Access to Innovation is on Feb 28! Don't miss 'Addressing a Public Health Crisis: Innovations for Diagnosing Sexually Transmitted Infections,' featuring UVic's Caroline Cameron and moderated by #UVic VP Research & Innovation Lisa Kalynchuk
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The UniversityOfVictoria Faculty of Science (@UVicScience) invites Indigenous applicants for three faculty positions in any field of Science. 
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Applications will be reviewed starting from March 4, 2024. Applications will be accepted until all three positions are filled.

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Hailey Gray and Elise Therrien are two undergrad students who both received the SERA award last year, and spent the summer doing research investigating palladium pre-catalysts and the co-infection of influenza A and Staphylococcus aureus. #WomenInScience ow.ly/AIlR50QzXo6

Immunotherapy is a life-saving alternative way to treat cancer, but so far, hasn't worked for ovarian cancer. Dept. of Biochemistry & Microbiology at UVic prof Julian Lum is hoping to use metabolic insights to change that, thanks to new funding from CIHR.

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3 tenure-track positions open at UVic Science including Chemistry@UVic for Indigenous scholars. UVic has been ranked #1 in 🇨🇦 for promoting Indigenous visibility (Maclean’s 2022). #yyj is a great place to live, research and teach. Join us!

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Characterizing how #MeCP2 and #histone H1 variants interact for correct maturation of #neurons ; and how it could go awry in #RettSyndrome . Articled led by Edilene Siqueira Guil LAB and Juan Ausio from Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC) and Dept. of Biochemistry & Microbiology at UVic UniversityOfVictoria in Epigenetics Journal Taylor & Francis Research Insights
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Congrats to Neha Acharya-Patel Neha Acharya-Patel (Helbing lab) for winning 2nd best poster presentation at the GEOBON conference in Montreal! Her poster was entitled “Using eDNA testing to monitor metropolitan marine pollution effects in the Pacific Northwest” UVic Science

We're hiring! Interested in immunometabolism? CAR-T cells? Diet? Metabolomics? All in humans? In beautiful Victoria, BC! Please RT. -JJL shorturl.at/pJKN8 BLACK IMM NETWORK Dept. of Biochemistry & Microbiology at UVic BioCanRx - Canada's Immunotherapy Network UBC Dept of Microbiology and Immunology UVic Science Indigenous Science Network Science in Color

Dr. David Goodlett, a Dept. of Biochemistry & Microbiology at UVic professor, is leading the new Spatial Metabolome Hub Project, which will use advanced imaging technology to examine how cellular metabolism changes throughout different areas of tumour tissues.
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New research from Lisa Reynolds and team has found that helminth infections in the small intestine result in disruptions to bile acid homeostasis and signaling. Details are in the paper!

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We'll soon be home to Canada's only flex mass spectrometer, thanks to a new investment by Pacific Economic Development Canada! This tech will help in advancing solutions for drug development, cancer research, and personalized medicine. canada.ca/en/pacific-eco…

Congratulations Marisa!

Join us as we celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21 at Royal Roads.

A day of community relations on the lands of Lekwungen (Songhees) and Xwsepsum (Esquimalt) ancestors and families. Learn more about the celebrations ⬇️

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Congrats Dominique Gatti and the The Reynolds Lab team! Interested in thymic eosinophils and how they are influenced by the microbiota? Have a read! UVic Science Dept. of Biochemistry & Microbiology at UVic

Meanwhile in #Canada and #Baltimore the 50th paper is out from goodlettlab & ErnstLabUMB 20 years of collaborating on lipid A structure function relationships 🤩🥳🤠🧐 @UVicProteomics Dept. of Biochemistry & Microbiology at UVic pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37303810/

New Dept. of Biochemistry & Microbiology at UVic paper! Dr. Lauren Davey (@lauren282012) developed methods for genetic manipulation in Akkermania (a member of the gut microbiome) and found their ability to eat components of the mucus layer repressed host genes for cholesterol biosynthesis. ow.ly/zbWq50OSaUy