Archives: ICUREUS

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Profile: Health Science Student

Sara Siddiqi is an I-CUREUS participant in the Health Science program, assisting Professor Salmaso's "Examining the Effects of Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 on Perineuronal Nets" project. This involves investigating how PNNs are altered in both the cortex and hippocampus of FGF2KO and wildtype (WT) mice treated with a FGF2 injection. Of her... More

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Apply to I-CUREUS!

The application form for the 2017-2018 I-CUREUS Program is now open and available to applicants. Please refer to the general information for I-CUREUS should you wish to see what's new this year and for information about the program. Note: applications take a minimum of 3-weeks to process. No applicants should plan to start their... More

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Celebrating Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate research is alive and well at Carleton and growing steadily each year! The Discovery Centre was pleased to host an undergraduate conference on March 30th to celebrate the work completed by participants of the Centre's I-CUREUS and Badar Travel Award programs. The students concise presentations were well received, by an audience of... More

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Undergraduate Research Conference Schedule

Join us from 2-4pm in the Discovery Centre   Our conference will feature an "IKEA-walk" through our student exhibitors. Follow the tape on the floor to wander through a forest of posters. In parallel, individual students will present their work in a 5-minute presentation in tandem. Listen to their experience and ask them questions about... More

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Supervisor Feedback

Thank you to all who have participated in I-CUREUS over the past year. As a fund matching program, I-CUREUS would not be possible without the supervisors who take student research assistants under their wings. Whether you've supported an I-CUREUS student just once or in consecutive past years please provide us with your feedback. To... More

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Profile: Engineering, Biomedical and Mechanical I-CUREUS Participant

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

Profile: Biology Major I-CUREUS Participant

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

Profile: Neuroscience Major I-CUREUS Participant

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

Monday, January 25, 2016

Profile: Food Science and Nutrition Student

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

Profile: Sociology and Women & Gender Studies I-CUREUS Participant

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

Profile: Engineering Physics I-CUREUS Participant

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

Profile: Biochemistry and Biotechnology I-CUREUS Participant

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

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