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PhD candidate at Queen’s University, Caitlin Miron, has discovered a novel DNA binder that could “switch off” cancer cells and prevent them from spreading.  

The federal government has announced that it will be creating more paid work placements for post-secondary students. The plan aims to create 60,000 student work placements over the next five years. The Government’s Student Work-Integrated Learning Program will invest $73 million to create 10,000 paid student work placements over the next four years. An additional $221 million will be […]

If I had the chance for a business do-over, there are a few things I would change in the launch of my former startup, XYZ Imaging. One that stands out is recruiting. No matter how hard our company tried, it was challenging to attract good, highly skilled people to join our team. I came to […]

Mitacs Award winner Amy Bender received her award for developing a first-of-its-kind online tool that helps athletes identify sleep disturbances and improve their performance.   

Amy Bender received a Mitacs Award for her first-of-its-kind online tool that helps athletes identify sleep disturbances and improve their performance.   

Mitacs Award winner, Caitlin Miron, broke new ground in the biochemistry world with her discovery of a DNA binder that could ‘switch off’ cancer cells and prevent them from spreading.  

Caitlin Miron received her Mitacs Awards for her groundbreaking discovery of a DNA binder that could ‘switch off’ cancer cells and prevent them from spreading.  

Caitlin Miron, a PhD student who uncovered a way to prevent the spread of cancer cells, received the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation.  

Qingwang Yuan, a postdoctoral fellow from the University of Regina, received a Mitacs Award for developing a computer model that significantly improves the enhanced oil recovery process, allowing oil companies to recover the most oil possible from large reservoirs.  

When companies want to extract heavy oil from low-pressure or depleted fields, they often inject other fluid into the formation to displace the oil. In short, fluid is pumped into a well at one location, putting pressure on the oil and making it easier to pump out of the ground at another location. The problem is […]

A PhD candidate at Queen’s University has discovered a novel DNA binder that could “switch off” cancer cells and prevent them from spreading. Through screening numerous chemical compounds, Caitlin Miron, 28, identified one compound that binds to a four-strand DNA structure called a guanine quadruplex that’s associated with cancer and other diseased cells. The compound […]

University of Calgary postdoctoral fellow Amy Bender received the Mitacs & NRC-IRAP Award for Commercialization in recognition of her research creating a tool to help athletes improve their performance through sleep.