2012

May: Welcome back to Ryan Howard (UofM USRA) and our new group members Walter Kim (UofM USRA), Rebecca Sherbo (NSERC USRA), Matthew Packer (NSERC USRA), and Khalid Zeid (NSERC USRA)!

January: Congrats to Evan (et. al.) on his recent publication in Nucleic Acids Research!

2011

November: Our group has received a 2-year CIHR/MHRC Operating grant!

October: Ryan Howard won the Applied Sciences category of the 2011 Undergraduate Research Poster Competition at the University of Manitoba.

July: See some pictures of the group at RiboWest 2011.

June: Dr. Evan Booy has been awarded a Manitoba Health Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship!

May: Congratulations to Lisa Spangelo on winning the Best Biochemistry Presentation at the Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference!

May: Welcome to new group members Ryan Howard (Faculty of Science Undergraduate Award) and Stefanie Novakowski (NSERC USRA)!

March: Our group (along with the Stetefeld, O’Neil, and Mark laboratories) has received an NSERC Research Tools and Instruments Grant to purchase an Isothermal Titration Calorimetry instrument!

2010

October: Our group has received Manitoba Innovation and Research Funding from the Government of Manitoba!

October: Welcome to new group member Dr. Evan Booy (Postdoctoral Fellow)!

September: Welcome to new group members Soumya Deo (M.Sc. Student), Shawn Xiong (4th year project student) and Lisa Spangelo (4th year project student)!

July: Our group attended RiboWest 2010 in Lethbridge, Alberta!

June: Our group has received a 2-year Manitoba Health Research Council Operating Grant!

May: Dr. McKenna was the recipient of the University of Manitoba Science Student’s Association teaching award for a third/fourth year course!

May: Welcome to new group members Edis Dzananovic (M.Sc. Student), Shawn Xiong (NSERC USRA) and Stefanie Novakowski (Undegraduate Summer Student)!

March: Our group has received an NSERC Research Tools and Instruments Grant to purchase an FPLC!

March: Our group has received a 5-year NSERC Discovery Grant!

January: Welcome to our new graduate student Hui Meng!

2009

December: Our group has received a Leaders Opportunity Fund grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation!

December: Our group has received a 1-year pilot grant from the Manitoba Medical Services Foundation!

December: Our group was successful in receiving funding from the University of Manitoba Research Grants Program (URGP) to establish a radioisotope lab in the Chemistry Department!

September: Welcome to new group members Cody van Dijk, Garret Munch, and Jane Tyagunova!

July: Attended RiboWest 2009!

June: Our group has received a 3-year Manitoba Health Research Council Establishment Grant!