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Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Congratulations to Our 2019-20 Biochemistry TA Excellence Award Winner!

The Biology Department awards 1 TA Excellence Award as one of the ways we acknowledge the efforts and contributions of our teaching assistants in both Biology and Biochemistry. The award winner for the TA Excellence Award in Biology for the 2019-2020 Academic year has been awarded to Melanie Scallion! A warm congratulations to Melanie!... More

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Congratulations to Our 2020 Grads!

Congratulations, you made it! Please head over to our congratulatory web page where you can view a video message from the Director of Biochemistry and read messages from our Faculty and Staff. We are proud to call you Carleton alumni and we wish you every success in your new... More

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

CU Biochemists Contribute in Global Response to COVID-19

As research within the department gets back underway, we'd like to congratulate professors Kyle Biggar, Jeff Dawson, Ashkan Golshani, Tom Sherratt, Alex Wong, and Maria DeRosa for receiving Carleton University COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants. These grants will assist in funding research directly related to COVID-19. Read about all of Carleton's... More

Monday, May 4, 2020

The Bruin Lab Jumps into Action

As the fight against COVID-19 presses on, supplies of PPE for hospitals have begun to diminish. Professor Jenny Bruin's lab were quick to respond to calls for any supplies. They donated over 100 N95 masks and other PPE to the Ottawa Hospital. Other Biology labs were able to contribute to the donations of the... More

Friday, March 27, 2020

Ashkan Golshani Demonstrates Flexibility and Compassion

Ashkan Golshani has risen to the occasion as Carleton transitions to online teaching methods in response to COVID-19. He setup a virtual classroom and allowed his students to present using a screen-sharing platform.   Read more about how Ashkan and other Carleton Faculty are supporting students at:... More

Friday, March 27, 2020

Dr. Kyle Biggar Won a Faculty of Graduate Mentoring Award

Congratulations to Dr.Kyle Biggar of the Biology department for winning the 10th Annual (2019-2020) Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award ! Sponsored by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs and the Office of the Vice-President (Research and International), these awards recognize faculty who render exceptional service to graduate students as... More

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Practical Learning Powers Success in Science

Creating an Impressive Research Toolkit Neuroscience graduate Elyn Rowe pursued and found the right opportunities at Carleton to create an impressive research toolkit that launched her into a PhD program right after her double major undergrad years. Awarded the Chancellor’s Medal at spring Convocation for her outstanding academic achievements,... More

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Closed for the Holiday

The Institute of Biochemistry and the Biology Department will be closed for the holiday. Closed : December 23rd Re-open: January 3rd at 8:30 Happy... More

Monday, December 2, 2019

The Real World: Biotech Internship Challenges Carleton Students

For the second year, the National Research Council (NRC), the Government of Canada’s largest research organization, welcomed 25 undergraduate science students from Carleton University (CU) to its active Ottawa research facility during October’s fall break to expose them to how scientists work. NRC researchers Sue Twine and Kelly Fulton from... More

Friday, October 11, 2019

Pollutants and Diabetes: Carleton Lab makes New Discoveries

Dr. Jenny Bruin and her lab's new discovery made the Newsroom last month! Dr. Bruin's research aims to better understand what environmental factors contribute to the onset and development of diabetes. Her lab has recently discovered a relationship between gender and environmental pollutants. “Basically, females seem like they don’t adapt well... More

Friday, September 27, 2019

Global Climate Strike

The Institute of Biochemistry supports the Global Climate Strike of Friday, September 27, and recognizes this event as an important demonstration of our collective desire and need for action on climate change. This is a youth-led movement and we encourage the participation of students as well as faculty and staff. While students remain responsible... More

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Faculty of Science Launches New Life Sciences Coffee and Conversation Series

Life Sciences Coffee and Conversation is a new monthly series at Carleton University devoted to bringing together faculty, staff and graduate students from the life sciences disciplines to share their research and cultivate existing or future collaborations. Participating units include Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Health Sciences,... More

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