2024-2025 Weekly Meakins and RECRU Faculty Meetings and Journal Club
During these weekly meetings, Meakins, RECRU, and RESP Program Faculty present their grant proposals, research progress and manuscripts. A joint Journal Club will take place on certain Fridays.
Time: Fridays at 12:00 PM unless otherwise advertised
Location: EM3.2225 or 3D.01 and Zoom
For Student Presentations, please see Meakins Student WIP (Mondays @ 9am) and RECRU Student WIP (Fridays @ 1pm)
| DATE | PRESENTER | TITLE OF PRESENTATION |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ||
| August 30, 2024 | CIHR Presentation – OPEN | |
| September 6, 2024 | CIHR Presentation – OPEN | |
| September 13, 2024 | CIHR Deadline – no meeting | |
| September 20, 2024 | Meakins – Darcy Wagner | Generating and characterizing bioengineered 3D models of the human lung |
| September 27, 2024 | Meakins Alumnus – Luciano Zocchi Professor, Dept of Human Physiology, University of Milan | The Pleural Mesothelium: biological activity and mechanics |
| October 4, 2024 | Meakins – Elizabeth Fixman | Can this grant be funded: Sex-specific regulation of type 2 innate immunity in the lung: alarmins, set points and induction of asthma |
| October 11, 2024 | RESP PROGRAM PI RETREAT | |
| October 18, 2024 | RECRU | No Meeting |
| October 25, 2024 | Meakins – Gregory Fonseca | Nrf2 in lung fibrosis |
| November 1, 2024 | Journal Club | |
| November 8, 2024 | Meakins – Cecilia Costiniuk | HIV-associated emphysema: Potential targets and opportunities for intervention |
| November 15, 2024 | RECRU – Tania Janaudis-Ferreira | POSTPONED |
| November 22, 2024 | 2030 VISION AND RI-MUHC RESEARCH DAY | |
| November 29, 2024 | Journal Club | |
| December 6, 2024 | Meakins (no meeting) | RESP Holiday Luncheon |
| December 13, 2024 | RECRU – Deborah Assayag | |
| December 20, 2024 | HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! | |
| 2025 | ||
| January 10, 2025 | Journal Club | |
| January 17, 2025 | Meakins- Maziar Divangahi | Identifying Correlates of Protection against TB for Novel Vaccine Development |
| January 24, 2025 | RECRU – Tania Janaudis-Ferreira | Patient Engagement in Research: Practical Tips and Insights |
| January 31, 2025 | Meakins – Simon Rousseau | CIHR Grant Presentation – The pancreas-lung axis: CFTR-mediated pulmonary exacerbations of COPD |
| February 7, 2025 | Meakins – Jun Ding | CIHR Grant Presentation – Deciphering cellular dynamics in 3D virtual lungs with artificial intelligence and Virtual Reality |
| February 14, 2025 | Meakins – Arnold Kristof @12pm RECRU – John Kimoff @1pm | CIHR Grant Presentation CTB: Regulation of G-protein Signaling in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis CIHR Grant Presentation CORE – Positive airway pressure effects on cardiovascular risk markers in obstructive sleep apnea patients identified as high versus low risk based on novel oximetry-derived biomarkers: a pilot feasibility randomized, controlled trial |
| February 21, 2025 | Journal Club | |
| February 28 & March 7, 2025 | CIHR DEADLINE & SPRING BREAK | |
| March 14, 2025 | RECRU – Nermin Diab | POSTPONED |
| March 21, 2025 | Meakins – Irah King | |
| Friday, March 28, 2025 | RECRU Seminar Speaker J. Lucian (Luke) Davis, MD Associate Professor of Epidemiology and of Medicine Yale University | Reimagining TB Contact Tracing in High-Burden Settings: An Implementation Science Approach. Host: Dr. Kevin Schwartzman |
| April 4, 2025 | CANADIAN RESPIRATORY CONFERENCE – no meeting | |
| April 11, 2025 | Meakins – Anne-Marie Lauzon | ILC2s and Airway Smooth Muscle Mechanics |
| April 18, 2025 | GOOD FRIDAY – no meeting | |
| April 25, 2025 | RESPIRATORY RESEARCH DAY | |
| May 2, 2025 | Meakins – Dao Nguyen | |
| May 9, 2025 | RECRU Seminar Speaker Bruce Struminger (host: Kevin Schwartzman) | |
| May 16, 2025 | ATS – no meeting | |
| May 23, 2025 | Journal Club @12pm RECRU Speaker @1 pm | RECRU Invited Guest – Philippe Boileau, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, McGill University |
| May 30, 2025 | WISELBERG SEMINAR – ILD | |
| June 6, 2025 | RECRU – Nermin Diab | |
| June 13, 2025 | RECRU – Nicole Ezer |