Department of Chemistry & Biology, Toronto Metropolitan (formerly Ryerson) University
Lab news
2023
August
Congratulations to Zoe on receiving an NSERC USRA and for recognition for the best undergraduate talk in Environmental Sciences at the annual Chemistry & Biology Dept. Science at the Interface Symposium! (Zoe pictured with JK joining Pieter Johnson’s field crew in California)
July
Congratulations to Tim on his first published paper!
2022
September
The Koprivnikar lab welcomes Honours thesis student Zoe Cristante.
August
Congratulations to Anthony for receiving the prize for best undergraduate poster in Environmental Sciences at the annual Chemistry & Biology Dept. Science at the Interface Symposium!
2021
September
The Koprivnikar lab welcomes Honours thesis student Anthony Tay.
July
Congratulations to Andrew Williams on a successful Master’s defence!
2020
December
Congratulations to Dara on the publication of her first paper! (link)
September
The Koprivnikar lab welcomes new graduate student Rachel Goldberg.
July
Congratulations to Dara Babaran on her successful Master’s thesis defence!
June
Congratulations to Honours thesis student & NSERC USRA recipient Alexander Rimmer for receiving the Ryerson Gold Medal for the Faculty of Science! (read here).
March
JK does not usually post announcements about herself, but wishes to thank the selection committee for her receipt of the 2019-2020 Dean’s Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity Award for tenured faculty within the Faculty of Science (read here).
2019
December
Congratulations to Keira on the first paper from her thesis (read here)!
September
Congratulations to Ben on the first paper from his thesis (read here), and welcome to new graduate student Tim Smith.
March
Honours thesis students Rachel Goldberg and Tim Smith attend the Ontario Biology Day at Western University.
2018
September
The Koprivnikar lab welcomes new graduate students Dara Barbaran and Andrew Williams.
July
Congratulations to Ben, Keira, and Mary on successful defences!
June
The lab attends the 2018 meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists in Cancun, including an encounter with the world’s largest (and friendliest) hookworm.
2017
December
Congratulations to Jamie for receiving honorable mention for her poster in Environmental Sciences at the annual Ryerson Chemistry and Biology research symposium, and Marin on the first paper from his thesis (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-017-5727-0).
Undergraduate Lucy Santos (at left with Mary in the field with the snazzy Ryerson Faculty of Science field vehicle) returns to the lab for a second summer as a NSERC USRA, and is joined by undergraduate Jamie Nguyen (at right with Mary and Keira in the field) as part of the Ryerson Undergraduate Research Opportunities (URO) program.
2016
November
JK returns from a too-brief sabbatical visit (https://adventurescienceblog.wordpress.com/) with the Parasite Ecology group at the University of California Santa Barbara headed by Armand Kuris and Kevin Lafferty to work in the Carpinteria Salt Marsh.
September
The Koprivnikar lab welcomes new graduate students Mary Balsdon, Ben Schultz, and Keira Mckee.
August
Congratulations to Dino, Ferris, and Marin on their successful MSc. defences, postdoc Katie O’Dwyer on her new position at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology in Ireland, and NSERC USRA Lucy Santos on receiving the award for outstanding poster in Environmental Sciences at the annual Ryerson Chemistry and Biology research symposium!
May
Susan receives an honourable mention for the CAS Lindsay Prize for best oral presentation in the Parasitism, Immunity, and Environment section at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoologists.
Congratulations to Zoe on receiving an NSERC USRA and for recognition for the best undergraduate talk in Environmental Sciences at the annual Chemistry & Biology Dept. Science at the Interface Symposium! (Zoe pictured with JK joining Pieter Johnson’s field crew in California)
Congratulations to Anthony for receiving the prize for best undergraduate poster in Environmental Sciences at the annual Chemistry & Biology Dept. Science at the Interface Symposium!
Congratulations to Dara on the publication of her first paper! (link)
Honours thesis students Rachel Goldberg and Tim Smith attend the Ontario Biology Day at Western University.
The lab attends the 2018 meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists in Cancun, including an encounter with the world’s largest (and friendliest) hookworm.
Congratulations to Jamie for receiving honorable mention for her poster in Environmental Sciences at the annual Ryerson Chemistry and Biology research symposium, and Marin on the first paper from his thesis (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-017-5727-0).
Undergraduate Lucy Santos (at left with Mary in the field with the snazzy Ryerson Faculty of Science field vehicle) returns to the lab for a second summer as a NSERC USRA, and is joined by undergraduate Jamie Nguyen (at right with Mary and Keira in the field) as part of the Ryerson Undergraduate Research Opportunities (URO) program.
JK returns from a too-brief sabbatical visit (https://adventurescienceblog.wordpress.com/) with the Parasite Ecology group at the University of California Santa Barbara headed by Armand Kuris and Kevin Lafferty to work in the Carpinteria Salt Marsh.
Congratulations to Dino, Ferris, and Marin on their successful MSc. defences, postdoc Katie O’Dwyer on her new position at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology in Ireland, and NSERC USRA Lucy Santos on receiving the award for outstanding poster in Environmental Sciences at the annual Ryerson Chemistry and Biology research symposium!