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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| 2025 | ||
| Phar & Wide Seminar | TBA |
Thursday, December 4th, 2025 TIME: 4:30PM 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 |