News & Events
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Dr. John Archibald has been named as this year’s recipient of the CSMB Canadian Science Publishing Senior Investigator Award by the Canadian Society for Molecular Biosciences (CSMB) for demonstration of “inclusive excellence in research, teaching and mentorship, leadership and outreach.”
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology News from DalNews
Faculty in the News
- Dr. Jan Rainey: "Dalhousie researchers develop silk-based material that could one day treat nerve damage, paralysis" (CBC News) (Sep 7, 2022)
- Dr. Jan Rainey: Spider silk protein potential for central nervous system repair (CBC Listen) (Sep 2, 2022)
- Microbe reveals 'major new branch' of evolutionary tree, Halifax researchers say (The Globe and Mail article)
- Halifax researchers say microbe reveals 'major new branch' of evolutionary tree (The Star Halifax article)
- "Voracious little ogre" leads Dal U researchers to discover a new branch of the 'Tree of Life' (CBC audio)
- Dalhousie researchers working to reduce growth of breast cancer tumours (CTV article)
- Dr. Claudio Slamovits' lab reveals hidden link between cells and bacteria
(Globe and Mail article) - Dr. Paola Marignani: Turning off the power
(Faculty of Medicine News) (RCI Interview) - Dr. Paola Marignani makes astounding advances in breast cancer research
(Global News video) (CTV Atlantic Video)
- Dr. Christopher McMaster receives the Discovery Centre's Innovation Award for DeNovaMed as part of their 2012 Annual Discovery Awards for Science and Technology (Video)
- Dr. W. Ford Doolittle named 2011 Nova Scotia's Science Hall of Fame (Video)
- Key Driver of Metastasis Identified
Scientists at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia have identified a key mechanism of metastasis that could lead to blocking tumor growth if their findings are confirmed. - Dr. David Waisman and Dr. Graham Dellaire: Dalhousie's Breast Cancer Army [PDF - 1.5 MB]
- What the past says about the future [PDF - 78 kB]
New research is unravelling the secrets of many serious diseases. - Darwin and the Deeply Dumb
While American creationists misappropriate the work of a Dalhousie biologist for their battle against the teaching of evolution, the scientific world grapples to come to terms with Ford Doolittle's challenge to Darwin's tree of life. - Government should care about research [PDF - 461 kB]
- Dalhousie Medical School Researchers Launch Clinical Trial of 'Good Fat' Weight-Loss Product [PDF - 188 kB]
- Dr. Andrew Roger, 2005 Emerging Professional of Distinction (Video)
- Dr. W. Ford Doolittle, 2002 Professional of Distinction Award (Video)