Biochemistry & Medical Genetics

Interested in learning more about research leveraging UK Biobank data?

Join us for this symposium on March 24. Register here: bit.ly/4uhF0He

Spring ahead on your deadlines!

Struggling to keep track of the year? The BMG Graduate Student Association has compiled important deadlines:

Huge congrats to Robert Beattie for receiving a CIHR Project Grant 👏 👏 👏

Read more about this exciting project here: webapps.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/decisions/p/...

Attention BMG members: Join us from 1-3 pm on Friday February 13th for an afternoon of board games, karaoke and treats! Feel free to bring a board game or treat to share with the group!

🎨🧡 PROMISE & RIOT Winnipeg: Coloring for Cancer Awareness 🧡🎨
Join us for an all-ages coloring event designed by cancer researchers to spark conversations about cancer research!
#CHRIM #CCMB #CancerResearch @cancersociety.bsky.social

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Advisory Council on Research

We’re looking for #researchers and people with lived or living #cancer experience to join our Advisory Council on #Research (ACOR) and help guide research programs and priorities.

Nominate here: is.gd/sMS7iN

Congratulations to BMG's Deanne Nixie Miao and Ashraf Kadar Shahib for receiving two of the nine Dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Student Achievement Prizes!

Find out our upcoming virtual training dates for the RITHIM-Harmony review system by bookmarking the following page! https://rithim.ca/training
Each session features a walkthrough of the system as well as the ability for applicants to ask questions of our training officer.

Two older adults, a man and woman, are playing ping pong in an active living centre. Text: Keeping active in Manitoba. January 26, 2026, 12:30–1:30 p.m., via Zoom. Linda Brown, Executive Director, Active Aging in Manitoba. RSVP: star@umanitoba.ca. At bottom left is QR code linking to the STAR web page. Centre image is a checkmark in different shades of blue. Text Experience Record. On right bottom is the logo. Text STAR Students Targeting Aging Research. On the right a bar graph is trending upwards, with each bar in a different colour. Above the chart is a jagged line moving upward with a star at the end point.

If you're a University of Manitoba student interested in aging, join us for the next STAR meeting!

Keeping active in Manitoba
Jan 26 | 12:30–1:30 p.m. | via Zoom
Linda Brown, Executive Director, Active Aging in Manitoba
RSVP: star@umanitoba.ca for Zoom link
umanitoba.ca/centre-on-ag...

Start of the semester got you swamped? The BMG Graduate Student Association has compiled all of your important deadlines in one place!

Huge CONGRATS to Matthew Kraljevic, with advisor Richard LeDuc, on successfully defending his MSc thesis 👏 👏 👏

Special thanks to committee members, Robert Balshaw and Ian Jeffrey, and chair, Etienne Leygue

Large-scale audiometric phenotyping identifies distinct genes and pathways involved in hearing loss subtypes - Communications Biology Computational phenotyping of audiometric data reveals differences in the genetic pathways involved in sensory and metabolic hearing loss.

🚨 BMG publication alert! 🚨

Congratulations to Samah Ahmed, Britt Drögemöller and the rest of the team on their latest publication - Large-scale audiometric phenotyping identifies distinct genes and pathways involved in hearing loss subtypes.

Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s42...

2024/25 Annual Report Celebrates a Decade of Impact - Research Manitoba

Our 2024-2025 Annual Report is now available, marking our tenth anniversary year and highlighting major achievements in Manitoba’s research ecosystem. Read more: https://researchmanitoba.ca/2024-25-annual-report-celebrates-a-decade-of-impact/

🎓 Exciting news! #PROMISE Madox's Warriors Graduate Studentship officially launches today! Check out the details and help spread the word. #MadoxsWarriors #GradStudentship #CHRIM #CCMB #CancerResearch @um-radyfhs.bsky.social @umbmg.bsky.social @cancercaremb.bsky.social @chrimanitoba.bsky.social

