Cell & Systems Biology (CSB)

Profile of the Department of Cell & Systems Biology at University of Toronto youtu.be/FsSOdzoqeHg

Congratulations to all the #UofTArtSci grads crossing the stage at Convocation Hall this week — you did it! 🎉 Join the A&S LinkedIn community for the latest news, events and opportunities: bit.ly/461C7Nm #UofTGrad26

Biological Seminar Series: Come hear nine amazing biological chemistry talks on Friday October 30th from 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM. www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Computational Biologist University of Oxford - Oxford, UK Read the full job description and apply⤵️ jobrxiv.org/job/computat... #ScienceJobs

The latest issue of #UofT Magazine explored how a #UTM course took students into the woods for some hands-on field experience. 🦋🔎🪨 Read the full story and more ➡️ https://bit.ly/3VTkwbn

Postdoctoral Fellow – Explore epigenetic mechanisms of anti-cancer drug resistance AstraZeneca - Cambridge, US jobrxiv.org/job/postdoct... #ScienceJobs

The Gairdner Foundation is pleased to announce a $5.3 million gift from the Azrieli Foundation to establish the Azrieli Gairdner Early Career Investigator Awards dedicated to emerging Canadian researchers. Learn more: www.gairdner.org/resource-hub... @azrielifoundation.bsky.social

Call for a group leader in Evolutionary Biology The IGFL @igflyon.bsky.social in Lyon, France, is recruiting a group leader in Evolutionary Biology. An exciting place for exploring the interfaces of evolution with physiology and development. #EvolBiol #ecoevo #evodevo tinyurl.com/evolbiol

Yesterday, the Gairdner Foundation hosted the 2026 Laureate Lectures—a highlight of Gairdner Science Week. This event offered a rare opportunity to hear directly from all nine 2026 Canada Gairdner Award laureates, who shared the stories behind their award-winning science. #GairdnerScienceWeek

Doctoral (PhD) student position in Chromatin Dynamics and DNA Topology Karolinska Institute - Stockholm, Sweden Read the full job description and apply⤵️ jobrxiv.org/job/doctoral... #ScienceJobs

Postdoctoral studies in microbiome and bacterial infections(scholarship) Karolinska Institute - Stockholm, Sweden Read the full job description and apply⤵️ jobrxiv.org/job/postdoct... #ScienceJobs

My department (Neuroscience) has an opening for a tenure-track position. Check out the details here and apply! neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39980/te...

The 2026 Gairdner Awards gala is tonight in Toronto. Here are the winners of the annual prizes that recognize the most significant advances in human biology and medicine. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... www.gairdner.org/resource-hub... via @theglobeandmail.com, @gairdnerawards.bsky.social

At a moment when scientific sovereignty and competitiveness are top of mind, our new report focuses on how Canada can enhance its national-scale research infrastructure to better support research, innovation, economic competitiveness, and societal well-being. go.cca-reports.ca/4bGKhPW

We put #UofT President Melanie Woodin & Chancellor Wes Hall to the test with a game of convocation trivia ahead of Fall 2026 ceremonies. 🏛️ How many did you get right? #UofTGrad26 🔗 Find ceremony schedules, livestreams and convocation details: utoronto.ca/convocation

I'm delighted to share that I've received a New Investigator Award from the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada! @heartandstroke.bsky.social #ResearchFunding #BasicScience #CardiovascularResearch #DevelopmentalBiology #StemCellBiology @utoronto.ca @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social

💥 Post-doc opportunity! 💥 Come join our team (www.thelowlab.org) at Imperial, London, working on the cryo-EM structure and mechanism of bacterial secretion systems. 48 months. Please RT. For more details and to apply: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Some of the challenges facing our country and our world demand action now. As Canada’s flagship university, #UofT is determined to meet the moment. Explore the three Presidential Commitments at uoft.me/mtm

Big news! 📰 #UofT Libraries now offers FREE digital access to the @theglobeandmail.com and @nytimes.com for current U of T students, faculty, librarians and staff. News, podcasts, recipes, crosswords and more... all at your fingertips! 🔗Learn more & register: uoft.me/UTLnewsaccess

Great to read about Ben Vinegar’s experience in our @bar-plantbio.bsky.social lab by rolling out computational tools to visualize plant gene expression data!

