Research & Technology
The theory of minerals
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Frank Hawthorne, distinguished professor emeritus in the department of earth sciences at the U of M, has spent his career studying how atoms arrange themselves in minerals and synthetic compounds to build a theoretical...
From code to crop
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Machine learning is helping Manitoba farmers combat one of the most serious threats to wheat production.
Christopher Henry, an associate professor in the department of computer science at the U of M, is leading projects...
Prioritizing patients over paperwork
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Second-year medical student Jessica Dyck spent her summer in the BSc Med program on a project that could reshape psychiatric care. She is part of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) titled Patients Before Paperwork,...
Unlocking the gut’s secrets
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Charles Bernstein, a gastroenterologist and professor of internal medicine at the U of M, has spent decades studying how the gut influences disease. His current work highlights the connections between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD),...
Cracking the code of stressed cells
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According to Susan Logue, cells are often compared to miniature cities, each with its own infrastructure. The nucleus functions like city hall, mitochondria act as power plants and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) serves as...
When home becomes a workplace
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Kaitlyn Kuryk is a recent PhD graduate in sociology at the U of M. Her doctoral research explored how “informal or live-in caregivers” in Manitoba experience home care services. Drawing on 13 interviews and...
Unlocking precision medicine through genetics
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When we take medicine, we expect it to help but the same drug that eases one person’s symptoms might not work for another.
Abdullah Al Maruf, assistant professor of clinical pharmacogenomics at the college of...







