Interested in research? Want to learn more about what our Science grad students are working on? Thinking of competing in the 3 Minute Thesis next year?
Join us to see how the participants use one slide and three minutes to present their research to a public audience.
Alumnus Fiona Brinkman, PhD FRSC, (BSc Biochemistry '90) will be awarded Distinguished Alumni Award at 3:00 pm, Friday, March 6, 2020, at the University Club. Dr. Brinkman is Distinguished Professor in Bioinformatics and Genomics at Simon Fraser University, most known for R&D of widely-used computer software that aids more integrative analyses of microbe and human genomics data.
During her visit to campus, prior to the award ceremony, she welcomes you to join her for a Meet & Greet and HeForShe event.
Presented by alumnus Joseph Bondy-Denomy, PhD (BSc Biology '08), who will be awarded the Young Alumni Award at 3:00 pm on Friday, March 6, 2020 at the University Club.
Dr. Bondy-Denomy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of California, San Francisco, and is best known for his ongoing investigations in CRISPR-Cas immunity, with implications in therapeutics for human genetic and infectious disease, as well as our basic understanding the microbial world. Dr. Bondy-Denomy is Scientific Advisory Board Member of SNIPR Biome and Excision BioTherapies and has expanded his research activities to the private sector as co-founder of and Scientific Advisor to Acrigen Biosciences
Robert Lemieux, Dean of the Faculty of Science, cordially invites all faculty, staff, alumni and friends to attend our annual Science Alumni Achievement Awards Reception.
The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology is pleased to present a Seminar Series talk by Professor Mike Fleischauer, an Associate Research at the NRC-Nanotechnology Research Centre (NRC-NANO, Edmonton), an adjunct professor of Physics at the University of Alberta, and on the City of Edmonton’s Energy Transition Advisory Committee.
Our professors had such a great time in Toronto last year, they insisted on a second round!
Students of the Science graduating class of 2020 are invited to join special Alumni guest Kelly Meissner (BSc '01); Science professors and staff; and Associate Deans of Science, as they offer congratulations, celebrate your achievements, and share inspiring words of advice as you prepare to graduate.
The media often covers the results from published papers to provide information to the general public. We’ll be looking at a recently published academic paper and examine how three different Canadian media pieces covered it.
Join the conversation at the President's Virtual Town Hall meeting on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 1:30 p.m.
The University of Waterloo continues to look forward through the uncertainty COVID-19 has created for our institution and the world beyond. To help answer questions and bring our community together once again, we will be hosting a President’s Virtual Town Hall via interactive livestream.
This session covers the basics of Intellectual Property (IP) protection with a focus on patents. You'll learn about the different types of IP protection available and some of the most common pitfalls to avoid. Hear how IP is used to commercialize technology through licensing or start-up creation.