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Schedule for the current session


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November, 2026
December, 2026
January, 2027
February, 2027
March, 2027
April, 2027
May, 2027
June, 2027

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Past Speakers

> 2025-2026

June 4, 2026 – Dr. Hong Cheng (Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology)

May 21, 2026 – Sajid Alvi (York University) & Dr. Victoria Castiglioni (University of Toronto)

April 9, 2026 – Dr. Kristin Hope & Saeer Adeel (University of Toronto)

March 19, 2026 – Dr. Yukihide Tomari (University of Tokyo)

February 12, 2026 – Dr. Alisha “Jonesy” Jones (New York University)

January 29, 2026 – Tina Qiu & Bina Koterniak (University of Toronto)

December 10, 2025 – Dr. Oscar Vargas-Rodriguez (University of Connecticut)

November 20, 2025 – Sebastián Fuentes-Otálora & Jingan (Charles) Chen (University of Toronto)

> 2024-2025

August 6, 2025 – Dr. Sergey Melnikov (Newcastle University)

June 11, 2025 – Dr. Dmitry Kretov (Université Laval)

May 14, 2025 – Dr. Katerina Kiriakopulos (University of Toronto & SickKids) & Yifan (Eva) Wang (University of Toronto)

April 9, 2025 – Dr. Sidhartha Goyal & Dr. Spencer Farrell (University of Toronto)

March 12, 2025 – Dr. Amanda Hargrove & TinTin Lu (University of Toronto)

February 12, 2025 – Dr. Florian Heyd (Freie Universität Berlin) & Dr. Jamie Bu (University of Toronto)

January 15, 2025 – Dr. Aleksandrina Goeva & Dr. Ashley Campbell (University of Toronto)

December 11, 2024 – Dr. Olena Zhulyn, Ryan Uy, Minyoung Chung (University of Toronto & SickKids)

> 2024-2025

August 6, 2025 – Dr. Sergey Melnikov (Newcastle University)

June 11, 2025 – Dr. Dmitry Kretov (Université Laval)

May 14, 2025 – Dr. Katerina Kiriakopulos (University of Toronto & SickKids) & Yifan (Eva) Wang (University of Toronto)

April 9, 2025 – Dr. Sidhartha Goyal & Dr. Spencer Farrell (University of Toronto)

March 12, 2025 – Dr. Amanda Hargrove & TinTin Lu (University of Toronto)

February 12, 2025 – Dr. Florian Heyd (Freie Universität Berlin) & Dr. Jamie Bu (University of Toronto)

January 15, 2025 – Dr. Aleksandrina Goeva & Dr. Ashley Campbell (University of Toronto)

December 11, 2024 – Dr. Olena Zhulyn, Ryan Uy, Minyoung Chung (University of Toronto & SickKids)

> 2023-2024

June 5, 2024 – Dr. Hong Han (McMaster University)

May 1, 2024 – Dr. Natoya Peart (University of Waterloo)

April 10, 2024 – Dr. Marlene Oeffinger (IRCM, Montreal Clinical Research Institute)

March 6, 2024 – Dr. Scott Yuzwa (University of Toronto)

February 7, 2024 – Dr. Tamir Tuller (Tel Aviv University)

January 17, 2024 – Dr. Mark Bayfield (York University)

December 6, 2023 – Farnaz Mansouri-Noori (York University) & Giovanni Burke (University of Toronto)

November 9, 2023 – Dr. Megan Filbin & Liheng Zhou (Metropolitan State University of Denver)

October 6, 2023 – Dr. Carolyn Phillips (University of Southern California)

September 28, 2023 – Dr. Germano Cecere (Institut Pasteur)

> 2022-2023

June 9th, 2023 – Dr. Satyaki Rajavasireddy (University of Toronto)

April 14th, 2023 – Dr. Kathryn Rozen-Gagnon (University of Toronto)

March 10th, 2023 – Dr. Artem Babaian (University of Toronto)

February 10th, 2023 – Dr. Prashanth Rangan (Icahn School of Medicine)

