The RBC Youth BIOlab is a space for students and teachers to explore and experience real biomedical science in a world-class research centre.
O receives NSERC Award
Congratulations to Dr. Karmin O, Principal Investigator, Integrative Biology Laboratory, Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine, who received an NSERC Discovery Award in the amount of $140,000 for her study “The Biological impact of dietary...
MMSF & Research Centre: Awards
Congratulations to former CCARM member and current collaborator Dr. Danielle Defries on receiving $32,000 (MMSF $16,000 / CHRIM $16,000) for her study, “The Impact of Gestational Diabetes on Maternal Incretin Function”. Her aim is to see if GDM reduces the number of...
Schwartz picks up 3 awards
Congratulations to Ms. Anna Schwartz, BSc Med student, who received a total of 3 awards at the September 7th BSc Med Ceremony, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba. Her project was entitled, “The prophylactic role of RAS antagonism in the...
St. B researchers: 5 awards from Orlando IACS 2017
Congratulations to the following members of the St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre who received awards at the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences 5th Annual Forum to Promote Young Investigators and Centers of Excellence in Cardiovascular...
(From the Canadian Medical Association Journal) Conversation about antibiotic resistance has been sparked again following a call by the World Health Organization (WHO) for new drugs to treat strains of gonorrhea resistant to available antibiotics. An estimated 700 000...
Smerchanski Award
Congratulations to PhD Student Victoria Sid (supervised by Dr. Karmin O, Integrative Biology Laboratory), who was recently awarded the Smerchanski PhD Studentship, St. Boniface Hospital Research Foundation. Currently working on her PhD in Physiology and...
Protecting hearts – Berry compound shows remarkable promise
Eating blackberries and black elderberries might protect your heart and prevent high blood pressure. That’s what Drs. Jeffrey Wigle and Thomas Netticadan of St. Boniface Hospital are trying to prove.
