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Graduate Student Best Poster Award on Research Day
May. 2011
Ms. Mahua Maulik won the Graduate Student Best Poster Award at the Department of Medicine Research Day, 2011. Mahua is a Doctoral student under supervision of Dr. Satyabrata Kar studying the influence of cholesterol accumulation on APP metabolism and its relevance to Alzheimer's Disease.
Accolades for Recipient of Alberta Innovates Studentship
Mar. 2011
Robert Mercer, M.Sc., was awarded a Full-time Studentship from Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions (formerly AHFMR) in the March 2011 award competition. Robert is a doctoral student under the supervision of Dr. David Westaway and Dr. Satyabrata Kar studying the physiological role of the prion protein. These Studentships enable academically superior students to undertake full-time research training in the basic biomedical sciences or in clinical research.
Open House at CPPFD
Dec. 8, 2010
Focus on Neurodegeneration with mini-talks, technology demos and tours at the prion centre on Thursday, Dec. 9th. David Westaway, faculty and staff will host this event and show off the newly renovated and equipped facility. For more info, call 780 492-9377.
Symposium: Focus on Neurodegeneration
Dec. 8, 2010
The symposium opens with a guest lecture by Dr. Kurt Giles from the Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, UCSF on Thursday, Dec. 9 at the Telus Centre. He will present "Monitoring neurodegeneration in live mice: a new platform for drug discovery". Talks continue on Friday with sessions on models, mechanisms, molecules, imaging and biomarkers in the area of neurodegeneration. For more info or to register: http://www.medicine.med.ualberta.ca/Symposium/Neuroscience2010/
Accolades for Recipient of CIHR Scholarship
Nov. 22, 2010
Mr. Darcy Kaiser recently received a Frederick Banting and Charles Best masters award from CIHR. This scholarship recognizes students with a exceptionally high potential for future research achievement and productivity across Canada. Congratulations! more...
Mentorship Award for Dr. Westaway
Nov. 19, 2010
Kudos are in order for Dr. David Westaway who won the Dr. Don Rix Memorial Prion Mentorship Award.
Cumulative Views Reach New High on PLoS
Nov. 1, 2010
Congratulations! The research article "Prions Adhere to Soil Minerals and Remain Infectious" has reached a cumulative views of near 9000 on Nov. 1, 2010 from Apr. 14, 2006 (publication date). more...
CBC radio talks CWD
May. 15, 2010
Dr. Deborah McKenzie was on CBC radio show with Bob McDonald: Quirks & Quarks: Chronic Wasting Disease or you may play the sound file here (9 min in MP3 format).
New Clinical Investigator Award
Apr. 15, 2010
Valerie Sim, MD, FRCPC was awarded a New Clinical Investigator Award from Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions (formerly the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research) in the September 2009 Independent Investigator Award Competition. more...
AET & CFI Award for Dr. Aiken
Mar. 9, 2010
Dr. Judd Aiken received an equipment award totalling $932,206 for his work on the role of the environment in prion infection. The award is from the Alberta Education and Technology’s Small Equipment Grant Program and the Leadership Opportunity Funds from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation. more...
Accolades for Recipient of AHFMR Studentship
Dec. 23, 2009
Mahua Maulik received a biomedical studentship from AHFMR. Under the supervision of Satyabrata Kar, her project is "Influence of cholesterol on Alzheimer's Disease pathology". This scholarship recognizes academically superior students who are full-time research trainees. Congratulations!
NYC public radio talks prions
Oct. 9, 2009
Dr. David Westaway talks about prions and prion diseases on the Leonard Lopate Show: Please Explain: Prions (33 min in MP3 format)
Accolades for Recipient of Student Award
Sept. 1, 2009
Ms. Mahua Maulik has been awarded the President's International Doctoral Award from the University of Alberta. This award is tenable at the University of Alberta for a 12 month period commencing September 1, 2009.
Significant New Funding Building Prion Research in Alberta
June 17, 2009
Recent investments by the Alberta Prion Research Institute (APRI), and the Alberta Ingenuity Fund (AIF), which total nearly $15 million, have been committed to support new research infrastructure, university and industry-led research projects, and the recruitment of new prion researchers to Alberta. more...
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