Graduate students in the Department of Cell & Systems Biology cover a broad range of fields, including plant science, neuroscience, cell biology, infectious disease research, endocrinology and systems biology. The discoveries these students are making and their contributions to the Department are celebrated in our Departmental Awards.
Thank you to all our donors and congratulations to students who earned these awards!
Dr. Christine Hone-Buske Scholarship
Rebecca Tam (Harris Lab)
Valerie Anderson Award
PJ Gamueda (Provart Lab)
Kenneth C. Fisher Fellowship
Racquel Singh (Desveaux/Guttman Lab)
Sheila Freeman Graduate Award in Zoology
Vasilisa Nikiporets (Peever Lab)
Dr. Clara Winifred Fritz Memorial Fellowship in Plant Pathology
Marina Kim (Yoshioka Lab)
Duncan L. Gellatly Memorial Fellowship
Renee Wagner (Guzzo Lab)
Yoshio Masui Prize
Charlotte Martin (Calarco Lab)
David F. Mettrick Fellowship
Asia Anwary (Porteus Lab)
Dr. Klaus Rothfels Memorial Scholarship
Mackenzie Loranger (Yoshioka Lab)
Senior Alumni Association Prize
Angela Sidsworth (Goring Lab)
Hilbert and Reta Straus Award
Hyunsuh Lee (Yoshioka Labs)
Vietnamese-Canadian Community Graduate Award
Gary Chatha (Erclik Lab)
Elizabeth Ann Wintercorbyn Award for Agriculture
Bridget Murphy (Ensminger lab)
Elizabeth Ann Wintercorbyn Award for Medicine
Osama Abdallah (Cheng Lab)
Ramsay Wright Scholarship
Claire Fernandes (Guzzo Lab)
Zoology International Scholarships
Congrong (Ruby) He (Calarco Lab)
Yunqi (Emma) Song (Senatore Lab)
Zoology Sesquicentennial Graduate Award
Saloni Modi (Mitchell Lab)
Alfred and Florence Aiken and Dorothy Woods Memorial Graduate Scholarship
Kortni Kindree (Nguyen Ba Lab)
Janssen Graduate Award for Equity & Inclusion at the University of Toronto
Cameron Parro (Lin Lab)
Dr. Sergiy and Tetyana Kryvoruchko Graduate Scholarship in Cell & Systems Biology
Amelia Mesich (Shafer Lab) – Neuroscience
Ryan Yip (Anreiter Lab) – Genome Biology & Bioinformatics
Joan M. Coleman Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST)
Punita Lalchand (Pan Lab)
Sherwin S. Desser Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST)
Liam Tigert (Porteus Lab)