Our New Investigator Operating Grant is now open for applications until March 2, 2026! These funds help support early-career researchers with funding across disciplines.
Find out more at: researchmanitoba.ca/niog

Huge CONGRATS to Leo McKay on successfully defending his PhD thesis, with advisor Geoff Hicks, committee members Meaghan Jones, Britt Drögemöller, Tabrez Siddiqui, Serge McGraw, and chair Henry Dunn 👏 👏 👏

Join us for the last CHRIM Research Rounds of the termon Dec 1st! We'll hear from Dr. Yale Michaels and Huda Alfarekh, sharing their presentation "Broadening access to genetically modified cell therapies through cost-effective manufacturing." See you there! #RPOMISE #CHRIM #CCMB

Exploring graduate studies in the Rady Faculty First-year undergraduate student Raeesa Hoque joined dozens of peers on UM’s Bannatyne campus on Nov. 14 to explore graduate program opportunities in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.  Hoque

The annual Graduate Studies Open House at the UM’s Bannatyne campus gave students a chance to explore graduate program opportunities in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.
news.umanitoba.ca/exploring-gr... @umanitoba.bsky.social

🚨We are currently hiring for the position of Project Coordinator! 🚨 This dynamic role supports #pediatric #diabetes #research in MB. Deadline to apply is Nov 13. Learn more here: viprecprod.ad.umanitoba.ca/default requisition no 41957 @chrimanitoba.bsky.social @um-radyfhs.bsky.social

Highlights from a wonderful #CCRC2025. Thank you to the organizers for the opportunity to give a lightning talk on our work in creating better and safer CAR T cell therapies.

It was a fruitful 3 days of networking and great science! The future of cancer care is alive in 🇨🇦

Economic Reconciliation: A Model for Shared Prosperity - Desautels Concert Hall - Winnipeg - Nov 13, 2025 Doors open at 6:30 p.m., program begins at 7:00 p.m. A new economic future is taking shape in Canada – one rooted in Indigenous leadership, ownership, and partnership. Across the country, Indigenous n...

Across Canada, Indigenous nations are driving transformative change. At UM, a live panel brings together leaders to explore what true economic Reconciliation demands in practice and how Manitoba can lead the way. Reserve your free tickets today: show.ps/l/d4d4e6b8/

RITHIM Update: Approved projects by the Bannatyne REB will be imported into Harmony on Nov 10, 2025. Principal Investigators must validate. More info: https://mailchi.mp/3c5a96dc0a17/migration-reb-rithim

Congratulations to everyone who participated in CHRD 2025. Great to see many BMG trainees receiving awards at this event!

Read more here: www.chrim.ca/2025/child-h...

Huge congrats to Sara Crooks on receiving one of only 50 Cancer Research Society Doctoral Research Awards awarded across Canada!👏👏👏

Read more here: cancerresearchsociety.ca/news/50-doct...

CONGRATS to Paul Jerard Layug, Sheryl Bastian and Zahra Nasseri Moghaddam for receiving the 2025 UMGF award !👏👏👏

PrairieGen: The Next Generation of Precision Health

Discover how researchers in Manitoba are advancing diagnostics in the battle against leading health challenges like cancer, multiple sclerosis, schizophrenia, and genetic disorders.

Find out more here: genomeprairie.ca/prairiegen-f...

The Manitoba government has released the Innovation and Prosperity Report, outlining a vision for local innovation and IP ownership. Research Manitoba stands ready to support this important work.
Official news release: https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/?archive=&item=71303

Attention all BMG members! Join us on October 30th for an afternoon of food, fun and competition!

For anyone in BMG interested in attending, please fill out the following form by Friday, October 24th: bit.ly/4qkE3fh

Congratulations to all the BMG summer undergraduate students who took part in the University of Manitoba Undergraduate Research Showcase!

Fantastic to see BMG trainees receiving recognitions in the Health Sciences category!