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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Aanshi Gandhi
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: Redesigning Cx43 to Reduce Graft-Induced Arrhythmias\nSupervisor Name: Michael Garton\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-aanshi-gandhi/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240201T122500
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Michael Valic
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: Nanoparticle photosensitiser suitable for complete ablation of residual disease post resection in oral cavity cancer models\nSupervisor Name: Gang Zheng\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-michael-valic/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Yijinmide Buren
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: Multi-modal interrogation of subcortical circuit activations elicited by GPi-DBS\nAbstract:\nEvoked resonant neural activity (ERNA) occurs during deep brain stimulation (DBS) of\nthe subthalamic nucleus (STN)\, and its amplitude is correlated to clinical benefit. In pilot work\,\nwe uncovered that the ERNA waveform is associated with temporally-locked patterned neuronal inhibition in the STN; likely representative of a functional readout of a restorative promotion of GPe (globus pallidus externus) mediated inhibition throughout the basal-ganglia-thalamo-cortical network. Our objective here was to perform physiological and anatomical characterizations of this circuit signature in the globus pallidus internus (GPi)\, as we hypothesize that ERNA (GPemediated\ninhibition) is a necessary mechanistic phenomenon underlying the common efficacy of\nSTN- and GPi-DBS for Parkinson’s disease (PD).During awake DBS surgeries\, intracranial\nrecordings were acquired using two closely spaced microelectrodes (600 μm spacing)\, using one for recording and the other for stimulation. Stimulation-induced electrophysiological signals were recorded across the spatial extent of GPi\, and the resulting data used to generate interstimulus waveform averages and corresponding peristimulus spike histograms. Distinct neural responses\, including ERNA\, were identified in the GPi. In addition to ERNA (GPe-mediated inhibition)\, we have discovered functional readouts of the activation of striatal and STN inputs to GPi. High resolution functional mapping across the GPi anatomy revealed that the ERNA hotspot was associated with the typical therapeutic target for GPi-DBS. ERNA may be clinically useful as a biomarker for targeting the most beneficial location for GPi-DBS. Additionally\, ERNA (GPemediated inhibition) may represent a convergent mechanistic circuit theory behind the common efficacy of STN- and GPi-DBS in PD.\nSupervisor Name: Luka Milosevic\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-yijinmide-buren/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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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: WB116\nPresentation Title: Developing an ex vivo model of patient-derived soft-tissue sarcoma for use in personalized therapy\nSupervisor Name: Drs. Kim Tsoi and Leo Chou\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-kousha-kamal/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Anson Lau
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: The Clearance of Latent Cytomegalovirus in Donor Lungs Using Gene-Editing Therapy Before Transplantation\nSupervisor Name: Omar F. Khan\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-anson-lau/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Ali Reza Ettefagh
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: A New Automatic Tele-Rehabilitation Platform for Patients with Lower Limb Musculoskeletal Disorders Using Technology Fusion\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Atena Roshan Fekr\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-ali-reza-ettefagh/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240213T130000
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SUMMARY:Targeting Nucleic Acids to Combat Inflammation – Kam Leong
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nKam Leong\nSamuel Y. Sheng Professor of Biomedical Engineering\nDepartment of Biomedical Engineering\nColumbia University \n\nAbstract\nInflammation serves as a crucial defense mechanism\, alerting our bodies to damage and aiding in the restoration of homeostasis. However\, when inflammation becomes excessive or chronic\, it can manifest as a range of debilitating diseases\, including cancer\, autoimmune disorders\, and wound healing. Controlling the inflammatory response is a pivotal aspect of managing these conditions. While conventional drug therapies remain the mainstay of treatment\, biomaterials are increasingly gaining traction as an alternative approach. Biomaterials offer a promising strategy for targeted drug delivery to inflamed sites\, enhancing bioavailability and minimizing systemic side effects. Additionally\, they can act as scavengers\, removing pro-inflammatory factors to directly suppress inflammation. This scavenging approach has demonstrated efficacy in treating inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis\, psoriasis\, multiple sclerosis\, and systemic lupus erythematosus. A key factor in the pathogenesis of these diseases appears to be the aberrant activation of innate immune sensors\, particularly Pattern Recognition Receptors (PRRs)\, triggered by nucleic