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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 18h

We are pleased to welcome Prof Elda Arrigoni of @harvardsleepmed.bsky.social for her talk on "Inhibiting Sleep In Order To Stay Awake". Our Seminar series has switched to Wednesday this week! Join us at 2PM in RW432 or follow the livestream at the link! #optogenetics csb.utoronto.ca/events/dr-el...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

CSB invites applications for a tenure track position at #UofT in Systems Neurophysiology! Apply in full by November 16, 2026. Full details in the link. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We are excited to welcome @mmcollins.bsky.social of @usask.ca this Friday at 11am for her talk on “How hearts are shaped, fuelled and fail”. See you in room RW432!

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Join us Friday March 20 as we welcome Prof François Bordeleau for his talk on “Mechanotransduction in cancer cells – when the cells know what is best for them” See you at 11am in RW432! csb.utoronto.ca/events/franc...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Join us Friday Mar 13 as we welcome Prof Ruby Sullan of @utscbiology.bsky.social for her talk on “Root Attachment and Colonization by Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria”. See you in RW432 at 11am! csb.utoronto.ca/events/ruby-...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

This video provides a nice summary of the work they did!

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

🧪🪼 We are pleased to welcome Prof Brady Weissbourd of @picowerinstitute.bsky.social this Friday Jan 23 at 11am in RW432. Join us to cogitate on “Mechanisms of robustness in jellyfish neural networks” csb.utoronto.ca/events/brady...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Join us this Friday as we welcome Prof Owen Tamplin @otamplin.bsky.social for his talk on “The blood stem cell microenvironment: development and function across the lifespan”. We look forward to seeing you at 11 am in RW432! csb.utoronto.ca/events/owen-...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Happy New Year! 🥳 CSB Friday seminars resume Jan 9 with a fascinating talk by Prof Cheng Huang @huangchengwashu.bsky.social on “Decoding dopamine-mediated learning algorithms in the Drosophila brain”! 🧪🪰 Join us at 11am in RW432! csb.utoronto.ca/events/cheng...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

We are pleased to welcome Prof Christopher Grefen for his talk on “Insertion pathways for membrane proteins in the plant ER” this Friday, Dec 12. See you at 11am in RW432! csb.utoronto.ca/events/csb-s...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

We are pleased to welcome Prof Ingo Braasch @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social on Friday, Dec 5 for a fascinating talk on “A Blast From the Past: ‘Living Fossils’ Bridge Gene Regulation Across Long Evolutionary Distances in Vertebrates”! Join us at 11am in RW432 csb.utoronto.ca/events/csb-s...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Join us tomorrow, Nov 28 as we welcome Prof Eurico Morais-de-Sá @polarityi3s.bsky.social for his talk on "From protein localization patterns to understanding how epithelial cells move and divide". See you in RW432 at 11am for this fascinating presentation! csb.utoronto.ca/events/csb-s...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

“Characterization of Immunity-Inducing Rhizobacteria Highlights Diversity in Plant–Microbe Interactions” by Mack Loranger in the Yoshioka Lab is the Editor’s Pick in @phytobiomesjournal.bsky.social! Congratulations! 🧪🌱 #PlantScience #SoilScience apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

We are pleased to welcome Prof Mehran Dastmalchi @mehran-plantsci.bsky.social of @utscbiology.bsky.social this Friday, Nov 21 to hear how “An odd mutant phenotype yields “parts” for synthetic biology”. Join at at 11am in RW432! csb.utoronto.ca/events/csb-s...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Join us today (Nov 14) as we welcome Prof Hiroshi Maeda @hiroshi-maeda.bsky.social for his talk on “Tackling the complexity of plant metabolic network from Arabidopsis to Caryophyllales”. See you at 11am in RW432!

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Join us today (Nov 7) at 11 am in RW432 for Prof Tatsuya Tsukahara‘s talk on “Sensory neuron plasticity sculpted by the internal and external world“ csb.utoronto.ca/events/csb-s...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Join us Friday, Oct 24 as we welcome Prof David Bilder of UCBerkeley for his talk on “Invertebrate oncology: tumor-host interactions in the Drosophila model“. 🧪🪰 See you in RW432 at 11 am! csb.utoronto.ca/events/csb-s...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

We are pleased to welcome Prof Marcela Rojas-Pierce on Friday, Oct 17 for her talk on “Phosphorylation in stomatal vacuole fusion and target protein degradation in plants” 🧪🌱 Join us at 11am in RW432!

