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New microbiology textbook features post-doctoral research from Prof Elitza Tocheva
Research conducted by Dr. Elitza Tocheva during her post-doctoral fellowship is featured in the new Atlas of Bacterial & Archaeal Cell Structure.
Cryptococcus Neoformans Research in the Kronstad Lab
For World AIDS Day, the Kronstad lab shares their current research journey with Cryptococcus neoformans, the human pathogen that causes an often-fatal infection in people with HIV/AIDS.
Parvin Bolourani Wins President’s Staff Award for Enhancing UBC Experience
Parvin Bolourani, the Outreach, Alumni Engagement, Postdoctoral Fellows & Project Coordinator, was recently awarded a President’s Staff Award. On Oct 21, we celebrated through a virtual ceremony.
Grad student Morgan Alford wins CIHR Gold Award with virtual research presentation
Congratulations to Morgan Alford, a PhD student in the Hancock Lab, for receiving an award of excellence (Gold category) in the Canadian Institutes of Health Research National Research Poster Presentation.
National Postdoc Appreciation 2020
National Postdoc Awareness Week aims to recognize the significant contributions that postdoc scholars make to research and discovery. Three researchers share why they love what they do!
Carolina Tropini is 1st Canadian Johnson & Johnson Scholar in global competition
Dr. Tropini’s research focuses on humans and the microbiota, studying the interactions between the environment in the body, disease, and the microbes that live on and within us.