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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Faranak Dayyani
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: TRI-UC (KITE) Basement Auditorium\, 550 University Avenue\nPresentation Title: Assessing social isolarion and functional decline in older adults post lower limb fractures using multimodal sensors\nSupervisor Name: Shehroz Khan\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-faranak-dayyani-2/
LOCATION:TRI-UC (KITE) Basement Auditorium\, 550 University Avenue
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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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: TRI-UC (KITE) Basement Auditorium\, 550 University Avenue\nPresentation Title: Closed loop neuoromodulatory approaches for Parkinson’s disease\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Luka Milosevic\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-luis-antonio-franco-vergara-2/
LOCATION:TRI-UC (KITE) Basement Auditorium\, 550 University Avenue
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Si Long Tou
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: TRI-UC (KITE) Basement Auditorium\, 550 University Avenue\nPresentation Title: Brain Modulations through Music\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Tom Chau\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-si-long-tou-3/
LOCATION:TRI-UC (KITE) Basement Auditorium\, 550 University Avenue
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Qian Chu
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: TRI-UC (KITE) Basement Auditorium\, 550 University Avenue\nPresentation Title: Neuronal mechanisms of saccade-coordinated visuospatial memory in the human brain\nAbstract: Eye movements and visuospatial memory constantly interact to shape an efficient representation of the world. The behavioral and neurophysiological effects of eye movements on holistic scene memory have been extensively demonstrated\, yet it remains elusive how visual identity representations dynamically unfold in active vision. It is known that some neurons in the human medial temporal lobe exhibit highly selective tuning to abstract concepts. We thus leveraged the unique opportunity to record single-unit activity from individuals with epilepsy and probed the response of identity neurons during visual exploration in different memory stages. We designed a novel gaze-contingent visuospatial memory task\, where patients encoded images in a spatial layout with the presentation of images triggered by saccades to cued locations. They subsequently re-explored the layout in the same gaze-contingent manner and were then tasked with judging visuospatial match/mismatch\, constituting the retrieval condition. We hypothesized that\, during retrieval\, identity neurons would fire before the onset of their preferred image and saccade initiation. This anticipatory firing would reflect the learned association between image identity and planned saccade landing location. We found preliminary evidence that identity neurons increased their firing rate before image onset\, selectively during retrieval but not encoding. Given the gaze-contingent design\, the observed phenomenon cannot be explained by peripheral visual afference and/or receptive field remapping. Our data suggests that visual identity representations are reactivated prior to foveal processing. The findings hint at a novel mechanism for memory-guided eye movements which may underlie the functional enhancement of memory retrieval brought by gaze reinstatement.\nSupervisor Name: Taufik Valiante; José Zariffa; Lucia Melloni (MPG)\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-qian-chu-2/
LOCATION:TRI-UC (KITE) Basement Auditorium\, 550 University Avenue
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Chantelle Shing
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: TRI-UC (KITE) Basement Auditorium\, 550 University Avenue\nPresentation Title: Validating an Automated High-Throughput 3D In Vitro Human Adipose Model\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Alison McGuigan\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-chantelle-shing-2/
LOCATION:TRI-UC (KITE) Basement Auditorium\, 550 University Avenue
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Mohammadamir Ghasemian Moghaddam
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: TRI-UC (KITE) Basement Auditorium\, 550 University Avenue\nPresentation Title: DNA Origami – Polymer materials for cancer vaccines\nSupervisor Name: Leo Chou\nYear of Study: 3\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-mohammadamir-ghasemian-moghaddam-2/
LOCATION:TRI-UC (KITE) Basement Auditorium\, 550 University Avenue
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Aleksandra Fomina
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: TRI-UC (KITE) Basement Auditorium\, 550 University Avenue\nPresentation Title: In vitro tumor niches to probe mechanisms of chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer\nSupervisor Name: Alison McGuigan\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-aleksandra-fomina-2/
LOCATION:TRI-UC (KITE) Basement Auditorium\, 550 University Avenue
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Can AI make health care more accurate\, accessible and sustainable?
