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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Melika Torabgar
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Predicting Benefit from AgeTech for Older Adults: An Explainable\, Equity-Aware\, AI Framework\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Alex Mihailidis\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-melika-torabgar/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261106T161500
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UID:10000766-1793981700-1793982000@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Kousha Kamal
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Stabilizing DNA-encoded hydrogels to enable multi-day 3D cell culture\nSupervisor Name: Leo Chou\nYear of Study: 5\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-kousha-kamal-2/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261106T162000
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UID:10000783-1793982000-1793982300@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Cecil Chikezie
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Monitor Positioning in Laparoscopic Surgery\nSupervisor Name: Patricia Trbovich\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-cecil-chikezie-2/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261106T162500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261106T163000
DTSTAMP:20261101T193830Z
CREATED:20261030T193807Z
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UID:10000790-1793982300-1793982600@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Saleh Tabatabaei
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Quantification of 3D Musculoskeletal CT Image-Based Biomarkers in the Lumbar Spine: Application in Metastatic Prostate Cancer\nAbstract:\nOsteosarcopenia\, characterized by concurrent deterioration of bone and muscle\, is increasingly recognized as a major contributor to frailty\, fractures\, and mortality\, particularly in prostate cancer. However\, quantitative longitudinal assessment of osteosarcopenia remains limited by existing manual methods based on 2D analysis at a single time point\, which are impractical for large-scale monitoring and cannot detect subtle changes over time due to slice-selection variability.\nThis study introduces an AI-enabled pipeline to quantify musculoskeletal (MSK) changes from 3D serial CT scans in prostate cancer. The pipeline integrates deep learning–based vertebrae detection and 3D vertebral body and psoas muscle segmentation. Lumbar vertebral bone density\, psoas muscle volume and density were retrospectively quantified from 5\,966 CT scans acquired from a cohort of 916 metastatic prostate cancer patients (2008–2024).\nThe pipeline demonstrated strong agreement with a manually contoured test set for vertebral density (R^2=0.874-0.986)\, psoas density (R^2=0.955)\, and psoas volume (R^2=0.830). In repeated short-interval scans\, the proposed 3D biomarkers showed higher reliability than conventional 2D measurements for psoas density (ICC(3\,1)=0.86 vs. 0.72) and psoas volume versus cross-sectional area (ICC(3\,1)=0.94 vs. 0.87). Longitudinal mixed-effects modeling showed that declining muscle and bone biomarkers were associated with increasing lumbar metastatic burden (p<0.05). The combined muscle model explained the greatest proportion of variance (marginal R^2=0.424).\nThese findings demonstrate that automated 3D CT-based biomarkers provide reliable and clinically meaningful measures of progressive MSK decline. This framework enables scalable opportunistic monitoring of osteosarcopenia and may support earlier identification of patients at risk for treatment-related deterioration\, metastatic progression\, and fracture.\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Cari Whyne / Dr. Michael Hardisty\nYear of Study: 5\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-saleh-tabatabaei-5/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261110T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261110T130000
DTSTAMP:20261027T153425Z
CREATED:20260824T140526Z
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SUMMARY:Invited Academic Seminar Series- Amber Simpson
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URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/invited-academic-seminar-series-amber-simpson/
LOCATION:Victoria College\, Chapel (Room 213)\, 91 Charles St W\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 2C7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:BME Invited Academic Speaker Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261113T161500
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UID:10000767-1794586200-1794586500@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Sargol Okhovatian
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Primite Macrophages enhance vascularization reduce inflammation and enhance functionality of fetal sized in vitro engineered ventricle model\nSupervisor Name: Milica Radisic\nYear of Study: 6\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-sargol-okhovatian/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261113T161500
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UID:10000768-1794586500-1794586800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Dide Yurtal
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Therapeutic mechanisms of mitochondrial transplantation in engineered models of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury\nSupervisor Name: Milica Radisic\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-dide-yurtal/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261113T162000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261113T162500
DTSTAMP:20261101T193831Z
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UID:10000770-1794586800-1794587100@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Amr Abostait
