Admission to the Developmental Biology Program

The Collaborative Specialization in Developmental Biology is an interdepartmental MSc MASc, MHSc and PhD program. If you would like to enroll in the Program, you must:

1. Be registered as a graduate student in one of the program's host departments (see participating departments below)

2. Be studying under the supervision of one of the Collaborative Program's faculty members

3. Submit a completed application form for the Collaborative Program

If you meet these requirements, simply download and complete the Collaborative Specialization in Developmental Biology application form and email to Cindy Todoroff <todoroff@lunenfeld.ca>

More details on Collaborative Specialization (CS) programs at U of T.

Students

Students in the program: please remember to indicate your enrolment in the Collaborative Program on your registration form each year . You should also make sure that you are registered in the "Seminars in Developmental Biology" course, JDB1026Y (PhD students) or "Topics in Developmental Biology" course, JDB1024Y (MSc MHSc MASc students)  every year until you have presented twice (one seminar + one poster for PhD students) or one poster (MSc MHSc,MASc students) at the program's annual retreat or  mini symposium and have received a grade.

 Course requirements

PhD students enrolled in the Developmental Biology Program are required to take the following two courses:

• JDB1025H - Developmental Biology (Next offerings: Winters 2023 and 2024)

• JDB1026Y - Seminars in Developmental Biology

MSc MASc. MHSc students enrolled in the Developmental Biology Program are required to take the following course:

• JDB1024Y - Topics in Developmental Biology

participating Departments

• Dept. of Biochemistry

• Dept. of Cell & Systems Biology

• Dept. of Immunology

• Dept. of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology

• Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Dept. of Physiology

• Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering

• Institute of Medical Sciences

FINANCIAL SUPPORT COMES FROM THE ABOVE DEPARTMENTS AND:

• The Hospital For Sick Children

• The Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute

• Sunnybrook Hospital

Faculty

• Michelle Anderson - manderso@sri.utoronto.ca - Dept. of Immunology

• Stephane Angers - stephane.angers@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Biochemistry

• Thomas Berleth - thomas.berleth@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Cell & Systems Biology

• Gabrielle Boulianne - gboul@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Julie Brill - julie.brill@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Ashley Bruce - ashley.bruce@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Cell & Systems Biology

• John Calarco - john.calarco@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Cell & Systems Biology

• Brian Ciruna - ciruna@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Julie Claycomb - julie.claycomb@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Sabine Cordes - cordes@lunenfeld.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Brian Cox - b.cox@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Physiology

• Joe Culotti - culotti@lunenfeld.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Alain Dabdoub - alain.dabdoub@sri.utoronto.ca - Dept. of Immunology

• Paul Delgado-Olguin - paul.delgadoolguin@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Brent Derry - brent.derry@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• James Dowling - james.dowling@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Sean Egan - segan@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Ted Erclik - ted.erclik@utoronto.ca - University of Toronto (Mississauga Campus), Dept. of Cell and Systems Biology

• Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez - rodrigo.fernandez.gonzalez@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Cell & Systems Biology

• Jason Fish - jason.fish@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology

• Penney Gilbert - penney.gilbert@utoronto.ca - Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering

• Dorothea Godt - d.godt@.utoronto.ca - Dept. of Cell & Systems Biology

• Tony Harris - tony.harris@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Cell & Systems Biology

• Madeline Hayes - madeline.hayes@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Sevan Hopyan - sevan.hopyan@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Xi Huang - xi.huang@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• C.C. Hui - cchui@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Thomas Hurd - thomas.hurd@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Andrea Jurisicova - jurisicova@lunenfeld.ca - Dept. of Physiology

• Brian Kalish - brian.kalish@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Gordon Keller - gordon.keller@uhnresearch.ca - Dept. of Medical Biophysics

• Tae-Hee Kim - tae-hee.kim@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Henry Krause - h.krause@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Yun Li - yun.li@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Howard Lipshitz - howard.lipshitz@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Philipp Maass - philipp.maass@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Peter McCourt - peter.mccourt@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Cell & Systems Biology

• Alison McGuigan - alison.mcguigan@utoronto.ca - Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering

• Marc Meneghini - marc.meneghini@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Julien Muffat - julien.muffat@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Cristina Nostro - cristina.nostro@uhnresearch.ca - Dept. of Physiology

• Shinichiro Ogawa - shinichiro.ogawa@uhnresearch.ca - Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology

• Bret Pearson - bret.pearson@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Stephanie Protze - stephanie.protze@uhnresearch.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Miguel Ramalho-Santos - mrsantos@lunenfeld.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Aaron Reinke - aaron.reinke@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Ho-Sung Rhee - hosung.rhee@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Cell & Systems Biology

• Ian Rogers - rogers@lunenfeld.ca - Dept. of Physiology

• Norman Rosenblum - norman.rosenblum@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Physiology

• Janet Rossant - janet.rossant@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Peter Roy - peter.roy@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Arneet Saltzman - arneet.saltzman@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Cell & Systems Biology

• Ahilya Sawh - ahilya.sawh@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Biochemistry

• Daniel Schramek - schramek@lunenfeld.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Carol Schuurmans - cschuurm@sri.utoronto.ca - Dept. of Biochemistry

