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BIO400, BIO332 & BIO481 Information Session March 8, 2023

BIO400, BIO332 & BIO481 Information Session – March 8, 2023

Lucas Albano's 1st Authored Paper Published by the Prestigious OIKOS Advancing Ecology

Lucas Albano, PhD student, Prof. Marc Johnson Supervisor, published his 1st first authored paper:

Interactions between environmental factors drive selection on cyanogenesis in Trifolium repens in OIKOS Advancing Ecology

7 UTMBiology 4th Year Undergrads Recipients of 2023 UTSLA

We are proud to announce that seven undergraduate students from UTMBiology won the 2023 The University of Toronto Student Leadership Award (UTSLA).

The University of Toronto Student Leadership Award continues U of T’s long-standing tradition of recognizing outstanding student leadership, volunteer service, and commitment to the university. This award recognizes students in their final year of study, with a minimum cumulative GPA (CGPA) of 2.70

Dr. Jimena Leyria on Crosstalk between Nutrition, Insulin, Juvenile Hormone, and Ecdysteroid Signaling in the Classical Insect Model, Rhodnius prolixus

The International Journal of Molecular Sciences published Dr. Jimena Leyria's paper on Crosstalk between Nutrition, Insulin, Juvenile Hormone, and Ecdysteroid Signaling in the Classical Insect Model, Rhodnius prolixus.

Areej Al-Dailami's Paper Published in “Woman in Insect Physiology, 2022

We are so proud of Areej Al-Dailami, PhD student, Lange Lab, as her paper was published by Frontiers in Insect Physiology, in a special issue: “Woman in Insect Physiology, 2022

Investigating the role of glycoprotein hormone GPA2/GPB5 signaling in reproduction in adult female Rhodnius prolixus

Ernest Hamzaj Wins The Pynn Family Paleontology Award

We are excited to announce that Ernest Hamzaj won The Pynn Family Paleontology Award, for having achieved high academic standing and for their interest in the field of paleontology.

Ernest Hamzaj is a 3rd year undergraduate student at the University of Toronto Mississauga.

UTM Biology Grads Won CSB Awards

The Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto announced their 2022 Graduate Awards.

We are excited to announce that the following graduate students from UTM Biology were among the winners:

Jiashu Liu, PhD student, Dr. Baohua Liu Supervisor, won a Zoology International Scholarship.

Xiaolin Chou, PostDoc in Liu Lab, Wins 2022 UTM Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

UTM OVPR announced that Dr. Xiaolin Chou, Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Baohua Liu's Lab has won a 2022 UTM Postdoctoral Fellowship Award. The UTM Research Council, with a final determination by the Vice-Principal Research, the Associate Vice-Principal, Research, the Vice-Principal Academic and Dean, and the Vice-President and Principal, ranked Dr. Chou's application as topmost in a very strong applicant pool.

Info Session - Arctic Field Ecology #BIO332H

In the summer of 2023, UTM Biology will be offering a half credit summer field course at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Manitoba.

Instructor: Prof. Peter Kotanen

Join us on January 24, 2023, from 4pm-5pm, in UTM Room (DV3141) & by zoom to find more about these two weeks of study in a truly remarkable environment.

Registration link: https://uoft.me/8Fn

Dr. Jimena Leyria published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences

UTM Biology is proud to announce that Dr. Jimena Leyria's paper Impact of JH Signaling on Reproductive Physiology of the Classical Insect Model, Rhodnius prolixus was published by International Journal of Molecular Sciences

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