Courtesy of News@91ÑÇÉ« A long-time 91ÑÇÉ« professor will join the Ivy League this fall, having been awarded a prestigious visiting professorship at Yale University. Dawn Bazely, a University Professor in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, has been named this year’s recipient of the 2024-25 Fulbright Canada Distinguished Visiting Professorship, the foundation’s top […]
Congratulations to Biology Professor Elizabeth Clare for being elected to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Induction to the RSC is one of the country’s highest honours in the arts, social sciences and sciences. The RSC College recognizes the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership; members of the […]
91ÑÇÉ« Biology Professor Kohitij Kar, in the Faculty of Science, will host the recipient of a prestigious Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Global Fellowship in his lab for two years starting this November to advance cutting-edge work in artificial intelligence and visual tracking. The recipient, Matteo Dunnhofer from the University of Udine in Italy, […]
COURSE OVERVIEW Offered through the Faculty of Science at 91ÑÇÉ«, the micro-credential in Vaccine Production and Quality Assurance provides accelerated, experiential, and industry- centered training on the fundamentals of vaccine production and emerging technologies. Existing and novel vaccine platform technologies are explored, including nucleic acid-based (DNA/RNA) and recombinant protein-based technologies. Completing this micro-credential will […]
Congratulations to Biology Professor Sandra Rehan on her appointment as 91ÑÇÉ« Research Chair (YRC) in Molecular Ecology and Behavioural Genetics. Rehan researches the evolution of bees and their role in biodiversity. As a YRC, she will employ advanced DNA technology to investigate bee behaviour and genetics. Rehan was among ten newly announced YRCs, which is […]
Original news release published by Frontiers on June 25, 2024 Farming, urban expansion, and climate change have significantly changed the habitats that are available to bees, crucial pollinators that underpin agriculture — but do these habitats provide the foods that the bees need to survive? Scientists studied the nutritional content of different pollens to determine […]
Congratulations to 33 researchers in the Faculty of Science who have been awarded a total of nearly $8.3 million from the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grants, Discovery Launch Supplements, and Sub-atomic Physics Discovery Grants programs. This latest NSERC funding was announced by the Government of Canada on June 14. […]
Media Release from June 17, 2024 91ÑÇÉ« U prof fills gaps in current understanding of opsins responsible for circadian rhythms This Thursday marks the first day of summer in the Northern hemisphere, the longest day of the year. Living beings have evolved over many millennia to react to varying amounts of sunlight exposure, governing everything […]
Congratulations to PhD graduate Jennifer Porat, who has received one of this year’s Governor General’s Gold Medals, which recognize the outstanding scholastic achievements of graduate students in Canada. She is among three recipients at 91ÑÇÉ«. Porat earned a PhD in biology following the completion of her bachelor of science degree at 91ÑÇÉ«. Both degrees […]
Media Release from June 3, 2024 Three New Frontiers in Research Fund-International grants, with additional $3.2 million from partner countries, to support climate change adaptation and mitigation research in Global South, Scandinavia and Canadian Arctic Today, the Canadian government announced the 2023 results of the New Frontiers in Research Fund grants (NFRF), including $6.1 million […]