Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI) is happy to announce that this year’s Research Day will be held on Wednesday October 17th, 2018 at the Toronto Reference Library. This year's keynote speakers will be: Dr. Reinhart Reithmeier, Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto will be presenting “The 10,000 PhDs Project:  Implications for Graduate Education” […]

The Canadian Cardiovascular Congress (CCC) is the largest gathering of cardiovascular and allied health professionals in Canada. The Congress draws cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, researchers, nurses and other cardiovascular specialists from across Canada and around the globe and connects them with other members of the cardiovascular healthcare team. The CCC provides a broad spectrum of cardiovascular […]

Translation of Tissue Engineering for Drug Development and Heart Repair Wolfram Zimmermann Engineering of human tissue, with a focus on the heart, is a main research topic of the Zimmermann lab. The seminar will touch upon different models of in vitro organogenesis with applications in disease modelling, drug development, and tissue engineered heart repair. Mechanisms […]

The third annual Medicine by Design Symposium will bring together principal investigators and trainees from across the University of Toronto and affiliated hospitals, along Scientific Advisory Board members, to share research and ignite new collaborations. Session themes include: Gene engineering Immune engineering Muscle engineering Neural engineering The symposium will also include an opportunity for trainees […]

Follow the arc of scientific discovery… Join us for the 2018 ASCB|EMBO Meeting, focusing on cell biology as the fundamental basis of biology and exploring more specialized fields, such as neurobiology and stem cell biology. Program Co-Chairs: Thomas Langer, Max-Planck-Institute for Biology of Aging, Cologne Samara Reck-Peterson, University of California, San Diego/HHMI

When we run for a bus or reach for our phones, our bodies instantly translate the oxygen we breathe and our energy reserves into coordinated movement. We don’t have to give it a second thought. However, this is different for people with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH). It may be hard to believe, but for people […]

AI Med North America 2018 is for those interested in the biggest paradigm shift in healthcare and medicine: Artificial Intelligence This is the No.1 event of its type in the USA. Three days dedicated to the transformative impact that AI-inspired technology is having on healthcare. A platform designed by clinicians to showcase latest thinking and facilitate new […]