April 24, 2025
Prestigious teaching awards for two Professors from Cell & Systems Biology
We are proud that two Professors in our Department have earned prestigious teaching awards in recognition of their excellence in education. Professor Naomi Levy-Strumpf of the Human Biology program has earned the Cheryl Regehr Early Career Teaching Award from the University of Toronto. The Regehr…
April 16, 2025
b2B speed networking event: connecting CSB students and alumni through shared experiences and snacks
CSB students networked with alumni during a recent Backpack to Briefcase speed mentorship reception. Students were offered a casual, complementary dinner and were given the opportunity to connect with successful CSB alumni to discuss their career trajectories and how to navigate life after…
April 15, 2025
Gorgeous images win Nikon Small World Toronto competition
The winners of the Nikon Small World Toronto imaging competition have been announced! We are proud that the top three winners as determined by imaging facility managers at SickKids Hospital were from Cell & Systems Biology! These images exploited the newest Nikon AXR NSPARC point-scanning…
April 14, 2025
Excellence in research shown at end-of-year poster session for undergraduate projects
Students in CSB497, CSB498, and CSB499 presented posters describing their 2024-2025 research projects at the end-of-year CSB Undergraduate Poster Session. Posters were assessed by judges from the Department and eight students earned the F Michael Barrett Award for their excellent presentations.…
April 3, 2025
Rising star in plant sciences Heather McFarlane awarded CSMB New Investigator Award
CSB Professor Heather McFarlane has earned the prestigious New Investigator Award from the Canadian Society for Molecular Biosciences (CSMB). The CSMB grants this award to rising stars in cell and molecular biology and this award recognizes McFarlane's outstanding research on plant cell wall…
April 2, 2025
Second Year Learning Community explores career opportunities at the Michener Institute
CSB undergraduates toured the Michener Institute of Education in Toronto’s Discovery District on March 10th, 2025 to learn about the programs offered at the Michener as members of our second year learning community (SLC) program. The SLC brings together like-minded students to promote networking…
March 31, 2025
Explore The Life Inside the Cell through an art project by BIO130 students
Exhibition Overview The Life Inside the Cell is an exhibition of artwork that showcases the creative talents of students from the BIO130 course, with the support of the Cell and Systems Biology Department. As part of a course project, students transformed their learning into artistic expression,…
March 28, 2025
Congratulations to Professor Woodin on her appointment as President of University of Toronto
Professor Melanie Woodin, an internationally recognized neuroscientist at CSB, has been named the University of Toronto’s 17th president! An accomplished leader, Woodin is current Dean of Arts & Science at U of T, president of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience and serves on the board…
March 4, 2025
Laptop or Lab? Research opportunity in Chang lab leads BCB student to embrace both
A Research Opportunity in the Chang lab led Alena Qin, a student in the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology program, to an appreciation for hands-on experimentation. Students in Arts & Sciences can engage in research opportunities through the Research Opportunities Program. Qin was…
February 27, 2025
Excellence in Plant Science earns Professor Heather McFarlane the Dorothy Shoichet Award
Congratulations to CSB Professor Heather McFarlane on earning the Dorothy Shoichet Women Faculty in Science…