Past Symposia
CBP 2023
Previous Symposia
2024
Symposium Leadership
Rosie Irwin, Chair
Zi Hao (Nemo) Liu, Vice Chair
Prof. M. Cynthia Goh, Faculty Advisor
Keynote Speakers
Adriaan Bax - National Institutes of Health
Alana Ogata - University of Toronto
Gonca Erdemci-Tandogan - Western University
Kresten Lindorff-Larsen - Københavns Universitet
Paul Cremer - Pennsylvania State University
Zoya Leonenko - University of Waterloo
2023
Symposium Leadership
Alexander Sever, Co-Chair
Mirna Ghattas, Co-Chair
Prof. M. Cynthia Goh, Faculty Advisor
Keynote Speakers
Karen Fleming - Johns Hopkins University
Leyla Soleymani - McMaster University
Kevin Gardner - City University of New York
Haissi Cui - University of Toronto
Anna Taubenberger - Technische Universität Dresden
Christine Mayr - Memorial Sloan Kettering
2020
CBP 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We thank the keynote speakers for accepting our invitations.
Symposium Leadership
Christian Imperiale, Co-Chair
Philippe Green, Co-Chair
Prof. M. Cynthia Goh, Faculty Advisor
Keynote Speakers
Samira Musah – Duke University
Philipp Kukura – University of Oxford
Klaus Hahn – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Avena Ross – Queen's University
Teresa Head-Gordon – University of California Berkeley
Michelle Chang – University of California Berkeley
Ruby Sullan – University of Toronto
Peter R. Jaffé – Princeton University
2019
Symposium Leadership
Samantha McWhirter, Co-Chair
Hava Friedman, Co-Chair
Prof. M. Cynthia Goh, Faculty Advisor
Keynote Speakers
Anita Shukla – Brown University
Matt Trau – University of Queensland
Bin Zhang – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brian Ingalls – University of Waterloo
Sabrina Leslie – McGill University
Andrew Woolley – University of Toronto
Rebecca Jockusch – University of Toronto
2018
Symposium Leadership
Caroline Pao, Chair
Prof. M. Cynthia Goh, Faculty Advisor
Prof. Gilbert Walker, Faculty Advisor
Prof. David McMillen, Faculty Advisor
Keynote Speakers
Lillian Chong – University of Pittsburgh
Carlos Baiz – University of Texas at Austin
Alexander A. Green – Arizona State University
Tuomas Knowles – University of Cambridge
Quaid Morris – University of Toronto
Teri W. Odom – Northwestern University
Susanna Widicus Weaver – Emory College of Arts and Sciences
2017
Symposium Leadership
Bryan Robertson, Chair
Prof. M. Cynthia Goh, Faculty Advisor
Prof. David McMillen, Faculty Advisor
Keynote Speakers
Lynette Cegelski – Stanford University
Frank Gu – University of Waterloo
Jill Millstone – University of Pittsburgh
Jeremy Schofield – University of Toronto
Markus Deserno – Carnegie Mellon University
Fiorenzo Omenetto – Tufts University
Holger Stark – Technische Universitaet Berlin
2016
Symposium Leadership
Kris Kim, Chair
Prof. M. Cynthia Goh, Faculty Advisor
Prof. David McMillen, Faculty Advisor
Keynote Speakers
Sarah Heilshorn – Stanford University
Herbert Levine – Rice University
Mark MacLachlan – University of British Columbia
Alex Mogilner – New York University
Gabriela Schlau-Cohen – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Donald Weaver – University of Toronto
Yan Yu – Indiana University
2015
Keynote Speakers
Hue Sun Chan – University of Toronto
Janet Iwasa – University of Utah
Hongbin Li – University of British Columbia
Jacek Liplowski – University of Guelph
Andrew Pelling – University of Ottawa
Joshua Shaevitz – Princeton University
Erdal Toprak – Southwestern University
2014
Symposium Leadership
Richard Kil, Chair
Prof. David McMillen, Faculty Advisor
Keynote Speakers
Julius Vancso – University of Twente
Yann Chemla – University of Illinois
Brian Kuhlman – University of North Caronlina
Roman Melnyk – University of Toronto
Manu Prakash – Stanford University
Jhih-Wei Chu – National Chiao Tung University
Jeff Tabor – Rice University
2013
Keynote Speakers
Paul Whitford – Northeastern University
Barry Lentz – University of North Carolina
Adam Cohen – Harvard University