acids released from damaged or dying cells. In this presentation\, I will discuss the application of nucleic acid-binding polymers as a multifaceted strategy for combating inflammation. These polymers not only effectively neutralize pro-inflammatory nucleic acids but also serve as versatile therapeutic carriers for drug delivery. Through an exploration of their mechanisms of action and therapeutic potential\, I will present the promise of nucleic acid-binding polymers as a new approach to managing inflammatory diseases. \n  \nKam W. Leong is the Samuel Y. Sheng Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University\, where he focuses on three major research directions: 1) Nonviral gene editing in vivo; 2) Biomaterials-assisted modulation of inflammation; 3) Human-tissue chips for disease modeling and drug screening. He has published ~500 manuscripts holds more than 60 issued patents. He is the recipient of the IEEE-EMBS Academic Career Achievement Award\, Founder’s Award of the Society for Biomaterials\, Editor-in-Chief of Biomaterials\, and a member of the National Academy of Inventors\, the National Academy of Engineering\, and the National Academy of Medicine. \n\nHost\nMilica Radisic
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/invited-academic-seminar-series-kam-leong/
LOCATION:Medical Sciences Building 3154\, 1 King's College Cir\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:BME Invited Academic Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Alyssa Apilan
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: Examining the Therapeutic Potential of Porphyrin Lipid Nanoparticles for Hepatocelluar Carcinoma\nSupervisor Name: Gang Zheng\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-alyssa-apilan/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240215T122500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240215T124000
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UID:43743-1707999900-1708000800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Mohammad Saleh
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: Immunocloaking for Organ Transplantation\nSupervisor Name: Michael Garton\nYear of Study: 5\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-mohammad-saleh/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240215T124000
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UID:42964-1708000800-1708001700@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Farshad Murtada
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: Engineering DNA Barcoded Nanostructures for the High-Throughput Capture of Low-Affinity T Cells\nSupervisor Name: Leo Chou\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-farshad-murtada/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240220T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240220T180000
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CREATED:20240117T151936Z
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SUMMARY:PRiME 5th Annual Symposium
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSecure your spot now and become part of the exploration into the future of precision medicine!This symposium serves as a gateway to the forefront of precision medicine research\, where the convergence of academia and industry shapes of our future. An exclusive invitation is extended to you and your scientific peers to witness pioneering advancements that will redefine the healthcare landscape.Act fast! Deadline for poster submissions is approaching on January 25th!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubmit Abstract \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat to Expect:✨ Keynote speakers from UCSF and Epic Bio\, and more!✨ Thought-provoking Panel Discussion with Industry KOLs from Moderna\, Novartis\, EpicBio\, Recursion and Amplitude Ventures!✨ Lightning Talks from our 2022 – 2023 PRiME and Clinical Catalyst Fellows! Registration is on a first come\, first served basis – Limited spots available! Seize the opportunity to lead the way in research and innovation. Join us and become a part of the precision medicine research. Register today!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSymposium Agenda\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKeynote Speakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAmber SalzmanCEO\, Epic Bio;President\, The Stop ALD Foundation \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nNevan KroganProfessor\, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology\, UCSF;Director\, Quantitative Biosciences Institute\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIndustry Panel \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRole of Disruptive Technologies in Next-Generation Therapeutics \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanelistsKavisha JayasundaraDirector\, Market Access\, Moderna CanadaNaheed KurjiPresident\, Recursion CanadaAmber SalzmanCEO\, Epic BioBharat SirinivasaCo-Founder & Principal\, Amplitude VenturesKevin WongExecutive Director\, Ontario\, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.ModeratorPaul SanterreProfessor & Director\, Health Innovation Hub (H2i)
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/43527/
LOCATION:ON
CATEGORIES:Events & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240229T121000
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Tianhao Chen
