A New Journey Through Known Space: Alumni Interview with Geneve Awong
Dr. Geneve Awong conducted her doctoral studies in the lab of Dr. Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker at the Sunnybrook Research Institute and graduated in September 2011. Currently, she is the manager...
The Professional Student: Alumni Interview with Angela Zhang
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...
New Challenger Approaching!
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,...
Staying Connected: GPD Networking Event 2016
On Thursday, April 7th, the Department of Immunology’s Graduate Professional Development course hosted its annual Networking Event. University of Toronto alumni from all over North America came to Toronto to...
Big Pharma 2.0: Open Source Drug Discovery
In the age of “Big Data”, hypothetical coding sequences and poorly characterized proteins are common. Transcriptomic and proteomic datasets regularly result in disappointment, as the top hit is often some...
Lost in Translation: Recognizing the Value of MD/PhD Training
EARLIER THIS YEAR, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) abruptly terminated funding for students entering the MD/PhD programs in Canada. No justifications for this decision or guidelines as to...
Planning Ahead: Alumni Interview with Gloria Lin
Academia is not for everyone and many PhD students (both past and present) are faced with the question of “what am I going to do with my future?” The challenge...
CSI Goes to the Prairies
[caption id="attachment_1938" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo credit: Angela Zhou.[/caption] The 28th annual Canadian Society for Immunology (CSI) conference took place this year from June 4th to June 7th at the luxurious...
Alumni Interview – Ann McPherson
[caption id="attachment_1675" align="aligncenter" width="526"] Dr. Ann McPherson, PhD '13, Dr. Tania Watts Laboratory[/caption] We caught up with recent Immunology PhD graduate, Ann McPherson, to discuss her career moves after graduation...
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