Conference and Invited Talks

26. “2017 Nobel Prize for Chemistry: Cryo-Electron Microscopy”
UBC Nobel Night 2017, 2017-12-09, Kelowna, BC, Canada

25. “Mapping Cell Surface Adhesion by rotation tracking & adhesion footprinting”
Simon Fraser University, Physics Colloquium, 2017-09-27, Vancouver, BC, Canada

24. “Mapping Cell Surface Adhesion by rotation tracking & adhesion footprinting”
Western Canada Biophysics Conference, 2017-03-15, Kelowna, BC, Canada

23. “Biological Molecular Motors”
UBC Okanagan, Guest Lecture Biophysical Chemistry, 2017-04-06, Kelowna, BC, Canada

22. “Image processing in biological studies”
UBC Okanagan, Guest Lecture Computer Vision, 2017-03-17, Kelowna, BC, Canada

21. “Biophysical Tools for Mechanobiology”
UBC Okanagan, Guest Lecture Biophysics, 2017-03-26, Kelowna, BC, Canada

20. “Molecular Machines”
UBC Nobel Night 2016, 2016-12-08, Kelowna, BC, Canada

19. “Mapping Cell Surface Adhesion by rotation tracking & adhesion footprinting”
Biophysical Society Meeting, Bioengineering Subgroup, 2017-02-10, New Orleans, USA

18. “Molecular forces in cell adhesion”
UBC Okanagan, Biology Seminar Series, 2016-09-16, Kelowna, BC, Canada

17. “Single-Molecule Biophysics”
UBC Okanagan, Guest Lecture Biochemical Basis of Disease, 2016-03-16, Kelowna, BC, Canada

16. “Single-molecule biophysics in live cells: seeing molecular adhesion force”
University of Victoria, Physics Colloquia, 2015, Victoria, BC, Canada

15. “Rolling cell biophysics - connecting single cell and single molecule behavior”
University of British Columbia Okanaga, Chemistry Colloquim, 2015, Kelowna, BC, Canada

14. “Biophysics of leukocyte rolling - connecting single cell and single molecule behavior”
University of Victoria, Royal Jubilee Hospital Medical Physics Seminar, 2015, Victoria, BC, Canada

13. "Tracking rotation during leukocyte rolling reveals asymmetric adhesion"
I.T.S. Li, T. Ha, Y.R. Chemla, Biophysical Society Meeting, 2015, Baltimore, MD, USA

12 . "Single molecule mechano-memory"
I.T.S. Li, T. Ha, Y.R. Chemla, CPLC Spring Symposium, 2014, Urbana, IL, USA (Best talk awarded)

11. “Single polymer studies of hydrophobic hydration”
G.C. Walker and I.T.S. Li, TSRC Workshop on Hydrophobicity: From Theory, Simulation, to Experiment, 2012, Telluride, CO, USA

10. "Single Molecule Studies of Hydrophobic Hydration"
I.T.S. Li, G.C. Walker, 14th International Scanning Probe Microscopy Conference, 2012, Toronto, ON, Canada

9. "Revealling Hydrophobic Size Effect by Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy"
I.T.S. Li, G.C. Walker, 11th Chemical Biophysics Symposium, 2012, Toronto, ON, Canada

8. "Signature of Single Polymer Hydration Revealled by Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy"
I.T.S. Li, G.C. Walker, ACS spring meeting, 2012, San Diego, CA, USA

7. "Signature of Single Polymer Hydration Revealled by Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy"
I.T.S. Li, G.C. Walker, ACS fall meeting, 2011, Denver, CO, USA

6. "Single Polymer Hydrophobic Hydration in Aqueous Solutions"
I.T.S. Li, G.C. Walker, LeRoy Physical Chemistry Lecture, 2011, Toronto, ON, Canada
(Beamish Prize for best departmental presentation)

5. "Signature of Hydrophobic Hydration in Single Polymer"
I.T.S. Li, G.C. Walker, 10th Chemical Biophysics Symposium, 2011, Toronto, ON, Canada

4. "Interfacial Free Energy Governs Single Polystyrene Chain Collapse in Water and Aqueous Solutions"
I.T.S. Li, G.C. Walker, 9th Chemical Biophysics Symposium, 2010, Toronto, ON, Canada

3. "Force Spectroscopy on Macromolecules at Hydrophobic Interfaces"
G.C. Walker, I.T.S. Li, and W. Shi, 93rd Canadian Chemistry Conference, 2010, Toronto, ON, Canada

2. "Monte Carlo simulation of biological reactions with spatial and temporal resolution"
I.T.S. Li, K. Truong, IBBME Discovery Day, 2007, Toronto, ON, Canada

1. "Monte Carlo simulation of biological reactions with spatial and temporal resolution"
I.T.S. Li, K. Truong, Canadian Student Conference on Biomedical Computing, 2007, Toronto, ON, Canada

Posters and student talks

28. “Neutrophil Rolling Adhesion and Activation” (Student Talk)
A. Yasunaga & I.T.S. Li, URA Symposium, 2017-09-20, Kelowna, BC, Canada

27. “A Novel Quantitative Molecular Force Sensor Design Methodology”
Y. Murad & I.T.S. Li, Biology Graduate Symposium, 2017-09-12, Kelowna, BC, Canada

