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Grad Student News

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Northern map turtles survive cold winter conditions by staying active under ice

Imagine it’s winter, and you’re standing on a frozen lake or pond, when suddenly below your feet you notice hundreds of turtles. What are they doing down there below the ice? Freshwater turtles in temperate regions like Canada spend several months of the year braced against frigid winter conditions of temperatures around or below... More

Thursday, June 8, 2023

Life Sciences Day 6.0 Poster Award Winner – Alicia Halhed

We congratulate our grad student Alicia for securing 2nd position and a $250 prize at Life Sciences Day 6.0 Poster Awards. Alicia is co-supervised by Dr. Owen Rowland and the research presented by her investigated the interaction between Suberin (a protective compound found in roots) and the soil microbiome.   Click here for newsletter!... More

Friday, March 31, 2023

MSc Biology student Caitlin Menzies discusses turtle sociability in 3MT Finals

Caitlin Menzies is an MSc Biology student under supervision of Roslyn Dakin and Christina Davy. She participated in Carleton University's 2023 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) contest finals, held on March 17, 2023. The Three Minute Thesis is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia. It is a... More

Thursday, March 30, 2023

People’s Choice Winner of 3MT contest: Panashe Kupakuwana, student in MSc Biology

Congratulations to Panashe Kupakuwana, Biology MSc student in the Storey Lab who is People’s Choice Winner at the 3MT contest this year! On March 17, 2023, Carleton’s Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs hosted its first in-person Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition since 2019. The competition saw two semi-final rounds before the top... More

Friday, November 18, 2022

PhD Student Noa Gang Gets CIRTN Mentorship Award

Noa Gang, a PhD Candidate in the Bruin lab, received a mentorship award with The Canada Islet Research and Training Network (CIRTN). The CIRTN is a relatively new network of islet biologists from across Canada with >50 PIs and >200 associated trainees/research staff. Noa has invested a huge amount of time and energy over... More

Friday, October 7, 2022

Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Katriina L. Ilves October 14th at 2:30pm

Title: Ichthyology research at the Canadian Museum of Nature: from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic, and places in between   Dr. Katriina L. Ilves Research Scientist & Zoology Section Head Beaty Centre for Species Discovery, Zoology, Research & Collections Canadian Museum of Nature Email: kilves@nature.ca   Abstract: Natural... More

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Jeffrey Hanson September 29th at 2:30pm

Title: Making better conservation decisions Abstract: Conservation actions are urgently needed to safeguard species and the processes that sustain biodiversity. However, efforts to conserve biodiversity are complicated by the fact that existing information is incomplete and available resources are limited. In this seminar, I will discuss... More

Friday, July 8, 2022

Grad Students Matthew Coffey and Alicia Halhed get first and second place in GRADflix Competition

Grad students Matthew Coffey and Alicia Halhed won first and second place in the annual GRADflix competition. This competition requires participants to make a one-minute video describing their research. Visit this page to watch their flix! First Place: Matthew Coffey (Biology) Studying Lobelia Mating System using Citizen Science Second Place:... 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

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

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

Friday, February 25, 2022

Grad Research from Jenny Bruin’s Lab: Pollutants and Diabetes

Do certain pollutants cause or contribute to the onset of diabetes? That’s what researchers in Prof. Jenny Bruin’s lab are trying to determine. Bruin, herself, thinks there is a link. Kyle Van Allen – Flame Retardants One of her PhD students, Kyle Van Allen, is focusing his research on a class of chemicals called Flame Retardants... More

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Carleton Researchers; Karl Loeffler-Henry and Tom Sharrett Discover Timing Is Everything When Birds Trick Predators

In nature, most animals are at risk of being attacked by predators. This has led many species to use camouflage as a means of avoiding detection. However, the effectiveness of camouflage is significantly reduced when the animal moves, leading to the need for defence adaptations when in motion.. One such adaptation, flash behaviour, is... More

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Researcher of the Month: Prof. Joe Bennett

The latest video features Prof. Joe Bennett and two of his graduate students (Allison Binley Ph.D. and Jordanna Bergman Ph.D.) who research ways to conserve species. watch... More

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Matt Muzzatti, a Ph.D. Student in Biology Researches: Insects as Food

Muzzatti points out that food security is a major concern for the future, and our current agricultural model is not positioned to feed our growing population. “Insects are a sustainable and nutritious alternative protein source, and a potential solution to this problem.” “I am interested in biological mechanisms behind variation in body... More

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Mahmoud El-Saadi (Supervised by Dr. Heath McMillan), a Master’s Student in Biology is Investigating Insects In Low-Temperatures

Mahmoud El-Saadi, a master’s student in Biology is investigating possible links and mechanisms between insect’s gut and immune activation after being exposed to low temperatures. “If bacteria are finding their way out of the gut and into the body, the resulting infection may contribute to cold-induced injuries and explain the immune... More

Friday, April 30, 2021

2021 Grad Thesis Award Winners

The Department of Biology's Jayne Yack announced the winners of the 2021 Grad Thesis Awards at our annual George Carmody Lecture. Of course, this year was a bit different and it was  hosted over Zoom, as a virtual event. The department is so proud and chose 6 of our amazing former students to receive... More

Thursday, April 22, 2021

TA Excellence Award Winners!

