Graduate Students

Event | Seminar: Computer-based Predictions of RNA Structures: Where do we stand?

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 13:11:03 +0000

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Research | Viral DNA sequences in the human genome may help control gene activity, new study shows

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:40:53 +0000

Long dismissed as “junk,” viral fragments buried in human DNA may help regulate our genes, according to a new international study co-led by Guillaume Bourque, professor in McGill’s Department of Human Genetics, D2R-funded researcher and member of the D2R Research Steering Committee and Executive (RSC). The findings offer new insights into what makes us human, 25 years after the human genome was first mapped.

MPP '25 Husein Pumaya Yakubu Wins Two Prestigious Awards for Social Enterprise SheaMe

admin — Mon, 12 May 2025 17:18:59 +0000

We are proud to celebrate MPP '25 Husein Pumaya Yakubu, whose social enterprise SheaMe placed second in both the Mastercard Foundation Dobson Start-up Awards and the Dobson Bootcamp and Cup Competition, 2025 — two of the most competitive entrepreneurship programs hosted by the 51�Թ��Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship and supported by the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at 51�Թ��.

Congratulations to Professor James Richard Forbes for winning the ICRA (Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation) best paper award!

admin — Fri, 23 May 2025 01:37:49 +0000

We want to extend our congratulations to Professor James Richard Forbes for winning this year's ICRA (Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation) best paper award! This is a major achievement!

Some statistics about this year's ICRA submissions: 4153 papers reviewed; 1606 papers accepted; acceptance rate of 38.7%.

Leslie Fierro Elected to the American Evaluation Association's Board of Directors

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:57:03 +0000

We are thrilled to share that Leslie Fierro has been elected to the American Evaluation Association’s (AEA) Board of Directors for a three-year term, serving as a Board Member-at-Large from January 2026 through December 2028.

Sonja Solomun Named a 2025 Bishop’s University Top 10 After 10 Award Recipient

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 18:04:42 +0000

The Max Bell School of Public Policy is proud to celebrate Sonja Solomun, Faculty Associate at the Max Bell School and Deputy Director of the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy at 51�Թ��, has been selected as one of Bishop’s University’s 2025 Top 10 After 10 Award recipients, one of the university’s highest honours recognizing outstanding alumni achievement.

BBME seminar: “Single Molecule and Single Particle Analysis for Clinical Diagnosis”, Prof. David R. Walt, Harvard University

admin — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 17:44:57 +0000

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Metabolic Regulation of Host defense Against Influenza

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:05:17 +0000

LDI & Department of Microbiology and Immunology - Joint Receruitment Seminar
Featuring: Dr. Pamela Brigleb
Postdoctoral Fellow, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Research Progress Presentation

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:36:21 +0000

Location: MSB-016 (Macdonald-Stewart Building)

The irony of Mycobacteirum tuberculosis: redefining innate immunity

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:41:23 +0000

Graduate Student Smeinar Ph.D Final Presentation
Mina Sadeghi

NRS Graduate Seminars - 5

admin — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:45:20 +0000

Get to know the exciting research our graduate students are working on in this seminar series. Talks will be divided into 3 sections (see below). Everyone is welcome to attend.

Screening and analysis of antibiotic production by Canadian High Artic bacteria

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:43:23 +0000

Graduate Student Smeinar Ph.D Final Presentation
Eszter Farkas

NRS Graduate Seminars - 6

admin — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:47:43 +0000

Get to know the exciting research our graduate students are working on in this seminar series. Talks will be divided into sections (see below). Everyone is welcome to attend.

Proteomic insights bacteria stress reponses and the expression of antibiotic in Pseudomonas...

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:45:12 +0000

Graduate Student Smeinar Ph.D Final Presentation
Jackie Rich

Mechanotransduction in immune cells from the inside out

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:57:04 +0000

Emerging Topics in Health EToH Seminar Series 2025
Guest Speaker: Dr. Spencer Freeman
Depts. of Biochemistry, Cell & Systems Biology
Univeristy of Toronto & SickKids Research Institute