Grateful to be part of this exciting team. Terry Fox is a childhood hero of mine and we are dedicated to making a difference Hon Leong Renwick Lab

On this week’s Gradifying Blog, we cover some helpful advice for students that are new to (or returning to) grad school this fall!

Read the blog here: ow.ly/y4sM50PCCxC

First Mica in Canada! At #Queensu in #DBMS fully loaded confocal. #Leica !

If you’re new to Queen’s this fall and you missed the pre-arrival webinar in July, you can still attend the session on August 8! Get introduced to Queen’s and everything on offer for you as a grad student!

Register here: ow.ly/pmbs50PpnUN

Very happy to share the latest from our lab by Mitchell Jeffs ! A cell-based assay that tests beta-lactamase inhibitors against beta-lactamase-producing bacteria rather than purified enzymes (evaluating factors such as cell wall permeability, etc) #AMR Queen's Health Sciences QUbiomed

“Neurons communicate with immune cells with many more signals than we thought,” Dr. Sebastien Talbot (@UdeMTalbotLab) comments on recent research regarding how immune responses could be connected to pain in The Washington Post: washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/…

Today's research highlight: Does Native Vitamin D Supplementation Have Pleiotropic Effects in Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease? A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/1…

#queensu #dbmsresearch

Hats off to all of these folks for making the 2022 DBMS Faculty Retreat on education and research an enjoyable and idea-rich experience!! Queen's Health Sciences

“We’re raising money for research & education that offers solutions to our biggest health challenges” – Dean @JanePhilpott on #TheNext25 at the #QueensHomecoming Health Sciences Gala. Ways to participate: fal.cn/3t9bU

Mini-Me’s for Halloween! 🎃 Great costumes from our #GlycoQueens group. Everyone has imposter syndrome at some point, but maybe I’ll be super productive today!

A spooky day in the Craig lab🎃👻💀⁦Queen's University⁩ ⁦Queen's Health Sciences⁩ ⁦QUbiomed⁩

Celebrating Emma LeBlanc’s recent Scientific Reports paper with some personalized swag courtesy of Christopher Lohans! 🥂 (Don’t worry, the mugs are still empty - we’re not drinking in the lab!)

The Vice-Principal Research Portfolio is accepting nominations for three awards this Fall:
- Royal Society of Canada Fellowship and College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
- Sloan Research Fellowships
- WiSTEM2D Scholars Award Program
Apply at queensu.ca/vpr/news/fall-…

Seeking volunteers to host research or neuro information booths at our event on Saturday August 28th! If you want to showcase your research or a neuro topic at our August 28th #NeurRun , please email [email protected] with your ideas! #ygk Queen's U Department of Medicine Queen's Health Sciences QueensSGPS

Understanding the busy networks inside our cells can help researchers develop new #cancer treatments and prevent dangerous fungal #infections . Read the full story: lightsource.ca/public/news/20…

Queen's University Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Official QUbiomed Queen's Health Sciences CIHR NSERC / CRSNG NIH

This week’s Gradifying blog covers the most difficult topic in academia - how to explain what you do to other people. #graduatestudies

Check out the blog here: bit.ly/3pmvCln

'Researchers from SEMC & SosaLab report kinesin-8s alternating promotility and pro-microtubule-depolymerization states via their tubulin shape-sensing loop-2 region. John Allingham Matthieu Benoit Queen's University #CryoEM #kinesin #microtubules

go.nature.com/3zX6ojS

Another new lab milestone: publication of our first research paper! We identify a strategy to inhibit cell entry of diverse #coronaviruses - congrats to our PhD student Emma Emma LeBlanc for her excellent work leading this project! #newPI QUbiomed
nature.com/articles/s4159…

#Queensu Harriet Feilotter received funding from Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) to help hospitals in finding the best way to test tumours for #cancer biomarkers. A centralized lab will improve how Ontario makes genetic research available to cancer patients. Learn more: bit.ly/3JQG3an

Three new Queen’s camps – Health Science’s Outreach and Summer Program, Connections Engineering Outreach’s Black Youth in STEM program, and All-Girls Queen’s Summer Engineering Academy – welcomed students to campus Aug. 2-5.
queensu.ca/gazette/storie…