February 10, 2017
Professor Peter McCourt named the Jack Dainty Distinguished Professor at the University of Toronto
Professor Peter McCourt has been named the Jack Dainty Distinguished Professor at the University of Toronto. The purpose of the Distinguished Professor program is to advance and recognize individuals with highly distinguished accomplishments and those who display exceptional promise, who maintain…
February 3, 2017
University of Toronto keeping close watch on impact of US travel restrictions
Please review the President’s statement and recent U of T News article regarding restricted travel: https://www.utoronto.ca/news/university-toronto-keeping-close-watch-impact-us-travel-restrictions?utm_source=Bulletin&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=Lead&utm_campaign=eViews
November 7, 2016
Prof. Alan Moses’ new book “Statistical Modeling and Machine Learning for Molecular Biology” published with CRC Press
Congratulations to Professor Alan Moses on the publication of his book Statistical Modeling and Machine Learning for Molecular Biology with CRC Press. Molecular biologists are performing increasingly large and complicated experiments, but often have little background in data analysis. The book is…
November 7, 2016
Congratulations to Prof. Jennifer Mitchell on being awarded the Dorothy Shoichet Women Faculty in Science Award of Excellence
Prof. Jennifer Mitchell is the recipient of the inaugural Dorothy Shoichet Women Faculty in Science Award of Excellence. Prof. Molly S. Shoichet, PhD, FRSC, O. Ont. has established this award in honour of her mother, an honorary degree recipient, for female faculty in any of the physical or life…
October 12, 2016
Welcome to our newest CSB faculty members!
The Department of Cell & Systems Biology warmly welcomes 3 new faculty members to the department: - Dr. John Calarco (Assistant Professor, Tenure-stream): Mechanisms and function of alternative pre-mRNA splicing in generating physiologically diverse neurons in C. elegans. - Dr. Arneet Saltzman…
September 16, 2016
Professor Nick Provart is awarded Genome Canada Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Grant
Congratulations to Professor Nick Provart for his successful Genome Canada Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Competition grant. Nick's grant was one of only eight proposals to Ontario researchers funded this round. ePlants Pipeline and Navigator for Accessing and Integrating Multi-Level…
April 22, 2016
Congratulations to Dr. Chris Garside on his renewal of funding for the WIT program
Congratulations to Dr. Chris Garside on his renewal of funding for the Writing Instructions for Teaching Assistants (WIT) program for 2nd year courses BIO 230, 270 and 271.
April 22, 2016
Congratulations to Prof. Maurice Ringuette on the success of his ATLAS proposal
Prof. Maurice Ringuette recently was awarded funding from the Advancing Teaching and Learning in Arts & Science (ATLAS) initiatives fund for his proposal for Accurate Animations for CSB327H1F: Extracurricular Matrix Dynamics and Associated Pathologies. Congratulations Prof. Ringuette!……
April 15, 2016
Congratulations to Prof. Melody Neumann on the success of her online tool for student group work – 3rd Annual App Challenge Winner
UOFT WINNER IN 3RD ANNUAL APP CHALLENGE TORONTO, ON – APRIL 13 – Melody Neumann, Associate Professor at University of Toronto has won the IMS Global 3rd Annual App Challenge in the Institutional App category for the online tool Team Up!. Working with Laurie Harrison, Director of Online Learning, a…
March 29, 2016
Congratulations to Vince Tropepe, Darrell Desveaux and Tony Harris on their promotions to Full Professor!
The Department of Cell & Systems Biology is very happy to announce that Vince Tropepe, Darrell Desveaux and Tony Harris have all been approved for promotion to Full Professor effective 1 July 2016! This is well-deserved recognition of their strong research, teaching and administrative…