BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX McGill University's new Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Strategic Training Initiative Program in Chemical Biology is offering students the opportunity to undertake a unique research project that incorporates training in both biochemistry and chemistry. Stephane Leung, who's background is in biochemistry, and Cedric Gaudineau, a chemist, tell us what drew th...
BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX Genomics technologies such as microarray-expression profiling allow scientists to study biological systems on a global scale. They have underpinned many exciting findings recently and make many of us want to jump onto the genomics bandwagon. But, unlike traditional biological research, genomics requires an unprecedented level of cooperation of talents from different disc...
BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX Have you ever thought, while you are still in school, about working as an engineering intern abroad and traveling at the same time? I was still dreaming about it until a year ago but it actually became a reality for me. My year in Japan not only gave me hands-on experience in scientific research in an outstanding research institute, I also learned a lot about life in gen...
