Department Calendar of Events

May
13
Fri
The Exposome: New approaches to decoding the complexity of environmental exposures and interactions @ Room 106 Health Science Building
May 13 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Many chronic diseases are now believed to be due to a combination of an individual’s genome and their cumulative environmental exposure. Exposome, analogous to genome, is a bold
conceptual leap, seeking to bridge the roles of the environment and genome in human disease. The University of Toronto just signed a tripartite agreement with Utrecht University and the
Chinese University of Hong Kong; a focus will be collaboration on exposomics research. This event will serve as UofT’s launch for this initiative. The talks will introduce the exposome,
identify related research needs and challenges, and provide ongoing and proposed initiatives in Canada and abroad.

Moderator: Paul Demers, Cancer Care Ontario and DLSPH

Seminar speaker: Dr. Roel Vermeulen, Utrecht University

Panel members:

  • Dr. Howard Hu, Dean, DLSPH
  • Dr. Jeff Brook, Environment and Climate Change Canada and DLSPH
  • Dr. Greg Evans, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry and DLSPH
May
24
Tue
Special Seminar @ Rosebrugh Building, Room 208
May 24 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Dr. Shawn C. Owen from the University of Utah’s Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry will be giving a talk entitled, Building superior biologics: Enhancing ADCs, resurrecting ADEPT and replacing ELISA. The talk will take place in the Rosebrugh Building, Room 208 from 1-2pm on Tuesday, May 24. For more information, click here.

May
28
Sat
Spring Reunion Lunch and Tour @ Wallberg Building
May 28 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Exclusive to ChemE alumni from the honoured class years. A nice casual lunch will be served in the undergrad common room (WB238) with tours of ChemE labs to follow. To register visit, springreunion.utoronto.ca

Jun
17
Fri
IWI Inaugural Industry-Academic Workshop @ Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Jun 17 @ 8:00 am – 3:30 pm
The Institute for Water Innovation (IWI) invites you to participate on Friday, June 17 in its inaugural Industry – Academic Workshop on Addressing Water Challenges in the Natural Resource Industries. The full-day event will be held in Alumni Hall of Victoria College located at 91 Charles Street West.Hear leading researchers present on the start-of-the-art in water technology and key industry executives discuss water challenges facing the mining, metallurgy and petroleum industries. Participate in this workshop and have the opportunity to influence the Institute for Water Innovation’s research direction.Download workshop agenda here.

If you are interested in attending, please complete the registration form by Friday, June 10. If you have colleagues who wish to attend, please ask that they complete the form before the deadline as well.

For more information, contact Mandeep Rayat at mandeep.rayat@utoronto.ca or 416-946-3311.

Jun
29
Wed
BioZone Mass Spectrometry Facility Open House @ Wallberg Building, Room 219
Jun 29 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

BioZone and the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering are very pleased to be able to invite you to an Open House that will showcase the services available at the BioZone Mass Spectrometry Facility. The Mass Spectrometry Facility operates at the University of Toronto in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry and offers proteomics, metabolomics, and small molecule analysis, as well as method development services and expert advice on these techniques.

The purpose of this event is to promote discussion on the potential uses of mass spectrometry in order to solve complex research questions and to promote the development of novel and relevant mass spectrometry protocols.

Registration required. To register, visit https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/biozone-mass-spectrometry-facility-open-house-tickets-25705854904

At the Open House you will learn about:

  • Exciting new developments in mass spectrometry-based proteomics, small molecule analysis and metabolomics;
  • How mass spectrometry can support research and product development;
  • The types of analysis supported at the BioZone Mass Spectrometry Facility;
  • Starting material requirements, sample preparation, and protocol development.

Agenda:

  • 09:00 – Keynote: Decoding metabolic evolution by high-resolution mass spectrometry – Professor Ian Lewis
  • 09:45 – Capabilities and use of BioZone Mass Spec
  • 10:15 – Case studies 1 (Professor Arthur Chan and More)
  • 10:45 – Break
  • 11:00 – Case Studies 2 (Professor Adam Rosebrock and more)
  • 11:45 – Open Discussion
  • 12:30 – Tour
  • 12:45 – Lunch and Networking

Keynote:

Decoding metabolic evolution by high-resolution mass spectrometry
The fundamental nutritional requirements of cells are common to almost all living organisms. However, evolutionary pressures have radically diversified the strategies organisms use to meet these demands. One of the most extreme contrasts in nutritional strategies can be found in host-pathogen metabolic exchanges. Host organisms supply a predictable supply of nutrients to their cells despite dietary diversity, unpredictable energy output, and famine. Pathogens, by contrast, avoid nutritional adversity by stealing from their host. The nutrients pathogens come to rely on, and their strategies for acquiring these molecules, have a direct bearing on the severity and clinical presentation of infections. The Lewis laboratory specializes in unraveling these complex host/pathogen metabolic interactions using high-resolution mass spectrometry and multidimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. I will discuss the unique challenges one must overcome when unravelling these complex multi-organism metabolic systems and describe how the unique metabolic selective forces have shaped the evolution of human pathogens.

Oct
5
Wed
LLE – Bioconversion of Methane by Anaerobic Methanotrophic Bacteria @ WB116
Oct 5 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
2016-2017 Lectures at the Leading Edge
Bioconversion of Methane by Anaerobic Methanotrophic Bacteria
Mary Lidstrom, University of Washington
Oct
19
Wed
Irving O. Shoichet Distinguished Lecture @ WB116
Oct 19 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

2016-2017 Irving O. Shoichet Distinguished Lecture

Regenerative Engineering: Convergence in Action

Cato Laurencin, University of Connecticut

Nov
30
Wed
LLE – Extreme Transitions of Flow Properties: Gas Hydrate Jamming and Discontinuous Shear Thickening @ WB116
Nov 30 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
2016-2017 Lectures at the Leading Edge
Extreme Transitions of Flow Properties: Gas Hydrate Jamming and Discontinuous Shear Thickening
Jeffrey Morris, City College of New York

Dec
7
Wed
LLE – Helping Nanomaterials Reach Their Colloidal Potential @ WB116
Dec 7 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
2016-2017 Lectures at the Leading Edge
Helping Nanomaterials Reach Their Colloidal Potential
Keith Johnston, University of Texas
Jan
11
Wed
LLE – Teaching Learning by Learning Teaching: What I’ve Learned and Wish I’d Known @ WB116
Jan 11 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
2016-2017 Lectures at the Leading Edge
Teaching Learning by Learning Teaching: What I’ve Learned and Wish I’d Known
Greg Evans, University of Toronto