​News

December 2023

• Congratulations to Megan on publishing her paper in The FASEB Journal. See Publications page for more details.  

November 2023

• Our paper reporting the mechanisms regulating the trafficking and release of Cln5 and CtsD from cells has been accepted for publication in Traffic. See Publications page for more details.  

October 2023

• Rob presented the lab's work at NCL 2023: 18th International Congress on Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses, which was held in Hamburg, Germany. 

September 2023

• The lab welcomes new graduate students Sean Condie and Josephine Esposto and undergraduate student Jahdiel Denobrega.
• Check out our new paper in European Journal of Cell Biology that reports the effect of mfsd8 loss on the secretome during Dictyostelium aggregation. See Publications page for more details. 

August 2023

• Rob presented the lab's work at the 2023 International Dictyostelium Conference, which was held in Opatija, Croatia. 

June 2023

• The Canadian Institutes of Health Research wrote an article about the lab and our research on Batten disease. You can read the article here: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53498.html

May 2023

• The lab welcomes new graduate student Jagjot Singh.
• Congrats to Megan on being awarded the 2023 Governor General's Gold Medal.
• Trent News & Events published a story on the Molecules, Cells & Systems Research Group 1st Annual Research Symposium. https://www.trentu.ca/news/story/36683
• Congratulations to Will on receiving the Award for Excellence in Teaching Assistance. https://www.trentu.ca/news/story/36681​​​

April 2023

• Congratulations to Aruban and Josh who gave talks at the Molecules, Cells & Systems Research Group 1st Annual Research Symposium.
• Congratulations Megan on your successful PhD defense. We are all very proud of you!
• Congratulations to Cassandra on being awarded an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award for Summer 2023!
• Our new paper in Journal of Neurochemistry summarizes the molecular networking of CLN genes and proteins with an eye towards better understanding their roles in Batten disease and related forms of neurodegeneration. See Publications page for more details.

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March 2023

• Our new paper in European Journal of Cell Biology summarizes important discoveries in Batten disease research using Dictyostelium discoideum as a model system. It is also Adam's first publication. Congratulations Adam! See Publications page for more details.

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