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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Guan Qiu Hong
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Manganese-enhanced MRI: early cancer detection\, and mechanism\nSupervisor Name: Hai-Ling Margaret Cheng\nYear of Study: 3\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-guan-qiu-hong/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250310T172500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250310T174000
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UID:48866-1741627500-1741628400@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Azin Mirzajavadkhan
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: The Impact of Local and Systemic Cancer Treatments on Bone Quality in Mixed Skeletal Metastases\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Cari Whyne\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-azin-mirzajavadkhan/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250310T171000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250310T172500
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UID:48865-1741626600-1741627500@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Saba Rafieian
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Craniomaxillofacial restoration: Innovative development to aid nasal reconstruction\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Cari Whyne – Dr. Jeff Fialkov\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-saba-rafieian/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250310T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250310T163000
DTSTAMP:20250310T175159Z
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UID:49101-1741618800-1741624200@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Student Q and A with Invited Speaker\, Selene Carey
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URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/student-q-and-a-with-selene-carey/
LOCATION:MB322\, 170 College St\, Toronto\, ON\, M5S 3E3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:BME Invited Academic Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250303T175500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250303T181000
DTSTAMP:20250303T202302Z
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UID:48908-1741024500-1741025400@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Richard Saint-Laurent
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Designing silencing-resistant promoters for hiPSC development\nAbstract: Synthetic cell & gene therapies are designed to drive therapeutic gene expression and can enhance the current field of living therapies by augmenting cell function to overcome roadblocks like poor cell engraftment and mediocre efficacy. Synthetic therapies drive the expression of genes using promoter DNA sequences which recruit and position RNA polymerase upstream of the gene of interest. In human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs)\, many of the available promoter sequences undergo a phenomenon known as transgene silencing\, where the promoters are functionally active after transgene delivery but are epigenetically turned off\, or “silenced”\, by the host cell over days to weeks. Transgene silencing in hiPSCs severely limits the lifespan and potency of engineered cell & gene therapies. The current repertoire of mammalian promoters available are not immune to transgene silencing and are often large (>1 kb) and difficult to clone due to high GC% and repetitive DNA regions. Therefore\, this project aims to design a library of short\, silencing-resistant promoters that can be used to engineer robust hiPSCs. An assay capable of screening the silencing tendency of integrated promoters in a high-throughput manner will be developed using massively parallel reporter assays (MPRA) and iPSC landing pad cells. Using this assay\, thousands of candidate promoter sequences will be assessed and scored on strength and silencing. These data will be analyzed to determine what in the DNA sequence contributes to silencing\, allowing biomedical engineers to use\, predict\, and design a repertoire of synthetic promoters that are robust\, long-lasting\, and fine-tuned for the treatment of debilitating disease.\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-richard-saint-laurent/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250303T174000
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UID:48864-1741023600-1741024500@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Bernadette Ng
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Scalable Phage Susceptibility Testing using Digital Microfluidics\nSupervisor Name: Aaron Wheeler\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-bernadette-ng/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250303T172500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250303T174000
DTSTAMP:20250303T202302Z
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UID:48907-1741022700-1741023600@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Meghan Rothenbroker
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Engineering the lymph node delivery of cargo-functionalized DNA origami\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-meghan-rothenbroker/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250303T171000
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UID:48905-1741021800-1741022700@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Shana Alexander
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: From random to rational: Engineering programable immune complex vaccines with DNA nanoparticles\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-shana-alexander/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250225T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250225T120000