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Targeted RNA delivery to the fetal organs following intraamniotic injection\nSupervisor Name: Hagar Labouta\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-amr-abostait/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261113T162500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261113T163000
DTSTAMP:20261101T193831Z
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UID:10000769-1794587100-1794587400@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Julianna Pijar
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Longitudinal Changes in Brain Structure after Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound for Essential Tremor\nAbstract: This study examined long-term white matter remodeling following MR guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery in patients with Essential Tremor and its relationship with tremor improvement. Characterizing time-dependent structural connectivity changes after MR guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery may help explain variability in clinical outcomes to inform patient selection and long-term management of Essential Tremor.\nSupervisor Name: Jurgen Germann and Luka Milosevic\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-julianna-pijar/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261120T161000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261120T161500
DTSTAMP:20261101T193831Z
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UID:10000771-1795191000-1795191300@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Luis Antonio Franco Vergara
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Closed loop neuromodulatory approaches for Parkinson’s Disease\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Luka Milosevic\nYear of Study: 5\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-luis-antonio-franco-vergara-3/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261120T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261120T162000
DTSTAMP:20261101T193831Z
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UID:10000773-1795191300-1795191600@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Jennifer Kieda
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Engineering Adaptive Self-Healing Biomaterials from Jammed Microfluidic Elastomeric Particles\nSupervisor Name: Prof. Milica Radisic\nYear of Study: 5\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-jennifer-kieda-2/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261120T162000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261120T162500
DTSTAMP:20261101T193831Z
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UID:10000772-1795191600-1795191900@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Richard jiang
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: 3D printable single ventricle model for cardiac tissue engineering\nAbstract: Engineering functional cardiac tissues requires biomaterials that replicate the structural\, mechanical\, and electrical properties of the native myocardium. Here\, we developed a 3D-printable\, porous\, and electrically conductive biomaterial for fabricating a single-ventricle cardiac tissue model. The bioink incorporates poly(octamethylene maleate (anhydride) citrate) (POMaC) for elasticity\, starch as a porogen to generate interconnected pores\, and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to enhance electrical conductivity. Using extrusion-based 3D printing\, we fabricated a cone-shaped ventricular scaffold capable of supporting cardiomyocyte attachment and organization. Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) seeded onto the scaffold exhibited spontaneous and synchronized contractions\, demonstrating the potential of this platform to support functional cardiac tissue formation. This 3D-printable model provides a promising platform for investigating cardiac tissue development\, disease modeling\, and future therapeutic applications.\nSupervisor Name: Milica Radisic\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-richard-jiang-2/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261120T162500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261120T163000
DTSTAMP:20261101T193831Z
CREATED:20261016T183823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261101T193831Z
UID:10000784-1795191900-1795192200@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Boyi Ma
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Deep Learning-based Contactless Heart Rate Monitoring for Diverse Populations\nSupervisor Name: Shehroz Khan\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-boyi-ma/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261127T161000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261127T161500
DTSTAMP:20261101T193831Z
CREATED:20261015T183806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261101T193831Z
UID:10000774-1795795800-1795796100@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Mohamed Elshafei
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Beyond the Gait Laboratory: AI-Enabled Wearable Gait Analysis for Paediatric Mobility Assessment\nSupervisor Name: Jan Andrysek\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-mohamed-elshafei/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261127T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261127T162000
DTSTAMP:20261101T193831Z
CREATED:20261015T183806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261101T193831Z
UID:10000775-1795796100-1795796400@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Ellie Monroe
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Investigating the mechanism of Rod-derived Cone Viability Factor in Human Retinal cells\nSupervisor Name: Molly Shoichet\nYear of Study: 1\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-ellie-monroe/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261127T162000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261127T162500
DTSTAMP:20261101T193831Z
CREATED:20261015T183806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261101T193831Z
