2013 – Page 6 – IMMPress Magazine

Letter

Letter from the Editor – Spring 2013

IMMpressApril 30, 2013May 1, 2013

[column size="two-third"] At this year’s Canadian Society for Immunology conference, the CIHR director of Infection and Immunity outlined the five year strategic plan for health sciences research in Canada. In...

Perspective

The Stiff Scientist

Michael LeApril 30, 2013May 6, 2013

Scientists are known for following their head rather than their heart, or so the popular stereotype goes. Most scientists themselves, however, tend to disagree with this portrayal. Indeed, a recent...

Cover

Jan 2013 Back Cover

IMMpressFebruary 2, 2013February 2, 2013

[caption id="attachment_294" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Dr. Bernhard (Hardy) Cinader, ca 1960 while he was at the Ontario Cancer Institute. Smoking in the lab was commonplace and permitted at the time. Image...

Cover

Jan 2013 Front Cover

IMMpressFebruary 2, 2013February 2, 2013

[caption id="attachment_288" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Front cover, Jan 2013. Illustrated by Inessa Stanishevskaya.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_290" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Simplified phylogenetic tree with representative organisms of various classes. Illustrated by Inessa Stanishevskaya.[/caption]

Perspective

The Upside of Rejection

Nichole EscalanteJanuary 27, 2013January 28, 2013

Publish or perish. After years of hard work, months of effort are invested into writing, submitting, and revising a paper with the aim of publishing in a high impact journal....

Perspective

Mismatched MHC and Human Mating Choices

Patrycja ThompsonJanuary 27, 2013January 28, 2013

The immune system and mating behavior of vertebrates appear to be closely linked. In a now classically unpleasant experiment, female students not taking oral contraceptives were asked to rate the...

Perspective

Catching Up With Our Alumni

Charles TranJanuary 27, 2013December 9, 2014

We got in touch with a few of the recent (or soon to be) graduates of our department to see what they are up to now, and to get some...

Editorial Featured Article

Cracks in the Foundation

Charles TranJanuary 27, 2013December 9, 2014

How data fabrication, misrepresentation and irreproducibility are wasting research efforts and undermining our confidence in scientific literature [caption id="attachment_190" align="alignleft" width="175"] Box 1. Definitions of key terms used in the...

Article

Lessons from SciChat: What’s in the Dirt?

Patrycja ThompsonJanuary 27, 2013January 28, 2013

SciChat is an outreach initiative started by the graduate students in the Department of Immunology that focuses on providing comprehensive science education to adults. This recurring segment focuses on answering...

Article

It’s Not All About T cells: Dendritic Cell Development in the Thymus

Mayra Cruz TleugabulovaJanuary 27, 2013January 27, 2013

[caption id="attachment_154" align="alignright" width="320"] Amanda Moore is studying the development of dendritic cells in the laboratory of Dr. Michele Anderson.[/caption] Among the vast T cell population in the thymus are...