DESCRIPTION:The global health care landscape is facing unprecedented challenges\, including an aging population and increasing rates of chronic disease. The need for efficient\, equitable\, and patient-centered systems has never been more important. Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionize health care by optimizing workflows and diagnostics and fostering innovations like virtual assistants and robotic surgery. \nHow is artificial intelligence already being used and what new applications are being explored? What challenges and biases exist for implementation in our current systems? \nJoin us as three experts weigh in on how AI is shaping the future of health care and how interdisciplinary collaboration is key to driving innovation. \nCo-Hosted by: University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering\, Faculty of Arts & Science\, Rotman School of Management and Temerty Faculty of Medicine \nHave a question for one of our panelists? Submit it on the registration page. \n\n\n\nAbout the Speakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor Milos Popovic\nPhD ’96 Mechanical & Industrial Engineering\, Applied Science & Engineering \nDirector\, Institute of Biomedical Engineering\, University of Toronto\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor Muhammad Mamdani \nDirector\, Temerty Faculty of Medicine Centre for Artificial Intelligence Education and Research in Medicine (T-CAIREM)\, University of Toronto \nVice President\, Data Science and Advanced Analytics at Unity Health Toronto\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAzi Boloorchi Drake\nBSc ’04 Human Biology Arts & Science\, MSc ’06 Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology Temerty Medicine\, MBA ’09 Rotman School of Management \nVice President\, Commercial Strategy\, Product & Analytics\, Teladoc Health\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClaire Kennedy\nBASc ’89 Chemical Engineering\, Applied Science & Engineering \nSenior Advisor\, Bennett Jones LLP \nCo-Chair\, Defy Gravity Campaign\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInviting Colleagues or Friends?\nIf you know others who might be interested in receiving this invitation\, please forward it to them. \nQuestions?\nevents@engineering.utoronto.ca\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrought to you by the University of Toronto Affinity Partners: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiscover the benefits of affinity products!
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/can-ai-make-health-care-more-accurate-accessible-and-sustainable/
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Brian Webb
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 a multilayer vascularized soft tissue gingival graft seeded with human-adipose-derived stem cells\nSupervisor Name: Paul Santerre\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-brian-webb/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Anlan 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: WB116\nPresentation Title: In-vivo nitric oxide detection using novel MRI contrast agent\nSupervisor Name: Hai-Ling Margaret Cheng\nYear of Study: 3\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-anlan-hong-3/
LOCATION:WB116
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Shiyu Zheng
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: Maximizing AAV Vector Potential: Bispecific Adaptor Proteins as a Bridge to Improved Gene Therapy Targeting\nSupervisor Name: Michael Garton\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-shiyu-zheng/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240411T134000
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Christopher Dedek
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 device for automated pain behaviour testing in rodents.\nSupervisor Name: Steve Prescott\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-christopher-dedek/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Coulter Montague
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: Enhancing the Force Generation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes Using Genome Engineering\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Michael Laflamme\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-coulter-montague-2/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Amel Sassi
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: Effects of low-magnitude high-frequency vibration on prostate cancer growth and bone metastasis\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Lidan You\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-amel-sassi/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240411T124000
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Kenneth Kimmins
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: Eli Sone\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-kenneth-kimmins/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Griffin Copp
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: Evaluating Enhanced Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Extracellular Vesicles\nAbstract: Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have shown promise as multimodal therapeutics in mitigating disease symptoms and disease progression. Recently\, lipid-bound nanoparticles secreted by MSCs; extracellular vesicles (EVs)\, have been indicated as a principal therapeutic agent responsible for MSCs efficacies. I am interested in how the therapeutic capacity of MSC-EVs are altered as a result of non-genetic enhancement. I hypothesize that enhanced MSCs will secrete EVs with enhanced properties capable of modulating the immune environment. Generating proof of concept data that will inform both MSC mechanisms of action as well as potential cell-free therapeutic strategies.\nSupervisor Name: Sowmya Viswanathan\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-griffin-copp/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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UID:10000340-1712837400-1712838300@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Fatemeh Shomal Zadeh