UID:10000776-1795796400-1795796700@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Luis Antonio Franco Vergara
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Closed loop neuromodulatory approaches for Parkinson’s Disease\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Luka Milosevic\nYear of Study: 5\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-luis-antonio-franco-vergara-4/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261127T162500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261127T163000
DTSTAMP:20261101T193831Z
CREATED:20261016T183824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261101T193831Z
UID:10000785-1795796700-1795797000@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Cecil Chikezie
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Maintaining the Surgical View During Laparoscopic Surgery\nSupervisor Name: Patricia Trbovich\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-cecil-chikezie-3/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261204T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261204T140000
DTSTAMP:20261007T124641Z
CREATED:20261007T124537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261007T124641Z
UID:10000764-1796382000-1796392800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:BME Holiday Party 2026
DESCRIPTION:Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME) is hosting this year’s Institute-wide holiday celebration! Get out of your labs and offices\, socialize\, get to know one another\, and help build our community! \n\n\n\nDate and Time:  December 4\, 2026 11:00AM – 2:00PMVenue:  Great Hall\, Hart House
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/bme-holiday-party-2026/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261204T161000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261204T161500
DTSTAMP:20261101T193831Z
CREATED:20261015T183806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261101T193831Z
UID:10000777-1796400600-1796400900@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - mathys Mulot--Hauriez
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Development of a Multimodal Smart Textile Wearable for Non-Invasive Ventilatory Threshold detection in Older Adults\nSupervisor Name: Azadeh Yadollahi\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-mathys-mulot-hauriez/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261204T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261204T162000
DTSTAMP:20261101T193831Z
CREATED:20261015T183806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261101T193831Z
UID:10000779-1796400900-1796401200@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Alisha Baldwin
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Investigating Whether Disease-Associated Beta Oscillations Promote Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation and Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s Disease\nAbstract: The clinical optimization of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is challenged by our limited understanding of the neural mechanisms it directly modulates. Recordings taken during DBS surgeries have identified abnormally elevated beta oscillations (13-30 Hz) in the basal ganglia thalamo-cortical (BGTC) circuit. Excessive beta oscillations are strongly correlated with the motor symptoms of PD\, such as bradykinesia and rigidity\, making them a critical target for therapeutic intervention. Research indicates that improved motor outcomes seen in patients following DBS treatment are the result of stimulation suppressing abnormal beta activity in the BGTC circuit. Recent studies from our lab indicate that DBS not only modulates beta oscillations but may affect changes at the molecular level. A major biomarker of PD is the aggregation of alpha-synuclein (a-syn) in the brain\, which has been implicated in dopaminergic (DA) cell death in the substantia nigra. DBS was shown to reduce toxic alpha-synuclein (a-syn) aggregation and DA neurodegeneration in preclinical models of PD. This suggests DBS engages a mechanistic relationship between aberrant circuit activity and the molecular pathology underlying neurodegeneration\, and that DBS suppression of beta oscillations may elicit disease-modifying changes in PD. In this study\, we hypothesize that excessive beta activity in the BGTC circuit worsens a-syn aggregation and DA neurodegeneration in PD. To address this question\, we will use a genetic rat model of PD previously validated in our lab. This model recapitulates a-syn aggregation\, DA neurodegeneration\, motor dysfunction\, and disease-associated beta activity. In this model\, we will chronically elevate beta oscillations using a technique called optogenetics. This method combines genetic engineering and light to activate or inhibit select neurons when exposed to specific wavelengths. We will use a 20 Hz pattern of light stimulation in basal ganglia structures\, which has been previously shown to elevate beta oscillations in the BGTC circuit. Electrophysiological methods will be used to validate emergence of elevated beta oscillations in the circuit during optogenetic stimulation. Behavioral tests used in our lab’s previous work will be applied to compare how elevated beta correlates to a PD motor phenotype. Immunohistochemistry will then be used to compare DA neurodegeneration and a-syn pathology in the experimental versus control conditions. If we find that the molecular pathology is worsened in the experimental condition\, future work will focus on modifying DBS strategies for maximal beta suppression\, including validation of whether this approach halts the progression of PD.\nSupervisor Name: Luka Milosevic\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-alisha-baldwin/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261204T162000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261204T162500
DTSTAMP:20261101T193831Z
CREATED:20261015T183806Z
