The Magazine for the University of Toronto Department of Immunology
Author: Angela Zhou
Angela is a PhD student at the University of Toronto currently studying immune responses to influenza infection. When not in the lab, she enjoys painting, wandering aimlessly, and spending quality time with good friends.
“I will astonish Paris with an apple.” Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) astonished more than just Paris with his art. Over his career, the renowned, post-impressionist master created over 200 still life...
“I needed the evidence.” As an academic with a PhD in geography from her pre-political life, Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan understands the importance of making decisions based on the...
René Magritte (1898-1967) was always keen to distinguish the real from the perceived. A common motif in this Belgian surrealist’s art is the veiled faces, most notably used in The...
The Canadian Rockies in their unparalleled majesty formed the backdrop for the 30th Annual Spring Meeting of the Canadian Society for Immunology (CSI) this past April. Immunologists from across the...
On May 8, 1889, Vincent Van Gogh admitted himself to the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in southern France following a particularly devastating breakdown where he mutilated part of his own ear. During...
[caption id="attachment_2829" align="aligncenter" width="1275"] For this issue of IMMpress Magazine, we look to the ultimate Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci, whose claim to fame spans everything from painting, music, and...
Department of Immunology alumna (and frequent IMMpress contributor) Dr. Angela Zhang will be the first to tell you that the transition from academia to industry is not easy. For this...
Last fall, Canadians handed Justin Trudeau the keys to 24 Sussex Drive and sent his Liberal Party to Parliament Hill with a majority mandate. Researchers from across the nation breathed...
It is always tough to enter a new field, especially if that field operates in a completely different language. Department of Immunology alumna Dr. Amanda Moore understands this first hand,...
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