99 Years and Counting

 
At this time next year, the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Toronto will be celebrating its 100th anniversary with a symposium and a party. Everyone is invited!

Our department was the first biochemistry department in Canada and one of the first in the world [Biochemistry at the University of Toronto - A Short History]. Readers are invited to submit examples of older biochemistry departments if you can find them

The first chair of the department, Archibald Byron Macallum, was appointed in 1907 for the 1907-08 academic year. We've decided to celebrate at the end of the 2007-2008 academic year.

Former students, staff, faculty, post-docs and anyone else who has ever been associated with the department will meet here for several days in May 2008. We expect to play host to guests from every biochemistry department in Canada and from many other places throughout the rest of the world.