DTSTAMP:20250131T144643Z
CREATED:20250131T144643Z
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UID:48469-1740481200-1740484800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:ECHO Webinar - Venk Varadan (Nanowear Inc)
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URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/echo-webinar-venk-varadan-nanowear-inc/
CATEGORIES:External Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250224T175500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250224T181000
DTSTAMP:20250224T195230Z
CREATED:20241217T173746Z
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UID:47030-1740419700-1740420600@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Christopher Knight
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Multiple Controllable Magnetic Surgical Tools for Neurosurgery\nSupervisor Name: James Drake\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-christopher-knight-2/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250224T174000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250224T175500
DTSTAMP:20250224T195230Z
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UID:47031-1740418800-1740419700@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Jenny Wei
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Artificial Intelligence for Cancer Recurrence Detection\nSupervisor Name: Joseph Cafazzo\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-jenny-wei/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250224T172500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250224T174000
DTSTAMP:20250224T195229Z
CREATED:20241217T173746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T195229Z
UID:47028-1740417900-1740418800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Norna Abbo
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Home-based tDCS to promote self-regulation in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Deryk Beal\, Dr. Tom Chau\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-norna-abbo-2/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250224T171000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250224T172500
DTSTAMP:20250224T195229Z
CREATED:20241217T173746Z
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UID:47029-1740417000-1740417900@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Ben Kozlowski
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Comparing tetanic torque output between motor point stimulation and conventional single-electrode stimulation from the quadriceps and hamstrings\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Kei Masani\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-ben-kozlowski/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250212T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250212T140000
DTSTAMP:20250127T134246Z
CREATED:20250127T134246Z
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UID:47640-1739365200-1739368800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:KITE Collaborative launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate a new stage in KITE and BME’s partnership.\n\n\nJoin us to celebrate the launch of the KITE Collaborative Initiative\, an exciting partnership between the KITE Research Institute and the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at the University of Toronto. \nAttendees will hear from KITE and BME Director Dr. Milos R. Popovic\, Dr. Christopher Yip\, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering at the University of Toronto\, and Brad Wouters\, Executive VP of Science and Research at University Health Network\, and have a chance to network with colleagues.  \nLight refreshments will be provided.
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/kite-collaborative-launch/
LOCATION:KITE Innovation Gallery\,  Room 1-121-1\, 550 University Ave\, Toronto\, ON\, M5G 2A2\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250211T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250211T130000
DTSTAMP:20250120T141222Z
CREATED:20240806T135402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250120T141222Z
UID:45314-1739275200-1739278800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Baylis Medical: Innovating the RF Transseptal System to Global Impact
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nKris Shah\nPresident \nBaylis Medical Technologies \n\nAbstract\nBaylis Medical has been innovating medical devices globally for over 25 years. This presentation highlights the journey of the RF Transseptal System\, used for percutaneous access to the left atrium\, from concept to becoming a global standard of care\, treating over 2 million patients in 30+ countries. Acquired by Boston Scientific for $1.75 billion USD in 2022\, the system exemplifies engineering-driven healthcare innovation. Key milestones\, challenges\, and lessons learned from clinical\, engineering\, and entrepreneurial perspectives will be shared. Time will be reserved for audience Q&A.
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/invited-academic-seminar-series-kris-shah/
CATEGORIES:BME Invited Academic Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250210T175500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250210T181000
DTSTAMP:20250210T193751Z
CREATED:20241217T173746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250210T193751Z
UID:47027-1739210100-1739211000@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Garrett Kurbis
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: A Lower-Limb EMG Foundation Model for Neural Decoding\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Alex Mihailidis\, Dr. Brokoslaw Laschowski\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-garrett-kurbis/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250210T174000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250210T175500
