MoGen Seminar Series - Dr. Stephanie Xie (University Health Network)
We are pleased to announce the Department of Molecular Genetics 2026 Seminar Series. We look forward to welcoming an outstanding lineup of speakers from leading research institutions who will share their latest discoveries and insights across a wide range of topics in molecular genetics and biomedical research.
All seminars will take place on Monday at 3:00 PM in GB119 (Galbraith Building).
Students, Faculty, and Postdocs are invited to attend the MoGen seminar below:
Speaker: Dr. Stephanie Xie
Institution: University Health Network
Date: Monday, October 5, 2026
Time: 3:00 PM
Host: Dr. Miguel Ramalho-Santos
Location: GB 119
Title: "When Blood Stem Cells Remember Inflammation: Implications To Cancer Risk And Prevention.”
Bio: Dr. Stephanie Xie is an Allan Slaight Scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in the University Health Network and Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto. Dr. Xie completed her Ph.D. at the Massachusetts of Technology and went onto postdoctoral fellowships at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. The Xie lab is focused on interrogating the mechanistic underpinnings of inflammatory and metabolic stress regulation in human hematopoietic and leukemia stem cells. Her work has provided fundamental insights into lipid regulation and inflammatory memory in the human stem cell setting. By understanding how stress promotes unhealthy aging and cancer, the goal is to discover novel cancer prevention and treatment strategies. She has been recognized for her work by the American Association of Cancer Research as a 2025 NextGen Star and supported by funding from the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, Canadian Cancer Society, Cancer Research UK, Terry Fox Research Institute, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada, and the Cancer Research Society.