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

We are pleased to welcome Prof Kristen Lynch for her talk on “Tuning Immune Response Through RNA Processing” Please join Cell & Systems Biology on Friday Oct 10 in RW432 at 11am for this riveting presentation!

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Join us Friday, Oct 3 in welcoming Prof Roberto Mayor @mayorlab.bsky.social to speak on “Molecular and mechanical basis for collective cell migration”. We will be meeting at 11am in RW432. See you there! csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

The Department of Cell & Systems Biology at University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in the field of Animal Morphogenesis. #CellBiology #DevelopmentalBiology #mechanobiology #TissueMorphogenesis #SystemsBiology #ScienceJobs

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Join Cell & Systems Biology on Friday, Sept 26 for “Into the wild and digital: Virus hunting beyond the traditional” from Prof Paul Rivarez @viromehunter.bsky.social. See you in RW432 at 11 am! csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Join us Friday, Sept 19th at 11am as we welcome Dr Xiaolan Zhang of the College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University to speak on “New components in the CLAVATA signaling pathway to control shoot apical meristem size” csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

#DYK there is #SciArt on display around the CSB Buildings @utoronto.ca? Keep your eyes open for gorgeous images created by our @uoftartsci.bsky.social students, from their research and as artwork You can also view these images in our online gallery! csb.utoronto.ca/research-ove...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Do you want to earn a trip to Berlin to present at an international meeting? Will you showcase a breakthrough that creates a positive impact on science and society? An idea that will shake the world? Apply now for Falling Walls Lab Toronto 2025! enews.sgs.utoronto.ca/article/pitc...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Last week’s CSB Research Day 2025 was full of learning, with fascinating presentations by our students! 🏆 Brittany Dugan 🧪🧠 (Peever lab) and Phoebe Bhagoutie 🧪🪱 (Saltzman lab) were judged as giving the Best Oral Presentations. Congratulations! csb.utoronto.ca/innovation-e...

Best talks at CSB research day with pictures of winners

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

We’re grateful to Prof Costin Antonescu @costinant.bsky.social of @torontometsci.bsky.social for his enlightening keynote talk on “Receptor signaling at the nanoscale: how organization of signals at the plasma membrane regulate signaling specificity and outcome”

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

It’s CSB Research Day! Looking forward to fascinating talks from CSB grad students

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

We look forward to welcoming Prof Liwen Jiang of CUHK for his talk on “Organelle Biogenesis and Function in Plants”! Join us Friday, May 2 in RW432 csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Please join us Friday Apr 25 as we welcome Prof Auinash Kalsotra @kalsotra-lab.bsky.social of @mcbillinois.bsky.social for his talk on “Post-transcriptional control of cell plasticity in tissue development, regeneration, and disease”. See you in RW432 at 11am! csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

We are excited to welcome Prof Andrew Chisholm of UCSD for his talk on “Multiscale patterning outside the cell: the C. elegans model extracellular matrix” Friday, Apr 4 at 11am in RW432. See you there! csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Please join us Mar 28 as we welcome Prof Daniele Canzio of UCSF to learn “How do neurons distinguish self from non-self? From genome architecture to brain architecture” at 11am in RW432 csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Join us Friday, March 21 as we welcome Prof Jadiel Wasson of NYU Arts and Science for her talk “From external cues to internal states: tuning inherited information”. See you at 11am in RW432! csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

We are pleased to welcome Prof Chenbei Chang of @uofalabama.bsky.social March 7 to hear about “Regulation of cell shape and movements during Xenopus morphogenesis”. Join us at 11am in RW432! csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

This Friday, we welcome Prof Anna Marie Sokac from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for a fascinating talk on “Actin: Interactions with sub-cellular systems and actions across scales”. Join us at 11am in RW432 csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Join us tomorrow, Feb 25 at Sidney Smith Commons for the Program Exploration Fair! Speak with faculty, staff and current students about the programs we offer and what courses are right for you! Come by between 11:30 and 4:30 sidneysmithcommons.artsci.utoronto.ca/program/prog...