Call for papers - Plant and Algae Development Edited by @stanfordstomata.bsky.social and Susana Coelho, we welcome submissions studying the interface between development and the environment. Deadline: 2 November 2026. tinyurl.com/ykvs896x

Interested in a PhD in synthetic genomics and gene regulation? Apply for an EASTBIO PhD project combining computational and experimental approaches in zebrafish. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

🌱 The Moghe Lab at Cornell University is hiring a Postdoctoral Associate to study specialized plant metabolites using LC-MS metabolomics and biochemistry. The role supports research on plant chemistry, function, and resilience. Apply by Nov 30! 🔗 academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/33087 #plantscience

#UofTArtSci students traveled to Berlin as part of a Summer Abroad course, exploring the cultural and historical forces that continue to drive the city’s spirit of innovation. Read more: bit.ly/4jn6pEO

#UofT alumna Anne Carson has won the 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature for “her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature." #UofTAlumni 🏆 uoft.me/np26

We are excited to announce the Dr Maria Papaconstantinou has been appointed as Director of our Human Biology Program! 👏👏👏 Read on for Prof Papaconstantinou’s teaching philosophy and plans for the future of the program 🤩 csb.utoronto.ca/dr-maria-pap...

The IUBMB x BioFactors Peer Review Training Program is open to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers interested in gaining experience in peer review 📅 Deadline: Friday, October 16 2026 Request proof of membership from contact@csmb-scbm.ca & apply forms.gle/4WgQymVuHaX6...

We are pleased to welcome Prof Elda Arrigoni of @harvardsleepmed.bsky.social for her talk on "Inhibiting Sleep In Order To Stay Awake". Our Seminar series has switched to Wednesday this week! Join us at 2PM in RW432 or follow the livestream at the link! #optogenetics csb.utoronto.ca/events/dr-el...

Gretl Baghdadi has earned the Nyman Scholarship from CSB for her studies in plant sciences and her supportive role in the @artsci.utoronto.ca community. Read on for her advice to first years and the surprising path that drew her to plant research. csb.utoronto.ca/nyman-schola...

Call for applications for Banting-CANSSI #DiscoveryAwards in #Biostatistics. The Award supports new investigators at Canadian universities. ✨TWO Awards are reserved for #Ontario researchers✨ ℹ️ https://bit.ly/4fWxScY @canssi-incass.bsky.social @bantingresearch.bsky.social #FundingOpportunity

Are you looking for a postdoc exploring the cell biology of development, defining how cells change shape and move? Do you want to develop a research program & teaching skills preparing you for a position at a college or small University? Our new NIH grant will support those goals 1/n Please share

Bring science to life through art! Visit us at the UTM Grad Fair to learn about graduate education and training in the visualization of science and medicine. Sept 29, 2026; 10:30 to 2:30; at the RAWC. uoft.me/cHK The Master of Science in Biomedical Communications–What science looks like!

We are recruiting at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (LTRI) and the University of Toronto! In the areas of Reproduction, Pregnancy and Developmental Biology, at Assistant or Associate Professor level. Deadline: Nov 29, 2026 Find more and apply👇: 🔗 apply.interfolio.com/192324

👉 Tenure-track opening in neuroscience @crchum.bsky.social @umontreal.ca crchum.carrieresante.gouv.qc.ca/poste/profes...

🎉Congratulations, Professor @maxshafer.bsky.social !

CSB invites applications for a tenure track position at #UofT in Systems Neurophysiology! Apply in full by November 16, 2026. Full details in the link. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

🚨We're hiring!!🚨 @biomcgill.bsky.social is looking for a Quantitative Cell Biologist to join our diverse and interdisciplinary community. Please share this ad broadly, and reach out if you have any questions. mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...

🔬🧪 We're hiring postdocs&engineers at Institut de la Vision in AMAZING Paris 🇫🇷!! Join a dynamic team working at the nexus of retina developmental biology, spatial omics & advanced imaging Ambitious science in a supportive & young inclusive team 🚀 DM me for more info & please share 🙏 #academicsky

We are excited to welcome @mmcollins.bsky.social of @usask.ca this Friday at 11am for her talk on “How hearts are shaped, fuelled and fail”. See you in room RW432!

The newly established Department of Systems Biology (systems.bio.uci.edu) @UCIrvine is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Systems Biology. Great science, incredible faculty support, and beautiful, sunny SoCal weather! ☀️🌴 Details: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10377. Please share.

👋 Torontonians: Join me for canapés & a conversation about the role of AI in Science 🧬 🤖 This year’s Technophilosophy Soiree is on Sept 25th, 5-7pm Our speakers are Sina Fazelpour, Rosa Cao, Kathleen Creel, and Alan Aspuru-Guzik. 🫵 Register here technophilosophy.ca @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social

Save the date: CSMB Frontiers Workshops 2026! Join us this November for five virtual workshops exploring CRISPR, gene editing, single-cell RNA sequencing, spatial transcriptomics, bioinformatics, and scientific writing. 📅 Nov. 5, 6, 12, 13 & 19 🕐 1:00–4:00 PM ET Virtual Reduced rates for members

Congratulations to Andrés Avelar for winning the F Michael Barrett Award for best poster today at @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social! You've worked super hard over the last 4 months in the Tropepe lab and truely earned this accolade!