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Recent Stories
August 14, 2025
From research to rinks: How science is shaping a more sustainable ice industryChemistry professor Stefania Impellizzeri aims to make ice rinks more sustainable and efficientNews Subtitle:
July 11, 2025
Top honours awarded to biomedical sciences grads this springChristian Denino reflects on receiving the TMU Gold Medal and co-organizing the 2SLGBTQ+ in STEM Conference at TMUNews Subtitle:
July 8, 2025
Spotlight on NSERC’s Scholars in ResidenceOpens in New WindowChemistry and Biology professor and inaugural NSERC Scholar in Residence Imogen Coe reflects on her time serving in the roleNews Subtitle:
Events
Ontario Universities Program in Field Biology-Urban Water Ecology
Are you an undergraduate Biology student who is interested in Field Work for the Summer of 2025?
June 22 to July 5, 2025
- Event Title:Design and Applications of Encoded Peptide Libraries for Covalent Ligand Discovery Against Spike RBD and MRCKβEvent Summary:Candidate: John MulawkaAugust 19, 202511:00 AM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT
- Event Title:Structured Emulsion Design for Saturated Fat Reduction and Animal Fat ReplacementEvent Summary:Candidate: Natalia MelloAugust 19, 20251:00 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT
- Event Title:Elucidating the role of transcription factor EB in innate immune response in vivo and in vitroEvent Summary:Candidate: Subothan InpanathanAugust 19, 20252:00 PM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT
- Event Title:BEHAVIOURAL, CHEMICAL, AND MORPHOLOGICAL DEFENCES OF INSECTS AGAINST PARASITES AND PATHOGENSEvent Summary:Candidate: Timothy SmithAugust 21, 20259:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT
- Event Title:Evaluating the Aqueous Stability of Alkyl-/Aryl-Hydrosilanes by NMR Spectroscopy and GC-MS and development of hydrosilafluorenes as recyclable coupling reagents for direct amidationEvent Summary:Candidate: Fawwaz Bin Shushilil AzamAugust 22, 202510:30 AM EDT - 1:30 PM EDT