Join us in the CCBR Red Room 4-5pm on Feb. 13th to learn more about Daniel's work on 'Gene family evolution of Argonaute regulatory proteins across Caenorhabditis'!
Also speaking at the next TAWM meeting is Daniel Fusca, a PhD Candidate in the Cutter lab @eebtoronto! Check out our speaker spotlight on Daniel below.
Do you have any special talents that few people in your academic life know about?
I actually have a black belt in karate! I’m a little out of practice since I haven’t been to class in while, but I started taking lessons when I was around 8 years old.
Ben is interested in how the nervous system wires together during development and how those connections work together to generate behaviors. Join us to learn more about his work on 'Gap junctions and the C. elegans connectome'.
The Toronto Area Worm Meeting (TAWM) aims to foster a sense of community amongst worm researchers. To do so, we believe it is integral to learn more about one another. Check out our Speaker Spotlight on Sebastian Fuentes from @Claycomb_Lab@MoGen_Grad!
Do you have any special talents that few people in your academic life know about?
I learned how to ride horses as a kid and still do any chance I get. I also got into cooking during the pandemic and have turned into a pretty good cook!
The next Toronto Area Worm Meeting is Jan 16th 4-5 pm in the CCBR Red Room. This session will feature a trainee talk by Sebastian Fuentes from @Claycomb_Lab as well as lightning talks by Dr. Ahilya Sawh @hilsawh, Dr. Peter Roy, Dr. Arneet Saltzman, and Dr. Brent Derry @wbderry!
Reminder that the first TAWM seminar is today 4-5pm in the CCBR Red room featuring talks from Bina Koterniak (Calarco Lab) and Rachel Webster (Derry and Kafri Labs)!
Learn more about Rachel's work on how 'CDK-4 regulates nucleolar size and anabolic metabolism at the cost of late life fitness in C. elegans' on Dec. 12th 4-5 pm in the CCBR Red Room!
As we restart the Toronto Area Worm Meeting (TAWM) seminar series we hope to foster a sense of community amongst worm researchers. To do so, we believe it is integral to learn more about one another. Check out our first Speaker Spotlight on Rachel Webster from @MoGen_Grad!
Do you have any special talents that few people in your academic life know about?
My lab definitely knows about this, but I’m a pretty decent baker. I like baking because it’s as if your experiments always worked as expected and everyone was excited about the results.