Each Friday throughout the academic year, the UTM Biology Department welcomes distinguished researchers from top universities around the globe to share their cutting-edge work with our academic community. This seminar series provides students with a unique opportunity to engage with a diverse array of research topics, gaining invaluable insights into fields such as Cell and Systems Biology, as well as Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Attend a biology seminar for a chance to broaden your understanding, connect with experts, and deepen your knowledge in these dynamic areas of study!
Where: Instructional Building (IB) 140
When: Fridays, 12 pm to 1 pm
2025 Speakers
- September 12 - Dr. Lindy McBride (PrincetonU)
- September 19 - Ferne Kotlyar (PhD Candidate) & Dr. Priscilla Valentino (Postdoctoral Fellow) (University of Toronto Mississauga)
- September 26 - Dr. Mubarak Hussain Syed (University of New Mexico)
- October 3 - Dr. Jianhua Cang (University of Virginia)
- October 10 - Dr. Robin Costello (University of Buffalo)
- October 17 - Dr. Kenneth Zaret (University of Pennsylvania)
- October 24 - Dr. Alejandro Rico-Guevara (University of Washington)
- EEB SUPER SPEAKER
- November 7 - Dr. Anurag Agrawal (Cornell University)
- November 14 - Dr. Edeline Gagnon (Guelph University)
- November 21 - Dr. Albert Lee (Harvard University)
- December 5 - Dr. Dalia Barsyte-Lovejoy (University of Toronto Scarborough & Structural Genomics Consortium)
- December 12 - Dr. Sergey Kryazhimskiy (University of California San Diego)
2026 Speakers
- January 16 - Arnaud N'Guessan & Ilia Ferzoco (PhD students, University of Toronto Mississauga)
- January 23 - Dr. Massimo Scanziani (UCSF School of Medicine)
- CSB SUPER SPEAKER
- January 30 - Dr. Nicola Smith (Concordia University)
- February 6 - Dr. Howard Lipshitz (University of Toronto - St. George)
- February 13 - Dr. Yossi Yovel (Tel Aviv University)
- February 27 - Dr. Louis Busch (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education)
- March 6 - Dr. Alexander Hynes (McMaster University)
- March 13 - Dr. Jeff Dong (University of British Columbia)
- March 20 - Dr. El Bachir Affar (Université de Montréal)
- March 27 - Dr. Courtney Fitzpatrick (Texas A&M University)
- April 10 - Dr. Kevin Kocot (University of Alabama & Alabama Museum of Natural History)
- April 17 - Dr. Dino Pulera (Scientific & Medical Illustrator)