On this week’s Gradifying Blog, we cover some helpful advice for students that are new to (or returning to) grad school this fall!
Read the blog here: https://t.co/A3JhO7Vw4D
If you’re new to Queen’s this fall and you missed the pre-arrival webinar in July, you can still attend the session on August 8! Get introduced to Queen’s and everything on offer for you as a grad student!
Register here: https://t.co/Gd4rrZWz24
Very happy to share the latest from our lab by @MitchellJeffs ! A cell-based assay that tests beta-lactamase inhibitors against beta-lactamase-producing bacteria rather than purified enzymes (evaluating factors such as cell wall permeability, etc) #AMR@QueensUHealth@DbmsTweets
“Neurons communicate with immune cells with many more signals than we thought,” Dr. Sebastien Talbot (@UdeMTalbotLab) comments on recent research regarding how immune responses could be connected to pain in @washingtonpost: https://t.co/g1tXnYWUCg
Today's research highlight: Does Native Vitamin D Supplementation Have Pleiotropic Effects in Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease? A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials https://t.co/u7p2WKqhVd
#queensu#dbmsresearch
Hats off to all of these folks for making the 2022 DBMS Faculty Retreat on education and research an enjoyable and idea-rich experience!! @QueensUHealth
“We’re raising money for research & education that offers solutions to our biggest health challenges” – Dean @JanePhilpott on #TheNext25 at the #QueensHomecoming Health Sciences Gala. Ways to participate: https://t.co/Tp2RepI1Lj
Mini-Me’s for Halloween! 🎃 Great costumes from our #GlycoQueens group. Everyone has imposter syndrome at some point, but maybe I’ll be super productive today!
Celebrating @emmavleblanc’s recent @SciReports paper with some personalized swag courtesy of @ctlohans! 🥂 (Don’t worry, the mugs are still empty - we’re not drinking in the lab!)
The Vice-Principal Research Portfolio is accepting nominations for three awards this Fall:
- Royal Society of Canada Fellowship and College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
- Sloan Research Fellowships
- WiSTEM2D Scholars Award Program
Apply at https://t.co/9ABDRxWzlF
Seeking volunteers to host research or neuro information booths at our event on Saturday August 28th! If you want to showcase your research or a neuro topic at our August 28th #NeurRun, please email [email protected] with your ideas! #ygk@QueensuDOM@QueensUHealth@QueensSGPS
This week’s Gradifying blog covers the most difficult topic in academia - how to explain what you do to other people. #graduatestudies
Check out the blog here: https://t.co/apkDqvSFNJ
Another new lab milestone: publication of our first research paper! We identify a strategy to inhibit cell entry of diverse #coronaviruses - congrats to our PhD student Emma @emmavleblanc for her excellent work leading this project! #newPI@DbmsTweets
https://t.co/1wkj4xOjzq
#Queensu Harriet Feilotter received funding from @OICR_news to help hospitals in finding the best way to test tumours for #cancer biomarkers. A centralized lab will improve how Ontario makes genetic research available to cancer patients. Learn more: https://t.co/vjZ35z3KQo
Three new Queen’s camps – Health Science’s Outreach and Summer Program, Connections Engineering Outreach’s Black Youth in STEM program, and All-Girls Queen’s Summer Engineering Academy – welcomed students to campus Aug. 2-5.
https://t.co/pzb8sxfdFQ
A perfect summer day for a lab potluck picnic - feeling lucky to work with a group who are talented both in the lab and in the kitchen! #scientistswhocook#labpicnic