Graduate student Simarpreet Singh advocates for science funding during this federal election: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/federal-election-2021-science-funding-top-election-issue-1.6178832  

The Department is excited to welcome new instructor – Jorge Dourado!  He will be teaching a variety of courses in the 1000 and 2000-level.  Welcome Jorge!

Our Department extends a warm welcome to assistant professor Dr. Zev Ripstein! Dr. Ripstein is jointly appointed in the Departments of Chemistry and Microbiology. To learn more about Dr.Ripstein and his research, please visit his website: https://www.ripsteinlab.org/

As we ramp back up to full return to campus in January, the Dean, Brian Mark, would like to invite you to have a cup of coffee in the SSA lounge, and weather permitting the Court Yard, to start re-engaging with your colleagues. Please RSVP to Tracy Foster, on the dates noted to ensure we are keeping capacity (20 people) with Health orders. The...

The University of Manitoba led a group that used battery cyclers to test different material configurations for lithium-ion batteries. They specifically investigated new binding materials to hold the electrodes together through extended cycling. Image: Canadian Light Source As PV MAGAZINE: ISSUE 08-2021 reports: Shouldn’t we all be driving in affordable electric cars with 800-plus kilometers...

As PV MAGAZINE: ISSUE 08-2021 reports: Shouldn’t we all be driving in affordable electric cars with 800-plus kilometers of driving range by now? Surely yes, according to many of the announcements coming from battery scientists over the past decade. Yet for all the scientific breakthroughs, few in fact “break through” into commercial applications. Christian Kuss...

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The Department welcomes our new Department Head, Professor Ute Kothe! Dr. Ute Kothe is an RNA biochemist who studies the formation of functional RNAs. In particular, she investigates why and how ribosomal RNA and transfer RNA (tRNA) are modified, folded and processed. Notably, Dr. Kothe is known for her research of the most common RNA...

On August 10 & 11th students will be challenged to showcase their research to a general audience in a three-minute or less in a 3MT competition. Part of the Faculty of Science, Student Undergraduate Summer Research Experience Program. There will be two competitions that will air live on the Faculty of Science YouTube channel. Life...

The 2020 Merit Awards were recently announced and congratulations to awardees Drs. David Herbert, Christian Kuss, John Sorensen and Horace Luong under categories of: Dr. David Herbert – Research, Scholarly Work and Creative Activities Dr. Christian Kuss – Teaching Dr. John Sorensen – Service Dr. Horace Luong – Combination of Teaching, Service, and/or Research, Scholarly...