Every year, shortly before graduation, Mount Allison University presents awards to an outstanding student from each department, based on nominations received from that department. This year, the Biochemistry award for an outstanding graduating student from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry went to our very own Neal Callaghan! The announcement was made during "Last Lecture - … Continue reading Neal receives departmental award for graduating students
Neal is featured in the latest “Honours Profile” of The Argosy
Neal Callaghan has been featured in the latest "Honours Profile" instalment of The Argosy, Mount Allison University's student publication. Congratulations on this recognition! The article is currently available online here: http://www.argosy.ca/article/honours-profile-neal-callaghan Alternatively, a PDF version can be viewed here. Note: regrettably, while Neal certainly deserves every bit of the attention (and more), the article itself has some … Continue reading Neal is featured in the latest “Honours Profile” of The Argosy
Neal and Pat present at ARCP 2013
Neal Callaghan and Pat Gormley have both delivered research presentations at the 6th Annual Atlantic Regional Comparative Physiology Workshop this past weekend, October 18th-20th, held at the Huntsman Marine Science Centre in beautiful St. Andrews, New Brunswick. On Saturday, Pat delivered an oral presentation entitled "In vitro effect of cerium oxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles … Continue reading Neal and Pat present at ARCP 2013
Manuscript accepted at Journal of Nanomaterials & Molecular Nanotechnology
Update (December 19, 2013): the article is now Open Access and has a functional DOI. Update (December 1, 2013): we have submitted payment for Open Access publishing, and hope to have this processed as soon as possible. In the meantime, please find a free courtesy corrected proof available, hosted by chrisdieni.com. The DOI is still … Continue reading Manuscript accepted at Journal of Nanomaterials & Molecular Nanotechnology
Neal and Pat present at the Mount Allison Summer Undergraduate Research Fair (SURF)
Neal and Pat have both recently presented their summer research at the Mount Allison University Summer Undergraduate Research Fair (SURF), which was held on September 20th, 2013. SURF is an annual student-run event that gives Mount Allison students in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and the humanities, the chance to share and present their research to a … Continue reading Neal and Pat present at the Mount Allison Summer Undergraduate Research Fair (SURF)
Neal interviewed by CHMA 106.9 FM
Chris was recently interviewed by Mount Allison's radio station, CHMA 106.9 FM, for his upcoming new course on Toxicology. Now, Neal Callaghan has had his turn being interviewed by David White as well, in an interview focusing on his experiences as an undergraduate summer research student. Listen to the full interview below: http://youtu.be/dcThuMEFa6s
Neal selected as a finalist for the CSZ 2013 Annual Meeting Battle Award
Based on a pre-screening of submitted posters, Neal Callaghan has been selected as a finalist for the Battle Award at the Canadian Society of Zoologists 2013 Annual Meeting. From the Awards page on the meeting website: Helen Battle Award The Helen Battle Award is given for the best student poster at the Annual Conference of … Continue reading Neal selected as a finalist for the CSZ 2013 Annual Meeting Battle Award
Meet Patrick Gormley
Patrick T. Gormley, undergraduate student in Chemistry at Mount Allison University, is Chris’ second summer research student and upcoming honours undergraduate thesis student. Take a look at a more expanded bio for Patrick here.
“Signal Transduction” comes to an end
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
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.
Laboratory for Evaluation of Pharmacological Agents in Remediation of Disease (LEoPARD) 