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UM Prairie iGEM group photo.

Faculty of Science

Thought compostable PLA plastics was the solution to sustainability? Think again!

December 9, 2024 — 
Although sustainability seems to be the new trend, plastic pollution still remains a great threat to the environment and human health. Turns out those compostable coffee cups and food containers are rarely degraded even in standard composting conditions. The UM Prairie iGEM team strives to solve this problem and received the gold medal for the best new basic part award in the 2024 Grand Jamboree - the world expo of synthetic biology!

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2024 JELF recipient headshots

Research and International

UM researchers receive more than $1.5 million infrastructure investment from the John R. Evans Leaders Fund

September 26, 2024 — 
Eight new UM research project have received critical infrastructure funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund.

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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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a male athlete sits on steps, holding injured knee

Provost and Vice-President (Academic)

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Support Fund recipients announced

August 29, 2024 — 
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Support Fund provides opportunities for professors, instructors and librarians to undertake projects that increase knowledge in pedagogy and learning. This year, six awards of $6,000 and one major award of $25,000 were awarded. Learn about Dr. Jason Peeler's research to improve clinical skills training in the area of musculoskeletal medicine.

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

Faculty of Science

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.

Faculty of Science

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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Lake Winnipeg in northern Manitoba

Faculty of Science

CBC Manitoba: How a Manitoba beach got E.coli

July 10, 2024 — 
How a Manitoba beach got E.coli

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Melanie Lalonde, Rebecca Asham, Carrie Selin.

Faculty of Science

Stories that instil resilience

June 28, 2024 — 
June is National Indigenous History Month, and while at the Faculty of Science, we celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of the Indigenous community on campus throughout the year, we wanted to take this time to listen to the journey, the proud moments, the challenges and the resilience of the Indigenous faculty, students and staff.

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