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01.Jun.2022
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Dr. Mark Belmonte appointed to expert panel by the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA)
MAY 31, 2022 — DR. MARK BELMONTE, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. PHOTO CREDIT: KIRA KOOP. Mark Belmonte, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Manitoba, has been appointed as a member of the Expert Panel on Gene-edited Organisms for Pest Control at the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), which has been tasked by the federal government and Health Canada’s...
01.Jun.2022
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Meet Raphaël Clouâtre, 2021 Rh Award Winner in the Natural Sciences category
MAY 27, 2022 — Raphaël Clouâtre is an associate professor in the mathematics department, whose research seeks to understand the structure of infinite matrices. Clouâtre is the 2021 recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award in the Natural Sciences category, in recognition of his theories underlying recent developments in operator algebras...
01.Jun.2022
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Meet Aleeza Gerstein, 2021 Rh Award Winner in the Health Sciences category
Aleeza Gerstein is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Science, who specializes in the evolution of human fungal pathogens. Her interdisciplinary lab combines clinical sampling, microbial experiments, and computational statistical methods to understand conditions that promote disease. Gerstein is the 2021 recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award...
01.Jun.2022
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Meet Sabine Kuss, 2021 Rh Award Winner in the Applied Sciences Category
Sabine Kuss investigates molecule transport across cell membranes by electrochemistry. The transport of metabolites, ions and pharmaceuticals is a crucial part of survival mechanisms for any living cell. The overall goal is to detect diseases, such as cancer, and to understand the development of medical phenomena, such as antimicrobial drug resistance, endocrinological diseases and mitochondrial...
30.May.2022
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Elite researchers recognized with Rh Awards
MAY 27, 2022 — As UM Today reports: Eight UM faculty members will receive Rh Awards, recognizing excellence in research, scholarly work and creative activities. For more than 50 years, the Rh Awards have been in place to support the advancement of knowledge across disciplines at UM. Funds for the Rh Awards come from the royalties of...
02.May.2022
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Urban lighting needs to consider migrating birds, new UM study suggests
UM RESEARCHERS LOOKED AT HOW THE NOCTURNAL EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL, SEEN HERE, INTERACTS WITH LIGHT POLLUTION WHILE MAKING ITS 4,000-KILOMETER MIGRATION. //PHOTO: ALICIA KORPACH APRIL 28, 2022 — University of Manitoba researchers have published a paper that challenges the way we think about airspace. By equipping some migratory birds with a GPS backpack, the biologists provided new...
![In case you were out of Manitoba or just could not make it to the amazing talk on Dark Matter and the Expanding Universe by Dr. James Peebles, you can see the recorded version of it on our YouTube channel (link in bio).
Dr. James Peebles [BSc(Hons)/58, DSc/89] University of Manitoba, is widely recognized as one of the key architects in the field of physical cosmology.
After obtaining his Bachelor of Science (Hons) from UM in 1958, he went on to study at Princeton University where he secured his doctorate and continued his research in cosmology while teaching physics.
Dr. Peebles is currently the Albert Einstein Professor Emeritus at Princeton, and has received countless awards for his brilliant work over the course of his career, including the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1998, the Order of Manitoba in 2017, and the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2019.
He has also written five books, including his latest, Cosmology’s Century, which was released in 2020.
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In case you were out of Manitoba or just could not make it to the amazing talk on Dark Matter and the Expanding Universe by Dr. James Peebles, you can see the recorded version of it on our YouTube channel (link in bio).
Dr. James Peebles [BSc(Hons)/58, DSc/89] University of Manitoba, is widely recognized as one of the key architects in the field of physical cosmology.
After obtaining his Bachelor of Science (Hons) from UM in 1958, he went on to study at Princeton University where he secured his doctorate and continued his research in cosmology while teaching physics.
Dr. Peebles is currently the Albert Einstein Professor Emeritus at Princeton, and has received countless awards for his brilliant work over the course of his career, including the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1998, the Order of Manitoba in 2017, and the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2019.
He has also written five books, including his latest, Cosmology’s Century, which was released in 2020.
#umanitoba #umanitobasci #umstudent #drjamespeebles #jamespeebles #nobelprizewinner #darkmatter #expandinguniverse #physics #astronomey
#Repost @buller_greenhouse
We are opening our visiting hours again! In August we will be open August 9, 10, 23 and 24 from 10am to 12 pm. Hours are limited at first but we hope to add more visiting hours soon. Thanks to everyone for your patience and we look forward to seeing you!
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Students are invited to come out to Fort Garry campus on August 10 from 4:00-8:00 p.m. to find out what it will be like in-person as a UM student in the fall. We are offering a variety of activities for students including a sample lecture by one of our amazing faculty, an Info Fair and Campus Tours.
Learn more: https://umanitoba.ca/current-students/um-commons/ready-to-roam
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Here is your invitation to a Public Lecture by
Dr. Michael KC Tam, “Innovation in Sustainable Nanomaterials for Advanced Engineering Applications".
Date: August 29th, 2022
Time: 9:30am
Location: E2-320, EITC
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The Prairie iGEM team is taking over the @umanitobasci Instagram. Check out the story to learn more about us !!! #umanitoba #umanitobasci
Students are invited to come out to Fort Garry campus on August 10 from 4:00-8:00 p.m. to find out what it will be like in-person as a UM student in the fall. We are offering a variety of activities for students including a sample lecture by one of our amazing faculty, an Info Fair and Campus Tours.
Learn more: https://umanitoba.ca/current-students/um-commons/ready-to-roam
#umorientation #umanitoba #umanitobasci #umstudent
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