Past Events
The Seventh Conference of the Canadian Society for Chronobiology
The 7th bi-annual Canadian Society for Chronobiology Conference was held May 25–27, 2025, in Montréal, Quebec at the CHUM. The meeting brought together over 150 attendees from across Canada and internationally under the theme “From the Cell to Medicine and Society.”
CSC 2025 Organization Committee: Valérie Mongrain (Chair), Petronela Ancuta (Co-Chair), Diane B. Boivin (Co-Chair), Roelof Hut, Kazue Semba, Éric Paquet, Ruifeng Cao, Tanya Leduc (Trainee), Katelyn Horsley (Trainee), Cassandra Goldfarb (Trainee), & Jonathan Dias (Trainee)
The Sixth Conference of the Canadian Society for Chronobiology
(June 14th-15th, 2023)
Highlights:
Dr. Satchin Panda- Timing of diet, sleep, and exercise to optimize heart health. (Distinguished Public Lecture)
Dr. Frank Scheer- It’s about time to eat your heart out! The human circadian system and meal timing cardiometabolic health. (Nicholas Mrosovsky Keynote Lecture)
Dr. Satchin Panda- Pleiotropic effects of time restricted feeding on multiple organs – from molecules to phenotypes.
Dr. Frank Scheer- Impact of the human circadian system & circadian misalignment on cardiovascular function.
Dr. Diane Boivin- Sex matters in rhythms.
Dr. Martin E. Young- Circadian considerations for optimizing cardiovascular health.
Dr. Mary Harrington- Recording of bioluminescent rhythms from peripheral clocks: system properties following SCN ablation.
Dr. Tobias Eckle- From bench to bedside: circadian principles applied.
Dr. Patricia Lakin-Thomas- The TOR (Target of Rapamycin) pathway and circadian rhythmicity in Neurospora crassa.
CSC 2023 Organizing Committee
Faculty Members: Tami Martino (Chair), Deniz Top, Giannina Descalzi, Lorrie Kirshenbaum, Inna Rabinovich-Nikitin
Trainee Members: Janan Shoja-Doost, Cassandra Goldfarb, Reza Shojaei, Mahtab Moshirpour
The Fifth Conference of the Canadian Society for Chronobiology
(June 14th-15th, 2021)
The "Main" Conference CSC 2021 was held virtually on June 14th-15th 2021.
Below, a group picture of attendees of the “main event” of CSC 2021, on June 14-15!
The Fourth Conference of the Canadian Society for Chronobiology (May 26th-28th, 2019)
The Fourth Conference of the Canadian Society for Chronobiology took place at McGill University in Montreal in May 2019. This was our largest meeting yet, with 142 attendees from across Canada and other international locations!
Group photo, Fourth Conference of the CSC, Montreal, May 2019
Group walk on Mount Royal, Montreal, May 2019
The new CSC Board of Directors.
From left to right: Nicolas Cermakian, Florian Storch, Rae Silver, Michael Antle, Mary Cheng, Andrea Smit, Patricia Lakin-Thomas, Sarah Ferraro.
Third Conference of the Canadian Society for Chronobiology (May 19-21, 2017).
The Third Conference of the Canadian Society for Chronobiology took place at York University in Toronto in May 2017.
Group Photo, Third Conference of the CSC, Toronto, May 2017
Second Conference for the Canadian Society for Chronobiology (May 29-31, 2015).
The Second Conference for the Canadian Society for Chronobiology took place at University of Concordia in Montreal in May 2015. There were over 80 attendees from across Canada as well as international speakers.
Group Photo, Second Conference of the CSC, Montreal, May 2015
Poster and oral presentation awardees
From left to right: Andrea Smit, Hanna Opiol, Michael Antle (Program Chair), Faisal Alibhai (1st prize for posters), Claire Gizowski, Ruifeng Cao, Silke Kiessling (1st prize for talks)
Tribute to Mrosovsky
During this conference, a tribute to Nicholas Mrosovsky was presented. Dr. Mrosovsky, who passed away this year, was a pionneer of chronobiology in Canada. Patrica Lakin-Thomas gathered archive documents and testimonies of people who knew Nicholas Morosovsky, and she prepared a video, presented at the meeting, and which can be viewed below. Thank you Nicholas for inspiring us in our research and thank you Pat for putting together this great document!
First Conference for the Canadian Society for Chronobiology (May 24-26, 2013)
The First Conference for the Canadian Society for Chronobiology took place at University of Toronto in May 2013. There were over 100 attendees from across Canada as well as international speakers.
You want to see more pictures from the conference? Check out our Photo Album !
Group Photo, First Conference of the CSC, Toronto, May 2013
CSC Conference Organizing Committee
Organizing Committee
From left to right: Harrod Ling, Danica Patton, Tami Martino, Jade Atallah, Ralph Mistlberger, Elena Tsimakouridze, Joel Levine (Chair — in the back), Nicolas Cermakian (Vice-Chair, CSC President — in the front), Becki Rooke, Florian Storch,
Not in the picture: Haiying Mary Cheng.
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