The Magazine for the University of Toronto Department of Immunology
Author: Yuriy Baglaenko
Yuriy is a 4th year PhD student studying the suppression of autoimmunity at the University of Toronto. He is an avid musician with an at-home amateur recording studio and a mediocre intramural volleyball player.
[caption id="attachment_1362" align="alignright" width="300"] Image credit: Ruben Balderas.[/caption] Graduate students are just one cog in the academic research machine; a machine that must interlock a series of individual parts to...
[caption id="attachment_1178" align="alignright" width="622"] IMMpress Spring 2014 cover. Medicine in the future may one day be tailored specifically for men and women. Sex-specific differences in immunity, for example, might be...
[caption id="attachment_1146" align="alignright" width="400"] The Barbed Noose with the Mice. Paul Klee. The Berggruen Klee Collection, 1987. Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.[/caption] When the initial report was...
I like the big picture. I like thinking beyond a particular cancer or my specific organization and looking at cancer research as a whole … including globally, to understand the...
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...
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...
[pullquote align="right"]"After silence, that which comes closest to expressing the inexpressible is music” Aldous Huxley[/pullquote] [dropcap]I[/dropcap] have few vivid memories of my childhood in Tbilisi, Georgia. We immigrated to Canada when...
If you’ve had the pleasure of attending a microbiology or human microbiome talk within the last year, you've likely heard the following statistic: there are ten times as many bacteria...
Everyone entering graduate school instinctively knows that this is not an easy path. It is a long process requiring determination, perseverance, and a touch of luck to succeed. To graduate...
We got in touch with Lisa Wagar, a recent graduate of our department, to see what she’s up to now, and to get some feedback on her graduate experience. As...
The newest issue of IMMpress is now available! This time, we tackled all things work culture, from universal basic income to unions and more! Check it out by clicking the link below
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VR has already changed the world in every way, from medical training to how we view entertainment. As education moves online with the pandemic, how will VR change the classroom? Click the link below to find out! 🕹
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The newest issue of IMMpress magazine is now out! This time, we delved into the world of technology in healthcare 🔬 Check it out and let us know what you think! https://t.co/HyBn12R6Fd
One of few positive outcomes from this pandemic was the advent of mRNA vaccines. And with a rise in funding for this research, scientists can continue to improve this technology. Check out this article by @pu_annie to learn everything you need to know!
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Check out the link in our below to read the newest IMMpress blog post! Our DOI undergrads Rahman and Aly did a great job on this one 🤩
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