Today marked the final lecture for the Winter 2013 edition of Signal Transduction (BIOC 4031). Signal Transduction is a course that explores the regulation of metabolism and physiology by a process stemming from a ligand-receptor interaction, typically at the cell surface, and propagating through the cell machinery to metabolic enzymes, transcription factors, DNA packaging proteins, … Continue reading “Signal Transduction” comes to an end
Neal wins student union travel award
Neal Callaghan has just won a Mount Allison Students' Union (MASU) Academic Enrichment Fund award. The award will provide additional financial support for Neal to attend and present a poster at the Canadian Society of Zoologists (CSZ) 2013 annual meeting. Neal had also previously won a departmental travel award. Congratulations once again, 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…
“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
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
Lunch and Learn at the Moncton Public Library
Earlier today, Chris successfully delivered a presentation intended for a general (lay) audience at the Moncton Public Library. The presentation was called "Natural Answers - Defences against human disease in the simplest of places." In this presentation, Chris described highlights of his past, present, and intended future work on animals that adapt to environmental stress, … Continue reading Lunch and Learn at the Moncton Public Library
Welcome Class of 2016!
Chris welcomes the Mount Allison University class of 2016, and hopes to have the opportunity to teach any aspiring biochemists, biologists, and chemists among you. Photo courtesy of Mount Allison University
“… but you don’t have to take MY word for it!”
While it is possible to prove one's skill by listing the number of peer-reviewed articles they have published, non-refereed articles they have written, or students they have taught, the undisputed best proof is to receive positive testimonials from past colleagues, students, mentees, and readers. Chris offers his most humble thanks to those who have lent … Continue reading “… but you don’t have to take MY word for it!”
Laboratory for Evaluation of Pharmacological Agents in Remediation of Disease (LEoPARD) 