• Ian Scott - ian.scott@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Craig Smibert - c.smibert@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Biochemistry

• Andrew Spence - andrew.spence@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Ulrich Tepass - u.tepass@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Cell & Systems Biology

• Vincent Tropepe - v.tropepe@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Cell & Systems Biology

• Derek van der Kooy - derek.van.der.kooy@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Sara Nunes de Vasconcelos - sara.vasconcelos@uhn.ca - Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering

• Valerie Wallace - valerie.wallace@uhnresearch.ca - Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology

• Michael Wilson - michael.wilson@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Rudi Winklbauer - r.winklbauer@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Cell & Systems Biology

• Amy Wong - apwong@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology

• Jeff Wrana - wrana@lunenfeld.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Mei Zhen - zhen@lunenfeld.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Olena Zhulyn - olena.zhulyn@sickkids.ca - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker - jc.zuniga.pflucker@utoronto.ca - Dept. of Immunology

Current Students

PhD

• Aditi Aggarwal - Li lab - MG

• Zaleena Akheralie - Huang lab - MG

• Negar Balaghi - Fernandez-Gonzalez lab - IBBME

• Nour-Zaynab Bazzi - Sawh lab - BCH

• Phoebe Bhagoutie - Saltzman - CSB

• Afrin Bhattacharya - Li/Muffat labs - MG

• Amilia Caballero - Delgado-Olguin lab - MG

• Casey Carlisle - Scott lab - MG

• Anna Maria Carmo - Fernandez-Gonzalez lab - IBBME

• Chien-Hui Chang - Derry lab - MG

• Matthew Chang - Protze lab - MG

• Ran (Tony) Cheng - Derry lab - MG

• Wendy Choi - Li/Wilson labs - MG

• Alexis Ejeckam - Cox lab - PHYS

• Vida Erfani - Ciruna lab - MG

• Esra Erkut - Scott lab - MG

• Brook Falk - Brill lab - MG

• Sebastian Fuentes Otalora - Claycomb lab - MG

• Aastha Ghandi - Dowling lab - MG

• Donna Guan - Bruce and Harris labs - CSB

• Alyssa Ialongo - Rhee lab - CSB

• Marynelle Icmat - Brill lab - MG

• Sasha Korolov - Fernandez-Gonzalez lab - IBBME

• Tammy Lee - Saltzman lab - CSB

• Chengyin Li - Saltzman lab - CSB

• Kailynn MacGillivray - Saltzman lab - CSB

• Bryn Martin - Ramalho-Santos lab - MG

• Charlotte Martin - Calarco lab - CSB

• Tara McDonnell - Tropepe lab - CSB

• Una McNally - Harris lab - CSB

• Anastasia Minenkova - Hurd/Li labs - MG

• Simon Monis - Wilson lab - MG

• Rowan Naidoo - Harris lab - CSB

• Jevithen Nehru - Saltzman lab - CSB

• Haruka Nishimura - Li lab - MG

• Maryam Pashaei - Juriscova lab - PHYS

• Clarissa Pasiliao - Hopyan lab - MG

• Willow Peterson - Fernandez-Gonzalez lab - IBBME

• Riya Philip - Hurd lab - MG

• Pallavi Pilaka - Calarco lab - CSB

• Sharanja Premachandran - Calarco lab - CSB

• Patrick Pumputis - Ciruna lab - MG

• Marie Rachel - Ciruna lab - MG

• Mathias Renaud - Claycomb lab - MG

• Victoria Saba Echezarreta - Scott lab - MG

• Damo Shi - Harris lab - CSB

• Mayu Shimomura - Hurd lab - MG

• Jeff Stulberg - Tropepe - CSB

• Nathan Stutt - Scott lab - MG

• Sara Sugin - Juriscova lab - PHYS

• Bina Sugumar - Calarco lab - CSB

• Mona Wang - Zhen lab - MG

• Zhuyi Wang - Smibert lab - MG

• Tiang Xiong - Hayes lab - MG

• Leo Xu - Harris lab - CSB

• Ran Xu - Ciruna lab - MG

• Ssu-Yu Yeh - Rhee lab - CSB

• Catherine Zhang - Brill lab - MG

• Autumn Zocher - Derry lab - MG

• Morgan Zych - Cox lab - PHYS

MSc

• Iyeh Champiri - Godt lab - CSB

• Gary Chatha - Erclik lab - CSB

• Hope Dewan - Brill lab - MG

• Shih-Yi Fan - van der Kooy lab - IMS

• Nour-Zaynab Ghanem - Fernandez-Gonzalez lab - IBBME

• Raymond Hawkins - Fernandez-Gonzalez lab - IBBME

• Jooyeong Kwak - Rosenblum lab - PHYS

• Sifa Quibria - Bruce lab - CSB

Past students

A complete list of Program graduates can be found here.

Steering Committee members

• Ian Scott - Director, Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• John Calarco - Dept. of Cell & Systems Biology

• Yun Li - Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Arneet Saltzman - Dept. of Cell & Systems Biology

• Zaleena Akheralie - Student Representative, Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Marynelle Icmat - Student Representative, Dept. of Molecular Genetics

• Charlotte Martin - Student Representative, Dept. of Cell & Systems Biology

• Una McNally - Student Representative, Dept. of Cell & Systems Biology