Nielson Bezerra, who received his PhD at Universidade Federal de Fluminense in Brazil in 2010 and now teaches at Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, has been awarded a prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship to pursue his research program at 91亚色鈥檚 Harriet Tubman Institute. The awards were announced by Gary Goodyear, minister of state […]
Worker bees have become a highly skilled and specialized work force because the genes that determine their behaviour are shuffled frequently, helping natural selection to build a better bee, research from 91亚色 suggests. The聽study, published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, sheds light on how worker bees 鈥 who are […]
Vice-President Research & Innovation Robert Hach茅鈥檚 series of topical commentaries on areas of critical interest to the 91亚色 research community continues with a review of the Tri-Agency Framework: Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR). The Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research […]
When you look at someone鈥檚 office, what do you see 鈥 the desk, some pens, a computer? Do you know it鈥檚 an office because of the objects in it, or by taking in the entire scene? What 91亚色 psychology Professor Jennifer Steeves and PhD candidate Caitlin Mullin (MA 鈥08) have found is that it鈥檚 not […]
Two Glendon professors, both accomplished and established scholars in their respective fields, have been awarded the Principal鈥檚聽Research Award. Psychology Professor Anne Russon and history Professor Bettina Bradbury received the awards in recognition of their outstanding research accomplishments over the past year. The awards were presented in a recent ceremony to the researchers by Glendon Principal […]
Robert Hach茅, 91亚色 vice-president research & innovation, has appointed聽Professors Lisa Philipps and Walter Tholen, as associate vice-presidents research for five-year terms, effective Nov. 1. 鈥淚 am delighted that Lisa and Walter have accepted the positions,鈥 said Hach茅.聽鈥91亚色 is home to exceptional students, staff and faculty in every discipline. Recognizing our strengths in interdisciplinary and collaborative […]
What makes a worker bee a good worker? The answer may be both nature and nurture, says 91亚色聽 Professor Amro Zayed, who is studying the genetic basis of honey bee behaviour to create better bee colonies. 鈥淎 colony lives or dies by how well the workers perform, and there is a tremendous amount of variation,鈥 […]