
Waterloo Biology
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Department of Biology at the University of Waterloo
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Take your kids to work today Waterloo Region DSB ! My daughter & friends from Waterloo Collegiate did an experiment with fish in a swim tunnel, fed the zebrafish, saw all the animals, did some blood smears, and even went to a grad class for student presentations!! All about the experiences Waterloo Science


New paper: โGenomic surveillance of Canadian airport wastewater samples allows early detection of emerging SARS-CoV-2 lineages.โ Led by Alyssa Overton and Jenn Knapp from my group. Collaboration with Lawrence Goodridge and his team, and many others. nature.com/articles/s4159โฆ

Thanks for highlighting our work Journal of Phycology and also to our funders which includes the Phyc. Soc. America and NSERC / CRSNG

Aided by his 2023 ALS Canada-Brain Canada Discovery Grant, Dr. Dale Martin seeks to better understand how palmitoylation regulates the localization, function, & aggregation of a protein called TDP-43 using both cellular and animal models of ALS. Read more: bit.ly/48xdxXK


Please join us next Friday (Nov 29th) at 2:30 in BA209 or online for four fantastic Laurier BGSA talks by some of our soon-to-be-defending #LaurierBiology MSc Laurier FGPS students that will be presenting their Laurier Research findings! All Welcome! DM for #Zoominar link! Laurier GSA



UW Scienceโs New Faculty Lecture Series, "What is Quantum Neurobiology, and how can it help neuroinflammatory illness?" recently showcased #CBB member Travis Craddock! His research investigates the origins of neurodegeneration through quantum neurobiology, applying principles




Latest pre-print from our lab at University of Waterloo using #AlphaFold for functional predictions of #cyanophage proteins: AlphaFold 3 proteomic modelling reveals multiple photosystem structural homologs in freshwater cyanophages biorxiv.org/content/10.110โฆ

Another one from our team at University of Waterloo in partnership with forWater Network, investigating #virus communities in a #Canadian #lake. Cell-associated viral community composition and its functional potential in a dimictic lake on the Canadian Shield biorxiv.org/content/10.110โฆ


Amazing work Yasmeen Alshehabi! Yasmeen is an MSc in the Biology Department looking at novel therapeutics in Huntington Disease.


Meet Waterloo Science alum Yasmeen Alshehabi. Now working alongside one of our Navigator grant recipients, Dr. Dale Martin, Yasmeen is helping to advance potential treatments for neurodegenerative diseases like HD and ALS. Learn more about her impactful work: uwaterloo.ca/science/news/lโฆ

Our graduate student at University of Waterloo Delaney Nash keeps on producing! An excellent collaboration between our lab, Trevor Charles's, and Steven Short's from U of T Mississauga, on sequencing & analysis of a new #algal #Virus genome. One of the most detailed works in this field in recent years.

We are delighted to recognize the eminent microbiologist Trevor Charles as one of our #WileyResearchHeroes! Discover why Trevor won, from his tireless commitment to inclusivity and mentorship, to his involvement with Canadian Soc. Micro.. x.com/wileyinresearcโฆ

University of Waterloo biology professor Trevor Charles wins inaugural Wiley Research Heroes Prize Trevor Charles Waterloo Science Wiley in research ronfanfair.com/home/2025/2/27โฆ