LMP1103H: Tissue injury, repair and regeneration
Who can attend
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Course description
This seminar/reading and conference course is an interactive course designed to provide graduate students a basic understanding of tissue injury, repair and regeneration processes in major body tissues. Each week, we will invite a leading guest speaker to present a seminar on their respective field of research related to tissue injury, repair and regeneration. The Invited Speaker will present a seminar on his/her research for 45-min followed by an in-depth discussion on two papers assigned by the Guest Speaker. In addition to discussing the papers, the speaker and students will discuss the 2 written questions that each student submitted prior to lecture time.
A total of two hours will be dedicated to each session, which will include the seminar by the Guest Speaker and a detailed discussion of an assigned paper and submitted questions, led by the Guest Speaker. There will be 6 lectures (2 hours).
Course coordinators
Dr. Mohit Kapoor
mohit.kapoor@uhnresearch.ca
Dr. Sowmya Viswanathan
Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute (University Health Network) and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and at the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
lmp.grad@utoronto.ca for administrative queries.
Timings and location
This course is offered every year in the Fall session.
Tuesdays 10 am – 12 pm
Location: Synchronous online delivery (Zoom)
Evaluation methods
Attendance (20%)
- Total - 20 marks
- Students are required to be in attendance for all 6 lectures
Class participation (30%)
- Total – 30 marks for six classes (5 marks each)
- Students are required to submit:
- at least two written questions and
- participate in the discussion on the paper that follows the guest lecture
Term paper (50%)
Due date: Nov 15, 2022
- Total - 50 marks
- Abstract: 6 marks
- Introduction: 6 marks
- Methods: 6 marks
- Results: 12 marks
- Discussion including references: 20 marks
Schedule
Date |
Topic |
Instructor |
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September 12, 2022 |
Injury and Repair Mechanisms In the Eye |
Dr. Jeremy Sivak |
September 27, 2022 |
MSC and joint injury and repair |
Dr. Sowmya Viswanathan |
October 4, 2022 |
Cardiac injury and repair/regeneration |
Dr. Terrence Yau |
October 11, 2022 |
Liver assessment and repair with ex vivo liver perfusion |
Dr. Nazia Selzner |
October 18, 2022 |
Protein aggregation and neurodegenerative diseases |
Dr. Lorraine Kalia |
October 25, 2022 November 15, 2022 |
Wound Healing and Fibrosis Dissertation due at 11:59pm |
Dr. Boris Hinz
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