Events

  • Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Series presents: New insights into the mechanisms and functions of mitochondrial derived vesicles.

    Wednesday, November 05, 2025 | By

    Prof. Heidi McBride, PhD FRSC
    Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
    Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University

    November 7, 2025 from 13h00–14h00 EST
    Room RFP 214/215

    Dr. McBride is a Professor at McGill University in the Montreal Neurological Institute. Her work focuses on the molecular mechanisms and function of mitochondrial dynamics. She has contributed to our understanding of the fundamental behavior of the mitochondria, including fusion, fission, and the generation of mitochondrial derived vesicles (MDVs).

    This seminar will focus on her recent work studying how mitochondrial derived vesicles play key regulatory roles contributing to cellular transitions, including metabolic, immune pathways, and cell death transitions. The discussion will include new work on MDV roles in Parkinson’s disease pathways that highlight the role of the mitochondria as a unique signaling platform in the cell.

    Undergraduate and graduate students are free to attend a trainee lunch with Dr. McBride from 11h45–12h45 prior to the seminar in room MC F237.

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  • Nov 4 – STAT 5P99 Presentation – Srushti Dhavalkumar Desai

    Wednesday, November 05, 2025 | By

    Srushti Dhavalkumar Desai, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, will present the MRP (STAT 5P99) titled “Graph-Theoretical Analysis of Resting-State Functional Connectivity in the Human Brain: Weighted vs. Binary Representations” on Tuesday, November 4 at 11:30 am, in MC D404.

    The examination committee includes William Marshall, Supervisor; and Xiaojian Xu, Supervisory Committee Member.

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  • Oct 17 – Master of Science thesis defence – Nadia Karimzadeh

    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 | By

    Nadia Karimzadeh, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend the thesis titled “Scalable and Reliable GNN-based

    Network Traffic Management in Software-Defined Vehicular Networks” on Friday, October 17 at 10am, in virtual format.

    The examination committee includes Ke Qiu, Chair; Robson de Grande, Supervisor; Naser Ezzati-Jivan, External Examiner; and Renata Dividino, Committee Member.

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  • Oct 20 – Doctoral Thesis Defence – Chemistry

    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 | By

    Doctoral thesis defence in the Department of Chemistry

     

    Zackery C. Watts, a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend his thesis titled “N,N,O- and O,N,O- Diarylazo Redox-Active Ligands: Synthesis, Coordination Chemistry, and Pathways to Spin Crossover Conductors” on Monday, October 20th, 1:30 PM, in PL600F.

     

    The examination committee includes Litsa Tsiani, Chair; Martin Lemaire, Supervisor; Michael Shatruk, External Examiner (Florida State University); David Crandles, Internal External Examiner; and Art van der Est and Melanie Pilkington, Committee Members.

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  • Sept 16 – PhD Thesis Defence – Marvel Megaly

    Friday, September 12, 2025 | By

    PhD in Biological Sciences thesis defence

    Marvel Megaly, a PhD in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “Investigating the role of Notch signalling during mesoderm development and cell proliferation” on Tuesday, Sep. 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The defence will take place in CAIRNS 207.

    The examination committee members are Kimberley Gammage, Chair; Aleksandar Necakov, Supervisor; Allan Albig, External Examiner (Boise State University); Rebecca MacPherson, Internal Examiner; and Gaynor Spencer and Robert Carlone, Advisory Committee.

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  • Sept 4 – MSc Thesis Defence – Ghazal Khodabandeh

    Wednesday, August 27, 2025 | By

    Ghazal Khodabandeh, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend her thesis titled “Link Prediction on Distributed Systems” on Thursday, September 4 at 9:30 AM, in MC D404.

    The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Naser Ezzati-Jivan, Supervisor; Rahnuma Islam Nishat, External Examiner (Brock University); and Robson De Grande, Committee Member.

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  • Sept 2 – MSc Thesis Defence – Nujitha Ransika Wickramasurendra

    Wednesday, August 27, 2025 | By

    Nujitha Ransika Wickramasurendra, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “BERT-Based Intrusion Detection System for RF Jamming Attacks in Vehicular Network” on Tuesday, September 2 at 1 PM, virtually.

    The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Glaucio H.S. de Carvalho, Supervisor; Shengrong Bu, External Examiner (Brock University); and Robson De Grande, Committee Member.

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  • Aug 20 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Tong Zhang

    Wednesday, August 20, 2025 | By

    Tong Zhang, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “Energy Observability in Large Language Models: A Multi-Layered Approach” on Wednesday, August 20 at 11 AM in GSB 305.

    The examination committee includes Ke Qiu, Chair; Naser Ezzati-Jivan, Supervisor; Blessing Ogbuokiri, External Examiner (Brock University); and Yifeng Li , Committee Member

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  • Aug 19 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Seyed Alireza Ezaz

    Wednesday, August 20, 2025 | By

    Seyed Alireza Ezaz, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “TAAF: A Trace Abstraction and Analysis Framework Synergizing Knowledge Graphs and LLMs” on Tuesday, August 19 at 1 PM, virtually.

    The examination committee includes Ke Qiu, Chair; Naser Ezzati-Jivan, Supervisor; Heng Li, External Examiner (Polytechnique Montreal); and Renata Queiroz Dividino, Committee Member.

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  • Aug 29 – PhD Thesis Defence – Ryan Douglas Hallam

    Wednesday, August 20, 2025 | By

    PhD in Biological Sciences

    Ryan Douglas Hallam, PhD candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend his thesis titled “Investigating β- and γ-secretase function and processing of APP with genetic and pharmacological tools” on Friday, August 29 at 11AM, in CRN 207.

    The examination committee includes Philip Sullivan, Chair; Aleksandar Necakov, Supervisor; Margaret Fahnestock, External Examiner (McMaster University); Newman Sze, Internal External Examiner; Stephen Glasgow and Rebecca MacPherson, Committee Members.

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