Matrix Dynamics Group Seminars and News


11:30 a.m. FitzGerald Building, Room 237
150 College Street, University of Toronto

MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 - VICTORIA DAY

No seminar

MONDAY, MAY 28, 2012

Seminar speaker: Filipa Curado
PhD fellow of the Tissue Transmigration Training Network (T3Net) University Bordeaux 2, IECB

Seminar title: Role of TGFßRI Receptors on Podosome formation in Endothelial cells exposed
to TGFß

MONDAY, JUNE 04, 2012

Seminar speaker: Anton Zilman
Physics Department, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Toronto

Seminar title: Transport through the Nuclear Pore Complex: specificity based on unfolded proteins

MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2012

Seminar speaker: Kim A Connelly
Staff Physician, St Michael's Hospital

Seminar title: Integration of cardiac physiology in a molecular age: Role of pressure volume loops to determine cardiac stiffness in vivo

MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2012

Seminar speaker: Anat Kapelnikov
Post-doctoral Fellow, Glogauer lab,
Matrix Dynamics Group, Faculty of Dentistry

Seminar title: Mating induces an immune response and developmental switch in the Drosophila oviduct

MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2012

Seminar speaker: YongGyun Kwon
Master Candidate, Laboratory of Tissue Repair and Regeneration, Matrix Dynamics Group, Faculty of Dentistry

Seminar title: The Role of Mechanical Stress in Regulating Integrin Binding to Latent TGFß1

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Congratulations to Sidhard Chaudhry

The Dental Research Institute and the Faculty’s Library Services are pleased to present to you May’s “Investigator of the Month”, Sidharth Chaudhry. Sidharth was the 1st place winner in the Basic Science Category for Research Day, which was held on February 14, 2012. Sid is a member of the Laboratory Tissue Repair and Regeneration, Matrix Dynamics Group under the direction of Dr. Boris Hinz.

POST-DOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE JANUARY 2013

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Steven Zhao, an undergraduate from McMaster University, has recently been selected to receive the one and only NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award at the Faculty of Dentistry. He will be working in the lab of Dr. Bernhard Ganss of the Matrix Dynamics Group on a project entitled:
“Dynamic Light Scattering Studies to Analyze the Aggregation Behavior of the Novel Enamel Protein Amelotin” from May to August 2012.

Matrix Dynamics Group
Research Day Award Winners – February 14, 2012

Undergraduate (Summer Student) Category
(3 awards):

First place: Stephanie Hume, poster #10
Supervisor(s): Dr. Boris Hinz
Title of poster: Kindlin-2 is a Mechanosensitive Adhesion Protein in Cardiac Fibroblasts

Second place: Rhodaba Ebady, poster #6
Supervisor(s): Dr. Tara Moriarty
Title of poster: Structure/Function Mapping of BBK32 Function in Borrelia Vascular Adhesion

Basic Science Category (4 awards):

First place: Sidharth Chaudhry, poster #29
Supervisor(s): Dr. Boris Hinz
Title of poster: A Continuously Expanding Silicone Culture Surface Generates High Yields of Non-Fibrotic Dermal Fibroblasts for Grafting Applications.

Third place: Hamid Mohammadi, poster #41
Supervisor(s): Dr. Christopher McCulloch
Title of poster: Cell Mechanosensing in Constrained Matrices

DR. MORIARTY OF THE MATRIX DYNAMICS GROUP IS CURRENTLY RECRUITING PH.D. STUDENTS

tara.moriarty@utoronto.ca

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Dr. Moriarty!

RECENT PUBLICATIONS BY JARO SODEK and SELA CHEIFETZ

Atai NA, Bansal M, Lo C, Bosman J, Tigchelaar W, Bosch KS, Jonker A, De Witt Hamer PC, Troost D, McCulloch CA, Everts V, Van Noorden CJ, Sodek J. Osteopontin is up-regulated and associated with neutrophil and macrophage infiltration in glioblastoma. Immunology. 2011 Jan;132(1):39-48. pdf

Gramoun A, Azizi N, Sodek J, Heersche JN, Nakchbandi I, Manolson MF. Fibronectin inhibits osteoclastogenesis while enhancing osteoclast activity via nitric oxide and interleukin-1β-mediated signaling pathways. J Cell Biochem. 2010 Nov 1;111(4):1020-34. pdf

Wine E, Shen-Tu G, Gareau MG, Goldberg HA, Licht C, Ngan BY, Sorensen ES, Greenaway J, Sodek J, Zohar R, Sherman PM. Osteopontin mediates Citrobacter rodentium-induced colonic epithelial cell hyperplasia and attaching-effacing lesions. Am J Pathol. 2010 Sep;177(3):1320-32. pdf

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For a complete list of Cheifetz publications
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Dr. Glogauer interview with Global TV reporter on Healthy Gums Healthy Body.

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