Chemistry / en Emily Majaesic wins first place at the Ontario Regionals Three-Minute Thesis competition /celebrates/emily-majaesic-wins-first-place-ontario-regionals-three-minute-thesis-competition <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Emily Majaesic wins first place at the Ontario Regionals Three-Minute Thesis competition</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>siddiq22</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2023-07-06T15:42:37-04:00" title="Thursday, July 6, 2023 - 15:42" class="datetime">Thu, 07/06/2023 - 15:42</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/students" hreflang="en">Students</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/chemistry" hreflang="en">Chemistry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6889" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/school-graduate-studies" hreflang="en">School of Graduate Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2023-07/Emily%20Majaesic%20-%203MTa.jpg" width="750" height="535" alt="Emily Majaesic"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>Emily Majaesic&nbsp;</em><em>(supplied image)</em></p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Third-year Chemistry PhD student <a href="https://www.cgpd.utoronto.ca/profile/emily-majaesic/"><strong>Emily Majaesic</strong></a> has won first place at the 2023 Ontario Regional Finals of the Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.&nbsp;</p> <p>Held on May 17 at Queen’s University, the regional finals followed <a href="https://enews.sgs.utoronto.ca/article/how-to-catch-a-protein-by-its-tail-chemistry-phd-student-wins-three-minute-thesis-for-explaining-single-molecule-protein-sequencing-technology/">Majaesic’s first-place win</a> at the University of Toronto’s tenth 3MT competition in April.</p> <p>The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cgpd.utoronto.ca/public-scholarship/3mt/">3MT competition</a>&nbsp;challenges graduate students in thesis-based programs to present their research to a non-expert audience in under three minutes, using one static slide.&nbsp;The presentations are assessed for communication, comprehension and engagement, rather than the quality of the student’s research.</p> <p>"Distilling a complex concept down to its essence, and then being able to communicate that, is a skill I am glad to have developed," Majaesic said.</p> <p>For her achievement, Majaesic received a prize of $1,000. In November, she and the second-place winner will represent Ontario at the National 3MT Competition in Victoria, B.C.</p> <p>“Emily took a complex concept – the early detection of leukemia through protein markers – and not only made it accessible but also humanized it,” said Christopher DeLuca, associate dean at Queen’s University’s School of Graduate Studies &amp; Postdoctoral Affairs.</p> <p>“Through a personal narrative, humour, and clear communication, Emily’s 3MT talk made us understand the cutting-edge work she is pursuing, which has clear, life-saving potential through the early identification and treatment of diseases.”</p> <p>The award-winning presentation, "Catch A Protein By Its Tail," refers to Majaesic’s research on the latest application of the enzyme, ClpX. One possible application of this technology is the detection of very low-level biomarker proteins, which could alert doctors to the onset of disease at very early stages.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/chemistry-phd-student-wins-first-place-ontario-regionals-three-minute-thesis-competition">Read the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science story</a></h3> <h3><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHziBGVyqO8&amp;feature=youtu.be">Watch Emily's award-winning presentation</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">School of Graduate Studies</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Thu, 06 Jul 2023 19:42:37 +0000 siddiq22 302195 at Թϱ's Dwight Seferos awarded E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship /celebrates/u-t-s-dwight-seferos-awarded-ewr-steacie-memorial-fellowship <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Թϱ's Dwight Seferos awarded E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2019-05-06T15:17:24-04:00" title="Monday, May 6, 2019 - 15:17" class="datetime">Mon, 05/06/2019 - 15:17</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/chemistry" hreflang="en">Chemistry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/2019-05-05-seferos.jpg" width="650" height="453" alt="Dwight Seferos performs a lab experiment"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(Photo by Martin Lipman/NSERC)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Dwight Seferos</strong>, a professor in the University of Toronto's department of chemistry and the&nbsp;Canada Research Chair in Polymer Nanomaterials, has been awarded one of six E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowships handed out in 2019.</p> <p>The fellowship, named after pioneering Canadian chemist&nbsp;Edgar William Richard Steacie,&nbsp;recognizes the career achievements of outstanding scientists and engineers at Canadian universities.</p> <p>Seferos&nbsp;is being honoured for his recent advances in synthetic chemistry, specifically&nbsp;<a href="/news/mclean-award-given-professor-developing-eco-friendly-batteries">the development of power-storing plastics</a>.</p> <h3><a href="/news/two-u-t-chemistry-researchers-recognized-prestigious-nserc-honours">Read the story at <em>Թϱ</em></a></h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(72, 86, 103); font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 06 May 2019 19:17:24 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 160099 at University Professor Douglas Stephan wins John C. Polanyi Award /celebrates/university-professor-douglas-stephan-wins-john-c-polanyi-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">University Professor Douglas Stephan wins John C. Polanyi Award </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2019-05-06T15:17:12-04:00" title="Monday, May 6, 2019 - 15:17" class="datetime">Mon, 05/06/2019 - 15:17</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/chemistry" hreflang="en">Chemistry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/2019-05-05-stephan%29_0.jpg" width="1140" height="760" alt="Douglas Stephan looks at a lab experiment"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(Photo by Martin Lipman/NSERC)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a>&nbsp;<strong>Douglas Stephan </strong>of the University of Toronto's department of chemistry has been awarded the John C. Polanyi&nbsp;Award by the&nbsp;Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).</p> <p>Named after Թϱ&nbsp;University Professor&nbsp;and Nobel Prize-winner&nbsp;<strong>John Polanyi</strong>, the award recognizes a Canadian-based individual or team whose research has&nbsp;led to a recent, outstanding advance in the natural sciences or engineering.</p> <p>Stephan, who is&nbsp;internationally recognized&nbsp;for his work in inorganic chemistry,&nbsp;was honoured for his work in frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs), with NSERC noting that he “took a 100-year-old chemistry process and redesigned it into something cheaper, more efficient and more environmentally friendly.”</p> <p>Stephan said&nbsp;the Polanyi Award feels different than his other honours&nbsp;because he has come to know&nbsp;Polanyi as a colleague and&nbsp;admires him greatly.</p> <h3><a href="/news/two-u-t-chemistry-researchers-recognized-prestigious-nserc-honours">Read the story at <em>Թϱ</em></a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 06 May 2019 19:17:12 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 160098 at