Faculty of Science research News Archive
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Get to know the Department of Computer Science
July 4, 2025 —
Are you looking for a program that makes you ready for the ever-evolving careers in tech? Are you passionate about interdisciplinary research in high-demand fields such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity? Is having a welcoming community to support you in your academic journey important to you? Then look no further than the Department of Computer Science at the University of Manitoba.
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Strengthening Canadian physics and medical physics through service and innovative leadership
June 27, 2025 —
From his significant contributions to the fields of physics and medical physics in Canada to his innovative leadership at CancerCare Manitoba, Dr. Stephen Pistorius consistently takes an active role in serving his community. He is currently a professor and associate head in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manitoba, as well as the director of the Medical Physics program. He has recently been awarded the 2025 CAP-COMP Peter Kirkby Memorial Medal for Outstanding Service to Canadian Physics.
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Meet Quinn Kelly Neale, the recipient of 2025 UM Distinguished Master’s Thesis Prize
June 12, 2025 —
Quinn Kelly Neale is a Winnipeg-born student at the University of Manitoba who recently graduated with MSc from the Department of Chemistry and has started his PhD program in the Department of Internal Medicine. Neale has received the 2025 University of Manitoba Distinguished Master's Thesis Prize. The award recognizes the thesis to be a ground-breaking piece of original work. The Faculty of Science communications team reached out to Neale to learn more about his experience as a MSc student, his research and his plans for the future.
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How UM students aim to stop cholera outbreaks without any antibiotics
June 5, 2025 —
At the 2025 Science 3K Pitch Competition, Rana Ahmed presented the ground-breaking idea. She introduced combating cholera outbreaks in underrepresented nations by engineering probiotics. Being a waterborne disease, cholera can easily be transmitted. This is common, especially in places that suffer from crises, war and disasters. The current solution is through antibiotics. It is expensive, requires a doctor’s prescription and affects the immune system negatively.
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From the power of magnetism to controlling the speed of light
May 29, 2025 —
You might think controlling the speed of light directionally is a far-fetched idea. But what seems science fiction is very much the reality of 2 PhD students’ work. Jiguang Yao and Jerry Lu are PhD students at the UM Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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Caring for future generations through collaborations between Indigenous communities and researchers
May 23, 2025 —
PrairieDNA is one of the 12 new projects co-funded by Genome Canada and regional Genome Centres to build Canada’s eDNA surveillance capacity across regions.
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CBC Manitoba: U of M student awarded for new cholera treatment idea
April 24, 2025 —
U of M student awarded for new cholera treatment idea
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The Free Press: Saving lives with Manitoba-made vaccines
April 15, 2025 —
Future vaccine development through research at UM
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GraphBAN: making drug discovery faster and more affordable through Artificial Intelligence (AI)
April 14, 2025 —
UM researchers have developed a deep learning model to predict compound protein interactions. GraphBAN is an inductive graph-based approach. The model is all about discovering new drug candidates in the pre-clinical stage. This means speeding up the drug discovery process and making it more affordable.
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CBC News: A biotech company has, sort of, revived the long-extinct dire wolf
April 9, 2025 —
Scientists say Colossal's pups are an impressive feat, but more 'dire-ish'