Parsa Jamshidi (MSc.) and Indeewari Ranasinghe (MSc.) successfully defended their theses this summer!

Dr. Amanda Bongers successfully defended her thesis!

Dr. Claudia El Nachef and Prof. André Beauchemin have been awarded a prestigious Life Sciences-Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life (SCOL) Fellowship from the Simons Foundation to fund their study of prebiotic chemistry. They are the only researchers in Canada  to be selected for this fellowship.

“The purpose of the Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life is to advance our understanding of the processes that led to the emergence of life.

The collaboration aims to support creative, innovative research on topics including the astrophysical and planetary context of the origins of life, the development of prebiotic chemistry, the assembly of the first cells, the advent of Darwinian evolution, and the earliest signs of life on the young Earth.”

 

Congrats to JF who successfully defended his PhD thesis yesterday!

All the best for the future to all of our honours students! Good luck Alex and Asianne with your new co-op jobs, and congrats to Philippe and Ryan who will soon earn their BSc!

Don’t miss us at CSC 2015! Go here for the full program.

André’s BI award lecture : Monday June 15 @ 15:20 in OR4, room 208

Didier’s poster: Tuesday June 16 @ 17:40 in Canada Hall

Amanda’s talk: Wednesday June 17 @ 15:40 in OR4, room 208

We teamed up with the Giorgi group on Thursday to host a BBQ for the Chemistry Graduate Student Association. Thanks to everyone who came out for lunch!

Nous avons fait équipe avec le groupe de Giorgi jeudi pour tenir le BBQ de l’association des étudiants gradués de chimie. Merci à tous!