lab news
BREAKING news!
August 2022- New publication from our lab in the journal FEBS Letters investigating how ISGylation of HIF2a enhances its association with polysomes. Congratulations to Gaelan Melanson! doi:10.1002/1873-3468.14476
July 2022- Congratulations to Sarah Kirsh for her successful M.Sc. thesis defense! Way to go Sarah! Enjoy your much deserved vacation in Milan!
June 2022- Check out this cool podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-09-hypoxia-and-tumors-and-breast-cancer/id1591148412?i=1000566641497 Nice job Sydney Pascetta!
June 2022- Congratulations to Morgan Mizzoni on her receiving a CBS Graduate Tuition Scholarship!
June 2022- Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Olivia Bebenek for being awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship!
April 2022- Our NSERC Discovery Grant has been renewed for another 5 years! Woot woot!
March 2022- Congratulations to Morgan Mizzoni on her being awarded Dr. Anne Innis Dagg Summer Research Assistantship to work in our lab this summer! Great Job Morgan!!
January 2022- New publication from our lab in the journal Biological Chemistry highlighting the relationship between hypoxia inducible factors and neuropeptide Y receptor expression. Congratulations to authors Phil Medeiros, Sydney Pascetta and Sarah Kirsh! https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101645
December 2021 – A big month for the Uniacke lab! Congratulations to Olivia Bebenek and Lexi Kellington for successfully completing their Ph.D. qualifying exams, Jenna Kerry for her successful M.Sc. thesis defense and Gaelan Melanson for his successful Ph.D. thesis defense! Well done everyone!
August 2021 – We have received an Operating Grant from Cancer Research Society to study the splicing of ribosomal protein 24. https://www.societederecherchesurlecancer.ca/en/news/new-record-80-grants-to-outsmart-cancer
March 2021 – Congratulations to M.Sc. student Sarah Kirsch on her receiving an Ontario Graduate Scholarship!
December 2020 – New review article by our lab and collaborators describing the importance of translational control in hypoxic gene expression published in Trends in Biochemical Sciences.
September 2020 – Welcome to M.Sc. student Sarah Kirsh and congratulations on her receiving a Graduate Tuition Scholarship!
August 2020 – We have received an Operating Grant from the Cancer Research Society! https://www.societederecherchesurlecancer.ca/en/news/70-new-grants-awarded-this-year-worth-8-8-million
July 2020 – We would like to welcome undergraduate project students Jenna Goodbrand and Jessica Whittaker to the lab!
June 2020 – The lab opens back up after three months of shutdown. Let’s do some science!
May 2020 – Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Brumwell of our lab on her successful Ph.D. thesis defense! We wish her the best of luck in her new job as Medical Associate at Meducom!
March 2020 – Congratulations to undergraduate Jessica Whittaker on her CIBC Summer Research Assistantships in Cancer Biology award!
March 2020 – New publication from our lab in the journal RNA showing that hypoxia changes the ribosomal protein complement of ribosomes to influence which mRNAs they can translate. Congratulations to authors Andrea Brumwell, and Leslie Fell, Lindsay Obress!
February 2020 – New publication from our lab in the journal Molecular and Cellular Biology describing a new mode of HIF-2α by the RNA helicase DDX28. Congratulations to authors Sonia Evagelou, Olivia Bebenek and Erin Specker
MEDIA LInks
November 2017- U of G Prof Identifies Protein Key to Spread of Cancer Cells
May 2016- Major Cell-Level Discovery Featured on CTV News
May 2016- Revolutionary Finding May Rewrite Thousands of Research Studies and Science Textbooks
June 2015- New Non-Toxic Technique Causes Self-Destruction of Cancer Cells
January 2015- Canadian Foundation for Innovation Invests in U of G Research Leaders
March 2014- Professor Studies How Cancer Cells Cope With Stress
CONGRATULATIONS!
Celebrating Jenna Kerry’s successful M.Sc. thesis defense at Beertown. Way to go Jenna! – December 2021
Celebrating outstanding talks from our undergrads for their 4th year research projects- 2019
Saying goodbye to Sonia Evagelou, who spent four years in our lab as an undergrad and grad student. Wishing you the best in your next step as technologist at Sick Kids – April 2019
First Ph.D. graduate Dr. Sara Timpano successfully defended her thesis today! – November 2018
Congratulations to Sonia Evagelou of our lab for a successful defense of her Master’s thesis – November 2018
Celebrating NSERC and OGS scholarships and Gaelan passing his PhD qualifying exam! – April 2017
Congratulations to Nicole Kelly of our lab for successfully defending her Master’s thesis! – July 2017
Presenting our work
Sydney Pascetta’s poster from GPCRs: An Odyssey from Structure, Signaling and Regulation to Therapeutics conference. Utah, USA, April 2022
Sarah Kirsch’s poster beautifully hung at the GPCR conference! Utah, USA, April 2022
Phil and Jim at the Canadian Cancer Research Conference in Ottawa. – November 2019
Nicole Kelly and Sara Timpano of our lab at the peak of Whistler mountain enjoying the Keystone Hypoxia conference – March 2017
Uniacke lab on our last night in Banff getting ready
for the conference banquet. – April 2018
Andrea Brumwell, Sonia Evagelou, and Jim Uniacke attending the 23rd annual meeting of the RNA Society at UC Berkeley.
We took a little break to explore some of the wineries of Napa. – May 2018
LAB MEETINGS
First lab meeting 2019
First lab meeting 2017
HoliDAy parties
December 2018
December 2017
December 2016
ANNUAL LAB Picture
September 2022
May 2019
May 2018
May 2017
OTHER FUN
Sydney and Sarah enjoying the view from 1800 ft. at Capital Reef National Park, Utah. – April 2022
Celebrating our many accomplishments with a sushi lunch! -April 2022
Pumpking carving contest submission! -October 2021
Our entry in the departmental pumpkin carving competition – October 2019
Departmental pumpkin carving competition- October 2018
Departmental pumpkin carving competition- October 2018
Our lab’s pumpkin carving entry in the annual department fundraiser received 2nd place! – October 2017
Annual Lab Lunch 2018
The lab welcomes high school students Bolade and Connor as part of the Gene Researcher for a Week sponsored by the CIHR Institute of Genetics- March 2015
Annual Lab Lunch 2019