” |
Friday, June 6th, 2025 TIME: 9:00AM In-person Seminar- McIntyre Medical Building Room 1345 Host: Professor Koren Mann |
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Mark Nickerson Memorial Lecture Anna Blakney, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Michael Smith Laboratories & School of Biomedical Engineering University of British Columbia |
"Next-Generation RNA Vaccines & Therapies" |
Thursday, April 24, 2025 TIME: 4:00PM In-person Seminar Martin Amphitheater, Room 504 McIntyre Medical Building Host: Professor Bernard Robaire |
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Senior Seminar Adithi Sundarakrishnan Ph.D. Candidate Supervisor: Dr. Paul Clarke |
“Ultrasonic vocalizations as potential indicators of positive and negative affect” |
Thursday, April 17, 2025 TIME: 4:00PM In-person Seminar- McIntyre Medical Building Room 1345 Host: Professor Paul Clarke |
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Sophie Petropoulos, Ph.D. Associate Professor-Researcher, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université De Montréal Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institutet Canada Research Chair Co-Director of The Research Center in Reproduction and Fertility Université de Montréal |
"Comprehensive understanding of mammalian embryogenesis using cutting edge methodology" |
Thursday, April 10, 2025 TIME: 4:00PM In-person Seminar- McIntyre Medical Building Room 1345 Host: Professor Jacquetta Trasler |
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Senior Seminar Bruktawit Maru Ph.D. Candidate Supervisor: Dr. Maureen McKeague |
"Death by Design: RNA Strategies to Improve Targeted AML Cell Death" |
Thursday, March 20, 2025 TIME: 4:00PM In-person Seminar- McIntyre Medical Building Room 1345 Host: Professor Maureen McKeague |
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Jodi Flaws, Dr Professor, Comparative Biosciences University Illinois |
"The effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on female reproduction" |
Thursday, March 6, 2025 TIME: 4:00PM In-person Seminar- McIntyre Medical Building Room 1345 Host: Professors Bernard Robaire & Koren Mann |
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Matthew Campen Ph.D. MSPH Director, New Mexico Center for Metals in Biology and Medicine, Regents' Professor, Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences COP - Pharmaceutical Sciences, CC - Cancer Control and Pop Sci University of New Mexico |
"Neuroplastics: Out of sight, into mind" |
Thursday February 27, 2025 TIME: 4:00PM In-person Seminar- McIntyre Medical Building Room 1345 Host: Professor Koren Mann |
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Senior Seminar Reily Pidgeon Ph.D. Candidate Supervisor: Dr. Bastien Castagner |
“You are what you(r gut microbes) eat: Discovery of castalagin — a prebiotic that modulates microbiome composition and metabolic activity” |
Thursday, February 20, 2025 TIME: 4:00PM In-person Seminar- McIntyre Medical Building Room 1345 Host: Professor Bastien Castagner |
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Carole Yauk Dr Professor Department of Biology Ottawa University |
“Genome Under Fire: Impacts of Prolonged Mutagen Exposure Unveiled by Error-Corrected Sequencing” |
Thursday February 6, 2025 TIME: 4:00PM In-person Seminar- McIntyre Medical Building Room 1345 Host: Professor Bernard Robaire |
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Dana Small Ph.D. Senior Scientist, RI-MUHC, Metabolic Disorders and Complications Program Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University McGill University |
"The Wisdom of the Body" |
Thursday, January 16, 2025 TIME: 4:30PM In-person Seminar- McIntyre Medical Building Room 1345 Host: Professor Paul Clarke |
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Senior Seminar Emily Wilson Ph.D. Candidate Supervisor: Dr. Carolyn Baglole |
“Looking Past the Smoke: AhR as a Key Modulator of the Pulmonary Response to Cannabis” |
Thursday, January 9, 2025 TIME: 4:30PM In-person Seminar- McIntyre Medical Building Room 1345 Host: Professor Carolyn Baglole |