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: Utilizing Shear-Wave Elastography to Investigate the Effects of Ankle Muscle Co-Contraction on Ankle Muscle Stiffness and Standing Balance in Able-bodied Individuals\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Kei Masani\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-fatemeh-shomal-zadeh/
LOCATION:WB116
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240409T120000
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SUMMARY:Robotically Steerable Devices for Transcatheter and Endovascular Interventions – Jaydev Desai
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nJaydev Desai\nProfessor\nWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\nGeorgia Institute of Technology \n\nAbstract\nMitral regurgitation is a common heart valve disease. Current approaches for mitral valve repair include open heart surgery (which carries the risk of post-operative complications) and transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVr). TMVr is a relatively new approach that is performed on a beating heart using a catheter that is guided to the target location to implant the device to reduce or eliminate mitral regurgitation. Given the tortuosity of the path that needs to be taken to reach the mitral valve\, TMVr is a clinically challenging procedure. The first part of the talk will focus on our work in developing  a highly articulated\, intravascular meso-scale robot that can be guided to deploy the mitral valve implant under image guidance. \nThe second part of the talk will focus on the area of micro-scale robotic systems involving steerable guidewires. One of the primary requirements of an endovascular robotic system is to be able to successfully steer the guidewire towards the target location with minimal or no harm to the vessel. Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) remain the riskiest\, most challenging\, and least successful vascular lesions to treat with traditional endovascular devices. Peripheral artery disease (PAD) in particular\, is one of the most common causes of cardiovascular deaths worldwide. Procedural complexity in treating CTOs are attributed to multiple causes. The second part of the talk will present our work on the development of 400 microns (~0.016”) robotically steerable guidewire as a potential solution to this challenging clinical problem. \nBiography \nDr. Jaydev P. Desai is currently a Professor at Georgia Tech in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and holds the G.P. “Bud” Peterson and Valerie H. Peterson Faculty Professorship in Pediatric Research. He is the Associate Chair for Undergraduate studies in BME at GT\, founding Director of the Georgia Center for Medical Robotics (GCMR)\, and an Associate Director of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM). He completed his undergraduate studies from the Indian Institute of Technology\, Bombay\, India\, in 1993. He received his MA in Mathematics in 1997 and MSE and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics in 1995 and 1998 respectively\, all from the University of Pennsylvania. He was also a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University.  He is a recipient of several NIH R01 grants\, NSF CAREER award\, and was the lead inventor on the “Outstanding Invention in the Physical Science Category” at the University of Maryland\, College Park\, where he was formerly employed. He is also the recipient of the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award and the 2021 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) Distinguished Service Award. He has been an invited speaker at the National Academy of Sciences “Distinctive Voices” seminar series and also invited to attend the National Academy of Engineering’s U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. He has over 200 publications\, is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medical Robotics Research\, and Editor-in-Chief of the four-volume Encyclopedia of Medical Robotics. At 2018 ICRA\, his prior work was the finalist for “IEEE RAS Award for the Most Influential Paper from ICRA 1998” (20-years impact). Most recently\, he was selected as the recipient of the 2024 IEEE RAS George Saridis Leadership Award in Robotics and Automation from the IEEE RAS. His research group has received several accolades including the best student paper award\, best symposium paper award\, cover image of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering\, and featured article in the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. His current research interests are primarily in the areas of image-guided surgical robotics\, pediatric robotics\, endovascular robotics\, and rehabilitation and assistive robotics. He is a Fellow of IEEE\, ASME\, and AIMBE. \n\nHost\nLueder Kahrs
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/invited-academic-seminar-series-jaydev-desai/
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 - 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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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 - 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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240328T124000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240328T125500
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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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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 - 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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240321T124000
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DTSTAMP:20240320T205244Z
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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 - 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 - 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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240314T124000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240314T125500
DTSTAMP:20240313T205252Z
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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 - 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 - 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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