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Thursday, March 3, 2016
My role as an ICUREUS participant was to perform statistical analysis and automate instruments. I developed multiple programs in R, MATLAB, and LabVIEW to analyze data that we obtained with an in-house microscope. As a result, a large portion of our data analysis steps have been streamlined. My ICUREUS project directly relates to the... More
Thursday, February 4, 2016
What is your project about and what is your role as a researcher? I joined a group of graduate students who are aiming at enhancing aerosol drug delivery systems, mainly for pressurized metered-dose inhalers (pMDI), commonly known as asthma inhalers. My role was to investigate deposition of salbutamol sulphate inside a cylindrical asthma spacer... More
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
I love the I-CUREUS program! It has allowed me to conduct research on the field that I love the most: Genetics. With the help of Dr. Owen Rowland, I am researching how plants behave when certain genes are missing. The understanding of how these genes affect the development of plants can offer new possibilities... More
Monday, January 25, 2016
As an I-CUREUS participant I worked in Dr. Matt Holahan's lab under the supervision of one of his graduate students, Niko. My role was to assist Niko with animal training and processing of nervous system tissue in the interest of completing his master's thesis. My I-CUREUS project, from Fall 2014 to Winter 2015, was a... More
Stephanie Defillipe is an I-CUREUS participant in the Food Science and Nutrition program, assisting in Dr. Avis’ research in the field of food microbiology. She says: I-CUREUS has allowed me to learn and experience new things at school outside of the typical classroom setting! My project was based on extracting and identifying certain... More
Monday, January 18, 2016
As a research assistant with the I-CUREUS program I conducted research on several topics including sex workers organizing politically in Latin America, medical tourism, and global care chains. I gathered journal articles from various databases and completed annotated bibliographies. In addition, I summarized the ideas and main arguments of the... More
Thursday, January 14, 2016
My role as an I-CUREUS participant was to develop a custom built Raman microscope. Our application to biological samples with thicknesses of a few microns causes major problems for expensive commercial systems. The system we constructed has achieved a better application specific performance, at a fraction of the cost. The task of building a... More
Friday, January 8, 2016
The I-CUREUS Research Internship is an opportunity to take learning out of the textbook and gain hands on experience in a research environment. I had the opportunity to work under the supervision of Dr. William Willmore from the Biochemistry department. In Dr. Willmore's lab I have worked with DNA, protein, bacterial cells, and mammalian... More
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Natalie Prowse, a third year Neuroscience student shares her I-CUREUS experience. Please outline your role as an I-CUREUS participant (what research support were you providing?) I was tasked with finishing and documenting a program which uses a suite of software called EEGLab for the Neuroscience of Imagination Cognition and Emotion Research... More
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Sarah Gardiner, a third-year Honours Psychology student shares her thoughts with you about her research with children. As an I-CUREUS participant I have helped support the research of Dr. Robert Coplan, who is interested in the activities children do both at and outside of school. I do this through helping prepare packages for participants... More
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
I-CUREUS participant Betül Alaca, a third-year Psychology student, shares about her experience with the Kids in Places Initiative, associated with the Child Studies department. I completed my I-CUREUS internship with The Kids in Places Initiative. As a research assistant, I was specifically involved in a cultural exchange between children in... More
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Kim Seguin, a second year Biology student, shares her thoughts about her I-CUREUS experience in Biology. As an I-CUREUS participant, I have provided support to Dr. Alex Wong’s research. As a part of this research, I have been gaining experience working as a research assistant in a microbiology laboratory. I’m responsible for setting up... More
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