Welcome to the Collaborative Specialization in Developmental Biology!
The Collaborative Program in Developmental Biology at the University of Toronto brings together researchers in eight university graduate departments: Biochemistry, Cell & Systems Biology, Immunology, Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, Institute of Medical Science, Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Molecular Genetics and Physiology. The program is open to MSc, MASc, MHSc, and PhD students in the host departments who investigate aspects of development under the supervision of a member of the program.
Please direct inquiries to the Program Director, Ian Scott (ian.scott@sickkids.ca)
Important DATES
September 25th, 2024: Karim Mekhail seminar
October 30th, 2024: Xi Huang seminar
November 13th, 2024: Jennifer Zallen seminar
January 30th, 2025: Natoya Peart seminar
February 19th, 2025: Oded Rechavi seminar
March 19th, 2025: Marianne Bronner seminar
April 23rd, 2025: Kate McDole seminar
May 2025: annual Retreat (details tbd)
ADMISSION
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:
Be registered as a graduate student in one of the program's host departments (see participating departments below)
Be studying under the supervision of one of the Collaborative Program's faculty members
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.
COURSES
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
WHO WE ARE
participating Departments
FINANCIAL SUPPORT COMES FROM THE ABOVE DEPARTMENTS AND:
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
Sameen Ahmed - Maass lab - MG
Zaleena Akheralie - Huang lab - MG
Negar Balaghi - Fernandez-Gonzalez lab - IBBME
Nour-Zaynab Bazzi - Sawh lab - BCH
Justin Belair-Hickey - van der Kooy lab - MG
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
Vida Erfani - Ciruna lab - MG
Esra Erkut - Scott lab - MG
Brook Falk - Brill lab - MG
Aastha Ghandi - Dowling lab - MG
Alyssa Ialongo - Rhee lab - CSB
Marynelle Icmat - Brill lab - MG
Sophie Karolczak - Dowling lab - MG
Katerina Kiriakopulos - Maass lab - MG
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
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
Mayu Shimomura - Hurd lab - MG
Jeff Stulberg - Tropepe - CSB
Nathan Stutt - Scott lab - MG
Sara Sugin - Juriscova lab - PHYS
Bina Sugumar - Calarco lab - CSB
Rebecca Tam - Harris lab - CSB
Lakshmy Vasan - Schuurmans lab - LMP
Mona Wang - Zhen lab - MG
Zhuyi Wang - Smibert lab - MG
Leo Xu - Harris lab - CSB
Ssu-Yu Yeh - Rhee lab - CSB
Catherine Zhang - Brill lab - MG
Tanner Zocher - Derry lab - MG
Morgan Zych - Cox lab - PHYS
MSc
Veronica Castle - Fernandez-Gonzalez lab - CSB
Iyeh Champiri - Godt lab - CSB
Hope Dewan - Brill lab - MG
Maria Fahim - Scott lab - MG
Shih-Yi Fan - van der Kooy lab - IMS
Donna Guan - Bruce and Harris labs - CSB
Raymond Hawkins - Fernandez-Gonzalez lab - IBBME
Jooyeong Kwak - Rosenblum lab - PHYS
Jessica Lin - Cox lab - PHYS
Cherry Liu - Scott lab - MG
Sifa Quibria - Bruce lab - CSB
Ran Xu - Ciruna lab - MG
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