Neal Callaghan has just been named the incoming VP Biochem of the MTA Chemistry and Biochemistry Society, the student society for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Mount Allison University. He will serve in this position over the 2013-2014 academic year. Congratulations to Neal and the rest of the incoming executive!
Chris volunteers as a judge at the Atlantic regional competition of the Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada 2013
Today, Chris volunteered as a judge for the Atlantic regional competition of the Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada 2013. This event was hosted by Mount Allison University. The competition brings together high school students from across the Atlantic provinces, who have partnered with research mentors from academia and government, to design and execute a research project with … Continue reading Chris volunteers as a judge at the Atlantic regional competition of the Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada 2013
Neal wins departmental travel award
Neal Callaghan has just won an internal Student Conference Travel Award from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Mount Allison University. The award will provide financial support for Neal to attend and present a poster at the Canadian Society of Zoologists (CSZ) 2013 annual meeting. Congratulations Neal!
Meet Neal Callaghan
Neal I. Callaghan, winner of a Goodridge Summer Undergraduate Award at Mount Allison University, is Chris' first-ever official summer research student and upcoming honours undergraduate thesis student. Take a look at a more expanded bio for Neal here.
The results are in!
Last semester (Fall 2012), Chris taught at Mount Allison University a 4th-year biochemistry course called Immunochemistry (BIOC 4011). As with all courses at Mount Allison, and many other universities, students marked the end of the semester by evaluating the course, and the instructor himself. These evaluations have recently been tabulated and returned to Chris, and … Continue reading The results are in!
A biochemical sort of snakes and ladders…
Following fast on the heels of last semester's Immunochemistry course- which received a very positive response- Chris Dieni is currently offering another course called Signal Transduction (BIOC 4031) in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Mount Allison University. Signal Transduction explores the pathways- the proverbial biochemical snakes and ladders- that stem from the receptors … Continue reading A biochemical sort of snakes and ladders…
What’s cooking in the classroom?
When you're the Margaret and Wallace McCain Postdoctoral Fellow at Mount Allison University- the Maclean's-ranked top primarily-undergraduate university in Canada- teaching, in addition to research, is a huge part of the job. To see what Chris has been up to with regards to his teaching duties, have a look at the newly-created Teaching section of this … Continue reading What’s cooking in the classroom?
“Immunochemistry” comes to an end
... and with that final class, the Fall 2012 semester's edition of Immunochemistry (BIOC 4011) at Mount Allison University has come to an end! Immunochemistry is a course that explores various facets of immunology at the biochemical, molecular, cellular, and even systemic levels, with an emphasis on the biochemical. This semester, the course was essentially … Continue reading “Immunochemistry” comes to an end
“MAPKAPK2” is now in print
"Suppression of MAPKAPK2 during mammalian hibernation" is now in print in the December 2012 issue of Cryobiology! The final reference for this paper is: Abnous, K.,* Dieni, C.A.,* Storey, K.B. (2012) Suppression of MAPKAPK2 during mammalian hibernation. Cryobiology. 65: 235-241. *Equal contribution by first two authors. Link
Learning to bend
One of the most important tenets for those of us in academia, is that education needs to be a top priority. Many would argue, in fact, that it needs to be the top priority! Every so often, however, circumstances arise that can change our perspective. A unique situation arose for Chris within the past week... … Continue reading Learning to bend
Laboratory for Evaluation of Pharmacological Agents in Remediation of Disease (LEoPARD) 