IRN
trainees win poster competition at the 5th Annual Snyder Institute
Research Day.
Congratulations to Jennifer Beatty (Buret lab), James Cotton
(Buret lab), Sonia Rehal (von der Weid lab) and Christina Ohland
(MacNaughton lab).
Posted October
21, 2009
Gut instincts at
Mac lead to $5m prize for Dr. John L. Wallace.
Dr. Wallace received
the Premier's Summit Award at a gala on May 12, 2009.
This prestigious
award provides extraordinary research support to a small number of
outstanding medical researchers, helping attract them to or retain
them in Ontario and enabling them to significantly expand their
research programs. The Award forms part of a cohesive innovation
strategy that focuses on excellence in research and
commercialization as cornerstones of the economic future of the
province of Ontario.
Congratulations John!
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Posted May
13, 2009
Congratulations
to Dr. Morley Hollenberg who will receive the 2009 CSCI
Distinguished Scientist Lecture and Award. The presentation of
this award and lecture will be at the 2009 CSCI Annual Conference
(date and venue TBA).
This award is
presented to the scientist who has made significant contributions to
new knowledge and is generally recognized in their field as expert,
innovative, and in the forefront of research endeavour.
Posted March
17, 2009
Dr. Hongying Wong,
has accepted a position as a Investigator at the State Key
Laboratory of Molecular Oncology at the Cancer Institute and
Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in Beijing, China.
Dr.
Hongying Wang, a Research Associate in Dr. MacNaughton's lab, has been
appointed to the position of Research Assistant Professor in the
Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Wang will continue her studies of the cellular mechanisms linking
inflammation and cancer. Congratulations, Hongying!
Posted: August
8, 2008
Congratulations
to Dr. John Wallace on being elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
A major
responsibility of the Royal Society of Canada is to recognize merit
and achievement by electing to its membership distinguished
individuals from all branches of learning who have achieved
distinction, both nationally and internationally, by publishing
learned works or original research in the arts, humanities and
sciences.
Election to
Fellowship in the Society is the highest academic accolade in Canada
that is available to scientists and scholars.
Dr. Wallace
is a pre-eminent researcher, with scientific as well as MBA training,
who does not need any introduction to those involved with inflammation
research and biotechnology. Rare are the people blessed with such a
breadth of pioneering and translational research skills.
This
Fellowship is the culmination of a long list of prestigious
international and national awards. They all recognize in John a
formidable leader and researcher, as well as a mentor of international
stature in Science who also exhibits the highest calibre of
intellectual honesty and stewardship.
The
University of Calgary is privileged to be able to count him as one of
its most illustrious ambassadors.
Posted: July 22, 2008
Dr.
Jose Ferraz was awarded the 2008 Research (Basic Science) Award
for clinical, adjunct, and research faculty. This award acknowledges
his significant achievements in 2007 in the area of basic science
research, and places him in the top one per cent of the members of the
Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary! This is well
deserved honour. Congratulations Jose!!!
Congratulations
to Dr. Andre Buret on receiving the Robert Arnold Wardle Award.
This award is presented in recognition of outstanding contributions to
Canadian parasitology and/or outstanding contributions by a Canadian
to parasitology. Well done Andre!
Amoebas and dysentery
Dr. Kris Chadee is working on a
vaccine for a different kind of pathogen: an amoeba (a type of
parasite) called Entamoeba histolytica that can contaminate food or
drink. Once it enters the body, it takes up residence in the intestine
and causes a severe form of diarrhea called amoebic dysentery. If the
condition is left untreated, the amoebas can burrow through the
intestinal wall, spread through the bloodstream, and form abscesses in
organs such as the liver, lungs, and brain. At least 100,000 people
die and millions are made ill by amoebic dysentery every year, mainly
in developing countries.
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Howard Ceri, Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, and
Associate member of IRN, was elected the 72nd President of Sigma Xi
at the society's annual meeting in Orlando. He will serve as
president-elect in 2008 and act as president in 2009. Sigma Xi is an
international, chapter-based, interdisciplinary, honorary scientific
research society. It is committed to public education of the
scientific method and science literacy. Congratulations on this honour
Howard!
Congratulations to Dr.
John Wallace on receiving the BioAlberta Award
for Scientific Achievement and Innovation. The award
recognizes leadership in the Alberta biotechnology sector, innovative
discoveries and success in translating research discoveries into
products that can be commercialized and significantly improve the
health of people in Alberta and elsewhere. BioAlberta is the central
voice and the organizing hub for the bioindustry in Alberta. Premier
Ed Stelmach and Finance Minister Lyle Oberg took part in the
the event.
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It’s a GIRL!
Our warmest wishes go out to Kristina Hansen, a post doctoral
fellow in Morley Hollenberg's lab, on the birth of her daughter
Danica Kay Hansen. Danica was born Friday, November 30th, 2007 at
11:04 a.m. weighing 3.52 kg and is 53.975 cm long. Congratulations Kristina.
NSERC
honours two researchers
Long-standing
industry partnership earns prestigious NSERC Synergy Award for
biologists.
Long-time U
of C researchers André Buret and Douglas Morck are being awarded top
honours by Canada’s largest science granting agency for their 19-year
partnership with pharmaceutical company Elanco Animal Health, which
has advanced one of the most popular drugs to combat infections in
cattle and is leading to new drugs that may benefit humans.
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