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Monday, July 4, 2022

Dr. Jenny Bruin Awarded Early Researcher Award

Congratulations to Dr. Jenny Bruin, who was a recipient of the Early Researcher Award. This award is a $140,000 award administered by the Province of Ontario to help promising, recently-appointed Ontario researchers build their research teams of graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and research associates. Dr. Bruin's research provides... More

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Why Cricket Protein Could be a Game-Changer

Our planet's population is expected to reach nearly 11 billion by the end of this century, which will create a major global challenge: How will we feed so many people? Current agricultural practices, whether producing animals or crops, require too much land, water, feed or fertilizer to be sustainable at such a scale. But... More

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Invasive Insects Will Kill 1.4 Million Urban Trees by 2050

The study was part of lead author Emma Hudgins’ Ph.D. thesis at McGill University in Montreal. Hudgins is now a postdoctoral fellow at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. “Over the course of my Ph.D., I had built models to predict how invasive insects would spread and establish across the United States, and I wanted... More

Friday, May 13, 2022

New tool helps scientists monitor chronic oil in Arctic wildlife

Jennifer Provencher, Adjunct professor, Department of Biology and Yasmeen Zahaby, Masters Student, Department of Biology wrote a wonderfully informative article discussing how Arctic wildlife are impacted by oil and climate change. Jennifer's research focus is on the effects of plastic pollution, including the cumulative effects of plastic... More

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Anand Chopra Awarded Outstanding TA Award

We are delighted to announce that Anand Chopra, Faculty of Science Teaching Assistant for BIOC 3103/3104 has been awarded an Outstanding TA Award for the 2021-2022 academic year This award celebrates the contributions and support Teaching Assistants give to the undergraduate and graduate programs in their disciplines, as well as their roles in... More

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Prof. Steve Cooke Awarded Le Cren Medal

Prof. Steven Cooke (Canada Research Professor; Institute for Environmental and Interdisciplinary Sciences; Biology) was awarded the Le Cren Medal by the Fisheries Society of the British... More

Thursday, April 28, 2022

Henrietta Lacks Scholarship in Biology: Accepting applications for 2022-23

Henrietta Lacks Scholarship in Biology is awarded annually on the recommendation of the Chair of the Department of Biology to an outstanding full-time student in the second year of a degree program in Biology or Biochemistry who is a Black woman. Application is required.  Established in 2021 in memory of Henrietta Lacks whose cancer... More

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Carleton Science Blood Drive

Join us in saving lives! Join our team and help save some lives! We hope to have 50 donations by April 9th, and everyone is welcome to participate! However, if you cannot donate before April 9th, that’s no problem, as all of your donations will count towards our goal once you’ve joined the team.... More

Monday, March 21, 2022

Science Café | The Cricket Café: Hopping into Ontario’s entomophagy industry- Matthew Muzzatti

Carleton University Biology PhD student Matthew Muzzatti discusses the edible insect industry and provides an overview of the exciting research taking place at Carleton to push this industry forward. Watch... More

Monday, March 21, 2022

Meet Hannah Doyle, Faculty of Science Ambassador at Innovation Hub

Hannah is currently in her 2nd year focusing on Biology and Biotechnology. One of her many passions is engaging and mentoring young adults. She believes that facing challenges that come one’s way is fundamental to personal growth and development. Hannah enjoys spending her spare time volunteering, time with friends and family, downhill skiing,... More

Monday, March 21, 2022

Canada Research Chair in Data Science and Analytics Awarded to Sanjeena Dang who is Pioneering Statistical Analysis of Biological Systems

Carleton’s Sanjeena Dang will apply cutting-edge statistical algorithms to achieve a comprehensive understanding of biological systems through her newly-designated Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Data Science and Analytics. In her first year at Carleton, Dang is also an Assistant Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics.... More

Monday, March 21, 2022

Carleton’s 2022 Achievement Award Recipients- Jenny Bruin, Heath MacMillan and Nigel Waltho

Please join us in congratulating the recipients of the annual Achievement Awards, which are presented in recognition of the research and teaching distinction of Carleton’s academic staff. Pursuing knowledge that can change the world is central to Carleton’s core mission. Carleton researchers and instructors are passionate about their work and... More

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