Seminars & Events

Monday, January 27, 2025, 15:30-16:30
The OHRI Seminar Series Program presents
“Optimizing the Epicardial Response to Cardiac Injury: Balancing Fibrosis and Regeneration”
Speaker: Dr. Ruben Marin Juez
Location: TOH General Campus, CCW5th Floor Room#5225
Hosted by Dr. Blair Gage
Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 13:00-14:00
The Neuroscience Program presents
Chronobiology as a tool to dissect molecular, cellular, and behavioural neuroimmune interactions
Speaker: Nader Ghasemlou, PhD
Associate Professor, Queen’s University
Director, Pain Chronobiology & Neuroimmunology
Laboratory, Dept. of Anesthesiology & Perioperative
Medicine, Dept. of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences
Location: Hybrid In Person RGN Room 2003 and ZOOM
Please contact Nancy MacDonald at nmacdonald@toh.ca for the link

Hosted by Dr. Steve Ferguson

Learning Objectives 

1. To identify mechanisms through which immune cells and sensory
neurons communicate in the healthy and disease state
2. To understand how circadian rhythms affect immune cell recruitment
and expression of neuropeptides and inflammatory mediators
3. To highlight the importance of the sensory neuron clock in mediating
pain outcomes.

Monday, February 03, 2025, 15:30-16:30
The OHRI Seminar Series Program presents
“Regulation of cancer immunity and immunotherapy by opposing interferon-mediated cues”
Speaker: Dr. David G. Brooks
Location: TOH General Campus, CCW5th Floor Room#5225
Hosted by Dr. Michele Ardolino 
Tuesday, February 04, 2025, 13:00-14:00
The Neuroscience Program presents
Molecular strategies for wiring neurons into circuits
Speaker: Julie Lefebvre, PhD
Senior Scientist in the Neurosciences and Mental
Health Program, Assistant Professor of Molecular
Genetics, University of Toronto
Medicine, Dept. of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences
Location: Hybrid In Person RGN Room 2003 and ZOOM
Please contact Nancy MacDonald at nmacdonald@toh.ca for the link

Hosted by Dr. Simon Chen

Learning Objectives

 1. Learn about principles of neural circuit formation, and the importance
of studying candidate wiring molecules and unbiased neural tracing
methods to understand how the brain is precisely wired.
2. Learn about how cell adhesion molecules belonging to the
Protocadherin family regulate patterns of neuronal connectivity.
3. Learn about a new method for labeling interconnected 3. neurons in vivo.

Tuesday, February 04, 2025, 15:00-16:00
The Health AI and Data Science (HAD) Program presents
TBD
Speaker: TBD
Location: Virtual via MS Teams.

TBD

Monday, February 10, 2025, 15:30-16:30
The OHRI Seminar Series Program presents
TBD
Speaker: Dr. Julien Muffat
Location: TOH General Campus, CCW5th Floor Room#5225
Hosted by Dr. William Stanford 
Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 15:30-16:30
The OHRI Seminar Series Program presents
"In vitro generation of cells with satellite cell function"
Speaker: Dr. Feodor Price
Location: TOH General Campus, CCW5th Floor Room#5225
Hosted by Dr. Michael Rudnicki 
Friday, February 21, 2025, 14:00-15:00
The OHRI Seminar Series Program presents
"Decoding transcription regulation of retinogenesis: The Enhancer-Chromatin Connection"
Speaker: Dr. Issam Al Diri
Location: TOH General Campus, CCW5th Floor Room#5225
Hosted by Dr. Pierre Mattar 
Monday, February 24, 2025, 15:30-16:30
The OHRI Seminar Series Program presents
TBD
Speaker: Dr. Izabella Pena
Location: TOH General Campus, CCW5th Floor Room#5225
Hosted by Dr. Ian Lorimer 
Monday, March 10, 2025, 15:30-16:30
The OHRI Seminar Series Program presents
TBD
Speaker: Dr. Xiaohui Zha
Location: TOH General Campus, CCW5th Floor Room#5225

Please note that OHRI seminars are open to all members of OHRI and partner institutions. Members of the general public are asked to contact the communications office (jganton@ohri.ca) for more information about the research presented at OHRI seminars.