2024
July
June
A farewell to Monica for concluding summer research in the lab!
Congrats to Pranave is now a PhD candidate!
The publication is now online — The progress of induced pluripotent stem cells derived from pigs: a mini-review of recent advances — now on Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, CONGRATS to Jaime and co-authors!!
May
The publication is now online — Establishment of Transgene-Free Porcine Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells — now on Current Protocols, CONGRATS to Vanessa and co-authors!!
–Summer student Saher Raouf’s application has been awarded the O’Brien Centre Summer Studentship, CONGRATS!!
April
Lab Team building event: making bubble tea!
March
The publication is now online — A High-Quality Blue Whale Genome, Segmental Duplications, and Historical Demography — now on Molecular Biology and Evolution, CONGRATS to Yury and co-authors!!
February
The publication is now online — Chromosome level genome assembly of the Etruscan shrew Suncus etruscus — now on Scientific Data, CONGRATS to Yury and co-authors!!
January
The publication is now online — Species-specific roles of the Notch ligands, receptors, and targets orchestrating the signaling landscape of the segmentation clock — now on Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, CONGRATS to Pranav !!
Congratulations to Pranav received the One Child Every Child (OCEC) Graduate Scholarship (PhD) for 2 years!
2023
December
Congratulations to Maggie received the BME Graduate Program Research Excellence Award 2023-2024!
Lab Holiday Dinner: Happy Holidays! Thanks to everyone for their hard work!!
November
The publication is now online — Efficient derivation of transgene-free porcine induced pluripotent stem cells enables in vitro modeling of species-specific developmental timing — now on Stem Cell Reports, CONGRATS to Vanessa, Susanne and all the co-authors!!
October
Vanessa and Jaime presented their work at the 2023 Till & McCulloch Meetings in Toronto!
Congratulations to Vanessa, who received the SCN Travel Award and Jaime, who received the BMB/ACHRI Travel Awards for attending this year’s TMM meeting!
September
Jamie wins the first lab Axe Throwing Contest Championship!
August
Congratulations to Monica’s abstract selected for an oral presentation on the 2023 Research Day!
July
Congratulations to Pranav received the Nikon Travel Award for attending the Applied Organoid Core (ApOC) Workshop at the University of Toronto!
June
It is an honour to have the opportunity to present our work at the National Taiwan University and at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan!
May
Lab lunch out with the Ugrin Lab at Edworthy Park! —thank you!!! Maggie, for your hard work in the lab to complete the 4th-year honours thesis projects! And welcome both Maggie and Monica to start summer research projects in the lab!!!
April
-Congratulations to Pranav received the SCN Travel Award for presenting at the 20th annual Regenerative Medicine Symposium in Toronto at the University of Toronto! (This symposium is a part of the Training Program in Regenerative Medicine in collaboration with the Stem Cell Network and Medicine by Design)
-Perspective summer student Maggie Rusteika’s application has been awarded the NSERC USAR Award, CONGRATS!!
–Perspective summer student Monica Bautista’s application has been awarded the O’Brien Centre Summer Studentship, CONGRATS!!
January
Happy New Year to everyone Dr. Jin-A Lee joined the lab as a Postdoc Fellow, Welcome!
2022
September
Jaime joined the lab as an MS student, Welcome!
August
Summer Research Day— Maggie and Monica presented their summer research projects in the Research days, so proud of you both!
July
Farewell to Emily— thank you and best luck with your future career!
Pranav joined the lab as a PhD student, Welcome!
May
Lab lunch out—thank you!!! Eve and Selina, for your hard work in the lab to complete the 4th-year thesis projects! And welcome—Maggie and Monica to start summer research projects in the lab!!!
April
-Perspective summer student Maggie Rusteika’s application has been awarded the O’Brien Centre Summer Studentship, CONGRATS!!
-Perspective summer student Monica Bautista’s application has been awarded the O’Brien Centre Summer Studentship, CONGRATS!!
Selina and Eve successfully defended their research thesis! Excellent job!!!
March
-We are very grateful for our proposal on investigating the regulation of the NOTCH signalling pathway in collaboration with Drs. Alex Lohman and Mark Ungrin have been funded by the ACHRI Child Health and Wellness Grand Challenge Catalyst Seedling Award!! Very exciting!!
The publication is now online — Rapid changes in chromatin structure during dedifferentiation of primary hepatocytes in vitro — now on Genomics, CONGRATS to Dr. Morten Seirup and all the co-authors!!
February
The publication is now online — Network Inference with Granger Causality Ensembles on Single-Cell Transcriptomics—now on Cell Reports, CONGRATS to Dr. Tony Gitter (Morgridge) and all the co-authors!!
January
The publication is now online — Enhancing biological signals and detection rates in single-cell RNA-seq experiments with cDNA library equalization—now on NAR, CONGRATS to Dr. Rhonda Bacher (Univ. of Florida) and all the co-authors!!
Happy New Year 2022! Lab meetings and j-clubs are underway online — Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!!
2021
December
Lab Holiday Lunch: What a year! Thanks for everyone’s hard work!!
September
Eve Higgins and Selina Jiang joined the lab to start their independent research project, Welcome!!
August
Ice Cream social—farewell to summer students: Anthony and Maggie, thanks for your contributions during the summer!!
-Anthony and Maggie’s research abstracts were selected for oral presentations at SURE Research Day, congratulations and well done!!!
July
-Vanessa Conrad joining the lab (Lab Assistant), Welcome!!!
June
-We are very grateful that the Chu lab has been awarded Canada Research Chair (Tier2) In Cellular Reprogramming, It is very exciting!!
UClagary news: Two vet med scholars awarded prestigious Canada Research Chairs
UCalgary news: 3 UCalgary faculty named Canada Research Chairs
-We are very grateful that the Chu lab has been awarded the NSERC-Discovery Grant for 2021-2016, It is very exciting!!
UCalgary news: UCalgary receives $18.8M as part of major federal investment
May
-Anthony Do and Maggie Rusteika is joining the lab to start summer research projects, Welcome!!!
April
-Dr. Sabine Gilch and our lab have been awarded the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF), a very exciting collaboration!!
-Perspective summer student Anthony Do’s application was awarded the NSERC-Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA), CONGRATS!!
-Perspective summer student Maggie Rusteika’s application was awarded the Program for Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE) Award and studentship, CONGRATS!!
January
-Emily Hiles joining the lab (Lab Assistant), Welcome!!!
2020
October: Publication—Reproducibility across single-cell RNA-seq protocols for spatial ordering analysis, CONGRATS!!
Now published on PLOS ONE!!!
September: Valentyna joined the lab to co-mange both Ungrin and Chu lab, Welcome!!!
August: Chu Lab officially started at UCalgary