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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240201T124000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240208T121000
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DTSTAMP:20260417T052528
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240208T122500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240208T124000
DTSTAMP:20260417T052528
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240208T124000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240208T125500
DTSTAMP:20260417T052528
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240213T120000
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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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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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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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
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240229T122500
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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:20260417T052528
CREATED:20231121T183739Z
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
DTSTAMP:20260417T052528
CREATED:20231121T183739Z
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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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