2020 Research Features

January 2020

MSc in Bioscience, Technology, and Public Policy graduate student, Gurman Grewal, discusses their thesis defense titled "The Role of Candidate Genes within a Mapped Genome Region on Sperm Competition".

February 2020

MSc in Bioscience, Technology and Public Policy graduate student, Alwyn Go, was awarded the 2019 Genome Publication Award for their research paper titled "Altered expression of cell adhesion genes and hybrid male sterility between subspecies of Drosophila pseudoobscura".

The Faculty of Graduate Studies congratulates the 3-Minute Thesis Competition winner, Breanna Meek (MSc Bioscience, Technology and Public Policy), the People's Choice Winner, Alwyn Go (MSc Bioscience), and the runner-up, Taylor Wilson (MDP).

Hoora Rezaei Moghaddam discusses their recent Applied Computer Science and Society Thesis Defense "Exploring Scalability and Concept Drift Issues in Learning Categorical Facts with Tolerance Rough Sets"

March 2020

Jessica Ford discusses their recent Indigenous Governance practicum defense "The Yiriman Project: Land Based Healing as a Protective Factor in the Prevention of Indigenous Youth Suicide".

June 2020

Jackson Anderson, Breanna Belisle, Diana Cowley, Trevor Dyck, Cara Ginter, Madison Herget-Schmidt, Ashley Schers, and Breanna Waterman are among 11 University of Winnipeg students who have been awarded tri-council scholarships valued at $17,500 each over 12 months to support vital research in bioscience, criminal justice, development practice, history, and Indigenous governance.

Jenna Fleet and Colleen Robertson are among 11 University of Winnipeg students who have been awarded tri-council scholarships valued at $17,500 each over 12 months to support vital research in bioscience, criminal justice, development practice, history, and Indigenous governance.

Alexandra Nychuk is one of 11 University of Winnipeg students have been awarded tri-council scholarships valued at $17,500 each over 12 months to support vital research in bioscience, criminal justice, development practice, history, and Indigenous governance.

July 2020

Bohdana Kornelyuk shares her experience in the Joint Masters Program (JMP) in Religion, including her research focus and thesis defense. 

Dharitri Tripathy and Rudrarajsinh Gohil, both Graduate Students in the MSc Applied Computer Science and Society program, developed a Python-based application to address the ongoing security attacks on cloud platforms.

Their research, Detecting SQL Injection Attacks in Cloud SaaS Using Machine Learning, was recently published and presented at the conference BigDataSecurity-HPSC-IDS 2020 under BDS7. 

October 2020

Cora Romanow, Bioscience Graduate Student, discusse her Research Mantioba Award and their research project:Song and Dance: the evolution of visual and vocal courtship signals in male ungulates.

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