by Jennifer Cleary | Jul 27, 2020 | Research Stories
Written by: Brian Cole Javad Alizadeh recently received a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. As a young university student in his native Iran, Javad Alizadeh was intrigued by the study of living organisms. “From the very beginning, I was very interested in...
by Jennifer Cleary | Jun 29, 2020 | Research Stories
Written by: Brian Cole In addition to providing patients with access to experimental therapies, the COVID-19 clinical trials now underway in Manitoba are also helping to enhance this province’s research capacity. Dr. Ryan Zarychanski, a hematologist, critical...
by Jennifer Cleary | Jun 29, 2020 | Research Stories
Written by: Brian Cole A microscopic look at the cells of a patient with COVID-19. The blue spheres are particles of SARS-CoV-2, the virus the disease. Source: Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. By early March, it was becoming increasingly clear that the...
by Jennifer Cleary | Jun 23, 2020 | Research Stories
Written by: Brian Cole Structural biologist Brian Mark is helping to develop a vaccine for the virus that causes COVID-19. The machine in the background is a protein X-ray diffractometer, which is used to create a three dimensional view of the components that make up...
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...
