The Microscope: A Modern Day Portal to Hidden Worlds
Chances are, you’ve probably looked into a microscope at least once in your life. Whether it was to look at cells of an onion skin, to visualize colonies of growing...
Public (Dis)Trust in Science
Amid the continuous discourse of climate change denial and vaccine distrust, a recent study conducted by the Pew Research Center based in Washington, D.C. found that, in general, the American...
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...
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...
Q&A on the Importance of Mentorship in Immunology
This year, the Department of Immunology launched its inaugural mentorship program, which pairs senior graduate students with incoming students. The goal of the program is to have the assigned mentor...
Opening the Door to Open Science
“Trudeau at the Neuro!” the picture exclaims in large white text. In ten seconds, I try to get my bearings: presented in front of me seems to be a photo...
Level Up: Gaming in Science and Education
Science is not a subject. It is a methodology by which we tackle the problems of the world. Like any methodology, one must learn by actively engaging. Every scientist has at...
TCRS: These are not the adaptive receptors you are looking for
In the modern framework of immunology, immune receptors are typically classified as either adaptive or innate, the key difference between the two being that innate immune receptors are germline encoded and...
Revolutions in Immunology
As scientists, we love to answer questions. It’s part and parcel of the job description. Conveniently, nature offers up plenty of complex questions, just waiting for us to validate, demonstrate,...
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