Four emerging scholars have been offered Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships at U of G. Named for Dr. Frederick Banting, the Canadian medical scientist and Nobel laureate who helped discover insulin, these awards are the Government of Canada’s most prestigious post-doctoral fellowships, valued at $70,000 annually for two years.
Seven University of Guelph researchers have received the 2023 U of G Research Excellence Awards. MCB's Dr. Geddes-McAlister was one of them!
These awards celebrate the research, training and knowledge mobilization achievements of recently tenured faculty members and help to raise their profile among external funding agencies. The $5,000 awards are sponsored by the Office of Research and the Office of the Provost.
A new study by researchers from University of Guelph’s Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology provides a new perspective on bipolar disorder, a poorly understood and under-researched mental health disorder affecting about 1-2 per cent of Canadians, or about 400,000 people.
The University of Guelph Faculty Association is honouring Dr. Stephen Seah, associate professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, with a Distinguished Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching. READ MORE HERE
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Pharmacological inhibition of neuropeptide Y receptors Y1 and Y5 reduces hypoxic breast cancer migration, proliferation, and signaling. READ MORE HERE
The College of Biological Science is honouring five exceptional educators and mentors with the 2023 CBS Teaching and Mentorship Awards. The awards recognize those who’ve demonstrated outstanding leadership and commitment to student learning, wellbeing and success. READ MORE HERE
The winners of the 2023 CBS Teaching and Mentorship Awards are:
Dr. Christopher Whitfield, professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Canada Research Chair in Microbial Cell Biology, has been granted the title of university professor emeritus in recognition of his work combatting antimicrobial resistence in bacterial pathogens and elevating the international profile of microbiological research at the university. Congratulations!!
Two researchers from the University of Guelph’s College of Biological Science have each been awarded $250,000 in funding through the New Frontiers in Research Fund’s Exploration program, administered by the Canadian government’s three research agencies. The program is designed to support transformative, interdisciplinary, high-risk, high-reward research.