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),…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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)…

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November 12, 2018

Sleep and cognition – check out Professor John Peever’s interview on “The Agenda” with Steve Paikin

Professor John Peever was featured on a recent episode of TVO’s “The Agenda” with Steve Paikin where he discussed the latest research on  the subject of human sleep. To access the interview, please click here.

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October 17, 2018

Professor Peter McCourt and Professor Shelley Lumba featured in Nature for Research Collaboration with TerrAscend

Congratulations to Professor Peter McCourt and Professor Shelley Lumba for being featured in Nature for their research collaboration with TerrAscend. For the complete article, click here.  

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October 2, 2018

Professor Melanie Woodin appointed as inaugural Vice-Dean, Interdivisional Partnerships

Professor Melanie Woodin has been named the inaugural Vice Dean, Interdivisional Partnerships in the Faculty of Arts & Science from October 1, 2018 to June 30, 2021. In this role she will be responsible for the development, implementation and ongoing monitoring of the Faculty’s interdivisional…

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