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SUMMARY:Invited Academic Seminar Series- Hasan Erbil Abaci
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LOCATION:TRI-UC – 2nd floor Auditorium\, 550 University Avenue\, 550 University Ave\, Toronto\, ON\, M5G 2A2\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Raegan Allan
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: CRISPR-Responsive Material Development for At-Home STI Detection\nAbstract: In 2025\, the World Health Organization (WHO) established the development of low-cost\, rapid point-of-care tests (POCTs) for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) as a worldwide research priority. STIs are often asymptomatic and\, if left untreated\, can lead to long-term health consequences that disproportionately affect women\, including pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility. Regular screening is therefore essential\, but current diagnostics are poorly suited for routine use: antigen-based POCTs lack adequate sensitivity while nucleic acid amplification tests require sophisticated laboratory infrastructure. Even where resources are abundant\, uptake remains low due to stigma and inconvenience. Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-Cas diagnostics offer programmable\, low-cost\, rapid\, isothermal nucleic acid detection. CRISPR diagnostics use controllable DNA cleavage upon detection of the target pathogen to generate signal. Traditional CRISPR diagnostics are fluorescence-based\, but recently CRISPR-responsive materials have emerged as an alternative to enable their use at the point-of-care. Here\, we design a multiplexed point-of-care CRISPR-Cas diagnostic platform incorporated into a tampon for at-home STI screening in women to detect Chlamydia trachomatis (CT)\, Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG)\, and Trichomonas vaginalis (TV). The assay combines isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification and CRISPR-Cas12a reactions to detect species-specific nucleic acid sequences. Our platform leverages a DNA hydrogel with an immobilized colourimetric dye that is released by activated Cas12a in the presence of the target pathogen\, enabling equipment-free colourimetric readout\, eliminating the need for laboratory infrastructure. The CRISPR-Cas assay designs for CT detection in a standard fluorometric assay have a 1 aM limit of detection within 1 hour. Transitioning these designs to a hydrogel-based dye-release assay\, we achieve 500 aM sensitivity within 2 hours. The hydrogels will be tested with NG and TV CRISPR-Cas assays for multiplexed detection. The tampon diagnostic platform design combines detection with sample collection and processing which has the potential to lay the groundwork for at-home STI diagnostics.\nSupervisor Name: Caitlin Maikawa\nYear of Study: 3\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-raegan-allan/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Xiaoxuan Xiao
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Human Time Cell Supports Working Memory Maintenance\nSupervisor Name: Taufik Valiante\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-xiaoxuan-xiao/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Dharsan Ravindran
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Time-Series Foundation Models for Multi-Service Urgent Surgical Demand\nSupervisor Name: Cari Whyne\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-dharsan-ravindran/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Tenzin Yangzom
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Wearable sensor for microvascular blood flow and endothelial function assessment\nSupervisor Name: Daniel Franklin\nYear of Study: 5\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-tenzin-yangzom-3/
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