DTSTAMP:20250210T193751Z
CREATED:20241217T173746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250210T193751Z
UID:47026-1739209200-1739210100@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Jose Gilberto Camacho Valenzuela
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Miniaturizing molecular immunoassays for diagnostics (towards single molecule detection) with Digital Microfluidics\nAbstract: Miniaturizing molecular immunoassays for diagnostics (towards single molecule detection) with Digital Microfluidics\nSupervisor Name: Aaron Wheeler\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-jose-gilberto-camacho-valenzuela/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250210T172500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250210T174000
DTSTAMP:20250210T193751Z
CREATED:20241217T173746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250210T193751Z
UID:47023-1739208300-1739209200@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Reke Ferdinand Avikpe
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: An In Silico Model for Predicting Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Proliferation Dynamics\nSupervisor Name: Cristina Amon\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-reke-ferdinand-avikpe/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250210T171000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250210T172500
DTSTAMP:20250210T193751Z
CREATED:20250127T190735Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250210T193751Z
UID:47718-1739207400-1739208300@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Maya De Cruz
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Exploration of muscle stem cell pool size regulators in the mini-IDLE biomimetic culture assay\nAbstract: Skeletal muscle regeneration is driven by muscle stem cells (MuSCs) which reside between myofibers and the surrounding basal lamina. In homeostatic tissue\, quiescent MuSCs constantly communicate with their niche and are characterized by long cytoplasmic projections\, lowered metabolic activity\, and RNA content. MuSCs activate upon injury to generate progeny for myofiber creation or repair\, while a subpopulation undergoes self-renewal to repopulate the MuSC niches. A niche occupancy plateau point exists in vivo\, however the regulators of MuSC pool size are not clearly understood. To fill this gap\, we leveraged advances in skeletal muscle tissue engineering to deliver a new strategy to evaluate MuSC niche repopulation in a dish. In this study\, we aim to characterize the cell cycle status and fates of MuSCs in 3D bioartificial tissue using the mini-IDLE (Inactivation and Dormancy LEveraged in vitro) culture assay to expand knowledge of MuSC pool size regulators. Specifically\, MuSCs were engrafted onto a thin sheet of mouse myotubes which provided the required cues to turn off molecular hallmarks of activation and sustain quiescence. First\, we quantified the population of cycling cells at days 1\, 3 and 7 post-engraftment via Ki-67 expression and EdU pulse labelling to understand changes in MuSC proliferation. Second\, we assessed fluctuations in pool size following an exogenous increase of FGF2 in the system. Thus\, our results suggest that the mini-IDLE culture assay affords the interrogation of niche occupancy limits on the number of transplanted MuSCs that successfully incorporate into recipient muscle tissue.\nSupervisor Name: Penney Gilbert\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-maya-de-cruz-3/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250204T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250204T160000
DTSTAMP:20250203T175717Z
CREATED:20250203T175717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T175717Z
UID:48562-1738681200-1738684800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Bioengineered tumor microenvironments on a chip: from adipose interactions to CAR-T cell therapy assessment
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/bioengineered-tumor-microenvironments-on-a-chip-from-adipose-interactions-to-car-t-cell-therapy-assessment/
LOCATION:Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research\, Red Room\, 160 College Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 3E1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Events & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250203T175500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250203T181000
DTSTAMP:20250203T190735Z
CREATED:20241217T173746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T190735Z
UID:47021-1738605300-1738606200@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Koorosh Roohi
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Nursing Activity Monitoring to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections\nSupervisor Name: 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-koorosh-roohi/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250203T174000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250203T175500
DTSTAMP:20250203T190735Z
CREATED:20241217T173745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T190735Z
