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Cell & Systems Biology (CSB)
@uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social
Advancing research and teaching in the most dynamic and vital areas of biological research
Join us today (Nov 7) at 11 am in RW432 for Prof Tatsuya Tsukahara‘s talk on “Sensory neuron plasticity sculpted by the internal and external world“ csb.utoronto.ca/events/csb-s...
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Join us Friday, Oct 24 as we welcome Prof David Bilder of UCBerkeley for his talk on “Invertebrate oncology: tumor-host interactions in the Drosophila model“. 🧪🪰
See you in RW432 at 11 am!
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October 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We are pleased to welcome
Prof Marcela Rojas-Pierce on Friday, Oct 17 for her talk on “Phosphorylation in stomatal vacuole fusion and target protein degradation in plants” 🧪🌱
Join us at 11am in RW432!
October 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
We are pleased to welcome Prof Kristen Lynch for her talk on “Tuning Immune Response Through RNA Processing”
Please join Cell & Systems Biology on Friday Oct 10 in RW432 at 11am for this riveting presentation!
October 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Join us Friday, Oct 3 in welcoming Prof Roberto Mayor @mayorlab.bsky.social to speak on “Molecular and mechanical basis for collective cell migration”. We will be meeting at 11am in RW432. See you there! csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...
September 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The Department of Cell & Systems Biology at University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in the field of Animal Morphogenesis.
#CellBiology #DevelopmentalBiology #mechanobiology #TissueMorphogenesis
#SystemsBiology
#ScienceJobs
September 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Join Cell & Systems Biology on Friday, Sept 26 for “Into the wild and digital: Virus hunting beyond the traditional” from Prof Paul Rivarez @viromehunter.bsky.social. See you in RW432 at 11 am!

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September 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Join us Friday, Sept 19th at 11am as we welcome Dr Xiaolan Zhang of the College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University to speak on “New components in the CLAVATA signaling pathway to control shoot apical meristem size” csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...
September 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
#DYK there is #SciArt on display around the CSB Buildings @utoronto.ca?
Keep your eyes open for gorgeous images created by our @uoftartsci.bsky.social students, from their research and as artwork
You can also view these images in our online gallery!
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July 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Do you want to earn a trip to Berlin to present at an international meeting?
Will you showcase a
breakthrough that creates a positive impact on science and society?
An idea that will shake the world?
Apply now for Falling Walls Lab Toronto 2025!
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July 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Last week’s CSB Research Day 2025 was full of learning, with fascinating presentations by our students!
🏆 Brittany Dugan 🧪🧠 (Peever lab) and Phoebe Bhagoutie 🧪🪱 (Saltzman lab) were judged as giving the Best Oral Presentations. Congratulations!
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May 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We’re grateful to Prof Costin Antonescu @costinant.bsky.social of @torontometsci.bsky.social for his enlightening keynote talk on “Receptor signaling at the nanoscale: how organization of signals at the plasma membrane regulate signaling specificity and outcome”
May 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It’s CSB Research Day! Looking forward to fascinating talks from CSB grad students
May 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
We look forward to welcoming Prof Liwen Jiang of CUHK for his talk on “Organelle Biogenesis and Function in Plants”! Join us Friday, May 2 in RW432
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April 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Please join us Friday Apr 25 as we welcome Prof Auinash Kalsotra @kalsotra-lab.bsky.social of @mcbillinois.bsky.social for his talk on “Post-transcriptional control of cell plasticity in tissue development, regeneration, and disease”.
See you in RW432 at 11am!
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April 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We are excited to welcome Prof Andrew Chisholm of UCSD for his talk on “Multiscale patterning outside the cell: the C. elegans model extracellular matrix” Friday, Apr 4 at 11am in RW432. See you there! csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...
March 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Please join us Mar 28 as we welcome Prof Daniele Canzio of UCSF to learn “How do neurons distinguish self from non-self? From genome architecture to brain architecture” at 11am in RW432
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March 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Join us Friday, March 21 as we welcome Prof Jadiel Wasson of NYU Arts and Science for her talk “From external cues to internal states: tuning inherited information”. See you at 11am in RW432! csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...
March 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We are pleased to welcome Prof Chenbei Chang of @uofalabama.bsky.social March 7 to hear about “Regulation of cell shape and movements during Xenopus morphogenesis”. Join us at 11am in RW432! csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...
March 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This Friday, we welcome Prof Anna Marie Sokac from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for a fascinating talk on “Actin: Interactions with sub-cellular systems and actions across scales”. Join us at 11am in RW432 csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...
February 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Join us tomorrow, Feb 25 at Sidney Smith Commons for the Program Exploration Fair! Speak with faculty, staff and current students about the programs we offer and what courses are right for you! Come by between 11:30 and 4:30 sidneysmithcommons.artsci.utoronto.ca/program/prog...
February 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Join us this Friday as we welcome Prof Glen Uhrig of University of Alberta for his talk on “The Daily Cycle of Plants:
Using Quantitative Proteomics
to Understand Diel Plant Biology”. See you in Room 432 at 11am! csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...
February 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
As you scroll through our skeets, you’ll see that women scientists are vital to discoveries made at CSB.
For International Day of Women & Girls in Science, we’ve highlighted some recent impressive accomplishments #IDWGS2025 #WomenInScience
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February 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
On Friday, Feb 14 ❤️, we will welcome Prof Justus Kebschull @justuskebschull.bsky.social of Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering for his talk on “Understanding brain function and evolution with barcodes and sequencing”. Happening at 11am in RW432. See you there!
February 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Our Friday seminar this week features Prof Kee Hoon Sohn speaking about “An atypical NLR confers bacterial wilt resistance in a wild Solanum species”. Join us Feb 7 at 11 am on RW432 for this fascinating presentation! csb.utoronto.ca/event/csb-se...
February 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM