Biological Sciences News Archive
Faculty of Arts
UM in the news: Top 10 UM newsmakers for 2024
December 8, 2024 —
UM experts and researchers were featured in media stories locally, nationally and globally. Read on to find out who were the Top 10 UM newsmakers for 2024.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
The Globe and Mail: Circular-economy-based food systems
November 22, 2024 —
Circular-economy-based food systems
Faculty of Science
Get to know the Department of Biological Sciences
November 21, 2024 —
At the Department of Biological Sciences, students have the opportunity to not only study living organisms but also learn skills such as data literacy and science communication that will serve them well in whatever career path they choose.
Research and International
UM awarded $2.5 million to establish a new global innovation centre for plant resilience
November 13, 2024 —
Dr. Olivia Wilkins, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences has been awarded $2.5 million through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Alliance Grant program, to fund the Canadian contribution to the new USD 16.3 million Global Center: Sustainable Plant Innovation and Resilience through International Teamwork (C-SPIRIT).
Faculty of Science
How studying shrews and bats can help us develop treatments for diastolic heart disease
November 1, 2024 —
“The story just seemed too perfect. It was just too ideal to go from the smallest mammals with the highest heart rates on the planet, to potential therapeutic applications to humans”, says Dr. Kevin Campbell, professor at the department of biological sciences at the University of Manitoba. Campbell has done research on the comparative physiology and evolution of mammals ranging from the smallest shrews to the largest whales over the past two decades and has published his recent findings in the multidisciplinary journal Science.
Research and International
The Conversation: Commercial whaling and climate change are inhibiting evolutionary change in Arctic whales
October 28, 2024 —
Bowhead whales are the longest-lived mammals on Earth with some able to live hundreds of years. What’s more, Inuit hunters have observed these whales breaking ice over half a metre thick – ice strong enough to support a fully-loaded semi truck.
Faculty of Science
Protecting Canada’s number one crop through genetics
October 25, 2024 —
Dr. Mark Belmonte, professor at the department of biological sciences, in collaboration with other researchers at the Faculty of Science, is using genetics to develop a species-specific molecular fungicide and win the battle against sclerotinia.
Faculty of Science
Dr. Kenneth Jeffries receives the Research, Scholarly Work and Creative Activities Merit Award 2023
October 11, 2024 —
Dr. Kenneth Jeffries, associate professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, recently received the Research, Scholarly Work and Creative Activities Merit Award 2023. He is among the three faculty members from Science who have received Merit Award 2023 in Life Sciences, Natural Sciences and Engineering (Dr. Sabine Kuss for Combination and Dr. Susan Cooper for Service).
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science Award of Excellence for Support Staff
October 4, 2024 —
Faculty of Science Award of Excellence for Support Staff recognizes support staff who have served their units with distinction by helping deliver on the commitment of the Faculty of Science to provide outstanding higher education and research.
Faculty of Science
Tech and Science Post: Protein study reveals how the tiny shrew achieves a resting heart rate of 1,020 beats per minute
September 30, 2024 —
Protein study reveals how the tiny shrew achieves a resting heart rate of 1,020 beats per minute