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: Design of biodegradable brain stimulation electrodes to activate endogenous neural precursor cells (NPCs)\nSupervisor Name: Hani E Naguib and Cindi M Morshead\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-tianhao-chen/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240229T122500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240229T124000
DTSTAMP:20260420T211855
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T230734Z
UID:42967-1709209500-1709210400@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Kylie Lau
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: Optimizing biphasic stimulation for stroke repair\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Cindi Morshead\, Dr. Milos Popovic\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-kylie-lau/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240229T124000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240229T125500
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UID:42966-1709210400-1709211300@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Lily Takeuchi
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: The development of stem-cell derived microfluidic models of the blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer’s disease\nSupervisor Name: Craig Simmons\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-lily-takeuchi/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240307T121000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240307T122500
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240306T203442Z
UID:42968-1709813400-1709814300@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Alyssia Sanchez
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: Home-based reminder system and data driven insights for dementia care\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Alex Mihailidis\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-alyssia-sanchez/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240307T124000
DTSTAMP:20260420T211855
CREATED:20240305T233729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240306T203442Z
UID:43850-1709814300-1709815200@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Gurnish Sidora
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: Towards the Use of Transcanal Recordings and Computational Fluid Dynamics for Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulsatile Tinnitus\nSupervisor Name: Dr. David Steinman\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-gurnish-sidora/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240307T124000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240307T125500
DTSTAMP:20260420T211855
CREATED:20231121T183739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240306T203442Z
UID:42970-1709815200-1709816100@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Rawad Alkallas
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: A Multi-Nodal Physiological Monitoring System Utilizing Multi-Wavelength Photoplethysmography and Bioimpedance for Advanced Hemodynamic Classification\nSupervisor Name: Daniel Franklin\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-rawad-alkallas/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240312T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240312T130000
DTSTAMP:20260420T211855
CREATED:20230804T154209Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240205T220444Z
UID:42130-1710244800-1710248400@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Merging Humans and Machines to Assist Human Movement – Daniel Ferris
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nDaniel Ferris\nRobert W. Adenbaum Professor\nJ. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering\nUniversity of Florida \n\nAbstract\nThe University of Florida Human Neuromechanics Laboratory studies the science and engineering of bionic prostheses\, robotic exoskeletons\, and mobile brain computer interfaces. The two goals are to better understand how humans control their bodies and to develop new technologies to assist human movement in health and disability. Prof. Dan Ferris will discuss why both neuroscience and biomechanics are necessary to engineer new human augmentation technologies and how studying humans using prostheses\, exoskeletons\, and mobile brain imaging can enhance our understanding of human physiology. \n  \nShort Bio: \nDaniel Ferris is the Robert W. Adenbaum Professor of Engineering Innovation at the University of Florida. Dr. Ferris completed his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley\, M.S. at the University of Miami\, and B.S. at the University of Central Florida. After completing postdoctoral fellowships at the UCLA Department of Neurology and the University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering\, he joined the faculty at the University of Michigan for 16 years. In 2017\, Dr. Ferris moved to the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida. \n\nHost\nKei Masani
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/invited-academic-seminar-series-daniel-ferris/
LOCATION:Medical Sciences Building 3154\, 1 King's College Cir\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:BME Invited Academic Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Ruonan Cao
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: Probing the epigenetic mechanisms for entering and exiting drug-tolerant persister state using high-throughput 3D tumour arrays\nSupervisor Name: Prof. Alison McGuigan\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-ruonan-cao/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240314T124000
