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On this week’s Gradifying Blog, we cover some helpful advice for students that are new to (or returning to) grad school this fall! Read the blog here: ow.ly/y4sM50PCCxC

First Mica in Canada! At #Queensu in #DBMS fully loaded confocal. #Leica !

If you’re new to Queen’s this fall and you missed the pre-arrival webinar in July, you can still attend the session on August 8! Get introduced to Queen’s and everything on offer for you as a grad student! Register here: ow.ly/pmbs50PpnUN

Very happy to share the latest from our lab by @MitchellJeffs ! A cell-based assay that tests beta-lactamase inhibitors against beta-lactamase-producing bacteria rather than purified enzymes (evaluating factors such as cell wall permeability, etc) #AMR @QueensUHealth @DbmsTweets

“Neurons communicate with immune cells with many more signals than we thought,” Dr. Sebastien Talbot (@UdeMTalbotLab) comments on recent research regarding how immune responses could be connected to pain in @washingtonpost: washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/…

Today's research highlight: Does Native Vitamin D Supplementation Have Pleiotropic Effects in Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease? A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/1… #queensu #dbmsresearch

Hats off to all of these folks for making the 2022 DBMS Faculty Retreat on education and research an enjoyable and idea-rich experience!! @QueensUHealth

“We’re raising money for research & education that offers solutions to our biggest health challenges” – Dean @JanePhilpott on #TheNext25 at the #QueensHomecoming Health Sciences Gala. Ways to participate: fal.cn/3t9bU

Mini-Me’s for Halloween! 🎃 Great costumes from our #GlycoQueens group. Everyone has imposter syndrome at some point, but maybe I’ll be super productive today!

A spooky day in the Craig lab🎃👻💀⁦@queensu⁩ ⁦@QueensUHealth⁩ ⁦@DbmsTweets⁩

Celebrating @emmavleblanc’s recent @SciReports paper with some personalized swag courtesy of @ctlohans! 🥂 (Don’t worry, the mugs are still empty - we’re not drinking in the lab!)

The Vice-Principal Research Portfolio is accepting nominations for three awards this Fall: - Royal Society of Canada Fellowship and College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists - Sloan Research Fellowships - WiSTEM2D Scholars Award Program Apply at queensu.ca/vpr/news/fall-…

Seeking volunteers to host research or neuro information booths at our event on Saturday August 28th! If you want to showcase your research or a neuro topic at our August 28th #NeurRun, please email 21dah10@queensu.ca with your ideas! #ygk @QueensuDOM @QueensUHealth @QueensSGPS

Understanding the busy networks inside our cells can help researchers develop new #cancer treatments and prevent dangerous fungal #infections. Read the full story: lightsource.ca/public/news/20… @queensu @EinsteinMed @DbmsTweets @QueensUHealth @CIHR_IRSC @NSERC_CRSNG @NIH

This week’s Gradifying blog covers the most difficult topic in academia - how to explain what you do to other people. #graduatestudies Check out the blog here: bit.ly/3pmvCln

"Researchers from @SEMC_NYSBC & @SosaLab4 report kinesin-8s alternating promotility and pro-microtubule-depolymerization states via their tubulin shape-sensing loop-2 region. @AllinghamJohn @matthieuBenoit1 @queensu #CryoEM #kinesin #microtubules go.nature.com/3zX6ojS

Another new lab milestone: publication of our first research paper! We identify a strategy to inhibit cell entry of diverse #coronaviruses - congrats to our PhD student Emma @emmavleblanc for her excellent work leading this project! #newPI @DbmsTweets nature.com/articles/s4159…

#Queensu Harriet Feilotter received funding from @OICR_news to help hospitals in finding the best way to test tumours for #cancer biomarkers. A centralized lab will improve how Ontario makes genetic research available to cancer patients. Learn more: bit.ly/3JQG3an

Three new Queen’s camps – Health Science’s Outreach and Summer Program, Connections Engineering Outreach’s Black Youth in STEM program, and All-Girls Queen’s Summer Engineering Academy – welcomed students to campus Aug. 2-5. queensu.ca/gazette/storie…

A perfect summer day for a lab potluck picnic - feeling lucky to work with a group who are talented both in the lab and in the kitchen! #scientistswhocook #labpicnic