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August 2022
- Registration has opened for the January 2023 Intake of the NSERC-CREATE Training Program. View the program page for full details and registration instructions.
July 2022
- Registration has opened for the first annual CIRTN-R2FIC National Meeting, to be held Nov 8-9 2022 in Calgary. Abstracts for the meeting can be submitted until August 29, 2022. Please see the Events tab for registration and abstract submission details.
June 2022
- CIRTN-R2FIC receives NSERC CREATE funding in support of trainee studentship and fellowships. The program launches in September 2022.
- Congratulations to Elizabeth Rideout on being promoted to associated professor with tenure at UBC!
May 2022
January 2022
December 2021
- Congratulations to the eight CIRTN-R2FIC labs that received Diabetes Canada End Diabetes 100 Awards
- Congratulations to Jenny Bruin on receiving a 2021 Faculty of Science Research Excellence Award at Carleton University
November 2021
- 3D printing living tissue to treat diabetes is closer to clinical trials
- Sunnybrook researchers are pioneering a new approach to treat diabetes
- Canada accelerates diabetes research
October 2021
- With a focus on skin cells, U of T’s Michael Sefton seeks ‘huge step forward’ in diabetes treatment
- Congratulations to Erin Mulvihill and Bruce Verchere on being appointed associate editors to the editorial team of Diabetes
- Congratulations to Francis Lynn on being appointed the new Head of the Childhood Diabetes Research Laboratories at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR)
September 2021
- Congratulations to Tim Kieffer on his appointment as the new chief scientific officer at ViaCyte
- Check out Diabetes Canada podcasts featuring CIRTN-R2FIC members including Jen Estall and Taylor Morriseau
- CIRTN-R2FIC members are saddened on the passing of Diabetes Canada colleague, Myrtella Hodge.
August 2021
- Congratulations to Elizabeth Rideout on her award from the UBC faculty of medicine for Advancement of Equity, Diversity and Inclusiveness
- James Shapiro interview with the Canadian mint
- With a focus on skin cells, U of T’s Michael Sefton seeks ‘huge step forward’ in diabetes treatment
July 2021
- 21 years after diabetes breakthrough, U of A researcher says better treatment within reach
- Drs. Adria Giacca’s & Gary Lewis’s Perspective Featured in Special Insulin Issue of Cell Metabolism
- Congratulations to Jenny Bruin on becoming a tenured associate professor at Carlton!
June 2021
- Jean Buteau and Andrew Pepper discuss their research on Global news
- Rob Screaton discusses if we can get adult human beta cells to regenerate on The Sugar Science “Ask the Expert”.
April 2021
March 2021
- Check out Krista Lamb’s new book, Beyond Banting, highlighting 11 CIRTN-R2FIC PIs and 3 CIRTN-R2FIC trainees.
February 2021
- The CIRTN-R2FIC Strategic Planning Committee has published a plan for the network, which outlines our directions and initiatives over the next four years. Check it out on our Resources & Opportunities page!
January 2021
- Our very own national graduate course in islet biology is now officially underway! For more information, please visit our Training page.
- Towards a cure: Carleton research team working on stem cell therapy to reverse Type 1 diabetes.
October 2020
July 2020
May 2020
- UAlberta diabetes researchers changing the equation on islet transplantation.
- Deconstructing diabetes at U of Manitoba.
January 2020
June 2022
- Andrew Pepper: Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Cell Therapies for Diabetes
- Jenny Bruin: Ontario Early Researcher award
February 2022
- Dan Luciani: CIHR Fall 2021 Project Grant
- Vincent Poitout: CIHR Fall 2021 Project Grant
- Michael Wheeler: CIHR Fall 2021 Project Grant
December 2021
- Erin Mulvihill: Diabetes Canada End Diabetes 100 Award
- Christine Doucette: Diabetes Canada End Diabetes 100 Award
- Rob Screaton: Diabetes Canada End Diabetes 100 Award
- Mike Wheeler: Diabetes Canada End Diabetes 100 Award
- Remi Rabasa-Lhoret: Diabetes Canada End Diabetes 100 Award
- Mathieu Ferron: Diabetes Canada End Diabetes 100 Award
- Corinne Hoesli: Diabetes Canada End Diabetes 100 Award
- Vincent Poitout: Diabetes Canada End Diabetes 100 Award
November 2021
- James Shaprio: Leonard Award
- Patrick MacDonald, Jenny Bruin, Jim Johnson, Andrew Pepper, Bruce Verchere, Francis Lynn, Christine Doucette, Minna Woo, Tim Kieffer, James Shapiro and Greg Korbutt: CIHR Team Grant
October 2021
- Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret: Elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
- Francis Lynn: Early Career Researcher Partnership Award from Diabetes Canada
August 2021
- Mathieu Ferron: Fuller-Albright
- Elizabeth Rideout: UBC 2021 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award
July 2021
June 2021
- Jennifer Estall: Young Researcher Award from the Department of Medicine at the Université de Montreal
March 2021
- Mathieu Ferron: 2020 CIHR Grant
- Jennifer Estall: 2020 CIHR Grant
- Brad Hoffman: 2020 CIHR Grant
- Patrick MacDonald: 2021 CFI Grant
- Jenny Bruin: Carleton University Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award
December 2020
- Patrick MacDonald: Canadian Research Chair in Islet Biology (Tier 1)
- Herbert Gaisano: Canadian Research Chair in Diseases of the Exocrine and Endocrine Pancreas (Tier 1)
November 2020
- Francis Lynn and team, including Bruce Verchere, Jenny Bruin, Patrick MacDonald, and Jim Johnson: CIHR-JDRF Grant
- Christina Nostro and team including Andrew Pepper: CIHR-JDRF Grant
October 2020
August 2020
June 2020
April 2020
2022:
- Jordan Wong (Pepper Lab): Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s (CIHR) Program; Walter H John’s Graduate Fellowship; Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship
- Yi-Chun Chen (Verchere Lab): JDRF Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship
2021:
- Maria Galipeau (Estall Lab): Doctoral Merit scholarship from Université de Montréal
- Clémence (Estall Lab): Doctoral Merit scholarship from Université de Montréal
- Noa Gang(Bruin lab): NSERC PGS D
- Jonathan Brassard (Hoesli & Parasevas labs): Vanier
- Jasmine Maghera (MacDonald lab): CIRH Master’s award, Alberta SPORU, AB GSS, Walter H. John’s Fellowship
- Salar Farokhi Boroujeni (Bruin lab): NSERC USRA
- Taylor Morriseau (Doucette lab): Manitoba 150 Women Trailblazer
2020:
- Noa Gang (Bruin lab): OGS scholarship
- Myriam Hoyeck (Bruin lab): CIHR Fredrick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship 2020-23, OGS scholarship
- Kevin Guo (Ferron lab): IRCM scholarship
- Celine Schott (Ferron lab): IRCM scholarship, Doctoral scholarship (FRQ-S) 2020-22
- Marcel Gonzalez Medina (Giacca lab): BBDC graduate studentship
- Deborah Joseph (Giacca lab): BBDC graduate scholarship, OGS scholarship
- Daemon Cline (Kieffer lab): NSERC doctoral scholarship 2020-23
- Shenghui Liang (Kieffer lab): Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research trainee fellowship 2019-22
- Janyne Johnson (Light lab): 2020 ADI / HRD Studentship
- Amanda Gomes (MacDonald lab): 2020 ADI / HRD Studentship