DTSTAMP:20260420T211855
CREATED:20231121T183740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240313T205252Z
UID:42973-1710419100-1710420000@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Stefan Mladjenovic
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: TBD\nSupervisor Name: Warren Chan\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-stefan-mladjenovic/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Kyle Lam
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: Mechanical Control of Exosome Formation by Mesenchymal Stromal Cells\nAbstract:\nMesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) are used in cell therapies\, for instance to repair severely\nburned skin that is subject to severe ‘hypertrophic’ scarring. To obtain the billions of MSC\nrequired for therapies small biopsy material is typically expanded on stiff surfaces\, like plastic\nculture dishes or beads in bioreactor. The stiff culture material mechanically activates MSCs into\nscar-promoting cells that lose their regenerative potential. My host lab developed culture\nsubstrates with the softness of skin that prevents the scar-inducing properties. MSC harvested\nfrom such ‘soft cultures’ and transplanted to wounded rat skin promoted scarless healing while\ntheir counterparts from conventionally stiff surfaces caused scars. Because the transplanted MSC\ndisappear much earlier from the recipient tissue (1-4 days) than scarring takes place (9-12 days)\,\nwe hypothesize that soft-cultured MSC produce soluble factors that instruct the host wound cells\nto make ‘better’ wound tissue.\nIt is the aim of my project to characterize the so-called extracellular vesicles\, specifically\nexosomes\, that are secreted by MSC cultured on soft substrates compared to those produced by\nstiff-cultured MSC. We will use these exosomes from differently stiff environments to treat\nfibroblasts and quantify the MSC activation\, which promotes scarring. Lastly\, we aim to\nelucidate the mechanism of how the mechanical environment affects exosome production. We\npropose that these secreted factors can be isolated and used in controlled applications to treat\nwounds that are at risk to turn into severe scars.\nSupervisor Name: Boris Hinz\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-kyle-lam/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Chung Yi Tseng
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: TBD\nSupervisor Name: Leo Chou\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-chung-yi-tseng/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Kevin Da
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: Lateral Flow Assays for Acute Kidney Injury Monitoring in Pediatric Patients\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Craig Simmons & Dr. Xinyu Liu\nYear of Study: 1\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-kevin-da/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Melody Li
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: Vascularized Heart-on-a-chip for Recapitulating Physiological Complexity\nAbstract:\n*Rationale: Modeling physiological cardiac tissue and its disease responses accurately has been a crucial task for researchers to streamline therapeutics development and enhance drug screening efficiency. This is however difficult due to the complex composition and interaction of the heart\, including the intricate vessel network plays an important role in modulating cardiac function. There exists a clear gap in developing a three-dimensional physiological platform that mimics cell interactions to capture accurate cardiac responses. The focus of my thesis work is to develop an in vitro engineered heart-on-a-chip platform with perfusable vasculature\, which can be used for higher-fidelity therapeutic screening of cardiovascular diseases;\n*Methods: We designed a thermoplastic-based platform\, where hPSC-derived CM self-organized into 3D between flexible rods near a central microwell. After cardiac construct formation\, ECs and stromal cells were introduced to self-organize into the microvascular network with gravity-driven media flow. After 3 weeks of co-culturing\, contractile force and vessel properties were assessed to investigate the effect of bi-directional interactions on cardiac tissue and microvasculature. The platform can be used to test anti-fibrotic drugs like lisinopril and observe changes in tissue stiffness and microvasculature functionality in a fibrosis model.\n*Results: For preliminary results\, a perfusable microvasculature formed by ECs and stromal cells was established and the selective permeability of the vasculature was tested by the fluorescent dextran. Cardiac tissue is expected to exhibit maturation hallmarks with the presence of perfusable vasculature.\n*Conclusion/Significance: The vascularized heart-on-a-chip model will capture key hallmarks of cardiac development and microvascular dysfunction\, promoting advanced tissue maturity and stable function for up to a month. The study will therefore provide a valuable tool for high-fidelity therapeutic screening\, aiding in the management of cardiovascular pathology and the development of new functional myocardium.\nSupervisor Name: Sara Vasconcelos\nYear of Study: 3\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-melody-li/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Azadeh Aghamohammadi Sereshki