Jason Dwyer – University of Rhode Island
Ashok Deniz – The Scripps Research Institute
Dwayne Miller – University of Toronto
Paul Wiseman – McGill University
Yann Chemla – University of Illinois
2012
Keynote Speakers
Andrew Miranker – Yale University
Claudiu Gradinaru – University of Toronto
Jim Collins – Boston University
Richard Epand – McMaster University
Zahra Fakhraai – University of Pennsylvania
Suckjoon Jun – Harvard University
Klaus Gawrisch – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Klaus Schulten – National Institute of General Medical Sciences
2011
Keynote Speakers
Dor Ben-Amotz – Purdue University
Shekhar Garde – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Guri Giaever – University of Toronto
Regis Pomes – University of Toronto
William Shih – Harvard University
Villy Sundstrom – Lund University
Roland Winter – TU Dortmund: Universitat
Justin Nodwell – McMaster University
Gary Pielak – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2010
Keynote Speakers
Peng Chen – Cornell Univeristy
Julio Fernandez – Columbia University
Jose Onuchnic – University of California San Diego
Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy – University of Michigan
Ron Weiss – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David Wilson – Georgia State University
Christopher Yip – University of Toronto
Peter Zandstra – University of Toronto
2009
Keynote Speakers
Terry Allen - University of Alberta
Roy Duncan – Dalhousie University
Michael Ellison – University of Alberta
Harold G. Craighead – Cornell University
Gerhard Hummer – National Institutes of Health
Lewis Kay – University of Toronto
Igor Medintz – Naval Research Laboratory
2008
Keynote Speakers
Boris Akhremitchev – Duke University
Robert M. Corn – University of California
Nancy Forde – Simon Fraser University
Raymond Kapral – University of Toronto
Glen S. Kwon – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Michael D. Noseworthy – McMaster University
Brian Sykes – University of Alberta
Erik Winfree – California Institute of Technology
2007
Keynote Speakers
Terry Allen - University of Alberta
Roy Duncan – Dalhousie University
Michael Ellison – University of Alberta
Harold G. Craighead – Cornell University
Gerhard Hummer – National Institutes of Health
Lewis Kay – University of Toronto
Igor Medintz – Naval Research Laboratory
2006
Keynote Speakers
William Degrado – University of Pennsylvania
Jay Groves – University of California, Berkeley
Michael Grunze – Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat
Stuart Kauffman – University of Calgary
Kazuhiko Kinosita – Waseda University
Anthony Pawson – University of Toronto
2005
Keynote Speakers
David Andrews – McMaster University
Christopher Dobson – University of Cambridge
Leon Glass – McGill University
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer – Pennsylvania State University
Paul McEuen – Cornell University
Ned Seeman – New York University
Jim Wells – University of Toronto
2004
Keynote Speakers
Edward Young – Iowa State University
Christopher McKay – NASA's Ames Research Centre
Robert Blakenship – Arizona State University
Benoit Roux – Cornell University
Stephen Ferguson – Western University
Terry Beverage – University of Guelph
Mark E. Tuckerman – New York University
Michelle Wang – Cornell University
2003
Keynote Speakers
Anthony Auerbach – State University of New York at Buffalo
Mark Berg – University of South Carolina
Robert R. Birge – University of Conneticut
Paul Higgs – McMaster University
Gary J. Pielak – University of North Carolina
R. Peter Rand – Brock University
Jack Tuszynski – University of Alberta
2002
Keynote Speakers
X. Sunney Xie – Harvard University
Jacob N. Israelachvili – University of California
Fred Sachs – State University of New York at Buffalo
R. Dean Astumian – University of Maine
Nils O. Petersen – University of Western Ontario
Rebecca Williams – Cornell University
Gilbert C. Walker – University of Pittsburgh