Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology

The OISB summer fellowship awarded to a 3^rd year TMM undergraduate performing research in OISB lab. This summer, Ashley will be working in Dr. Adam Rudner’s laboratory, and she will continue this work for her 4^th year Honours research project. Ashley will be investigating the mechanism by which cells assemble heterochromatin, an important and abundant chromosomal structure.  Learn more about Ashley’s project here:

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Slow Muscles Rock!  Dr Mary Ellen Harper’s work on how the mitochondria impacts our weight is beginning to unravel the mysteries of weight and why your weight is just not a reflection of what you eat.  To learn more about Mary Ellen’s research program and the power of slow muscles, read  4^th year Translational and Molecular Medicine student Kelsey Pitre’s article:  Obesity isn’t Rocket Science.  It’s more complex than that!

Congratulations to Dr Laura Trinkle-Mulcahy who was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from her PhD alma mater Jefferson University for her ground-breaking research and leadership in promoting women in STEM.  Dr Trinkle-Mulcahy exploits both fluorescence micorscopy and quanitative proteomics to identify novel rolls for phosphatases during the cell cycle.