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Campus offers critical supplies for front lines

Campus offers critical supplies for front lines

Editor’s note: Visit the official WesternCOVID-19 website for the latest campus updates. *   *   * John McCormick saw an opportunity to support colleagues on the local front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, his gesture to provide critical suppl …

Study unlocks secret of common HIV strain

Study unlocks secret of common HIV strain

A discovery that the most common variant of the HIV virus is also the “wimpiest” will help doctors better treat millions of individuals around the world suffering from the deadly disease.

UN focus on superbugs right on target for researcher

UN focus on superbugs right on target for researcher

The problem is just getting worse. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, viruses and microbes are responsible for nearly 700,000 deaths each year. Staph infections. C. difficile outbreaks in hospitals. Tuberculosis. Malaria. Sexually transmitted infections such as syphilis...

One small step for the health of female astronauts

One small step for the health of female astronauts

In recent films involving space travel, such as Interstellar, Gravity and The Martian, several female characters have been portrayed as astronauts, commanders and specialists with the capability to endure the same missions as their male counterparts. However, in...

Six researchers named among nation’s elite

Six researchers named among nation’s elite

Coming to Western from Germany, Sweden, the United States and across Canada, these new Canada Research Chairs are developing HIV vaccines, improving hearing and movement, learning how and why people migrate and immigrate, and exploring the foundations of physics.

A few minutes to change the world

A few minutes to change the world

Western postdoctoral scholars put their research on the clock during a 3 Minute Research (3MR) Competition, hosted as part of the 2015 Postdoctoral Research Forum May 7 in the Great Hall, Somerville House. The competition is a research communication exercise where...

Trio nominated for RBC Immigrant Award

Trio nominated for RBC Immigrant Award

Western French Studies professor Henri Boyi and Medicine/Microbiology & Immunology professor Lakshman Gunaratnam, along with alumnus Navjeet ‘Bob’ Dhillon, have been named finalist for the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award for 2015. The annual event, given out...

Western researchers uncover clues about childhood leukemia

Western researchers uncover clues about childhood leukemia

Western researchers have identified a gene that has the potential to wipe out cancer cells in a common form of childhood leukemia. Microbiology and Immunology professor Rodney DeKoter and his team were investigating gene changes responsible for the onset of acute...

Researchers to refocus public’s attention for World AIDS Day

Researchers to refocus public’s attention for World AIDS Day

More people die from HIV/AIDS in a 48-hour period than have died in the entire Ebola epidemic, so far. With 27 million people infected worldwide, HIV/AIDS continues to be the world’s No. 1 killer. These statistics are part of what drives researchers at the Schulich...

Idea to revolutionize yogurt distribution seeking funding

Idea to revolutionize yogurt distribution seeking funding

Microbiology and Immunology professor Gregor Reid wants to revolutionize the way Western Heads East delivers its life-saving yogurt to the people who need it most. Since 2004, Western Heads East has been a grassroots Western-based program focusing on health and...

PhD student’s HIV research earns international praise

PhD student’s HIV research earns international praise

If you get a chance, ask Matthew Woods how his summer went. In July, Woods, a PhD student in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, presented his HIV research at the International AIDS Conference, in...

Study unlocks secret of common HIV strain

Study unlocks secret of common HIV strain

A discovery that the most common variant of the HIV virus is also the “wimpiest” will help doctors better treat millions of individuals around the world suffering from the deadly disease.

UN focus on superbugs right on target for researcher

UN focus on superbugs right on target for researcher

The problem is just getting worse. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, viruses and microbes are responsible for nearly 700,000 deaths each year. Staph infections. C. difficile outbreaks in hospitals. Tuberculosis. Malaria. Sexually transmitted infections such as syphilis...

One small step for the health of female astronauts

One small step for the health of female astronauts

In recent films involving space travel, such as Interstellar, Gravity and The Martian, several female characters have been portrayed as astronauts, commanders and specialists with the capability to endure the same missions as their male counterparts. However, in...

Six researchers named among nation’s elite

Six researchers named among nation’s elite

Coming to Western from Germany, Sweden, the United States and across Canada, these new Canada Research Chairs are developing HIV vaccines, improving hearing and movement, learning how and why people migrate and immigrate, and exploring the foundations of physics.

A few minutes to change the world

A few minutes to change the world

Western postdoctoral scholars put their research on the clock during a 3 Minute Research (3MR) Competition, hosted as part of the 2015 Postdoctoral Research Forum May 7 in the Great Hall, Somerville House. The competition is a research communication exercise where...

Trio nominated for RBC Immigrant Award

Trio nominated for RBC Immigrant Award

Western French Studies professor Henri Boyi and Medicine/Microbiology & Immunology professor Lakshman Gunaratnam, along with alumnus Navjeet ‘Bob’ Dhillon, have been named finalist for the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award for 2015. The annual event, given out...

Western researchers uncover clues about childhood leukemia

Western researchers uncover clues about childhood leukemia

Western researchers have identified a gene that has the potential to wipe out cancer cells in a common form of childhood leukemia. Microbiology and Immunology professor Rodney DeKoter and his team were investigating gene changes responsible for the onset of acute...

Researchers to refocus public’s attention for World AIDS Day

Researchers to refocus public’s attention for World AIDS Day

More people die from HIV/AIDS in a 48-hour period than have died in the entire Ebola epidemic, so far. With 27 million people infected worldwide, HIV/AIDS continues to be the world’s No. 1 killer. These statistics are part of what drives researchers at the Schulich...

Idea to revolutionize yogurt distribution seeking funding

Idea to revolutionize yogurt distribution seeking funding

Microbiology and Immunology professor Gregor Reid wants to revolutionize the way Western Heads East delivers its life-saving yogurt to the people who need it most. Since 2004, Western Heads East has been a grassroots Western-based program focusing on health and...

PhD student’s HIV research earns international praise

PhD student’s HIV research earns international praise

If you get a chance, ask Matthew Woods how his summer went. In July, Woods, a PhD student in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, presented his HIV research at the International AIDS Conference, in...