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UID:10000778-1796401200-1796401500@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Antonio Bandur
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Design and Validation of a Multi-Sensor Wearable for Monitoring Intravascular and Interstitial Fluid Dynamics\nSupervisor Name: Azadeh Yadollahi\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-antonio-bandur/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261204T162500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261204T163000
DTSTAMP:20261101T193831Z
CREATED:20261015T183806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261101T193831Z
UID:10000780-1796401500-1796401800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Brianna Walz
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Systemic secretion of proteins from non-invasive intranasal mRNA lipid nanoparticles is increased by the transfection of deeper airway tissue compartments\nSupervisor Name: Omar F. Khan\nYear of Study: 5\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-brianna-walz-4/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261204T162500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261204T163000
DTSTAMP:20261101T193831Z
CREATED:20261015T183807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261101T193831Z
UID:10000781-1796401500-1796401800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Brianna Walz
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Systemic secretion of proteins from non-invasive intranasal mRNA lipid nanoparticles is increased by the transfection of deeper airway tissue compartments\nSupervisor Name: Omar F. Khan\nYear of Study: 5\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-brianna-walz-5/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261208T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261208T130000
DTSTAMP:20260825T140634Z
CREATED:20260824T140640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T140634Z
UID:10000725-1796731200-1796734800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Invited Academic Seminar Series- Evdokia Anagnostou
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/invited-academic-seminar-series-evdokia-anagnostou/
LOCATION:TRI-UC – 2nd floor Auditorium\, 550 University Avenue\, 550 University Ave\, Toronto\, ON\, M5G 2A2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:BME Invited Academic Speaker Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261211T161000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261211T161500
DTSTAMP:20261101T193831Z
CREATED:20261019T185308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261101T193831Z
UID:10000788-1797005400-1797005700@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Arvin Dini
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Optimizing Electrical Stimulation Waveform by Exploiting Intrinsic and Inferred Peripheral Axons’ Properties\nSupervisor Name: Steven Prescott\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-arvin-dini/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261211T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261211T162000
DTSTAMP:20261101T193831Z
CREATED:20261017T185314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261101T193831Z
UID:10000786-1797005700-1797006000@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Aidan Austin-Day
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Investigating the Effectiveness of a new Deep Brain Stimulation Target in a Novel Rodent Model of Spinocerebellar Ataxia\nSupervisor Name: Luka Milosevic\nYear of Study: 3\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-aidan-austin-day/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261211T162000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261211T162500
DTSTAMP:20261101T193831Z
CREATED:20261017T185314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261101T193831Z
UID:10000787-1797006000-1797006300@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Maya Zandstra
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Direct Reprogramming of Astrocytes into Light-Sensitive Neurons for a Human Rhodopsin-Based Optogenetic Interface\nSupervisor Name: Michael Garton\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-maya-zandstra/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261211T162500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261211T163000
DTSTAMP:20261101T193831Z
CREATED:20261015T183807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261101T193831Z
UID:10000782-1797006300-1797006600@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Chris Kwon
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Development of multimodal biomarker to identify myofascial trigger point using EMG and sensory measures\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Dinesh Kumbhare\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-chris-kwon/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261218T161000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261218T161500
DTSTAMP:20261101T193831Z
CREATED:20260909T143110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261101T193831Z
UID:10000758-1797610200-1797610500@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Prerana Keerthi
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: TBD\nSupervisor Name: Luka Milosevic\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-prerana-keerthi-2/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261218T162500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261218T163000
DTSTAMP:20261101T193832Z
CREATED:20261022T190812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261101T193832Z
UID:10000789-1797611100-1797611400@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Nirmal Pol
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Democratizing Surgical Robotics Research\nSupervisor Name: Lueder Kahrs\nYear of Study: 5\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-nirmal-pol-3/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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