May 6, 2025
Innovation, Excitement and Awards at CSB Research Day 2025
CSB Research Day 2025 on May 1st at University of Toronto Scarborough gave us a chance to share fun times with our colleagues, gain important insights into their research and celebrate their accomplishments. Students, staff and faculty were welcomed by Professors Rene Harrison and Adam Mott and…
April 14, 2025
Excellence in research shown at end-of-year poster session for undergraduate projects
Students in CSB497, CSB498, and CSB499 presented posters describing their 2024-2025 research projects at the end-of-year CSB Undergraduate Poster Session. Posters were assessed by judges from the Department and eight students earned the F Michael Barrett Award for their excellent presentations.…
July 30, 2024
Gold medal award for CSB doctoral thesis by Tatiana Ruiz-Bedoya
Dr Tatiana Ruis Bedoya’s paradigm-shifting doctoral dissertation, “Population Biology…
April 30, 2024
Life sciences students honour CSB Teaching Assistants with Teaching Excellence Award
Congratulations to this year’s TA Teaching Excellence Award winners, Ruby He, Mary-Elizabeth Raymond, Andrea-Aditi Taylor and Kathryn McTavish! Students taking classes in Molecular and Cell Biology (BIO130), Techniques in Molecular & Cell Biology (CSB330) and Methods in Genomics and Proteomics…
May 19, 2023
Science Rendezvous was a huge success for CSB!
On Saturday, May 13th, St George Street was shut down in front of the Ramsay Wright Building for Science Rendezvous 2023. CSB was…
April 26, 2023
Benign bacteria can cooperatively cause virulence
“In science, we often focus on a single ‘wild type’ organism, but even a single species of bacteria has as much variation as the instruments in a symphony. The French Horn produces a lovely sound, but if all you do is focus on French Horn, you’ll never know the joys of a symphony.” This is how…
April 25, 2023
Oustanding CSB educators earn 2022-23 TA Teaching Awards
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2022-23 CSB TA Teaching Excellence Award! This award recognizes the significant role of Teaching Assistants in the Department of Cell and Systems Biology and their key contributions to the learning experience of students. This year, the award was earned by…
February 10, 2023
Tatiana Ruiz-Bedoya’s passion for science yields Dr Christine Hone-Buske Scholarship
The Dr Christine Hone-Buske Scholarship honours an Outstanding Publication by a PhD Student in Cell & Systems Biology. This year’s award goes to Tatiana Ruiz-Bedoya for her work on “Cooperative virulence via the collective action of secreted pathogen effectors”. Ruiz-Bedoya acquired an…
December 5, 2022
Congratulations to Highly Cited Researcher Prof David Guttman!
Department of Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) Professor David Guttman has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher in 2022 by the science analytics firm Clarivate. This award is evidence that Guttman's peers frequently refer to his work as they build toward improvements in plant and animal…
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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