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The team presented their research project at the iGEM mini-jamboree held at Concordia University and their presentation was ranked first place (tied with Queen’s University) in the event. The min-jamboree is an event where iGEM teams in the region can meet, present their work and share ideas. Be

The McLaughlin Library is pleased to announce the completion of its new entrance. Facing onto Johnston Green and featuring eight doors, including two accessibility entrances, and a vestibule three times larger than the previous one, the new entrance was built to easily accommodate a greater volume of library visitors. READ MORE

Teams that participate in the iGEM Competition are pioneers of synthetic biology, and these grants will empower 2022 teams to secure funding for impactful projects in reacting to climate change, enhancing human health, improving agriculture production and food security, scaling up the sustainable industrial production, and many other critical challenges.  READ MORE...

Each year, the CBS community is asked to nominate an exceptional teacher or mentor who demonstrates outstanding leadership and commitment to student learning, wellbeing and success in CBS. Congratulations to Dr. Geoffrey Power, Dr. Laetitia Maroc, Dr. Alex Smith and Chris Pignanelli for winning CBS 2022 Teaching and Mentorship Awards.

Two UofG exceptional emerging researchers have received a total of $1.2 million in federal funding under the prestigious Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program. 

Dr. Rebecca Shapiro, MCB, will receive a CRC in Microbial Functional Genomics and Synthetic Biology from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.

Stopping the Spread: The Fight Against Metastatic Cancer

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The University of Guelph will pause its mask requirement as of July 1, with masks no longer required indoors or outdoors at U of G facilities. 

Danielle Nowosad never expected to be studying science, much less advocating to make the field more accessible to communities historically excluded from it.

A Métis woman from Manitoba, she remembers being told by male professors during her undergraduate studies at the University of Winnipeg that “science wasn’t for her” and she should instead pursue art.

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