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South Venture winners await patent approval

Not every third-year neuroscience student at the University of Lethbridge has a patent lawyer on speed dial – but Isaac Ward does. As the CEO of Synbiologica, Inc., Ward and his team (chemistry and biochemistry masters students Mackenzie Coatham (BSc '12) and Harland Brandon, and first-year biochemistry student Erin Kelly)

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5 Questions with Dr. Arlan Schultz

Dr. Arlan Schultz is an assistant professor of music, composition and theory and the head of the composition area within the Department of Music in the Faculty of Fine Arts. Schultz's music has been broadcast on Radio Canada, in France on CBC's sister network, and has

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Research dollars continue to flow

The business of research at the University of Lethbridge keeps growing and, like any other business, needs people and resources to keep the wheels of innovation turning. Recent rankings which place the U of L's research efforts at the top and near to the top of influential listings

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Sutherland on the cutting edge of science

The human brain is a remarkable organ. From the day we're born until the day we die, our brains evolve as we experience the world and expand our knowledge. But the brain is also vulnerable to dementia-related diseases like Alzheimer's disease, which kills the brain'

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CCBN renovation creates enhanced research area

The Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience (CCBN) has undergone some major renovations in the past few months to improve the space where world-renowned research is being conducted. The former in situ lab at the CCBN was quickly outgrowing the needs of the expanding Polaris Brain Dynamics Research Group at the

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5 Questions with . . .Dr. Nicole Rosen

Dr. Nicole Rosen teaches languages and linguistics in the Department of Modern Languages. Her research interests include phonetics and phonology, Michif language, Western Algonquian languages, language revitalization, English and French in the Canadian Prairies and lexicography of endangered languages. What first piqued your interest in your research discipline? After high

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The next generation

The human brain is a remarkable organ. From the day we're born until the day we die, our brains evolve as we experience the world and expand our knowledge. But the brain is also vulnerable to dementia-related diseases like Alzheimer's disease, which kills the brain'

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Rasmussen a leader in aquatic research

Whether we like it or not, Canada's waters are under increasing pressure to support greater economic activity. Be it the energy sector, agriculture, mining or urbanization, our aquatic ecosystems face an uncertain future. University of Lethbridge biological sciences [http://www.uleth.ca/fas/bio] professor Dr. Joe Rasmussen

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Academic couple works toward Alberta’s first epigenetics institute

Scientists Drs. Igor and Olga Kovalchuk came to Lethbridge knowing next-to-nothing about the city. Now, eight years later, they've happily set down roots and are pushing the U of L's epigenetics research program into the limelight. When the reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant caught

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Mentors grant presents collaborative research opportunities

A new internal grant program is designed to spark creative juices in the Faculty of Fine Arts while also creating valuable mentor relationships. The Mentors in Creative Research (MCR) project grants for Fine Arts are a one-time opportunity (with up to three grants valued at $3,000 each) for full-time

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Wieden, Wetmore earn Compute Canada space

Two University of Lethbridge chemistry & biochemistry researchers have been awarded over 2.6Mio (million) processor hours and storage worth more than $380,000 as a result of the Compute Canada resource allocation competition. Drs. Hans-Joachim Wieden and Stacey Wetmore were successful in earning two of the 212 grants given

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Faculty awards, Apr. 3 in Markin Hall

The University of Lethbridge will hold its Celebration of Research Excellence awards ceremony on Tuesday, Apr. 3 at 4 p.m. in Markin Hall. This is an opportunity to honour faculty across campus (as principal investigators and co-applicants) who have received both academic research awards of distinction and grants from

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Maclean's confirms U of L strengths

The University of Lethbridge has retained its fourth place finish in the annual Maclean's Magazine ranking of Canadian Universities, and maintained or improved its position in a majority of the categories used by Maclean's to measure Canadian post-secondary institutions. "We always appreciate the opportunity to

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Research awards a culmination of collaboration

Research funding awards are the end result of an incredible amount of preparation, primarily by the lead researcher for the funded project. What cannot be forgotten is the behind-the-scenes legwork the Office of Research and Innovation Services [http://www.uleth.ca/research/] (ORIS) does in support of these programs. From

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Covenant Health invites researchers to open house

Faculty members, graduate students and fourth-year undergraduate students are invited to attend an open house event today being hosted by Covenant Health, St. Michael's Lethbridge. The idea of the open house is to allow researchers to explore the vast research opportunities that are present within their various facilities.

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Going about their business

A video game development group, a web-based used book marketer and a biology researcher who hopes to make algae more useful were the regional winners of the SouthVenture Business Plan Competition [http://www.uleth.ca/research/industry-liaison/resources/funding/students]. The three teams shared $10,000 in prize money and

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Saucier to leave U of L for dean appointment

The University of Lethbridge's Dr. Deborah Saucier, professor and Chair, Department of Neuroscience [http://www.uleth.ca/fas/neur/], will be leaving the University next year after accepting the position of Dean of Science at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology [http://www.uoit.ca/] (UOIT). Saucier

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Brain cell re-growth confirmed at CCBN

A research team at the University of Lethbridge's Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience has confirmed -- through extensive research and peer-reviewed testing -- the world's first successful example of brain cell re-growth in an adult mammal. CCBN Researcher Robert Sutherland, postdoctoral trainee Jen Lai , and doctoral

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RiboWest celebrates RNA research

The University of Lethbridge is hosting RiboWest 2010, July 12-14, as more than 100 RNA researchers from 35 different research groups in western Canada and the northwest United States are expected to attend. Because life is more than just DNA, RNA researchers explore a field that is one of the

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Student captures NEADS award

The National Educational Association of Disabled Students [http://www.neads.ca] (NEADS) and BMO Capital Markets [http://www.bmocm.com] are pleased to announce the 12 outstanding winners of the 2010 NEADS Equity Through Education Student Awards Program. Among the recipients is Katherine Taylor, a University of Lethbridge psychology [http:

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Research proposal form updated

The Office of Research Services [http://www.uleth.ca/rch/] and Information Technology have upgraded the online Research Proposal Form available through the Bridge [https://www.uleth.ca/bridge/twgkwbis.P_WWWLogin]. A new set of "Help" icons has been created to assist people in completing the proposal

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The science of small yields big rewards

University of Lethbridge chemistry [http://www.uleth.ca/fas/chm] professor Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden may work on the tiniest bits of matter, but his research is yielding big things – both for synthetic biology and for U of L students. Wieden's research program is focused on understanding how antibiotic

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Rasmussen recognized for aquatic research

Whether we like it or not, Canada's waters are under increasing pressure to support greater economic activity. Be it the energy sector, agriculture, mining or urbanization, our aquatic ecosystems face an uncertain future. University of Lethbridge biological sciences [http://www.uleth.ca/fas/bio] professor Dr. Joe Rasmussen

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Rasmussen honoured by colleagues

Canada's waters are under increasing pressure to support greater economic activity. As the energy sector, agriculture, mining or urbanization of our landscape increases; aquatic researchers and their findings will be at a premium as we try to balance the want for economic growth against the health of our

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Rethinking the role of a professor

The answer to that question, according to Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden, a Canada Research Chair in Physical Biochemistry and an Alberta Ingenuity-supported New Faculty Award recipient working on drug-resistance in bacteria, is simple: Don't keep them in a classroom. Make students "build" bacteria that work for a