January 13th, 2023 – Dr. Haissi Cui (Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto)

January 13th, 2023 – Samuel Nyandwi (Cui lab, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto)

December 9th, 2022 – Dr. Heather Hundley (Indiana University)

December 9th, 2022 – Ananya Mahapatra (Hundley Lab, Indiana University)

November 11th, 2022 – Dr. Markus Hafner (RNA Molecular Biology Group, NIH)

October 14th, 2022 – Dr. Xuebing Wu (Columbia University)

October 14th, 2022 – Dr. Michael R. Murphy (Wu lab, Columbia University)

September 9th, 2022 – Dr. Jack Bravo (Taylor Lab, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin)

September 9th, 2022 – Syed Nabeel-Shah (Greenblatt Lab, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto)

> 2021-2022

July 8th, 2022 – Dr. Joana Vidigal (Stadman Investigator, NIH)

July 8th, 2022 – Dr. Mahendra Prajapat (Post Doctoral Fellow, Vidigal Lab, NIH)

June 10th, 2022 – Dr. V. Narry Kim (Center for RNA Research, Seoul National University)

June 10th, 2022 – Dr. Seungchan Baek (Post Doctoral Fellow, Kim lab, Seoul National University)

May 6th, 2022 – Dr. Kathryn Morelli (Post Doctoral Fellow, Yeo lab, University of California – San Diego)

May 6th, 2022 – Dr. Kathryn Morelli (Phd Student, Yeo lab, University of California – San Diego)

April 8th, 2022 – Dr. Marc Fabian (Lady David Institute for Medical Research, McGill University)

April 8th, 2022 – William Brothers (PhD Candidate, Fabian lab, McGill University)

March 11th, 2022 – Dr. Samie R. Jaffrey (Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University)

March 11th, 2022 – Dr. Samie R. Jaffrey (Post Doctoral Researcher, Jaffrey lab, Cornell University)

February 11th 2022 – Dr. Anita Corbett (Department of Biology, Emory University)

February 11th 2022 – Julia de Amorim (Graduate Student, Corbett lab, Emory University)

February 11th 2022 – Maria Sterrett (Graduate Student, Corbett lab, Emory University)

May 14th, 2021 – Kyra Kerkhofs (PhD Candidate, York University, Bayfield Lab)

June  18th, 2021 – Dr. Alan Drummond (University of Chicago)

December 10th 2021 – Mohammed Baig (MSc Student, Rosonina lab, York University)

November 12th 2021 – Dr. Katherine McJunkin (Stadtman Investigator, NIH)

November 12th, 2021 – Bridget Donnelly (PhD Candidate, McJunkin Lab, NIH-Johns Hopkins Graduate Program)

October 8th, 2021 – Dr. David Garcia (University of Oregon)

October 8th, 2021 – Ethan Shaw (PhD Candidate, Garcia lab, University of Oregon)

> 2020-2021

September 11th, 2020 – Jonah Beenstock (Post Doctoral Fellow, Sicheri lab, UofT)

September 11th, 2020 – Ashley Campbell (PhD Candidate, Frappier lab, UofT)

October 9th, 2020 – Eliza Lee (University of Toronto, Palazzo Lab)

October 9th, 2020 – Negin Khosraviani (University of Toronto, Mekhail lab)

November 13th, 2020 – Dr. Ji Young Youn (University of Toronto, Dept. of Molecular Genetics) 

December 11th, 2020 – Dr. Philipp Maass (University of Toronto, Dept. of Molecular Genetics) 

January 8th, 2021 – Michael Nosella (University of Toronto, Dept. of Molecular Genetics)

January 8th, 2021 – Tim Low (PhD Candidate, Lipshitz lab, UofT)

February 12th, 2021 – Mathias Renaud (PhD Student, Claycomb lab, UofT)

February 12th, 2021 – Nabeel Shah (PhD Candidate, Greenblatt Lab, UofT)

March 12th, 2021 – Dr. David Bartel (MIT, Whitehead Inst.)

