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How human-caused environmental changes will change future biodiversity

September 24, 2024 — 
The Arctic is warming up four times faster than the global average. This provides an opportunity for new predators such as killer whales to make their way into the Arctic, preying on narwhal, bowhead and beluga whales who have never experienced direct predation from them. This is one of the areas that Colin Garroway and his research team study at the University of Manitoba. Garroway is an associate professor at the department of biological sciences whose research revolves around biodiversity.

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Dr. Ayush Kumar.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Medscape: Canada’s First Nations Communities Call for Clean Water

September 23, 2024 — 
Canada's First Nations Communities Call for Clean Water

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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources

Research for the greater good

September 4, 2024 — 
In a collaborative effort to raise awareness about water justice and injustices, Senior Fellow and Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Arts Dr. Adele Perry spearheads an interdisciplinary research project titled “Just Waters: Thinking with Hydro-Social Relations for a More Just and Sustainable World.”

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Faculty of Science

American Chemical Society: Peering into the mind of artificial intelligence to make better antibiotics

August 18, 2024 — 
American Chemical Society: Peering into the mind of artificial intelligence to make better antibiotics

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Get to know the Mathematics Department!

August 16, 2024 — 
Adam Clay, professor and associate head graduate at the mathematics department, tells us whatever degree you choose at the university will focus your training and skill sets in a way that opens doors and closes some for your future. "A degree in mathematics", he says, "closes the fewest doors and opens the most."

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Peter Pelka, professor at the department of microbiology, sitting near a desk with a microscope on it at a lab.

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Get to know Peter Pelka and his vision for the future of vaccine research

August 2, 2024 — 
In studying how adenovirus interacts with the host cell, Peter Pelka a professor at the department of microbiology and his team, explore how they can learn more about cancer development using the virus. Pelka is one of the prominent researchers who has participated in establishing the Prairie Pandemic Preparedness Hub, including the University of Manitoba, Alberta, Calgary and Saskatchewan. The hub has recently received $57 million for both research and infrastructure aspects from the Government of Canada to lead Canada toward independence in vaccine research and manufacturing.

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Shubhneet Thind, smiling at the camera, standing in a biochemistry lab.

Faculty of Science

An interdisciplinary lab develops a non-invasive, inexpensive and efficient method to detect an incurable disease in young infants

July 25, 2024 — 
The Laboratory for Bioanalytics and Electrochemical Sensing at the University of Manitoba has developed a novel approach to detect an incurable disease in young infants in a non-invasive, inexpensive and efficient manner.

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John Sorensen and Randi Roy.

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From a fundamental discovery in a chemistry lab to a novel product for the market

July 18, 2024 — 
It all started when John Sorensen, a chemistry professor, and his research team discovered an enzyme with an interesting reaction, a difficult step in the organic synthesis laboratory. The reaction normally requires multiple steps and many reagents without the same yields. But with the enzyme, it could be done in a single step in great condition. The discovery then sparked conversations about commercialization among the research team and how it could be put somewhere on a store shelf.

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Associate Dean (research), Faculty of Science, Steve Whyard smiling standing in front of trees on campus during the summer (2024)

UM Faces and Spaces: Steve Whyard

July 5, 2024 — 
Learn more about Steve Whyard, associate dean (research) in the Department of Science, professor of Biological Sciences, and his efforts to control pests, such as mosquitoes, through RNA technology.

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Mazdak Khajehpour, wearing a black shirt, sitting in a chemistry lab, smiling at the camera.

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Mazdak Khajehpour receives the Michèle Auger Service Award from the Biophysical Society of Canada

July 4, 2024 — 
Khajehpour is an associate professor in the department of chemistry who is not only an established and accomplished researcher but also an advocate for engaging students and faculty in creating a community for biophysical research in Canada. One his contributions cited in the award is his 

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