Issue 3, 2019 – Cover
Without mathematics and civil engineering, the construction of the CN Tower would not have been possible. Similarly, advances in biomedicine have significantly improved our quality of life and longevity, while...
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Letter from the Editors – Volume 7, Issue 3
“EDUCATION MUST NOT SIMPLY TEACH WORK – IT MUST TEACH LIFE.” - W. E. B. DU BOIS In this issue of IMMpress Magazine, we discuss the impetus for education and...
Letter from the Chair – Volume 7, Issue 3
Dr. Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker, Chair, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto Just in time for some holiday reading, this latest issue of IMMpress Magazine is packed with several timely...
Talking Science: An Alumni Interview with Dr. Jen Gommerman
Dr. Jen Gommerman received her PhD from the University of Toronto’s Department of Immunology under the supervision of Dr. Stuart Berger. Today, she is both a principal investigator,with her lab...
When Science Hits the Big Screen
What is a scientist? The term “scientist” receives the same treatment as many other career paths such as a lawyer or a doctor where the title is often associated with an omnipotent knowledge of the field itself. The word, science, manages to encapsulate an immense quantity...
Comparing Biomedical PhD programs across North America & Europe
The doctor of philosophy degree (PhD) was first introduced at Humboldt University in Berlin in 1810. Soon after, the degree spread to the USA in 1862 and to Canada in 1900. PhD’s were originally brought to fruition in order...
The Advancements and Future of the M.Sc. in Applied Immunology
In 2015, responding to students’ interest in a graduate program that focuses on skill sets relevant for non-academic careers, Dr. Jennifer Gommerman, the Associate Chair of Graduate Studies for the Department of Immunology, launched a...
#SocialMediaForScientists
Social media is a powerful tool that allows people to communicate across the globe and to keep up with trending news. In recent years, more scientists have jumped on the bandwagon, using social...
Innovative Teaching Strategies, Online Tools & Experiential Learning
Graduate-level courses and programs are growing in diversity, comprised of both domestic and international students from numerous countries around the world. As such, classrooms and laboratories are becoming increasingly heterogenous in student learning preferences. Traditional lecture-based courses emphasize a ‘top-down’ teaching...