May 18, 2023
CSB Researchers earn multiple NSERC awards
Congratulations to Professors in CSB who earned NSERC Discovery and NSERC-RTI grants! NSERC Discovery Grants The Discovery Grant program supports ongoing programs of research with long-term goals. These grants recognize the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances.…
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…
April 4, 2023
CSB project students present their year’s work in research
A year of research by CSB project students culminated in a poster session on March 31st, 2023. The students used the posters to…
December 7, 2022
Prof John Calarco “excited and confident” after Canada Research Chair renewal for Neuronal RNA Biology
When the flow of information from gene to protein is disrupted, damage or disease can be the result. Prof John Calarco’s research in the Department of Cell & Systems Biology looks at how protein-coding exons in pre-mRNA are precisely chosen and spliced together, while introns in pre-mRNA are…
April 11, 2022
Congratulations to F Michael Barrett Award 2022 winners from CSB!
Students taking our CSB497/CSB498/CSB499 courses earned valuable experience in CSB research labs, gaining skills and knowledge in specific fields including developmental biology, plant biology, and stem cell biology. Our professors welcome the curiosity and questioning that these undergraduates…
August 27, 2021
Calarco Lab receives Connaught Award to map RNA binding proteins in the nervous system
Professor John Calarco has been granted a Connaught New Researcher Award to publish a detailed atlas of RNA binding proteins (RBPs), key regulators of gene expression, in the nervous system of the roundworm C. elegans. Mutations in RBP genes are thought to be associated with diseases including…
January 6, 2021
CSB Year in Review: Top Stories of 2020
As the year comes to a close, we look back on the achievements of students, staff, and faculty in the Cell and Systems Biology Department. Here are some of the top CSB stories of 2020. Research discoveries in CSB In 2020, researchers in the Cells and Systems Biology Department made strides with…
December 1, 2020
Splicing and remixing coded cellular messages reveals new controls on nervous system development.
The Calarco lab in Cell & Systems Biology at U of T has unveiled the signals that direct how RNA messages are remixed within the diverse organs of an animal in a new publication “Global regulatory features of alternative splicing across tissues and within the nervous system of C. elegans”. When…
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