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Group News -

June 2010-

Our paper in Nature Chem. on loading and release of cargo in DNA nanotubes (Peggy Lo) is written up in Quebec Science "L'ADN en Lego" (LINK)
Our paper in J. Am. Chem. Soc. on DNA nanofibers (Karina Carneiro et al) is selected as Editor's Choice in Science "Stringing DNA Along" (LINK)
Yifan Huang receives a CIHR Drug Development training award- Congratulations!

May 2010 -

Congratulations to Peggy Lo for receiving the Macromolecular Sciences and Engineering Division (MSED) Award of the CSC, for best PhD thesis in polymer science this year (across Canada)!
Congratulations to Faisal Aldaye for being awarded the NSERC Doctoral Prize this year (across Canada)!
Our paper in Nature Chemistry (Peggy Lo et al) is selected for Faculty of 1000 Biology, Research highlights in Chemistry World (Royal Society for Chemistry, “All Aboard the DNA Nanotube), Nano Today (Elsevier, due June 2010), Quebec Science (June 2010 issue), and in popular media : Interview with Rutherford radio show, Alberta (March 19, 10:00 am), Asharq Awsat newspaper and various web science media (see 'Research' section on this website)
Graham Hamblin wins the prestigious Vanier Scholarship of NSERC!
Janet Belliveau, Katherine Bujold, and Nicole Avakyan join the lab as summer undergraduate researchers. Welcome!
Kevin Haenni joins the lab as a postdoc. Welcome!

March 2010 -

Florian Altvater heads back to Germany after a very productive internship year in our lab- Best of luck, Flo!
Peggy Lo, Pierre Karam, Faisal Aldaye, Chris McLaughlin and Graham Hamblin publish a paper in Nature Chemistry on Loading and Release of Cargo in DNA Nanotubes. This work is in collaboration with the lab of Prof. Gonzalo Cosa.
Hua Yang and Kim Metera publish an invited review article about Metal-DNA Nanostructures, to appear in a Special Issue of Coordination Chemistry Reviews on Molecular Electronics.

February 2010 -

January 2010 -

Justin Conway joins the lab after finishing his Masters at Concordia. Welcome!
Bryson Ussing is a visiting post doc for 3 weeks from Texas A&M before heading off to Qatar. Best of Luck!
Jing Wang is a visiting collaborator from the group of Prof. James Rothman at Yale. Welcome!

December 2009 -

Karina Carneiro publishes an article in J. Am. Chem. Soc. on the use of a block copolymer approach to self-assemble DNA into long nanofibers and networks. Congratulations!

November 2009 -

Hua Yang, Andrzej Rys and Chris McLaughlin publish a paper in Angew. Chem. on the DNA-templated creation of different metal environments. The paper is selected for front cover of Angewandte Chemie. Congratulations!
Hua Yang's Ph.D. Oral- Congratulations! She is off to U.B.C. for her post-doc with Dr. David Dolphin! Best of Luck!
Katie Castor, Andrea Greschner, and Graham Hamblin pass their First Year Reviews! Congratulations!

September 2009 -

Yifan Huang and Ziwen Dai join the lab. Welcome!
We're getting a newly renovated lab made possible by a CFI grant! Will be completed by 2011.
Karina Carneiro wins Best Poster at CSACS Conference in Sherbrooke. Congratulations!!

August 2009 -

Roxanne Kieltyka joins the lab of Prof E. W. (Bert) Meijer at Eindhoven, Netherlands for a postdoc- Best wishes, Roxanne!
Yongqiang Wen returns to China as Assistant Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing - Best wishes, Yongqiang!

July 2009 -

Roxanne Kieltyka's Ph.D. Oral- Congratulations!
Peggy Lo and Andrzej Rys attended the 13th International IUPAC Conference on Polymers and Organic Chemistry in Montreal.
Hua Yang, Chris McLaughlin, Graham Hamblin, Andrzej Rys publish a paper on Metal-Nucleic Acid Cages in Nature Chemistry, in collaboration with Prof. Isabelle Rouiller- it received a 'News and Views' coverage in Nature Chemistry - Congratulations!

June 2009 -

Karina Carneiro wins Best TA award through the Department of Chemistry!
Katie Castor, Graham Hamblin, Karina Carneiro, and Florian Altvater attend a conference at SUNY-Albany in Albany, NY.
Faisal Aldaye receives the Governor General Medal and the Principal Prize for best PhD thesis - Congratulations, Faisal!

May 2009-

Graham Hamblin and Chris McLaughlin attend the CIFAR Conference in Whistler, B.C.
H. Sleiman receives the 2009 Strem Award of the Canadian Society for Chemistry

April 2009-

Graham Hamblin receives the NSERC CGS-M scholarship. Congrats, Graham!
Faisal Aldaye, Peggy Lo and Chris McLaughlin, in collaboration with Pierre Karam and Gonzalo Cosa publish a paper on DNA nanotubes in Nature Nanotechnology

March 2009 -

Faisal Aldaye receives the IUPAC Young Chemist Prize 2009- Congratulations, Faisal!
Peggy Lo ’s paper in JACS is selected for a Nature Chemistry Research Highlight
Peggy Lo ’s paper on nucleobase-templated polymerization appears in JACS
Florian Altvater joins our lab as an exchange student from Freiburg, Germany. Welcome, Florian!
Roxanne Kieltyka and Pablo Englebienne's wedding in Argentina. Congratulations and best wishes to both of you!
Cheen Euong Ang receives the CSACS award, as well as the SURA award to carry out summer research in our lab, in collaboration with Prof. Chris Barrett

December 2008 -

Yongqiang Wen is appointed as a Junior Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research - Nanoelectronics Program.
Mohamed Slim's Ph.D. Oral- Congratulations!

November 2008 -

October 2008 - Rachel Nassif submits her M.Sc. thesis- Congratulations!

September 2008 -

August 2008 - Faisal Aldaye joins the lab of Pam Silver at Harvard Medical School for a postdoc- Best wishes, Faisal!

June 2008 -