UID:47017-1738604400-1738605300@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Joanna 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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Real-time evolution of the fMRI response to transcranial photobiomodulation in the human brain\nAbstract:\nIntroduction\nTranscranial photobiomodulation (tPBM) uses near-infrared light to stimulate neural tissue1. Recent research on tPBM reports significant potential for applications in the treatment of neurological conditions such as neurodegenerative disorders\, neurotrauma\, and neuropsychiatric conditions2-5\, as well as producing improvements in emotional and cognitive function in healthy individuals6-7. However\, the exact underlying mechanism of action is still unclear; little is known about the localization of the brain response to the site of stimulation and how it spreads and dissipates depending on dose parameters.\nMethods\n14 healthy adults (7M\, aged 24.4 ± 3.7 years) were scanned on a Siemens Prisma 3T system while receiving pulsed tPBM via single laser to the right forehead (spot size 1cm). The tPBM protocol included a 4-minute stimulation period with equivalent pre-stimulus and post-stimulus baseline blocks. The laser was pulsed at two frequencies (10 and 40Hz)\, with two wavelengths (808 and 1064nm) and three optical power densities (100\, 150 and 200 mW/cm2). The brain response was measured using a dual-echo pseudo-continuous arterial-spin labeling sequence (TR=4.5s\, TE1=9.4ms\, TE2=30ms\, voxel size=2x2x2 mm). Surround averaging of the TE2 data was used to generate the blood-oxygenation-level-dependent (BOLD) signal.\nBrain extraction\, motion & distortion correction\, slice timing\, and bandpass filtering to  Hz were performed using FSL. Rapid time delay analysis was then applied using Rapidtide8 (v2.9.6)\, with the stimulus timing vector as the probe regressor9. The cross-correlation maps with the probe were thresholded at p  0.85 density were used to characterize the dose dependence of the spatial fMRI response. Group-averaged time courses were also generated from the voxels demonstrating the maximum cross-correlations (p<0.05).\nTo quantify the temporal evolution of the fMRI response\, significant voxels per time window were counted and then plotted\, and voxel-count decline fitted to an exponential function. Along with the peak voxel count (V)\, the time till peak voxel count (Tp\, to represent the response ramp-up) and the exponential time constant (τ\, to represent the ramp-down) and submitted to a stepwise linear mixed-effects model (LME)\, with the predictor variables being wavelength\, frequency\, and power density.\nResults\nBased on the density maps in Fig. 1\, the brain response is not confined to the site of stimulation. Rather\, it quickly spreads across the anterior brain. 10 Hz pulsation produced a larger spatial extent in the BOLD response\, with the use of 808 nm at 10 Hz resulting in the largest extent among the four combinations. However\, while 1064 nm at 10 Hz produced the lowest peak response\, the 1064-nm-40-Hz combination produced the highest % BOLD amplitude. The bulk of the common responding voxels disappear by ~20 s irrespective of parameter setting. The stepwise LME of the parameters of temporal evolution revealed that higher power resulted in slower decline of the response voxel count\, and higher frequency resulted in a faster decline (higher τ\, p<0.05 and shorter τ\, p<0.05\, respectively).\nConclusion\nIn this work\, we illustrate how quickly the tPBM response spreads from the stimulation site and how quickly it subsides post stimulation. We also show that the response is predominantly in the frontal brain regions\, in accordance with a forehead stimulation\, but that different regions respond at different lags. Furthermore\, 808 nm at 10 Hz elicited the strongest and most consistent response across different subjects. This work lays the foundation for a better understanding of the mechanisms of action of tPBM.\nSupervisor Name: Jean Chen\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-joanna-chen/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Chuk Shing Jones Law
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Mechanics and Design of a Follow-the-Leader Hyper-redundant Robots with Variable Stiffness for Craniosynostosis Surgery\nAbstract:\nContinuum robots are flexible\, continuous structures inspired by biological organisms such as elephant trunks or snake bodies\, enabling smooth and continuous motion in confined spaces. Their inherent mechanical compliance is often viewed as a feature of safety and adaptability\, making them well-suited for minimally invasive surgery. However\, their flexibility also poses difficulties in modeling and controlling them accurately under external stress. As a result\, continuum robot is most effective in surgery that interacts with soft tissues.\nThis research addresses the challenges associated with the development and modeling of a continuum robot mechanism for medical procedures involving high contact forces. Therefore\, the advantages dexterity of continuum robot can be applied to wider field of surgery. A specific surgical application is considered in this research\, namely\, osteotomy (bone cutting) for craniosynostosis. It is a defect that involves premature fusion of the cranial sutures leading to an abnormal head shape and functional consequences such as elevated intracranial pressure\, neurocognitive deficits\, and psychosocial issues. Surgery is required to cut the cranial bone in order to correct the head shape and to allow for unrestricted brain growth. Endoscopic surgical approach can be performed by inserting a bone cutting instrument through small incisions. And this approach has reduced blood loss\, operative time\, and cost in comparison to the open approach. However\, the drawbacks of the endoscopic approach include limited control of dural sinuses for current surgical tools. The limitations and constraints in this surgical procedure demanding precise path-following motion and contact with rigid materials\, and therefore motivated the investigation of the research.\nSupervisor Name: Eric Diller\nYear of Study: 3\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-chuk-shing-jones-law-3/
LOCATION:HS610
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Danielle Serra
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Promoter Toolkit for Regenerative Medicine\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Michael Garton\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-danielle-serra/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Seyed Pourya Moghadam Kouhi
