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Chris receives President’s Research and Creative Activity Award
Chris has won a President's Research and Creative Activity Award, an internal research grant from Mount Allison University, funded by the Marjorie Young Bell Faculty Fund. The award received the maximum amount of funding requested- a rare occurrence- based on Chris' proposal entitled "Mechanisms of nanoparticle toxicity in blood plasma components and live fish." This … Continue reading Chris receives President’s Research and Creative Activity Award
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!
Chris gives invited departmental seminar in Chemistry and Biochemistry on diabetes therapeutics
Chris gave an invited departmental seminar this morning in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Mount Allison University. The seminar was based on tying together Chris' various research projects at several institutes over the past nine years, into one fluid research program Departmental seminars are typically attended by faculty and staff in the Department … Continue reading Chris gives invited departmental seminar in Chemistry and Biochemistry on diabetes therapeutics
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.
“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
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
Times & Transcript
Chris was featured in a local Moncton newspaper, the Times & Transcript, for his upcoming lecture at the Moncton Public Library as part of Mount Allison University's Lunch and Learn Series. The Lunch and Learn Series, planned by the Mount Allison Faculty Association (MAFA), gives the general public of the Moncton Metro area the chance to … Continue reading Times & Transcript
Laboratory for Evaluation of Pharmacological Agents in Remediation of Disease (LEoPARD) 