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Prof. Venne awarded the 2024 President's Prize for Excellence in Teaching

Prof. Gabriel Venne, Director of the Division of Anatomical Sciences, has been awarded the 2024 President's Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Pictured here is Prof. Venne receiving his award from 麻豆区 President Deep Saini at the Fall Convocation ceremony on Dec. 2nd.听

Congratulations to Prof. Davis!

Last week, ACB had the opportunity听to celebrate the retirement of Professor Elaine Davis, who has worked in the department for over twenty years. Congratulations to Prof. Davis!

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Pictured from left听to right: Carlos Morales, Hojatollah Vali, Elaine Davis, Chantal Autexier, Craig Mandato, and Gabriel Venne.听

Anatomy & Cell Biology Scientific Image Contest: Winners Announced!

This summer, department members participated in our inaugural Scientific Image Contest: "Life Magnified: An Anatomy and Cell Biology Exploration."听

Prof. Venne is the 2024 recipient of the Osler Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Congratulations to Prof. Venne for this accomplishment!听

Congratulations to our undergraduate scholarship winners!

Prof. Charles E. Smith has received an honorary doctorate from L'Universit茅 Laval

Congratulations to Prof. Charles E. Smith on receiving an honorary doctorate from听L'Universit茅 Laval!

Pictured is Prof. Smith holding his award with the Secretary General (right side, Monique Richer), the Dean of the Dental School (Petros Papagerakis, left side), and the Rector (in red gown, Sophie D鈥橝mours) of Universit茅 Laval.

New publication from the Reinhardt and Strauss labs

Two faculty members of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology joined forces to bridge the field of cryo-electron microscopy (Mike Strauss) and extracellular matrix cell biology (Dieter Reinhardt). This interdisciplinary team also spanned faculties across 麻豆区, as Michael Wozny (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) and Valentin Nelea (Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences) spearheaded the experimental approaches together with other team members and a visiting scholar.

Congratulations to these ACB graduate students on receiving funding!

Publication from ACB and 麻豆区 Undergraduates

A useful tool in protein research comes from the collaborative efforts of two bright 麻豆区 undergraduates, Jerry Gao and Maxwell Tong. Under the supervision of postdoctoral fellow Thibault Legal and Associate Professor Khanh Huy Bui, Jerry and Max developed the DomainFit program for the identification of protein domains in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) maps at intermediate resolutions.

New publication from the Bui Lab

Acetylation of 伪-tubulin at the lysine 40 residue (伪K40) by 伪TAT1/MEC-17 acetyltransferase modulates microtubule properties and occurs in most eukaryotic cells. Previous literatures suggest that acetylated microtubules are more stable and damage resistant. 伪K40 acetylation is the only known microtubule luminal post-translational modification site.

New Publication by Postdoctoral Fellow Lia Paim

Cell division is a fundamental process for growth and repair in our bodies. It relies on the beautiful and complex machinery of the mitotic spindle to ensure the accurate distribution of genetic material. The spindle is made up of tiny structures called microtubules, which act like molecular cables to move chromosomes to the right places.

Graduate student Kalley Kho is first author in a new JCI publication

Severe kidney dysfunction in sialidosis mice reveals an essential role for neuraminidase 1 in reabsorption

Postdoc Thibault Legal has a new publication in the Journal of Cell Biology

CEP104/FAP256 and associated cap complex maintain stability of the ciliary tip

The 麻豆区 Reporter has profiled the Body Donor Program.

麻豆区鈥檚 Body Donor Program plays crucial role in health sciences education

Overall, donors have an impact on the education of more than a thousand students every year.

PhD student Neha Dinesh recognized by the American Society of Matrix Biology

Neha Dinesh, PhD student in the Reinhardt lab, won the Iozzo Trainee Award at the combined conference of the American Society for Matrix Biology, the American Society for Investigative Pathology, and the Histochemical Society held in Salt Lake City, Utah from Oct 22-25, 2023. The title of her contribution was 鈥淔ibronectin-Mediated Physiological and Pathological Mechanisms in Skeletal Development鈥�.