The Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences offers exciting seminars featuring scientists from across Canada and around the world, with occasional seminars by our own faculty and members of other departments at U of T and surrounding hospitals/institutes. These seminars provide an opportunity for all to meet outstanding, world-renowned scientists. Seminar speakers also schedule additional time for informal discussions with faculty and students. Regular attendance at seminars is required of all graduate students.
Graduate Departmental Seminar Series Requirement
All graduate students are required to attend the departmental seminars each year:
- Full-time students: a minimum of eight (8) departmental seminars per academic year
- Part-time/Flex-time students: a minimum of four (4) departmental seminars per academic year.
Students may fulfill up to 50% of their annual quota at sanctioned external seminars.
2023-2024 Graduate Departmental Research Seminar Schedule
| Seminar Type | Date & Time | Speaker | Host | Title | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate Departmental Seminar Series | Friday, September 1, 2023, 1:00pm | Dr. Hans Lennernäs (Uppsala University, Sweden) | Dr. Micheline Piquette-Miller | Experience of translational academic cancer research from bench to patient, with focus on hepatocellular carcinoma | Hybrid PB850 & Zoom |
| PhD Public Seminar Series | Thursday, September 7, 2023, 1:00pm |
Elliya Park, PhD Candidate | Dr. Shirley Wu | Bioreactive Anti-Aβ Antibody Conjugated Manganese Dioxide-loaded Polymer-lipid Bioreactive Nanoparticles for Modifying Multiple Pathological Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease | Zoom |
| Graduate Departmental Seminar Series | Friday, September 15, 2023 | Health Sciences Writing Centre: AI Text Generation & Graduate Writing | Hosted by the Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences | PB-850 and via Zoom | |
| Graduate Departmental Seminar Series | MONDAY, September 18, 2023 | Dr. Ayal Ben-Zvi, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Hosted by Dr. Reina Bendayan | New Imaging Approaches to Study Structure and Function of Atypical CNS Barriers | PB-850 and via Zoom |
| Graduate Departmental Seminar Series | Friday, September 22, 2023 | Dr. Janet Smylie | Hosted by PSEDI | TBA | PB-850 and via Zoom |
| PhD Public Seminar Series | Friday, October 13, 2023, 10:00am | Tin Yo (Charles) Yen, PhD Candidate | Dr. Shirley Wu | Terpolymer-Lipid Hybrid MnO2 Nanoparticles as Theragnostic Agents for Improving Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Solid Tumors and Image-Guided Radiation Therapy Against Glioblastoma Multiforme | Zoom |
| PhD Public Seminar Series | Friday, October 13, 2023, 2:00pm | Milena Kosic, PhD Candidate | Dr. Stephane Angers | Genome-wide Identification of Genes Required for Sonic Hedgehog-dependent Ventral Forebrain Neural Progenitor Specification | Hybrid PB-255 & Zoom |
| Graduate Departmental Seminar Series | Friday, October 20, 2023 | More information coming soon! | Hosted by Dr. Mina Tadrous | ||
| Graduate Departmental Seminar Series | Friday, November 10, 2023 | More information coming soon! | Hosted by Dr. Rob Bonin |
Seminar Coordinator
Dr. Carolyn Cummins
E-mail:carolyn.cummins@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 946-3466
Booking Information
Graduate Program Assistant
Email: phm.grad@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-8896