October 16, 2019

Creating Community and Establishing Efficiency Leads to Recognition for Tamar Mamourian through a University True Blue Award for Service

Tamar Mamourian is the Chief Administrative Officer for the Department of Cell & Systems Biology. She is the recipient of a True Blue Award for her Service to the University. "Tamar Mamourian excels at making people feel important and valued. She recognizes them as integral members of the…

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September 24, 2019

CSB Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium presented a summer of experiments by CSB students

After an exciting summer of study and experimentation, CSB students presented their research at the CSB Summer Undergraduate Poster Symposium. These students worked in CSB labs in Ramsay Wright and Earth Sciences, but also on International Exchange in labs in Singapore, Germany and Scotland. Thank…

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September 6, 2019

Professor Tony Harris awarded a John R Evans Leaders Fund grant

Advanced microscopy is essential for studying developmental cell biology—how molecules organize cells, and how cells form tissues. Professor Tony Harris has received funding from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation's John R Evans Leaders Fund to purchase a cutting-edge spinning disk confocal…

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July 19, 2019

A True Blue Award for Lisa Matchett recognizes her exemplary work in Joint Health and Safety

Lisa Matchett is a Teaching Lab Technician in the Ramsay Wright Building who has been recognized with a True Blue Award for Innovation. The True Blue Award highlights the practices of exemplary faculty and staff who make invaluable contributions to the University every day. Over the past 13…

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June 28, 2019

Dr Heather McFarlane joins Cell & Systems Biology as Professor and Canada Research Chair in Plant Cell Biology

Dr Heather McFarlane has been appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell & Systems Biology starting July 1st, 2019. Professor McFarlane’s research aims to uncover the mechanisms by which plants sense and respond to the status of the cell wall, with the goal of modifying…

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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…

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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…

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May 22, 2019

A passion for research yields a prestigious NSERC Banting Fellowship for Dr Ebrahim Lari of the Buck lab.

Dr Lari looks into an enclosure containing a turtleDr Ebrahim Lari in CSB's aquatic animal facility (photo by Diana…

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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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