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<\/a>lab\u2019s newest PhD student. Following a lot of hard work, determination and great dedication to his Masters project, Kyle successfully passed his transfer exam on July 7 and has officially begun his <\/p>\n
<\/a>Dessi Loukov presents her undergraduate work in the Bowdish lab at the 1st annual Perey Symposium, convinces everyone she’s a senior PhD student and brings home the Faculty choice award for best speed poster presentation.<\/p><\/div>\n
Next up is Dessi Loukov<\/strong>, who is currently an undergraduate but come September will\u00a0be the Bowdish lab’s 4th PhD student. At the 1st annual MIRC Perey Symposium held on June 19, Dessi impressed faculty and trainees with her educational and enthusiastic speed poster presentation on modulating the immune system to potentially reverse age-associated inflammation. Dessi was awarded a travel award as a result of her superb presentation skills. Kudos also to Fan Fei<\/strong> (PhD candidate) and Avee Naidoo<\/strong> (MSc candidate) who gave excellent speed poster talks and Dr. Chris Verschoor<\/strong> who gave an excellent oral presentation. \u00a0Who knew that research in inflammation could be so exciting? The Bowdish lab, that’s who!<\/p>\n One PhD candidate who deserves great recognition for his recent successes is Mike Dorrington<\/strong>. Not only was Mike awarded with a prestigious and well-deserved Canadian Lung Association & Canadian Thoracic Studentship, but he additionally achieved received The Ruth and Wilson Tafts Prize for Immunology for having the best paper published in a peer-reviewed journal in 2013. Geez Mike, save some awards for the rest of us. These awards will be used to further fund his fascinating work on the role of macrophages \u2013 clearly, the best cell around – in recognition and clearance of Streptococcus pneumoniae<\/em> in the upper respiratory tract. Congratulations Mike!<\/p>\n At the celebration of Mike’s first first author publication. Although Dawn is mostly happy for Mike, she is also slightly nervous that she might be about to lose an eye when the champagne is opened.<\/p><\/div>\n Then, there\u2019s Dr. Chris Verschoor<\/strong>, the lab\u2019s most productive and well-rounded member. Chris\u2019 paper entitled, “Alterations to the frequency and function of peripheral blood monocytes and associations with chronic disease in the advanced-age, frail elderly<\/em>“, was recently accepted into the PLoS one<\/em>. If you\u2019re interested in changes in monocyte populations with age – I mean, who isn\u2019t? – keep a look out for Chris\u2019 article in the next issue of\u00a0PLoS one\u00a0<\/em>.\u00a0Way to go Chris on this well-deserved publication!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <- Manuscipt accepted = happy post-doc.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And last, but definitely not least, the lab takes great pleasure in congratulating our\u00a0passionate leader, Dr. Dawn Bowdish<\/strong>, who has been awarded tenure and a promotion to Associate Professor effective as of July 1, 2014. This accomplishment is a fitting acknowledgement of Dawn\u2019s exceptional work, devotion and academic contributions to research in the field of macrophage biology. In addition to her promotion and tenure, Dawn recently received a Best Teacher Award in the Department of Pathology for excellence in undergraduate teaching and graduate supervision. Well-done Dawn!<\/p>\n Dawn receives the Pathology & Molecular Medicine Department’s best teacher award for her undergraduate and graduate supervision. Dr. Murray Potter, the education co-ordinator and Dr. Fiona Smaill, the chair, present her with the award.<\/p><\/div>\n Congratulations Bowdish lab on our successes!<\/p>\n Way to kill it, like young macrophages on pneumo \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This past month has been very productive in the Bowdish laboratory, with many triumphs achieved by it\u2019s industrious members. Firstly, a big congratulation goes to Kyle Novakowski, the Bowdish lab\u2019s newest PhD student. Following a lot of hard work, determination … Continue reading <\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>