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The Canadian Society of Chronobiology Conference

catherine.siu — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:29:27 -0400

The Canadian Society of Chronobiology will be hosting its first ever conference in Toronto from May 24-26th. Dr. Russell Foster from Oxford University will present a free general public lecture entitled "The Rhythms of Life - Body clocks, sleep and health" at Innis College (Town Hall Theatre) on May 24th from 5:00-6:30 PM. All are welcome to attend the free public lecture! For more information, please contact Joel Levine at joel [dot] levine (at)utoronto [dot] ca. read more »

Nicholas Provart, David Guttman, and Alan Moses awarded a Genome Canada Grant

nicholas.provart — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:05:19 -0400

These CSB researchers, along with EEB researcher Stephen Wright, were awarded a $1 million grant in the most recent Genome Canada Bioinformatics and Computational Biology competion for their "Large data sets and novel tools for plant biology for use in international consolidation-tier data repositories and portals" grant proposal. Their work will help researchers deal with the deluge of data being generated for plants. read more »

Brooke Acton Receives the 2013 CIHR Brain Star Award

webadmin — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:16:41 -0400

Brooke, a PhD student in the Woodin Lab, received one of only 15 Brain Star Awards issued annually by the Institute of Neurosciences Mental Health and Addiction that recognize the excellence of research done in Canada by students and trainees. Congratulations Brooke!” read more »

Quirks and Quarks Interview with CSB PhD student Jennifer Lapierre

catherine.siu — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:18:24 -0500

A link to Jennifer Lapierre's discussion with Bob MacDonald.

http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/episode/2013/03/02/march-2-2013/index.html#6

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Dr. Sergio Peisajovich recipient the 2012 Boehringer Ingelheim Canadian Young Investigator Award in Biological Science

catherine.siu — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:41:38 -0500

CSB would like to congratulate Dr. Sergio Peisajovich on his recipient of the 2012 Boehringer Ingelheim Canadian Young Investigator Award in Biological Sciences. This annual award is made to an outstanding new faculty member conducting biological research at a Canadian university, and consists of an unrestricted three-year research grant.

Congratulations to John Peever for a Feature Article on his Research!

catherine.siu — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:33:42 -0400

Neurology Today (a major journal in neuroscience) did a feature article on some of our research findings.

David Hogg won the American Physiological Society 2012 Scholander Award

catherine.siu — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:49:00 -0400

David Hogg, a PhD student in the Buck Lab, has won the prestigious 2012 Scholander Award from the American Physiological Society’s Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section. The award recognizes an outstanding research presentation by a young investigator and includes the opportunity to organize a symposium for next years’ meeting. Dave’s poster entitled: ROS scavenging mimics anoxia by enhancing GABA receptor-mediated electrical suppression in anoxia-tolerant turtle cortex, beat out 29 others.