26. “Towards Molecular Forces in Leukocyte Rolling Adhesion” (Student Talk)
Y. Murad & I.T.S. Li, 8th Annual IGS Conference, 2017-05-04, Kelowna, BC, Canada

25. “Gravity-based Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy”
S. Ng & I.T.S. Li, Undergraduate Research Conference, 2017-04-07, Kelowna, BC, Canada

24. “Effects of Glucose Shock on Neutrophil Rolling”
C. Furrer & I.T.S. Li, Undergraduate Research Conference, 2017-04-07, Kelowna, BC, Canada

23. “3D reconstruction of cell surface receptor distribution by rolling adhesion”
V. Sun & I.T.S. Li, Undergraduate Research Conference, 2017-04-07, Kelowna, BC, Canada

22. “Towards Molecular Forces in Leukocyte Rolling Adhesion” (Student Talk)
Y. Murad & I.T.S. Li, Western Canada Biophysics Conference, 2017-03-15, Kelowna, BC, Canada

21. “Tracking rotation during leukocyte rolling reveals asymmetric adhesion”
I.T.S. Li, T. Ha, & Y.R. Chemla, Biophysical Society Meeting, 2015, Los Angeles, CA, USA

20. “Defining single molecular forces for Notch activation”
F. Chowdhury, I.T.S. Li, T. Ha, NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology, 2015, Minneapolis, MN, USA

19. “Single molecule mechano-memory”
I.T.S. Li, T. Ha, Y.R. Chemla, 10th Illinois Biophysics Society Symposium, 2014, Urbana, IL, USA

18. “Single molecule mechano-memory”
I.T.S. Li, T. Ha, Y.R. Chemla, Biophysical Society Meeting, 2014, San Francisco, CA, USA

17. "Temperature, Length Scale and Surface Dependence of Single Polymer Hydrophobic Hydration"
I.T.S. Li, G.C. Walker, Biophysical Society Meeting, 2012, San Diego, CA, USA

16. "Signature of Hydrophobic Hydration in Single Polymer"
I.T.S. Li, G.C. Walker, 10th Chemical Biophysics Symposium, 2011, Toronto, ON, Canada

15. "Single Molecule Studies of Hydrophobic Polymer Hydration"
I.T.S. Li, G.C. Walker, Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Water and Aqueous Solution, 2010, Plymouth, NH, USA

14. "Interfacial free energy governs single polystyrene chain collapse in water and aqueous solutions"
I.T.S. Li, G.C. Walker, Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Single Molecule Approaches in Biology, 2010, Lucca, Italy

13. "Temperature Effects on Solvent Annealing of Diblock Copolymer Films"
C.M. Grozea, I.T.S. Li, G.C. Walker, Materials Research Society Meeting, 2010, San Francisco, CA, USA

12. "Solvent effect on the unfolding force of a single hydrophobic polymer"
I.T.S. Li, M. Paige, G.C. Walker, Biophysical Society Meeting, 2010, San Francisco, CA, USA

11. "Anti-biofouling properties of nanopatterned diblock copolymer films"
Grozea, C.M., J.A. Finley, I.T.S. Li, M.E. Callow, J.A. Callow, G.C. Walker, 9th Chemical Biophysics Symposium, 2010, Toronto, ON, Canada

10. "Interfacial Free Energy Governs Single Polystyrene Chain Collapse in Water and Aqueous Solutions"
I.T.S. Li, G.C. Walker, 9th Chemical Biophysics Symposium, 2010, Toronto, ON, Canada

9. "Surface Induced Denaturation of Fibronectin"
W. Shi, I.T.S. Li, G.C. Walker, 92nd Canadian Chemistry Conference, 2009, Hamilton, ON, Canada

8. "Signature of hydrophobic polymer collapse in water"
I.T.S. Li, N. Gunari, G.C. Walker, 92nd Canadian Chemistry Conference, 2009, Hamilton, ON, Canada

7. "An in vivo Bioprobe to Detect Protein:DNA Recognition"
S.H. Shahravan, X. Chen, I.T.S. Li, I. Chan, J.A. Shin, K. Truong, 92nd Canadian Chemistry Conference, 2009, Hamilton, ON, Canada

6. "Evidence and signature of polymer hydrophobic collapse in water"
I.T.S. Li, G.C. Walker, 8th Chemical Biophysics Symposium, 2009, Toronto, ON, Canada

5. "Experimental Evidence of Polymer Hydrophobic Collapse due to Water Density Fluctuation"
I.T.S. Li, N. Gunari, G.C. Walker, Biophysical Society Meeting, 2009, Boston, MA, USA

4. "Effect Of Temperature On The Mechanical Properties Of Fibronectin"
I.T.S. Li, G.C. Walker, Biophysical Society Meeting, 2009, Boston, MA, USA

3. "Moving window Fourier transform of AFM thermal noise"
I.T.S. Li, G.C. Walker, 7th Chemical Biophysics Symposium, 2008, Toronto, ON, Canada

2. "160-fold acceleration of Smith-Waterman algorithm using a field programmable gate array (FPGA)."
I.T.S. Li, W. Shum, K. Truong, Canadian Student Conference on Biomedical Computing, 2007, London, ON, Canada

1. "FPMOD: A modelling tool for sampling the conformational space of fusion proteins"
J. Chiang, I.T.S. Li, E. Pham, K. Truong, 28th International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006, New York City, USA