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Monday, May 4, 2020
Jenny Crick, a graduate student in the Hepworth lab, and a colleague were perplexed as to why the tulip still produces a flower if they propagate using bulbs. After scouring the internet to no avail, she stumbled upon a blog detailing the reproductive cycle of the tulip. Low and behold, tulips will indeed produce... More
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
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
Friday, January 17, 2020
Congratulations to Zoe Panchen, winner of the 2019 NSERC and L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Supplement! Zoe is a member of our alumni community, having completed her PhD in Biology at Carleton University. During her doctoral studies, Zoe studied the impact of climate change on the flowering and fruiting times of Arctic plants in... More
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Each year the Faculty of Science present awards to faculty and instructors in honour of their outstanding work in teaching, supervising and mentoring our students, as well as excellence in research and the impactful contributions they have made in the overall performance of their duties. Three of the Biology Department's Faculty members were... More
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Carleton Biology's Dr. Steve Cooke will be giving a talk with the City of Ottawa as part of their wildlife speaker series. The talk will be taking place at Ben Franklin Place (101 Centerpoint Drive) on Wednesday, November 27th at 7p.m. To learn more about the talk visit the City of Ottawa Wildlife... More
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
A PhD student in biology who studies cell and molecular responses to stress in Prof. Ken Storey’s lab, Hadj-Moussa worked with fellow PhD student Samantha Logan to identify jumbo squid microRNA in research funded through experiment.com, a crowdfunding platform for scientific experiments. Read the full Carleton Newsroom article by Tyrone Burke... More
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Thursday, Nov 7, 2019 7:00 P.M. 378 University Center Join us and listen to Andrea Reid talk about her work on Indigenizing Fisheries Research. Andrea Reid is a Nisga'a Ph.D. Candidate in Biology at Carleton University. For her interdisciplinary and inclusive approach to fish and fisheries research in East Africa, the South Pacific, Southeast... More
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
The Department of Biology 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, August 28, 2019
Carleton University's professor Bill Willmore mentors student Bhavya Mohan, tackling and researching alternatives to cancer treatment. Mohan, beginning his mentorship at only 11 years old, demonstrates a strong drive, innovative ideas and significant knowledge related to Willmore's research. Throughout the years, Mohan goes on to winning the top... More
Friday, July 12, 2019
Biology PhD Student, Jordanna Bergman, is conducting research as part of a three-year project to determine the impact of human activities on the health of the Rideau ecosystem and help Parks Canada come up with effective management policies. Bergman and undergraduate Biology students Gagliardi and Killeen are catching and tagging pike and bass on... More
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Biology PhD candidate Erin Vanzyl has received a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) to support her research involving gene splicing. The scholarship provides recipients with $50,000 a year for three years during their doctoral studies. “This is further evidence of Carleton fostering leading researchers in the area of health and biomedical... More
Monday, April 1, 2019
Each year the Biology Department awards 1 TA Excellence Award as one of the ways we acknowledge the efforts of our teaching assistants. This year we had many nominees, but 2 were particularly outstanding. Therefore, we decided to award 2 TA Excellence Awards for the 2018-19 year to Melanie Scallion and Winston Campeau! Congratulations to... More
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