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“Program Exploration Days
Program Exploration Fair at Sidney
Smith Commons
Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Computer Science & Life Sciences
• February 25
Social Sciences and Humanities
• February 26-27
For the full schedule and to register, visit uoft.me/programexploration”

Image of students entering the venue in Sidney Smith Hall
Image of students and staff chatting at a table
Image of smiling students

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Join us this Friday as we welcome Prof Glen Uhrig of University of Alberta for his talk on “The Daily Cycle of Plants: Using Quantitative Proteomics to Understand Diel Plant Biology”. See you in Room 432 at 11am! csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

As you scroll through our skeets, you’ll see that women scientists are vital to discoveries made at CSB. For International Day of Women & Girls in Science, we’ve highlighted some recent impressive accomplishments #IDWGS2025 #WomenInScience csb.utoronto.ca/supporting-t...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

On Friday, Feb 14 ❤️, we will welcome Prof Justus Kebschull @justuskebschull.bsky.social of Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering for his talk on “Understanding brain function and evolution with barcodes and sequencing”. Happening at 11am in RW432. See you there!

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Our Friday seminar this week features Prof Kee Hoon Sohn speaking about “An atypical NLR confers bacterial wilt resistance in a wild Solanum species”. Join us Feb 7 at 11 am on RW432 for this fascinating presentation! csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

This Friday, we welcome Prof Ina Anreiter of @utscbiology.bsky.social for her talk on “Deciphering pleiotropy: How complex genes are regulated to affect behaviour”. See you at 11am in RW432! csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Join us Friday, Jan 24 as we welcome Prof Federica Brandizzi @msubrandizzilab.bsky.social for a fascinating seminar on “Bridging the Gap: Unveiling the ER-Chloroplast Interface in Plant Cells” at 11am in RW432 csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

We are excited to welcome Prof David Knowles @davidaknowles.bsky.social this week for his talk on “The Causes and Consequences of Splicing Variation”. Come visit us Friday at 11am in RW432! csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Join us this Friday Jan 10 at 11am in RW532 for the first CSB Seminar of 2025! We will welcome Prof Daniel Kierzkowski @kierzkowskilab.bsky.social to learn the latest on how “Mechanical interactions between tissue layers underlie plant morphogenesis” csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Bruce collaborated with Prof Rudi Winklbauer to probe adhesion by frog gastrula cells in Developmental Cell. Expand and watch the video to the end to learn their findings 🧪🐸 #CellBiology #HolidayParty #xenopus #DevelopmentalBiology

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Students in our Stem Cell & Developmental Biology Focus are attending the Medicine by Design Symposium today. A great opportunity to learn about the latest developments in Regenerative Medicine! #MbDSymposium @mitchell-lab.bsky.social

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Dr Tirthankar Ray performed laser microdissection on cells in the amnioserosa and observed the force vectors as the cells reacted. Inward collapse shows that the cells of the amnioserosa were under pressure from the germband. #Biophysics

Two images with coloured arrows showing directions of force after cutting. In both images, a red box with a white outline show the site where the cell has been cut.
In the left image, germband cell membranes explode outward from the cut site.
In the right image, amnioserosa cell membranes contract inward towards the cut site

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Join us Friday, Nov 29 at 11am in RW432 as we welcome Dr Devrim Coskun of Université Laval for a talk on “Of nutrients and toxicants: Plant root membrane transport in a time of major flux” csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

🧪 🔬 When cancer cells enter viscous medium, the ruffled edges of the cell flatten, spread out and latch on to the surface beneath them CSB Prof Sergey Plotnikov, in collaboration with Yun Chen @johnshopkins.bsky.social determined that the cell’s ruffling edges are key sensors of fluid viscosity

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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Join us this Friday at 11am in RW432 for a talk from @ashleyingiosi.bsky.social on “Of sleep and stars: defining a role for astrocytes in sleep expression and homeostasis”

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