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: An Investigation of E-I Balance in Autism and ADHD\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Azadeh Kushki\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-azadeh-aghamohammadi-sereshki/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240328T124000
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - David Li
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: Modulation of the brain microenvironment for stroke therapy\nSupervisor Name: Molly Shoichet\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-david-li/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Anne Mei
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: Automatic estimation of hand impairment in stroke survivors using egocentric video of multiple activities of daily living\nSupervisor Name: José Zariffa\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-anne-mei/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240404T121000
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Adam Gravitis
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: Wavelet Phase Coherence of Ictal Scalp EEG-Extracted Muscle Activity (SMA) as a Biomarker for Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy\nAbstract:\nObjective Approximately 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy and 8-17% of the deaths in patients with epilepsy are attributed to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). The goal of the present work was to establish a biomarker for SUDEP so that preventive treatment can be instituted.\nApproach Seizure activity in patients with SUDEP and non-SUDEP was analyzed\, specifically\, the scalp EEG extracted muscle activity (SMA) and the average wavelet phase coherence (WPC) during seizures was computed for two frequency ranges (1-12 Hz\, 13-30 Hz) to identify differences between the two groups.\nMain results Ictal SMA in SUDEP patients showed a statistically higher average WPC value when compared to non-SUDEP patients for both frequency ranges. Area under curve for a cross-validated logistic classifier was 81%.\nSignificance Average WPC of ictal SMA is a candidate biomarker for early detection of SUDEP.\nSupervisor Name: Berj Bardakjian\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-adam-gravitis/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Jingan Chen
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: Pulmonary Delivery of Engineered tRNA Using Lipid Nanoparticles for Overcoming Nonsense Mutations in Cystic Fibrosis\nAbstract: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a rare but debilitating genetic disease that affects more than four thousand people in Canada and over seventy thousand people worldwide1-4. The disease is caused by the mutation of the cftr gene that encodes for cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)\, which is an essential chloride ion channel found in lung tissues and the digestive tract5. Among multiple gene mutation types identified for CF\, nonsense mutation is one of the significant contributors and covers about 11% of CF patients6-8. Nonsense mutations cause premature termination codons (PTCs; also known as nonsense or stop mutations) in the cftr gene and lead to lowered mRNA levels as mRNAs are degraded through the nonsense-mediated decay pathway6-8\, and the resulting CFTR protein is truncated and malfunction. Current clinically used drugs/modulators for CF are significantly less effective on CF patients with nonsense mutations and cause safety concerns9\,10\, indicating a pressing clinical need for safe and efficient therapeutic strategies. While premature termination is the primary outcome of PTCs\, the relatively rare event of translational readthrough occurs when an aminoacyl-tRNA decodes the stop codon\, which can be caused due to mutations within the tRNA anticodon or through near-cognate tRNAs. Naturally\, tRNAs mediate the translation of the genetic code by linking a nucleic acid adapter with amino acids\, the building blocks for proteins\, and pairing to the corresponding codon on the mRNA to deliver the encoded amino acid to the ribosome. Nonsense mutations can be rescued if an aminoacyl-tRNA decodes the premature stop codon in the ribosome\, thereby inducing readthrough or suppression of the mutation. This has been achieved by anti-codon-engineered transfer RNAs (ACE-tRNAs)\, which are derived from natural tRNAs but have their anticodon altered to base-pair with stop codons11. An ACE-tRNA can be charged with the correct amino acid by components of the endogenous protein synthesis machinery (aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases) and decoding the nonsense mutation by ACE-tRNA restores the production of the full-length protein. To this end\, we aim to develop lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) specifically designed and optimized for pulmonary delivery of ACE-tRNAs\, thereby offering a novel and translatable therapeutic strategy for treating CF cases caused by nonsense mutations.\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Bowen Li\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-jingan-chen/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Gloria Boudreault-Morales
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: WB116\nPresentation Title: 3D Pose Estimation Using RGB-D Data for Rehabilitation\nSupervisor Name: Dr Jose Zariffa\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-gloria-boudreault-morales/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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