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: In-Home Seniors ’ Activity of Daily Living Monitoring\nSupervisor Name: 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-seyed-pourya-moghadam-kouhi/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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UID:47012-1737999600-1738000500@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Shaghayegh Chavoshian
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Addressing Slips and Falls with AI: Evaluating Footwear Slipperiness\nAbstract: Slips and falls are a significant concern in Canada\, leading to numerous hospitalizations and substantial healthcare costs. The World Health Organization stated that falls account for the second leading cause of injury-related deaths. In the United States\, approximately 32\,000 deaths were estimated out of 3 million emergency department visits due to falls. Up to 50% of falls are due to slips. Slips occur when the shear forces generated from the interaction of the shoe and floor exceed the frictional limits. Slips can cause back injuries\, strains\, sprains\, turned ankles\, or other painful injuries due to jerking and twisting while attempting to prevent the fall. The data also indicate that the impact of slips and falls is particularly severe in specific populations\, such as in workplaces and among the aging population. In addition\, the global aging population is rapidly increasing. By 2050\, the number of people over 65 is expected to reach 88.5 million in the United States\, and the proportion of those over 85 in Canada is projected to be 2.7 million. The rapid aging of the population is one of the key factors contributing to slips and falls becoming major global public health issues. Footwear is the main contact between the body and the walking surface. Consequently\, one key factor for preventing slip and fall incidents is slip-resistant footwear. Therefore\, it is crucial to understand how the footwear and outsole features perform on slippery surfaces to minimize slip-related injury risks. While methods exist to evaluate slip resistance by measuring the Coefficient of Friction between footwear and flooring surfaces\, further studies are needed to determine how accurately these methods replicate real-world conditions and assess the reliability of their results. Additionally\, footwear manufacturers require a reliable tool to predict a shoe’s slip resistance and streamline the development process. This research proposal aims to address these gaps by identifying AI-based solutions to prevent falls\, reduce workplace costs\, and enhance safety.\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Atena Roshan Fekr\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-shaghayegh-chavoshian/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Maya De Cruz
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Exploration of muscle stem cell pool size regulators in the mini-IDLE biomimetic culture assay\nAbstract: Skeletal muscle regeneration is driven by muscle stem cells (MuSCs) which reside between myofibers and the surrounding basal lamina. In homeostatic tissue\, quiescent MuSCs constantly communicate with their niche and are characterized by long cytoplasmic projections\, lowered metabolic activity\, and RNA content. MuSCs activate upon injury to generate progeny for myofiber creation or repair\, while a subpopulation undergoes self-renewal to repopulate the MuSC niches. A niche occupancy plateau point exists in vivo\, however the regulators of MuSC pool size are not clearly understood. To fill this gap\, we leveraged advances in skeletal muscle tissue engineering to deliver a new strategy to evaluate MuSC niche repopulation in a dish. In this study\, we aim to characterize the cell cycle status and fates of MuSCs in 3D bioartificial tissue using the mini-IDLE (Inactivation and Dormancy LEveraged in vitro) culture assay to expand knowledge of MuSC pool size regulators. Specifically\, MuSCs were engrafted onto a thin sheet of mouse myotubes which provided the required cues to turn off molecular hallmarks of activation and sustain quiescence. First\, we quantified the population of cycling cells at days 1\, 3 and 7 post-engraftment via Ki-67 expression and EdU pulse labelling to understand changes in MuSC proliferation. Second\, we assessed fluctuations in pool size following an exogenous increase of FGF2 in the system. Thus\, our results suggest that the mini-IDLE culture assay affords the interrogation of niche occupancy limits on the number of transplanted MuSCs that successfully incorporate into recipient muscle tissue.\nSupervisor Name: Penney Gilbert\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-maya-de-cruz/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Kaitlin Szederkenyi
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Calcium signaling of humanoid astrocytes in a cerebral organoid\nAbstract: TBA\nSupervisor Name: Chris Yip\nYear of Study: 5\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-kaitlin-szederkenyi-2/
LOCATION:HS610
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Luka Zivkovic
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Neural Signatures of the Nucleus Accumbens in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Severe\, Refractory Self-Injurious Behaviour\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-luka-zivkovic-3/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Luka Zivkovic
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: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Neural Signatures of the Nucleus Accumbens in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Severe\, Refractory Self-Injurious Behaviour\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-luka-zivkovic-2/
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