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Apr 11, 2025

Apply Today for the International Exchange Workshop in Developmental and Perinatal Biology

The 27th annual exchange workshop between the University of Toronto and the Karolinska Institutet will take place in Stockholm, Sweden August 25-29, 2025

Students enjoying themselves on a body of water.
Students enjoy a social event during 2024's exchange

The course provides a broad-based interdisciplinary training for graduate students, residents, post-doctoral fellows and clinical fellows and in the area of developmental biology from basic science and clinical perspectives.

The program is open and without cost for all trainees (Graduate students, Postdoctoral Fellows, Residents and Clinical Fellows) at The University of Toronto (including affiliated research institutes and hospitals). It combines cutting edge lectures, seminars and practical sessions in the areas of:

Students engage with a poster presentation.
Poster presentation in Toronto, 2024
  • Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine 

  • Pregnancy & Birth 

  • Developmental Neurobiology 

  • Cardiovascular Development

  • Pulmonary Development

  • Developmental Origins of Health & Disease

The course is also offered as a component of a Graduate course (PSL1080) in the Department of Physiology at the University of Toronto.  

APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 20th, 2025 - Space is limited so please apply early!

Group photo of last year's seminar's participants
Group shot of the 2024 participants

Click here to view the schedule from 2024’s Exchange for an idea of the content and structure.  

Questions? Contact the student exchange coordinators Hafsah Mughis and Chris Casciaro.

2025 Organizing Committee  

  • Dr. Stephen Matthews  
  • Dr. Brian Cox 
  • Dr. Evelyn Lambe  
  • Dr. Stephen Lye  
  • Dr. Cristina Nostro 
  • Dr. Andrea Jurisicova 
  • Dr. Paul Delgado Olguin 
  • Hafsah Mughis 
  • Christopher Casciaro  

2025 Sponsors 

  • Department of OBGYN 
  • The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) 
  • Department of Physiology
  • Temerty Faculty of Medicine 
  • CReATe Fertility Centre 
  • Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute 
  • The Mats Sundin Foundation