April 9th, 2021 – Dr. Kate D. Meyer (Duke University)

May 14th, 2021 – Sneha Raju (PhD candidate, UofT, Fish Lab)

May 14th, 2021 – Kyra Kerkhofs (PhD Candidate, York University, Bayfield Lab)

June  18th, 2021 – Dr. Alan Drummond (University of Chicago)

> 2019-2020

September 13th, 2019 – Marjan Moallem (PhD candidate, York University, Rosonina Lab)

September 13th, 2019 – Lisa Kim (PhD student, UofT, Frappier Lab)

October 11th, 2019 – Nabeel Shah (PhD candidate, UofT, Greenblatt Lab)

October 11th, 2019 -Dr. Alex Palazo, (UofT, Department of Biochemistry)

November 8th, 2019 – Dr. Evelyne Collignon (Postdoctoral scholar, UofT, Ramalho-Santos Lab)

November 8th, 2019 – Heyam Hayder (PhD Candidate, York University, Peng Lab)

December 12th, 2019 – Talya Yerlici (Postdoctoral scholar, UofT, Mekhail Lab)

December 12th, 2019 – Jake O’Brien (PhD Candidate, York University, Peng Lab)

January 10th, 2020 – Dr. Howard Lipshitz (UofT, Department of Molecular Genetics)

February 7th, 2020 –  Sean Ihn, Msc student (UofT,  Palazo Lab)

February 7th, 2020 – Farnaz Mansouri (PhD Candidate, York University, Bayfield Lab)

Fabruary 27th & 28th – Dr. Brett G. Robb (Scientific Director,  NEB)

March 13th, 2020 – Dr. Selena M. Sagan (Assistant Professor, McGill University, Dept. of Microbiology  & Immunology and Biochemistry) 

> 2018-2019

September 14th, 2018 – Dr. John Calarco (UofT Cells and Systems Biology)

October 12th, 2018 – Amanda Charlesworth (PhD candidate, UofT, Claycomb lab)

October 12th, 2018 – Karin Isaev (MSc student, UofT, Reimand lab)

November 9th, 2018 – Dr. Hyun Kate Lee (UofT Biochemistry)

December 14th, 2018 – Eric Wolf (UofT, Emilli lab)

December 14th, 2018 – Kevin Ha (UofT, Morris Lab)

January 11th, 2019 – Dr. Jocelyn Côté (U Ottawa, Department of Cellular & Mol Medicine)

February 8th, 2019 – Dr. Marc Meneghini (UofT, Deparment of Mol Genetics)

March 8th, 2019 – Marat Mufteev (PhD Candidate, UofT, Ellis lab)

March 8th, 2019 – Andrea Brumwell (PhD Candidate, U of Guelph, Uniake lab)

April 12th, 2019 – Jennifer Porat (MSc student, York University, Bayfield lab)

April 12th, 2019 – Lisa Shao (MSc student, UofT, Brill lab)

May 10th, 2019 – Hamza Taufique (PhD candidate, UofT, Cordes lab)

May 10th, 2019 – June Tan (PhD candidate, UofT, Fraser lab)

> 2017-2018

September 8th, 2017 – Dr. Amy Pasquinelli (U of California, San Diego)

October 13th, 2017 – Nevraj Kejiou (MSc student, UofT, Palazzo lab)

October 13th, 2017 – Christopher Wedeles (PhD candidate, UofT, Claycomb lab)

November 10th, 2017 – Dr. Henry Krause (UofT, CCBR)

December 1st, 2017 – Dr. Roy Parker (U of Colorado, Boulder)

January 12th, 2018 – Laura Newburn (PhD candidate, York U, White lab)

January 12th, 2018 – Katie Mao (PhD candidate, UofT, Houry lab)

Jan 13th 2017 – Kristian Baker (Case Western Reserve U, Ohio)

Feb 10th 2017 – Anne-Claude Gingras (UofT Mol Gen, Lunnefield)

