by Jennifer Cleary | Apr 8, 2020 | Research Stories
Written by: Brian Cole Research Manitoba is donating $17,850 to a scholarship fund that is being established in memory of Forough Khadem, the Winnipeg scientist who was killed earlier this year. Khadem was one of eight Manitobans on board Ukrainian Airlines Flight...
by Jennifer Cleary | Apr 8, 2020 | Research Stories
Written by: Brian Cole The e-mail arrived in Meghan Azad’s in-box around noon one day last April. Someone from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the philanthropic group started by the founder of Microsoft and his wife, wanted to set up an appointment for a phone...
by Jennifer Cleary | Apr 8, 2020 | Research Stories
Written by: Brian Cole Researcher Xiao-Jian Yao (centre) with current and former members of his research team at the University of Manitoba. Research Manitoba is funding a local scientist in his efforts to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, the novel coronavirus that to...
by Jennifer Cleary | Apr 8, 2020 | Research Stories
Written by: Brian Cole Renowned scientist Frank Plummer (centre) with Allan Ronald (left) and Keith Fowke in January at the 40th anniversary meeting of the HIV/AIDS collaborative in Nairobi. (Photo: Jo Kennelly) Dr. Francis (Frank) Plummer was 29 years old when he...
by Jennifer Cleary | Feb 5, 2020 | Research Stories
Written by: Brian Cole Andrea Kroeker says the CFIA lab is an “amazing place to work.” In her early days as a student at the University of Manitoba, Andrea Kroeker never envisioned herself working as a researcher at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency...
by Jennifer Cleary | Feb 5, 2020 | Research Stories
Written by: Brian Cole Can Manitoba do more to maximize the potential of its research and innovation sector? Judi Bahl believes the answer to that question is yes. As the newly-appointed Manager, Strategic Partnerships at Research Manitoba, Bahl has spent the last few...
