September 11, 2026
Summer at the lab bench yields stunning breakthroughs and earns prizes
We were excited to see this year's crop of summer students present the fruits of their research at the 2026 Summer undergraduate poster session. Students summarized a summer of intensive experiments in their posters and answered probing questions from attendees at the session. It was an impressive…
May 21, 2026
CSB shares research insights across life sciences at Science Rendezvous 2026
The diversity of life sciences research in Cell & Systems Biology was shared with the public through hands-on demonstrations at the Science Rendezvous science festival on a sunny Saturday, May 9th. Visitors explored neuroscience, developmental biology, plant biology, genomics, and cell biology…
April 2, 2026
A year of deep research leads to a culminating event for fourth year students
Fourth year students in CSB can join our research laboratories to conduct projects in their favourite topic as part of CSB497, 498 or 499 courses. Their final task after generating data and analyzing results is to present their conclusions at our annual Undergraduate Poster Session. This year, the…
February 28, 2026
Many pathways to an exciting career revealed at the CSB/HMB backpack to Briefcase event
Thank you to all the alumni who answered the call to share their career paths and job advice at our "backpack 2 Briefcase" event with HMB and CSB undergraduates! What are the career options for CSB and HMB students? After introductory remarks from Professor Eba Kurz, students travelled between…
December 15, 2025
Congratulations to CSB’s talented 2025-2026 graduate award recipients!
Graduate students in the Department of Cell & Systems Biology cover a broad range of fields, including plant science, neuroscience, cell biology, infectious disease research, endocrinology and systems biology. The discoveries these students are making and their contributions to the Department…
October 8, 2025
Congratulations to Hyunsuh Lee for earning the Best Presentation award at CSPB
At this year’s Canadian Society of Plant Biologists (CSPB) meeting, Hyunsuh Lee from the Yoshioka lab was recognized with the CSPB President’s Award for Best Oral Presentation, an award given to students whose talk is judged to demonstrate excellence in both research and communication.…
September 16, 2025
Interdisciplinary Insights on Sustainable Agriculture from Prof Yoshioka at Climate Positive Energy Research Day
The University of Toronto’s Climate Positive Energy Initiative (CPE) hosted the much anticipated fourth annual Climate Positive Energy Research Day to bring together researchers, entrepreneurs, industry professionals and students across various disciplines. This exciting event consisted of keynotes…
August 14, 2025
Climate Positive Energy Research Day
The Climate Positive Energy Initiative at University of Toronto is developing social, scientific, technical, economic, and policy solutions to transform our energy systems, ensure energy access and production is equitable, and help Canada become a global clean-energy model.
May 15, 2025
Fresh excitement for the Science Rendezvous festival
CSB shared our stories under shady trees as students, staff and faculty presented at Science Rendezvous 2025. Science Rendezvous is an annual science festival across Canada, and we had many new faces from CSB to present our work on UofT's leafy Front Campus. Squeezing in some neuroscience…
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.…
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