April 17, 2017
Congratulations to Belinda Chang, Eiji Nambara, Melanie Woodin and Keiko Yoshioka on their promotions to Full Professor!
The Department of Cell & Systems Biology is very happy to announce that Belinda Chang, Eiji Nambara, Melanie Woodin and Keiko Yoshioka have all been promoted to Full Professor effective July 1, 2017. Congratulations on this well-deserved promotion!
March 8, 2017
Congratulations to Dr. Kenneth Yip, recipient of the Faculty of Arts and Science Superior Sessional Instructor Teaching Award
Dr. Kenneth Yip is the recipient of the Faculty of Arts and Science Superior Sessional Instructor Teaching Award for 2016-2017. Dr. Yip is well-known for his teaching contributions to several of our undergraduate courses, especially BIO130 and BIO230 and as his course evaluations attest, has been…
March 7, 2017
Congratulations to Prof. Ashley Bruce on being awarded the Faculty of Arts and Science Outstanding Teaching Award
Prof. Ashley Bruce has been awarded the Faculty of Arts and Science Outstanding Teaching Award for 2016-2017. In addition to her achievements in curricular development and co-curricular initiatives (e.g., POP), this award recognises Ashley’s excellence in course instruction as well as supervision…
February 27, 2017
Congratulations to Peggy Salmon and Jim Dix – recipients of two of the Dean’s Outstanding Staff Awards
We are very fortunate to have fantastic staff in CSB that help us fulfill our potential for research and teaching excellence every day! This year, two of our staff members have been recognized for their contributions with the Dean’s Outstanding Staff Award: Peggy Salmon is the recipient of the…
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…