Cell & Systems Biology (CSB)

What does university feel like in an age of AI & accelerating change?

In our first-ever student issue , 🎒 #UofT students reflect on uncertainty and hope — from setbacks to finding community — and how it’s shaping life after graduation. ➡️ magazine.utoronto.ca

Looking for an academic job? Check out GetHIRED! from @socdevbio.bsky.social! This course provides expert advice and stories from leading investigators and reading and writing assignments that guide you through preparing all your job packet materials.

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Black History Month Luncheon poster

Feb. 26 | Annual #BHM Luncheon 2026

Join the #UofT community for the annual tradition of celebrating #BlackExcellence while providing a welcoming & inclusive community space.
⏰ 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
📍 Hart House

More info ➡️ https://bit.ly/4qcHQKx

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PhD position (4 years) available in my group @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We look for candidates with solid aptitude in computer science to cross disciplines and use cutting edge imaging to understand host infection by destructive plant pathogens.
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📬 Our January 2026 C-SPIRIT newsletter is out now!
Featuring a new Aim 6 blogpost, recent member publications, upcoming events, and more. 🌱

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#PlantScience

Naidoo, Tam, and Harris @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social show that, over the early #Drosophila embryo, a composite of actomyosin and plasma membrane folds conveys cortical tension, and regulation involves PM topography modulation by Arp2/3. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

#Actin #Cytoskeleton #Development

Cell Bio 2023-An ASCB|EMBO Meeting Network, learn, and collaborate with top cell biologists from around the globe.

Cell Bio 2026 is built by scientists, for scientists—and it starts with your ideas.
Submit a scientific session proposal and help shape the program.
🗓 Deadline: February 22, 2026

https://www.ascb.org/cellbio2026/

PhD candidate Xiang (Olivia) Li, right, in the lab with Molly Shoichet, left

#UofT ranked 1st in Canada, among top 30 globally, in all subjects: Times Higher Education 🍁 uoft.me/c7J

Senior Scientist – Translational Genomics, Translational Medicine

AstraZeneca - Cambridge, UK

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Sr. Scientist, Biology

AstraZeneca - Hamilton, Canada

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Friedman Lab Visit the post for more.

Are you anywhere in the world (other than Canada) and want to do a PhD in my lab in Canada at Queen's University? We have a prestigious scholarship for 3-years of PhD funding. Get in touch, applications due early February. Must love plants and evolution!
friedmanlab.ca

How do we get molecules where they need to be, when they need to be there? Molly Shoichet, a #UofT University Professor & cell and tissue engineer is making a difference in human health. 👩‍🔬 uoft.me/shoichet-m

🌈 Download JCB's CELLULAR DIVERSITY poster! 📩 Sign up to receive our future special collections and download this beautiful artwork by Bianca Dunn to display at home or in the lab 👉 info.rupress.org/jcb-collecti...

A pangenome and pantranscriptome of hexaploid oat - Nature A pangenome of oat, assembled from 33 wild and domesticated oat lines, sheds light on the evolution and genetic diversity of this cereal crop and will aid genomics-assisted breeding to improve product...

Full details from this international collaboration to map the Oat Pangenome can be found in the @nature.com paper.
This is a technical tour-de-force that tackles gene-expression diversity in the allohexaploid oat pangenome!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This video provides a nice summary of the work they did!

BCB undergraduate research project in the Provart lab leads to Oat Pangenome Nature paper - Department of Cell & Systems Biology Oat pangenome visualization tool developed by BCB undergraduate Shauna Vronces in the Provart lab

CSB has amazing undergrads! A BCB project student in the @bar-plantbio.bsky.social lab developed a visualizer for the Oat Pangenome, leading to a paper in Nature! csb.utoronto.ca/bcb-undergra...

On Jan 27, join us for a Fireside Chat: International Students: Life After Graduation. We will screen a short documentary that follows six international students after graduation. A discuss featuring some of these students will follow.

Register: uoft.me/c6R

GetHIRED! REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN - Application due Thursday, March 5 Ideal for Postdoctoral Researchers Academic Job Market Insight -Take stock of what you want -Know your options -Prepare outstanding job packet materials -Organize your research & chalk talks -Perfect your interview & avoid the pitfalls Course Features -Six asynchronous online modules -Virtual meetings with an experienced facilitator -Peer feedback, support, & expert advice Course Dates: April 14 – June 23, 2026 Course Fee: SDB Members: $499; Non-Members: $599 Deadline: March 5, 2025 Society for Developmental Biology logo QR Code for GetHIRED! website

#Postdocs! Going on academic job market? Apply for SDB GetHIRED! Take stock of what you want, know your options, prepare an outstanding job packet, organize your research & chalk talks, perfect your interview. Deadline: March 5 sdbonline.org/gethired

Two people engaged in discussion at a poster session during the Early Career Summer Conference 2025.

Abstracts submissions are open for Early Career Summer Conference 2026. Hear from invited speakers and network with fellow early career members between the 6—7 July. Registration opens 28 January: https://microb.io/ECConf26Abstracts #ECConf26

🧪🪼 We are pleased to welcome Prof Brady Weissbourd of @picowerinstitute.bsky.social this Friday Jan 23 at 11am in RW432.
Join us to cogitate on “Mechanisms of robustness in jellyfish neural networks”
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Join us on Monday, January 19, 2026 from 12 - 1 p.m. EDT for our first Seminar Series of 2026. Dr. Rayzel Shulman from The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto will join us to discuss improving the transition to adult diabetes care. www.eventbrite.com/e/network-fo...

Job alert! Assistant professor position in the Department of Molecular Genetics (University of Toronto). Amazing department and city. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... Please share.

🍁Funding for new PhD students ($40k/yr) & postdocs ($70k/yr) coming from outside Canada. Contact me if interested in #Ecophysiology at #UBC in #Vancouver! Possible topics: leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimate, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology, more! michaletzlab.org
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🚨 Don’t forget to add your fun fact about your favorite organism ‼️ Thank you to everyone who has already contributed 👏

Young Investigator Travel Award

The Young Investigator Travel Award provides support for young researchers (postdoctoral researchers and graduate students) to attend SMBE2026.

📨 Award applications
smbe2026.org/abstracts

#SMBE2026

Do you know a @utoronto.ca student interested in participating in our 2026 Summer Research and Training Program? ☀️

🌟 Applications are due on January 30th! 🌟

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Join us this Friday as we welcome Prof Owen Tamplin @otamplin.bsky.social for his talk on “The blood stem cell microenvironment: development and function across the lifespan”. We look forward to seeing you at 11 am in RW432! csb.utoronto.ca/events/owen-...

OPPORTUNITY: McGill Plant Science is looking for an expert in plant pathology, plant breeding, or horticulture in the context of the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Program (senior established researcher).
Contact: www.mcgill.ca/plant/contact
Program: lnkd.in/eavfNu7e

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SMBE2026 IDEA Symposium: Advancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Molecular Biology and Evolution

SMBE2026 IDEA Symposium: Advancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Molecular Biology and Evolution

@smbe-idea.bsky.social

📨 Abstract submission
smbe2026.org/abstracts

📋 Programme details
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#SMBE2026