June 20, 2019
First events in stem cells becoming the specialized cells needed for organ development revealed by the Mitchell Laboratory
The Mitchell laboratory has revealed the very first step in mouse stem cells turning into the organs of the body. Precise experiments by Dhaliwal, Abatti and Mitchell expose the stability of the KLF4 protein as crucial to KLF4's ability to activate genes. These findings implicate protein…
May 30, 2019
Professor Melody Neumann has developed Team Up!, an innovative application for use in the classroom
Cell & Systems Biology Professor Melody Neumann is a leader in technology innovation in the classroom. For the past five years, she has been developing Team Up!, an online learning tool that facilitates active learning and group work. Initially she developed this app for virtual breakout rooms…
May 22, 2019
A passion for research yields a prestigious NSERC Banting Fellowship for Dr Ebrahim Lari of the Buck lab.
Dr Ebrahim Lari in CSB's aquatic animal facility (photo by Diana Tyszko) Congratulations to Dr Ebrahim Lari of Professor Leslie Buck's lab, who has been awarded a prestigious NSERC Banting Fellowship, the first to be awarded to a CSB post-doctoral fellow. His research investigates the…
May 17, 2019
Prof. Shelley Lumba has been awarded a New Frontiers in Research Fund grant
We're very happy to announce that Prof. Shelley Lumba is one of the recipients of the inaugural Exploration Grant from the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF), a new federal fund which is aimed at providing opportunities for early career researchers to conduct high-risk, high-reward…
May 16, 2019
Congratulations to Prof. Ashley Bruce and Prof. Alan Moses on their promotion to Full Professor
It is our pleasure to announce that Ashley Bruce and Alan Moses have been promoted to Full Professor in the Department of Cell and Systems Biology as of July 1, 2019. Professor Bruce uses a combination of cellular, molecular and embryological techniques to study how morphogenesis and…
May 7, 2019
CSB supports the Let’s Talk Science Challenge at Hart House
Cell & Systems Biology was proud to support this year's Let's Talk Science Challenge event for Grade 6-8 students at Hart House on May 6th. We were also glad to present our work to the students. There were about 120 students at the event who visited displays from Professor Garside of the…
April 8, 2019
Undergraduate Poster Session 2019
This Friday, April 5th, CSB held our annual Undergraduate Poster Session with posters from 42 students. They prepared posters and answered tough questions on the experimental work they undertook in our research laboratories over the year. Their dedication and hard work was abundantly evident in…
March 22, 2019
Understanding the Restorative Nature of Sleep: CSB Professor John Peever provides insights into his research on the neurobiology of sleep
CSB Professor John Peever aims to understand the mechanisms underlying behavioural arousal states (e.g., wakefulness, REM sleep, non-REM sleep) and the mechanistic changes that occur in sleep disorders such as narcolepsy and REM sleep behaviour disorder. In an informative podcast on…
February 28, 2019
Congratulations to Professor Melanie Woodin on her appointment as Dean of Arts & Science
It is our sincere pleasure to congratulate Professor Melanie Woodin on her appointment as the new Dean for the Faculty of Arts & Science. Melanie will begin her 5-year term as Dean on July 1, 2019. In CSB, we have benefited, and continue to benefit, from Professor Woodin's leadership and…
February 4, 2019
Congratulations to Professor Nick Provart on his recent Genome Canada grant!
Congratulations to Professor Nick Provart, who has received Genome Canada funding for his team’s grant "From ePlants to eEcosystems: New Frameworks and Tools for Sharing, Accessing, Exploring and Integrating ‘Omic Data from Plants" as part of the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (B/CB)…