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March 31, 2025
Chewing gum may be releasing thousands of microplastics in your mouth, new research suggestsOpens in New Window“I wasn’t surprised that they found a lot of microplastics leaching from chewing gums.” stated Chemistry Professor, Roxana Suehring. News Subtitle:
March 28, 2025
TMU hosts Ontario Science Centre class for high school students New partnership brings special biology lab for grade 12 students to TMU campusNews Subtitle:
March 19, 2025
TMU’s Sarwan Sahota Distinguished Scholar is on a mission to find out how cancer cells moveProfessor Michael Olson’s research could prolong lives by stopping cancer from spreadingNews Subtitle:
March 17, 2025
A fishy mystery: Why did dozens of fish die in this High Park pond?Opens in New WindowChemistry and Biology professor Andrew Laursen explains how this year's long winter resulted in low-oxygen environments for aquatic life in High Park's pondsNews Subtitle:
Events
Ontario Universities Program in Field Biology-Urban Water Ecolology
Are you an undergraduate Biology student who is interested in Field Work for the Summer of 2025?
June 22 to July 5, 2025
- Event Title:DEVELOPING A NO-WASH ELECTROCHEMICAL IMMUNOASSAY FOR 25- HYDROXYVITAMIN D3 DETECTIONEvent Summary:Candidate: Aaliya PathanApril 22, 202511:00 AM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT
- Event Title:EVALUATION AND INTEGRATION OF INERTIAL FOCUSING MICROFLUIDICS FOR MICROPLASTIC SIZE SEPARATION AND ANALYSIS BY LASER DIRECT INFRARED IMAGINGEvent Summary:Candidate: William ChenApril 22, 20252:00 PM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT
- Event Title:THE SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL BIPODAL TRIPHENYLAMINE-BASED DYES FOR APPLICATION IN THE ELECTROSPUN ACTIVE LAYER OF NEXT-GENERATION SOLAR CELLSEvent Summary:Candidate: Emma DennisApril 23, 202510:00 AM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT
- Event Title:INNOVATIVE ANTIMICROBIAL STRATEGIES: SYNTHESIS, COATING, AND BIOEFFICACY ASSESSMENT OF COVALENTLY BONDED PHOSPHONIUM ANCHORED QUATERNARY ONIUM COMPOUNDSEvent Summary:Candidate: Liam BrennanApril 23, 202512:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT
- Event Title:THE SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL BIPODAL TRIPHENYLAMINE-BASED DYES FOR APPLICATION IN THE ELECTROSPUN ACTIVE LAYER OF NEXT-GENERATION SOLAR CELLSEvent Summary:Candidate: Venezia BenvenutoApril 24, 20252:00 PM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT
