First Person interview with physiology graduate student
Physiology graduate student Alexander Kiepas was recently interviewed for being the first author on 'Optimizing live-cell fluorescence imaging conditions to minimize phototoxicity', published in the Journal of Cell Science. Alex is co-supervised by Dr. Claire Brown and Dr. Peter Siegel. To read the interview, click here.
Prager-Khoutorsky Lab publishes first paper
Kudos to the Prager-Khoutorsky lab for publishing their first paper, Effects of Salt Loading on the Organization of Microtubules in Rat Magnocellular Vasopressin Neurons, in the Journal of Neuroendocrinology. Special congratulations to Amirah-Iman Hicks, graduate student, and Zsuzsanna Barad, post-doctoral fellow, the co-first authors of the paper. Well done!
Member of Parliament David Graham visits the Department of Physiology
On July 17, 2019, Mr David Graham, Member of Parliament for the riding of Laurentides-Labelle, visited the Department of Physiology and had lunch with our graduate students.
Dr. Alvin Shrier receives the 2019 Safety Ambassador Award
On September 13, 2019, Campus Public Safety recognized Dr. Alvin Shrier with the 2019 Safety Ambassador Award for his work as Chair of the University Laboratory Safety Committee. To see the McGill Reporter article, click here.
Dr. Leon Glass receives the 2018 CAIMS Research Prize
The Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematical Society presented the Research Prize to Dr. Leon Glass for his contributions to research, education and community leadership. Click here for details.
Physiology graduate student wins award at 2019 CSHRF meeting
Alexander Kiepas, a physiology PhD student, was selected for both a Gold and Gairdner Award for his poster presentation at the 2019 Canadian Student Health Research Forum and Gairdner Symposium.