EcoDystopia – Climate Change: Confronting our Reality
The scientific evidence is clear: global climate change caused by human activities is occurring now, and is a growing threat to society.” – Statement on Climate Change from the American...
Sidewalk Toronto: Redefining City Life
According to the United Nations, 2007 marks the first time in human history that over half of the global population lives in cities. Yet remarkably, despite technological advances and radical...
Is Big Brother Really Watching You?
When I started grad school, I noticed a strange pattern occurring as I browsed the internet. The ads that popped up on completely unrelated websites started to show me products...
Are We Prepared? Assessing Outbreak Preparedness in Canada
Infectious outbreaks are an increasing public health concern in today’s modern world. Inevitably, due to growing population sizes, globalization, anti-microbial resistance, and climate change, there is increasing concern surrounding the...
Issue 3, 2018 – Cover
In 1937, the soon to be doomed Spanish Republican government commissioned Pablo Picasso to paint a mural for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in...
Letter from the Editors – Volume 6, Issue 3
A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze." - Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale. In this issue of IMMpress Magazine we explore...
Letter from the Chair – Volume 6, Issue 3
[caption id="attachment_2807" align="aligncenter" width="584"] Dr. Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker, Chair, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto[/caption] This latest issue of IMMpress Magazine, which you are about to surely enjoy, examines several timely and...
Industrial Endeavours: An Interview with Dr. Daniel Chapman
From working in the lab of Dr. David Williams, to starting up his own consulting firm, and finally reaching management positions at Sanofi Pasteur in Toronto, immunology alumnus Dr. Daniel...
De-Extinction: Bringing the Dead Back
Mammoths, dodos, and aurochs – oh my! Recent enhancements in genetic tools are helping scientists do the unthinkable—manipulate life and death—by attempting to bring back extinct animals. The possibilities seem...
The Genome Marketplace
How much is your genome worth? George Church, a pioneer in the field of genetic sequencing, is encouraging the public to consider the value of their genetic code by making...
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