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Faculty of Science
Science students to compete in Paris – win international biotech grant for zebra mussel control device
September 12, 2022 —
Once again, the University of Manitoba is amongst some of the world’s leaders in interdisciplinary research and application. UM’s Prairie iGEM Team, a group of undergraduate students led by Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden, are this year’s recipients of the Impact Grant from the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Foundation.
Researchers pinpoint location of extremely energetic particles in a ‘Space Manatee’
July 4, 2022 —
An international team led by UM has identified where powerful and highly energetic x-rays are being shot out into space from inside a region in space shaped like a giant aquatic mammal called a 'Manatee'
Faculty of Science
Dr. Mark Belmonte appointed to expert panel by the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA)
May 31, 2022 —
Panel tasked by the federal government and Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency.
Hyperfast white dwarfs moving like billiard balls may change understanding of supernovae
May 6, 2022 —
'Understanding the origin of type Ia supernovae has been one of the highly debated questions in astrophysics,' explains Dr. Samar Safi-Harb, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Extreme Astrophysics at UM
Urban lighting needs to consider migrating birds, new UM study suggests
April 28, 2022 —
New paper that challenges the way we think about airspace
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Finding solutions in nature
April 14, 2022 —
Lichens could be a potential source of a new drug for bacterial infections or cancer, according to this PhD student
Global Urban Evolution Project (GLUE) – cities drive evolution
March 17, 2022 —
Cities are a powerful force driving the evolution of life across the globe
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Protecting and preserving the North
January 12, 2022 —
Grad students represent researchers and scholars at the leading edge of science in the North
Faculty of Science
UM mathematicians at the forefront of infectious disease modelling
April 9, 2021 —
UM researchers: Drs. Julien Arino, Stéphanie Portet, and Kang-Ling Liao, (mathematics) are part of a $10 million-dollar investment in Emerging Infectious Diseases Modeling established between the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Public Health Agency of Canada. The funding supports five multidisciplinary infectious disease modelling networks, that will significantly improve the coordination of infectious disease modelling to help Canada better respond to future public health threats.
Faculty of Science
Introducing Manitoba’s first Fecal Microbiota Transplant Program
June 24, 2019 —
Not all poop is the same, at least when it comes to fecal transplants. Typically a topic avoided in polite conversation, Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) is the transfer of one individual’s stool to another