Mar 10th 2017 – Marios Mejdani (PhD student, Davidson lab, UofT Biochem)

Mar 10th 2017 – Syed Nabeel-Shah (PhD student, Greenblatt lab, UofT Mol Gen)

Apr 21st 2017 – Anjali Silva (PhD student, Dang/Rothstein lab, Uof Guelph)

Apr 21st 2017 – Thomas Gonatopoulous-Pournatizis (PDF, Blencowe lab, CCBR)

May 12th 2017 – Uri Seroussi (PhD student, Claycomb lab, UofT Mol Gen)

May 12th 2017 – Deivid Carvalho de Rodrigues (PDF, Ellis lab, Sickkids)

> 2016-2017

Sep 9th 2016 – Eesha Sharma (PhD Student, Blencowe lab, UofT Mol Gen)

Sep 9th 2016 – Ursula Norsi (PhD student, Cox lab, UofT Mol Gen)

Oct 14th 2016 – Freda Miller (UofT Mol Gen, Sickkids)

Nov 11th 2016 – Kira Neller (PhD student York U, Hudak lab)

Nov 11th 2016 – Raphael Loll-Krippleber (PDF, Brown lab, CCBR)

Dec 9th 2016 – Tony Hua (PhD student, UofT Mol Gen)

Dec 9th 2016 – Ana Vakiloroayaei (PhD student, Mark Bayfield’s Lab, York U)

Jan 13th 2017 – Kristian Baker (Case Western Reserve U, Ohio)

Feb 10th 2017 – Anne-Claude Gingras (UofT Mol Gen, Lunnefield)

Mar 10th 2017 – Marios Mejdani (PhD student, Davidson lab, UofT Biochem)

Mar 10th 2017 – Syed Nabeel-Shah (PhD student, Greenblatt lab, UofT Mol Gen)

Apr 21st 2017 – Anjali Silva (PhD student, Dang/Rothstein lab, Uof Guelph)

Apr 21st 2017 – Thomas Gonatopoulous-Pournatizis (PDF, Blencowe lab, CCBR)

May 12th 2017 – Uri Seroussi (PhD student, Claycomb lab, UofT Mol Gen)

May 12th 2017 – Deivid Carvalho de Rodrigues (PDF, Ellis lab, Sickkids)

> 2015-2016

Oct 8th 2014 – Deivid de Carvalho Rodrigues (PDF, Ellis Lab, Sickkids)

Oct 22nd 2014 – Nadiya Khyzha (MSc student, Fish Lab, UofT LMP, UHN Research)

Nov 19th 2014 – Shlomit Kenigberg (Reproductive Biology at Create Fertility Centre)

Nov 19th 2014 – Henry Chang (PhD student, Fish Lab, Toronto General)

Jan 21st 2015 – Alex Palazzo (UofT Biochemistry)

Mar 4th 2015 – Eliza Lee (PhD student, Palazzo Lab, UofT Biochemistry)

Mar 18th 2015 – Guang Yang (PDF, Miller Lab, Sickkids)

> 2014-2015

Oct 8th 2014 – Deivid de Carvalho Rodrigues (PDF, Ellis Lab, Sickkids)

Oct 22nd 2014 – Nadiya Khyzha (MSc student, Fish Lab, UofT LMP, UHN Research)

Nov 19th 2014 – Shlomit Kenigberg (Reproductive Biology at Create Fertility Centre)

Nov 19th 2014 – Henry Chang (PhD student, Fish Lab, Toronto General)

Jan 21st 2015 – Alex Palazzo (UofT Biochemistry)

Mar 4th 2015 – Eliza Lee (PhD student, Palazzo Lab, UofT Biochemistry)

Mar 18th 2015 – Guang Yang (PDF, Miller Lab, Sickkids)

Apr 1st 2015 – Karim Mekhail (UofT LMP)

Apr 15th 2015 – Khosrow Adeli (Sickkids, UofT LMP)

May 27th 2015 – Craig Smibert (UofT Biochemistry, Mol Gen)