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 | Facilitator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2020 | ZOOM | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | 1) Daniel Han 2) Zi Yan Chen | Jaryd Te | 1) The role of adipocyte YAP in glucose homeostasis and insulin resistance in vivo 2) The role of integrins on hematopoietic stem cells |
| August 28, 2020 | ZOOM | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | 1) Andreea Furdui 2) open | Aylin Visram | |
| September 18, 2020 | ZOOM | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | 1) Marina Nikolopoulos 2) Luisa Ulloa Severino | ||
| October 16, 2020 | ZOOM | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | 1) Shenhab Zaig 2) open | ||
| December 11, 2020 | ZOOM | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | 1) Xavier Lee 2) Fatima Zohra Dahmani | ||
| January 29, 2021 | LKS 211 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | 1) Patrick Meagher 2) Aylin Visram | ||
| February 19, 2021 | LKS 211 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | 1) Danielle Karakas 2) open | ||
| March 26, 2021 | LKS 211 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Open | ||
| April 23, 2021 | LKS 211 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Open | ||
| May 14, 2021 | LKS 211 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Open | ||
| June 4, 2021 | LKS 211 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Open |
| Date | Room | Time | Presenter | Facilitator | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 14, 2020 | ZOOM | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | 1) Prabjit Ajrawat 2) Agnes Sebastian | Christine Schemitsch | |
| September 16, 2020 | ZOOM | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | 1) Salma Shickh 2) Danielle Lee | ||
| October 14, 2020 | ZOOM | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | 1) Shuangbo Liu 2) Adele Coriati | ||
| December 9, 2020 | ZOOM | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | 1) Jason Lo Hog Tian 2) Open | ||
| January 27, 2021 | ZOOM | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | 1) Curtis D'Hollander 2) Chloe Mighton | ||
| February 17, 2021 | LKS 216 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | 1)Robinson Truong 2) open | ||
| March 17, 2021 | LKS 216 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Open | ||
| April 21, 2021 | LKS 216 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Open | ||
| May 12, 2021 | LKS 240 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Open | ||
| June 2, 2021 | 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.
