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Thursday, April 17, 2025

2024-2025 Faculty Graduate Mentoring Awards

Our Associate Professor Joseph Bennett, has been awarded with Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award at a ceremony on campus on March 31, 2025. This award is in recognition of faculty who provide exceptional service to graduate students as supervisors and research mentors. Sponsored by Graduate Studies and the Office of the Vice-President (Research and... More

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Congrats to MSc Candidates Raegan Davis and Isaac Finkelstein at the CU Annual 3MT!

Carleton University held its annual Three Minute Thesis Competition on March 27, 2025. Congratulations to our very own MSc Candidate, Raegan Davis, of the Cooke Lab for coming in Second Place with the talk “Dam it, I’m stranded: quantifying fish stranding downstream of hydropeaking facilities.” Congratulations to MSc Candidate Isaac... More

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Dr. Jayne Yack sheds light on the fascinating dynamics of caterpillars on CBC Ottawa Morning

Dr. Jayne Yack and her lab have discovered that newborn warty birch caterpillars exhibit complex territorial behaviors despite their tiny size. This groundbreaking research highlights the sophisticated communication methods of these minute organisms. Read the New York Times story here:... More

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

PhD Student Katelyn Cunningham Presents at Pembroke and Area Field Naturalists AGM

PhD student Katelyn Cunningham studies under Dr. Steve Cooke and Dr. Sean Landsman and her research is focused on understanding the movement, ecology, and population genetics of two freshwater fish species in Algonquin Park. Cunningham is the special guest speaker at the Pembroke and Area Field Naturalists AGM on April 15 - open to... More

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Arm Wrestling in BIOL 4309 Studies in Human Performance

Ever wonder what happens in an upper-year Biology lab? It might not be what you think! Students in BIOL 4309 Studies in Human Performance learn about electromyography (EMG) through... Arm Wrestling!  This course explores the biomechanical underpinnings of human performance including the quantitative analysis of human motion in normal activities... More

Friday, March 21, 2025

Dr. Bruin wins 2025 Dorothy Killam Fellowship for research about how environmental toxins are contributing to the rise of Type 2 diabetes

Dr. Jenny Bruin is one of two Carleton researchers to have been awarded the prestigious Dorothy Killam Fellowship, one of Canada's top academic honours. Her work on environmental links to diabetes demonstrates how academic discovery can drive real-world impact. Jenny Bruin, a professor in the Department of Biology and the Institute of... More

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Biology Postdoc – Tom Kazmirchuk Wins Second Popular Award at McMaster Research Competition

Our Biology Postdoc - Dr. Tom Kazmirchuk has made an impressive mark at McMaster University’s prestigious Appetizers for the Mind research competition. As the only in-person finalist from outside the Greater Toronto Area and the first-ever Carleton representative, Dr. Kazmirchuk delivered a compelling research talk that earned him the Second... More

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Carleton’s 2025 Achievement Awards: Honoring Professors in the Biology Department

Congratulations to our Biology Associate Profs Joseph Bennett & Catherine Cullingham for the Research Achievement Award & Grégory Bulté for the Professional Achievement Award More information about the award recipients is available on the Office of the Vice-President (Research and International) and Office of the Provost and... More

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

A Conversation with Eugene Fletcher on CBC’s All in a Day

Our Biology Professor Eugene Fletcher is embarking on a groundbreaking project that could revolutionize waste management and renewable energy. Fletcher believes he can teach yeast to break down plastic waste, transforming it into ethanol alcohol. Click here! to listen to the segment.... More

Monday, January 13, 2025

Eugene Fletcher Tackles Plastic Pollution with Biofuel Innovation

Read about our Assistant Professor- Dr. Eugene Fletcher's work to re-engineer yeast to convert plastic and food waste into biofuels. https://challenge.carleton.ca/transforming-garbage-biofuel-chemicals/... More

Monday, January 13, 2025

Carleton Biochemists – Kyle Biggar & Jeff Smith Accelerates Drug Development with Innovative Peptide Therapies

Learn how biochemistry researchers Dr. Kyle Biggar and Dr. Jeff Smith collaborate with private sector partners to bring their pharmaceutical research to market. https://challenge.carleton.ca/nuvobio-fast-tracking-drug-therapies/ In collaboration with entrepreneur Michael Cowpland, Biggar co-founded NuvoBio, a biotech company focused on turning... More

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

2024 CU-PSAC Postdoctoral Fellow Research Award Competition

On December 10th, the Carleton University community gathered to celebrate the brilliance of its Postdoctoral Fellows during 2024 CU-PSAC Research Award Competition. Between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., 12 talented postdocs from various fields took to the stage to present their groundbreaking research. Each researcher had only five minutes to capture the... More

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