Five our amazing Graduate Students in Biology have won TA Excellence Awards. We are so proud of them all!!... More

Monday, April 12, 2021

Noa Gang a PhD candidate in Biology Wins Poster Award at Life Sciences Day for Her Amazing Research

Noa Gang a PhD candidate in Biology, is examining the impact of man-made environmental toxins on beta cells in the pancreas. Gang works in a Diabetes and toxicology lab where the impact of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) on human health are studied. “These chemicals are being phased out, however due to their resistance to degradation,... More

Thursday, March 18, 2021

2020-21 Faculty Graduate Mentoring Awards – Congratulations to Jenny Bruin, Mark Forbes, Heath MacMillan

On March 17, 2021, seven faculty members were presented with a Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award. Congratulations to all! Below are the winners and quotes taken from their nominators’ letters. Sponsored by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs and the Office of the Vice-President (Research and International), these awards recognize... More

Friday, February 5, 2021

Study credits herd immunity for stopping avian cholera among sea ducks

In this study, researchers from Carleton University (CU) and scientists at Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) followed the effects of avian cholera over an eight-year period on a population of northern common eider ducks returning to breed in Nunavut. This large sea duck species breeds in the Arctic and nests on northern islands or... More

Friday, February 5, 2021

Grad Research: Looking at Improving the Lives of People Living With Chronic Pain

Living with chronic pain is something many people know too well, and is very much something that affects their lives. Stephanie Norlock, a second-year Master’s Neuroscience student has been using computational approaches to study pathological mechanisms driving chronic pain within the spinal cord.   “Understanding functional differences... More

Monday, November 23, 2020

Ontario’s Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve are Determined to Keep it Intact.

The heart of eastern North America's last, great forest corridor is threatened by development, but the people of Ontario's Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve are determined to keep it intact. Biosphere Reserves are a way to think about nature that includes people as part of the environment. Industry, landowners, residents, and First Nations are all... More

Friday, November 13, 2020

Online Science Café – Watch Erin Vanzyl discuss her research on understanding how defects in pre-mRNA splicing affect cancer cells

Cancer is a class of related diseases that are associated with the uncontrolled growth of cells in different parts of the body. Changes in cells leading to cancer are caused by mutations in genes that lead to changes in important proteins in cancer. Understanding how genetic changes contribute to cancer is important in understanding... More

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Biology Student Jill Brooks Speaks About her Work with Sharks on CBC’s Ottawa Morning

Biology PhD student Jill Brooks from the Cooke Lab, joins Robyn Bresnahan on CBC radio podcast to discuss her work with sharks. Listen to podcast... More

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Biology Professor Kenneth Storey Speaks on Animal Hibernation in this Published Article with CBC Radio

Biology Professor Kenneth Storey from the Storey lab. Comments on hibernating tendencies, and certain rehabilitating traits some animals go through once they are through hibernating in a CBC radio article. When ground squirrels emerge in the spring after hibernating all winter, their guts shrink to about half their original weight, but their... More

Monday, September 21, 2020

Carleton Researchers Study on Diet Coke and the Effects on Fish gets Published with the Ottawa Citizen

Carleton University researchers have put to rest a popular fish story: that pouring Diet Coke or other carbonated beverages on a fish’s injured gills can stem the bleeding. Researchers from biology professor Steven Cooke’s lab conducted the first scientific study of what has, in recent years, become a controversial tenet of fish first aid.... More

Monday, August 10, 2020

Steven Cooke and William Twardek Contribute to Major Migratory Fish Reporting

Prof. Steven Cooke and William Twardek, a PhD student in the Cooke Lab, co-authored a newly released global report on the status of migratory fish. Their report details that a massive decline in migratory freshwater fish populations could threaten livelihoods of millions. Read full article... More

Monday, August 10, 2020

Jill Brooks from the Cooke Lab Awarded the Eugenie Clark Memorial Award

Jill Brooks, a PhD student in the Cooke Lab , has been awarded the Eugenie Clark Memorial Award from the American Elasmobranch Society. The award recognizes female early-career scientists who demonstrate uncommon perseverance, dedication and innovation in biological research and public outreach on elasmobranch fishes, such as sharks, rays, and... More

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Congratulations to Our 2019-20 Biology 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. 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! Thank you all for your... More

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Carleton Graduate Student William Twardek Details his Research on Salmon Wildlife with CBC News

Researcher looks at why some chinook salmon don't make it up the Whitehorse fish ladder William Twardek, a PhD student in the Cooke Lab studying chinook salmon migration in Yukon, says there's ample reason to be concerned about how the fish will survive a changing environment — but he's optimistic. "They are pretty resilient... More

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Biology Students Win Big at Association of Canadian Universities of Northern Studies (ACUNS)

Congratulations to PhD candidates Willow English and William Twardek who recently won scholarships from ACUNS. Willow English, a student in both the Bennett lab and the Smith Lab, has won the Canadian Northern Studies Trust (CNST) Scholarship for her research on Carry-over effects in Arctic-breeding shorebirds: a cross-species comparison. William... 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 Chair of Biology 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

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Hayley Paquette Wins Prestigious Mycology Award

Congratulations to Hayley Paquette who recently won the Luella K Weresub Memorial Award in Mycology from the Canadian Botanical Association! Hayley is a graduate of Carleton (2019), having studied with Dr. Myron Smith and Dr. Troy McMullin. Her awarded article was recently published in OPUSCULA PHILOLICHENUM. To read more about Hayley's research... More

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