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The Department of Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) advances research and teaching in the most dynamic and vital areas of biological research

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Maria Papaconstantinou

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream and Director

Jimmy Fraigne

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream

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Recent Publications

An in vivo parallelized reporter assay to uncover tissue-specific splicing regulatory sequences in a multicellular animal

Bhatnagar S, Ho J, Sadek NH, Singh I, Zoberman M, Koterniak B, Liu Y, Fusca DD, Cutter AD, Moses AM, Calarco J
2026, Nucleic Acids Research, 10.1093/nar/gkag451

A functional map of the human intrinsically disordered proteome

Pritišanac I, Alderson TR, Kolarić Đ, Zarin T, Xie S, Lu A, Alam A, Maqsood A, Youn J-Y, Forman-Kay JD, Moses AM
2026, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 10.1073/pnas.2604562123

An inhibitory brainstem pathway reduces visual detection during background motion

Chou X, Russo M, He Y, De Villa L, Amato S, Liu B
2026, Nature Communications, 10.1038/s41467-026-72619-x

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August 21, 2026

CSB researchers identify nerve cells that trigger sleep and help balance waking and sleeping states

Researchers from the University of Toronto have identified a "switch" in the brains of mice that, when activated, induces sleep and acts in balance…

August 12, 2026

Nelson Award for outstanding research impact to Prof Heather McFarlane

Congratulation to Professor Heather McFarlane, who has earned the C.D. Nelson Award from the Canadian Society of Plant Biologists (CSPB) for "an…

August 10, 2026

Pulling a ring on it: Camsap2 protein leads to tension in zebrafish embryos by coordinating distinct pathways

A surprising insight into the impressive architecture of developing embryos is revealed in a new paper in Development by researchers in CSB.…

June 22, 2026

Composite biomaterial conveys tension across the wrinkled Drosophila embryo surface

Rowan Naidoo has uncovered the mechanism that allows plasma membrane architecture and the actomyosin cytoskeleton to work together to generate…

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Jennifer Mitchell

Professor and Chair

Our Department of Cell and Systems Biology (CSB) celebrates its 20^th anniversary this year and I am proud to lead a team of researchers pushing the boundaries of cell biology and systems biology and to support teaching initiatives in North America’s largest Life Sciences undergraduate community.

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