About RTC Seminars
The LKSKI (dry bench) seminars take place on Wednesdays from 12 – 1 pm. The KRC-RTC (wet bench) seminars will be part of the unified KRC seminar series, which consists of weekly seminars on Fridays at 1 – 2pm, featuring KRC and iBEST PIs and trainees (1/month), and visiting scientists. All trainees are encouraged to attend these seminars that provide an excellent learning and networking opportunity. Trainees can showcase their research and get feedback from experienced scientists, research staff and peers.
We are currently inviting trainees to present at the 2019/20 seminar series. If you are interested, please send us an email indicating your name, supervisor, a topic (a full title can be provided later) and any preferred dates. We are asking presenters to prepare a 20 min presentation aimed at a wider audience (please don’t make it so specialized that those outside your discipline cannot follow). We will be happy to share more detailed instructions with presenters. Two trainee presentations are given per seminar and a light lunch is provided.
Why present at RTC seminars and why attend these presentations?
Attending and presenting at research seminars is an important part of your training, developing useful skills that are portable, regardless of career path. The seminars also increase the visibility of your work to the broader St. Michael’s community, enhancing your networking with other researchers. Who knows – your next employer, supervisor, or co-investigator could be in the audience! AND you can also list your presentation on your CV.
The seminars are NOT intended to put you under extra pressure and we do not require fully finished, polished or published works. We do ask that presenters have some data to present (for graduate students, second year or later is the ideal time to do this presentation). Presentations are NOT graded or ranked. Rather, the seminars are a forum where graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and PIs can help and teach each other, and discuss cutting-edge scientific research.
For advice on preparing presentations, check out our presentation resources page.
We will be sending out reminders to all trainees and upcoming seminars will be advertised through our website, the RTC Express, and on the screens throughout the KRC and LKSKI.
How to Earn Credits
We have had several high quality RTC seminars on both sides, with lively discussion. However, attendance by trainees remains low. We would like to encourage you to come to these excellent seminars and offer rewards to those who present and regularly attend. Therefore, we have started taking attendance as of the March 22nd, 2019 seminar.
You will be able to earn credits for presenting and/or attending seminars/events. In order to earn credits for attending, you must be present for the entire seminar.
To be eligible to apply for an RTC travel award, you must earn at least 7 credits during the academic year.
1 credit = 1 credit for seminar attendance
1 credit = 1 credit for presenting at a seminar
1 credit = Attendance or participation in the Trainee Research Day
Period to collect credits: 1.5 years (March 2019 – Sept 2020) for Sept 2020 academic year competitions.
| Date | Room | Time | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 20, 2019 | LKS 211 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | 1) Matthew Reyad 2) Elyse Latreille | 1) The Effect of Prolonged Nitrate Administration on Ocular Disease Phenotypes in a Transgenic Rat Model of Chronic Hypertension 2) Identification of a compound that prevents influenza-induced death in zebrafish and mice |
| October 11, 2019 | LKS 211 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | 1) Thenuka Thanabalasingam 2) Tiffany Ni | 1) Reconstruction of the lung with Lung Bud Organoid cells on the Gelfoam sponge 2) Two Birds, One Stone: Salvianolic acids inhibit platelet aggregation and blood coagulation |
| November 29, 2019 | LKS 211 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Dr. Julian Zhang | A critical NUAK1-YAP/TAZ feed forward loop drives organ fibrosis |
| January 31, 2020 | LKS 211 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | 1) Michelle Dubinsky | 1) 'Role of Endothelial Cell Cis-Acting DNA Elements in Regulating Hemodynamic-Mediated Changes in Gene Expression |
| February 21, 2020 | LKS 211 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | 1) Siavash Ghaffari 2) open | 1) Identification of Novel Post-receptor Regulators of LDL Transcytosis |
| February 28, 2020 | LKS 211 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | 1) Shenhab Zaig 2) Justin Trac | 1) Investigating the mechanisms of opioid-induced respiratory depression using zebrafish models 2) Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Circulating Inflammatory and Pro-Vascular Progenitor Cell Populations |
| April 24, 2020 | ZOOM (details to come) | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | 1) Negar Khosraviani 2) Ikran Ali | |
| May 15, 2020 | LKS 211 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | 1) Selena Osman 2) Luisa Ulloa Severino | |
| June 5, 2020 | LKS 211 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | 1) Avinash Mukkala 2) Daniel Han | |
| September 18, 2020 | LKS 211 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | 1) Marina Nikolopoulos | |
| October 16, 2020 | LKS 211 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Open | |
| November 20, 2020 | Auditorium | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Open | |
| December 11, 2020 | LKS 211 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Open |
| Date | Room | Time | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 18, 2019 | 250 Yonge Rm 635/637 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | 1) Zahra Khan 2) Néma McGlynn | 1) Remote Ischemic Conditioning in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Control Trial 2) Effect of Non-Nutritive Sweetened Beverages on Cardiometabolic Risk: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials |
| October 16, 2019 | 250 Yonge Rm 635/637 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | 1) Laura Elliott | 1) The association between vegetarian diet, growth and micronutrient store in early childhood |
| December 4, 2019 | 250 Yonge Rm 635/637 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | 1) Cilia Mejia-Lancheros & James Lachaud | 1) What happens after exiting homelessness: housing stability pathways, quality of life, community integration, and substance use severity of mentally ill homeless adults |
| January 15, 2020 | LKS 216 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Dr. Nick Metheny | Where you Live Matters: Towards a Program of Research on Multilevel Approaches to Reducing Intimate Partner Violence |
| February 12, 2020 | LKS 241 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | 1) Farah Mawani 2) Bianca Naccarato | 1) “It’s better than alone”: Impact evaluation of Building Roads Together, a community-based peer walking and rolling program 2) Professional Boundaries Within the Health Care Profession |
| March 11, 2020 | LKS 216 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Jennifer Gillis | Low human papillomavirus (HPV) knowledge related to low HPV-associated disease risk perception among men living with HIV: potential implications for HPV-associated disease prevention |
| April 8, 2020 | ZOOM (details to come) | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Christine Schemitsch | The Impact of Psychological Factors on the Outcome of Surgical Repair for Rotator Cuff Tears - A Prospective Cohort (IMPROVE Study) |
| May 20, 2020 | LKS 216 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | 1) Andrea Glenn 2) Chloe Mighton | 1) Adherence to a Portfolio-like dietary pattern and risk of cardiometabolic diseases: Insights from the Women’s Health Initiative 2) |
| June 3, 2020 | LKS 216 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | 1) Amalia Gil 2) Bonnie Armstrong | |
| September 16, 2020 | LKS 216 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | 1) Salma Shickh 2) Open | |
| October 14, 2020 | LKS 216 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | 1) Shuangbo Liu 2) Open | |
| November 4, 2020 | LKS 216 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Open | |
| December 9, 2020 | LKS 216 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Open |
Contact Us
If you are interested in presenting or want more information about the RTC seminars, contact us at rtc@smh.ca.
