2025 was an incredible year for the CSMB!
Read our President’s end-of-year message reflecting on the year and what’s ahead in 2026 👇
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2025 was an incredible year for the CSMB!
Read our President’s end-of-year message reflecting on the year and what’s ahead in 2026 👇
csmb-scbm.ca/end-of-year-...
2025 a été une année remarquable pour la SCBM !
Découvrez le message de fin d’année de notre président, avec un retour sur l’année écoulée et les perspectives pour 2026 👇
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The CSMB Board meeting was held December 5 2025. Board members discussed the work of our Society and planned for activities for the new year.
We don't yet know if the CSMB's future includes tote bags, but rest assured, tote bags were discussed EXTENSIVELY. 🤣
La réunion du conseil d’administration de la SCBM a eu lieu le 5 décembre 2025. Les membres ont discuté du travail de la Société et ont planifié pour 2026.
Nous ne savons pas si l’avenir de la SCBM inclura des sacs fourre-tout, mais rassurez-vous : ils ont été discutés EN LONG ET EN LARGE. 🤣
Dr Walid A. Houry et Dr Peter N. Lewis ont assisté à l’événement de Friends of CIHR célébrant Dr Henry Friesen et les 25 ans des IRSC, avec une table ronde sur la recherche en santé au Canada et une conférence de la lauréate 2025, Dr Brenda Andrews.
Dr. Walid Houry (CSMB President) and Dr Peter Lewis (Interim President, Friends of CIHR) at the Friends of CIHR event celebrating Dr. Henry Friesen and CIHR’s 25th anniversary, with a roundtable on “Transforming Health Research in Canada” and lecture by 2025 Friesen Prize winner Dr. Brenda Andrews.
De gauche à droite: Trushar Patel, Kristin Baetz, Walid A. Houry, Reinhart Reithmeier et Hans-Joachim Wieden.
Des membres du comité de défense des intérêts de la SCBM étaient à Ottawa du 17 au 21 novembre pour promouvoir l’investissement en science, avec des rencontres avec des députés, Science Meets Parliament, la Canadian Society Policy Conference et Friends of CIHR.
Left to right: Trushar Patel, Kristin Baetz, Walid A. Houry, Reinhart Reithmeier, and Hans-Joachim Wieden
CSMB current and past leadership were in Ottawa to engage with policy and decision-making individuals during the Science Meets Parliament and the Canadian Society Policy Conference.
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Congratulations to Mashiat Zaman, Matthew Berg, and Andrey Petropavlovskiy for winning the best presentation award at the CSMB 2025 meeting. - Félicitations à Mashiat Zaman, Matthew Berg et Andrey Petropavlovskiy qui ont remporté des prix de la meilleure présentation lors de congrès SCBM 2025.
Congratulations to Reham Alsaadi (University of Ottawa) for winning the PRinCE Jason Young award at the CSMB 2025 meeting - Félicitations à Reham Alsaadi (Université d'Ottawa) pour avoir remporté le prix PRinCE Jason Young lors du congrès 2025.
Congratulations to all the trainees who won the CSMB 2025 poster awards.Félicitations à tous les étudiants et stagiaires qui ont remporté des prix pour les posters de la CSMB 2025
Congratulations to all the trainees who won the CSMB 2025 travel awards. Bravo à tous les étudiants et stagiaires qui ont gagné les prix de voyage de la CSMB 2025.
Dr. Schimmer’s clinical practice is focused on treating patients with acute leukemia and related disorders. His laboratory research focuses on developing new therapeutic strategies for leukemia
Congratulations to Dr. Aaron Schimmer, winner of the 2025 Canadian Science Publishing Senior Investigator Award. Dr. Schimmer is the Director of Research, a Senior Scientist and a Staff Physician at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto.
Dr. P. Lynne Howell, winner of the 2025 CSMB Jeanne Manery-Fisher Memorial award. Dr. Howell is a Senior Scientist in the Program in Molecular Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children and a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto.
Congratulations to Dr. Heather E. McFarlane, winner of the 2025 CSMB New Investigator award. Dr. McFarlane is Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Plant Cell Biology at the University of Toronto. She studies plant cell wall synthesis, secretion, signaling, and remodeling.
We're hiring! Job Posting: Part-Time Administrative Assistant (Bilingual English/French) Canadian Society for Molecular Biosciences (CSMB) csmb-scbm.ca/job-posting-...
Introducing Dr. Jan Rainey - 2025 CSMB Fellow. Dr. Jan Rainey is Professor in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Dalhousie University.
Introducing Dr. John Orlowski - 2025 CSMB Fellow. He is a Distinguished James McGill Professor and former Chair of the Department of Physiology at McGill University.
She is an accomplished scholar-activist and public intellectual in Canada, especially with respect to the integration of principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion into research cultures.
Introducing Dr. Imogen Coe - 2025 CSMB Fellow. She is Professor of Chemistry and Biology at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) and an affiliate scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. She is an active researcher and academic leader. She served as CSMB President 2020-2022.
CSMB congratulates the 2025 CSMB Fellows for their excellent scientific accomplishments, as well as their exceptional and sustained service to CSMB and to the general molecular biosciences community in Canada: Dr. Imogen Coe, Dr. John Orlowski, and Dr. Jan Rainey. csmb-scbm.ca/first-cohort...
Thank you to all the organizers of the CSMB 2025 meeting in Ottawa / Merci aux organisateurs du congrès 2025 à Ottawa:
A very exciting and successful meeting at the 2025 CSMB annual conference held at the University of Ottawa (May 26-29 ) - La conférence annuelle 2025 de la SCBM, qui s'est tenue à l'Université d'Ottawa du 26 au 29 mai, a été une grande réussite!
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CSMB Board meeting (May 26). Board members planning the future activities of the Society.
Réunion du conseil d'administration de la SCBM (26 mai). Les membres du Conseil planifient les activités futures de la Société.
Congratulations to Prof McFarlane on her New Investigator award. She is truly a rising star!
Last talk of the day at the 2025 @csmb-scbm.bsky.social conference comes from Dr. Rongmin Zhao @utsc.bsky.social telling us about ER-localized HSP90 in plants 🌱
We've been so amazed by the diversity of research going on in our community. It's awesome!
#CSMB2025 in Ottawa’s been a blast so far! Thanks for the hospitality @csmb-scbm.bsky.social 😁
Yesterday, the 2025 CSMB-PRinCE joint meeting in Ottawa wrapped up. It was a great conference with exciting talks from both trainees and PIs. We definitely learned a lot! The future of molecular biosciences in Canada is bright!
See you all next year in Banff! @csmb-scbm.bsky.social