What’s in a Hypothesis?
In the last three months I've been re-acquainting myself with basic statistics. It's a periodic re-learning that usually occurs when I don't get the statistical result I had wanted or...
The Web as an indispensable tool for scientists
It’s difficult to imagine, but there was time before the internet. The web turned 25 this past week. Started at CERN as an endeavour to connect computers across the world...
Winter 2014 Front Cover
[caption id="attachment_871" align="aligncenter" width="700"] IMMpress Winter 2014 Front Cover.Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the developed world and a growing health threat in developing nations. Here,...
Tumour-Infiltrating Lymphocytes: Expanding Our Arsenal in the Fight Against Cancer
At the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Dr. Pamela Ohashi and her group are leading efforts to harness the power of the immune system to treat cancer. Cancer immunotherapy is an...
Monoclonal Antibody Therapy
Empowering our immune system in the fight against cancer Cancer is a complex, multifaceted group of diseases that arguably represent the greatest challenge faced by biomedical researchers in the developed...
Germ Warfare on the Cancer Front
When you get right down to it, bacteria are just plain cool. They can self-replicate, evolve in the span of several days, exchange DNA with neighbours and enemies, survive in...
Alumni Feature: Jason Fine
We had a chance to catch up with Jason Fine, who graduated with a PhD from the Department in 2012. Jason completed his PhD under the supervision of Dr. James...
Doing Research Abroad
Have you ever considered doing research abroad? Did you hesitate because you thought it would be too expensive, the language barrier too steep, or perhaps that there were no opportunities...
Breaking: Bad? A Graduate Student’s Vacation
In the competitive world of science, it is not surprising that many graduate students are forced to compromise social activity and vacation for their work. While this might lead to...
To Postdoc or Not to Postdoc
With the number of PhD graduates far outpacing the number of available academic positions, many upper year students have begun to re-evaluate the value of a postdoctoral fellowship. Although it...