November 8, 2022

Canadian Foundation for Innovation profiles Prof Guttman’s research

The Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) funds research in Professor David Guttman's lab on understanding how bacteria adapt to and manipulate their hosts. CFI has shared a profile of Guttman's work as "Blueprints for boosting plant immunity: How sophisticated genomics could help address food…

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October 24, 2022

CSB recruits Professor Qian Lin for systems neuroscience in a new city

We are pleased to welcome Qian Lin, who has joined us as Assistant Professor in CSB to work on systems neuroscience, at the intersection of computational biology and neurobiology. In her experiments, she observes neurons light up across the entire brain as zebrafish make decisions in order to…

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October 24, 2022

Discoveries and Discussions at CSB Research Day

CSB held our Research Day for the first time in 2 years on September 22nd, 2022. Over 180 students, staff and faculty gathered at the Old Mill to hear the latest advances in research in the department. In his opening remarks, Graduate Associate Chair John Peever remarked how glad he was to see…

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September 16, 2022

Compassion and Commitment earn Jade Zhang the 2022 Nyman Scholarship

Jade Zhang smiles at the camera, standing in the shade of New College courtyardCongratulations to New College student Jade…

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August 26, 2022

Fresh perspectives from a CSB summer course overseas

Yutei Shi, an Asian man in a white T-shirt gazing into the camera with carved pillars in the backgroundYutei Shi, freshly…

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August 7, 2022

Professor Chang’s Research Featured in The Atlantic

Dr Sarah Dungan was interviewed about her work in Professor Chang's lab on reconstructing ancestral rhodopsin in cetaceans. The story was published in the Atlantic as "What Did Ancient Whales See?" (external link).

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August 2, 2022

Microscopic detectors of viscosity – Plotnikov lab collaboration reveals how cells measure fluid thickness and move faster despite resistance

Researchers at University of Toronto and Johns Hopkins University have identified a specific cellular structure that allows cells to sense fluid thickness. In their recent Nature Physics article, the group explains how cells respond to thickened fluids and details the effect of viscosity on cell…

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July 7, 2022

CSB Graduate Wins Award for Best Plant Biology Paper of 2021

Dr Purva KariaThe 2021 Ragai Ibrahim Award for best student paper in plant biology was awarded to CSB…

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July 5, 2022

Dean Melanie Woodin elected as Vice-President of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience

Professor Melanie Woodin standing on a treed path next to a brick wallCongratulations to CSB Professor Melanie…

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June 29, 2022

Whales evolved swiftly to become deep divers

White and Blue Whale Diving UnderwaterSurprising details about the transition of early whales from living on…

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