{"id":17163,"date":"2025-03-11T09:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=17163"},"modified":"2025-03-11T10:32:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T14:32:51","slug":"carleton-postdoc-tom-kazmirchuk-wins-second-popular-award-at-mcmaster-research-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2025\/carleton-postdoc-tom-kazmirchuk-wins-second-popular-award-at-mcmaster-research-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology Postdoc &#8211; Tom Kazmirchuk Wins Second Popular Award at McMaster Research Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"98\" data-end=\"489\">Our Biology Postdoc &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/thomas-kazmirchuk\/\">Dr. Tom Kazmirchuk<\/a> has made an impressive mark at McMaster University\u2019s prestigious <em data-start=\"204\" data-end=\"229\">Appetizers for the Mind<\/em> 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 <strong data-start=\"437\" data-end=\"461\">Second Popular Award<\/strong>, based on audience votes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"98\" data-end=\"489\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17166 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5391-240x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5391-240x427.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5391-400x711.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5391-160x284.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5391-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5391-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5391-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5391-360x640.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5391-200x356.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5391-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"491\" data-end=\"851\">The event, held on <strong data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"527\">March 5, 2025<\/strong>, featured a lineup of postdoctoral researchers presenting their work in an engaging format. Attendees, both in-person and online, had the opportunity to vote for their favorite talk. Dr. Kazmirchuk\u2019s strong showing reflects not only his expertise but also the growing presence of Biology researchers on a national stage.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"491\" data-end=\"851\">Dr. Kazmirchuk is currently a postdoctoral fellow in <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/ashkan-golshani\/\">Dr. Ashkan Golshani\u2019s<\/a> lab in the Department of Biology.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"853\" data-end=\"1030\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">For more details on <em data-start=\"873\" data-end=\"898\">Appetizers for the Mind<\/em>, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/mccallmacbain.mcmaster.ca\/schedule\/winter-2025-schedule\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"906\" data-end=\"1029\">McMaster University\u2019s event page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"853\" data-end=\"1030\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Biology Postdoc &#8211; Dr. Tom Kazmirchuk has made an impressive mark at McMaster University\u2019s 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 Popular Award, based on audience [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Biology Postdoc - Tom Kazmirchuk Wins Second Popular Award at McMaster Research Competition - Department of Biology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our Biology Postdoc - Dr. Tom Kazmirchuk has made an impressive mark at McMaster University\u2019s prestigious Appetizers for the Mind research competition. 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