Top row: L to R: Jenny, Matthew, Lee, Fanfan, MD; Lower row: Aliza, Lorena, Camille, Avary.

On August 24, 2026, Fanfan Li defended her thesis successfully! Dr. Li will leave an indelible mark on the lab, having gifted every aspect of the research program with her intuition, technical capabilities, and work ethic. Her third and ultimate research chapter is being prepared for submission. Go and seize the world and everything it has to offer, Dr. Li!

The team do exceptionally well at Plant Bio 2026 in Ottawa. Lorena delivered aspect of her research in an oral presentation; Fanfan and Lee presented posters. Fanfan won an award from the CSPB for her work. Award counter for Fanfan: #9!

17 June 2026

Lorena shared her research, mainly from her Plant Phy & Biochem paper, on the utility of transporters in reassembling plant-derived pathways in engineered yeast.

27 April 2026

After leaving Quebec, Lorena had to relinquish major institutional and provincial scholarships. She has now successfully replaced them with the prestigious and intensely competitive NSERC Doctoral scholarship (CGS-D). Excited for what will come next for her!

15 April 2026

We thank our cohort of undergraduate students who worked exceptionally at their respective projects this Winter semester — on the BiOC99 project, Eshal, Camille, and Gabriel; on their individual BIO98 projects, Abinaya and Dilaksha.

This Summer, we will host Camille to follow up on her work and Aliza who will work closely with PhD student, Lorena.