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Thursday, June 4, 2026<\/span><\/div>\n
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Congratulations to Fern, Mason, and Braam for graduating from their B.Sc. and Noah for graduating from his M. Sc.!<\/p>\n

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TUESday, May 26, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Congratulations to Emma, Mitchell, Sam, Fern and Andis for publishing \u201cExtracellular matrix-derived matrikines as emerging modulators of neuroinflammation and central nervous system signaling\u201d in Reviews in the Neurosciences!<\/p>\n

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tuesday, APRIL 7, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Congratulations to Andis for publishing \u201cExtracellular Matrix-Derived Matrikines: Circulating Peptides as Candidate Mediators of Lung-to-Brain Signaling\u201d in International Journal of Molecular Sciences!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Wednesday, APRIL 1, 2026<\/span><\/div>\n
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Congratulations to Noah, Ishvin, and Andis for publishing \u201cMitochondrial damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs): Neuroimmunomodulators in the central nervous system pathophysiology\u201d in Neural Regeneration Research!<\/p>\n

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Monday, march 16, 2026<\/h5>\n

A new undergraduate student has joined the lab! Welcome aboard Cohen!<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, March 11, 2026<\/h5>\n

Congratulations to Fern on receiving an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award!<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, March 10, 2026<\/h5>\n

Congratulations to Jessica on receiving an Undergraduate Research Award!<\/p>\n

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tuesday, march 10, 2026<\/span><\/div>\n
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Congratulations to Sam, Meha, and Andis for publishing \u201cExtracellular succinate modulates neuroimmune responses in a murine microglial cell line\u201d in Biomolecules!<\/p>\n

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Monday, March 9, 2026<\/h5>\n

Congratulations to Mia on receiving an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award and an Undergraduate Research Award! Mia is honoured to accept the NSERC\/USRA!<\/p>\n

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Monday, March 9, 2026<\/h5>\n

A new student has joined the lab! Welcome aboard Braam!<\/p>\n

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Saturday, February 7, 2026<\/h5>\n

Congratulations to Noah for successfully defending his Master’s thesis!<\/p>\n

Wednesday, September 24, 2025<\/h5>\n

A new undergraduate student has joined the lab! Welcome aboard Mia!<\/p>\n

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MonDAY, June 16, 2025<\/h5>\n

A new undergraduate student has joined the lab! Welcome aboard Grace!<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025<\/h5>\n

A new undergraduate student has joined the lab! Welcome aboard Jessica!<\/p>\n

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Thursday, May 1, 2025<\/h5>\n

A new graduate student has joined the lab! Welcome aboard Meha!<\/p>\n

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Saturday, March 22, 2025<\/h5>\n

Big congratulations to Sam and Orlando for winning Best Presentation<\/em> in their respective categories at the Interdisciplinary Student Health Conference (ISHC) today! We\u2019re so proud of you both for representing the lab with excellence. Shoutout as well to Mitchell for delivering a strong presentation\u2014we\u2019re proud of all three of you for contributing to another successful ISHC!<\/p>\n

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Friday, March 15, 2025<\/h5>\n

Brain Awareness Week was a great success! A huge thank you to everyone from the community who joined us on campus, engaged with our presentation, and asked insightful questions about brain health and our research. Your curiosity and enthusiasm made the event truly special!<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025<\/h5>\n

Congratulations to Mason on receiving a NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award!<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, January 15, 2025<\/h5>\n

A new undergraduate student has joined the lab! Welcome aboard Mason!<\/p>\n

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Thursday, December 5, 2024<\/h5>\n

The UBCO Biochemistry Course Union, led by our very own Mitchell Beckedorf, hosted an event last month for undergraduates seeking research positions. Notable speakers, such as Sam Yudin, shared their experiences in the lab and offered valuable guidance on breaking into research as a young, aspiring scientist. Give it up to these charismatic leaders for inspiring the next generation of scientists at UBC!<\/p>\n

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Thursday, September 5, 2024<\/h5>\n

Congratulations to Sam Yudin for winning third place for the most accessible poster presentation at the 19th Annual Faculty of Science Undergraduate Research Award Symposium.<\/p>\n

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Sunday, September 1, 2024<\/h5>\n

A new graduate student has joined the lab! Welcome aboard Kursti!<\/p>\n

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Friday, June 21, 2024<\/h5>\n

A new undergraduate student has joined the lab! Welcome aboard Fern!<\/p>\n

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Thursday, January 4, 2024<\/h5>\n

A new undergraduate student has joined the lab! Welcome aboard Brenna!<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023<\/h5>\n

A new undergraduate student has joined the lab! Welcome aboard Emma!<\/p>\n

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Monday, September 11, 2023<\/h5>\n

A new undergraduate student has joined the lab! Welcome aboard Mitchell!<\/p>\n

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Friday, September 1, 2023<\/h5>\n

A new graduate student has joined the lab! Welcome aboard Orlando!<\/p>\n

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Thursday, June 8, 2023<\/h5>\n

Huge congrats to Bridget, Dylan, and Alyssa for graduating this year! We look forward to seeing what you do next!<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023<\/h5>\n

Fantastic job to Noah and Dylan for presenting your posters at the 2023 Diabetes and Obesity Conference!<\/p>\n

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Saturday, May 6, 2023<\/h5>\n

Congratulations to Dylan Da Silva for his acceptance into medical school and to Alyssa McElhinney for getting into optometry! Good luck, we know you will go far!<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023<\/h5>\n

Congratulations to Bridget for defending her thesis! You can now add M.Sc to your CV!<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023<\/h5>\n

A new undergraduate student has joined the lab! Welcome aboard Samantha!<\/p>\n

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Friday, October 21, 2022<\/h5>\n

A new undergraduate student has joined the lab! Welcome aboard Kennedy!<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022<\/h5>\n

Congratulations to Christy, Seamus, Athena, and Andis for publishing “Extracellular histones as damage-associated molecular patterns in neuroinflammatory responses” in Reviews in the Neurosciences!<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022<\/h5>\n

Congratulations to Shirley, Ishvin, and Noah for presenting at the Biology Graduate Symposium!<\/p>\n

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Monday, September 26, 2022<\/h5>\n

A new undergraduate student has joined the lab! Welcome aboard Ben!<\/p>\n

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Thursday, September 1, 2022<\/h5>\n

A new graduate student has joined the lab! Welcome aboard Noah!<\/p>\n

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Sunday, August 14, 2022<\/h5>\n

Congratulations to Taryn, Christy, Victoria, Anna, Ivan, and Andis for publishing “Potential neurotoxic activity of diverse molecules released by astrocytes” in the Brain Research Bulletin!<\/p>\n

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Monday, June 6, 2022<\/h5>\n

Taryn, Seamus, Christy, Anna, and Victoria have all officially graduated, congratulations on your bachelor degrees!<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022<\/h5>\n

Well done to Christy for coming first place at the Undergraduate Research Conference with her presentation on “Characterizing the neuroinflammatory activity of DNA-binding histone proteins”!<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, January 12, 2022<\/h5>\n

Congratulations to Tyler, Bridget , Ellen, and Andis for publishing “Dietary fats modulate neuroinflammation in mucin 2 knock out mice model of spontaneous colitis”. Great job!<\/p>\n

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Monday, January 10, 2022<\/h5>\n

A new undergrad just joined the lab! Welcome aboard, Alyssa.<\/p>\n

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Thursday, December 23, 2021<\/h5>\n

A new undergrad just joined the lab! Welcome, Dylan Miller.<\/p>\n

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Thursday, September 30, 2021<\/h5>\n

Congratulations to Ekta Bajwa for having her review article accepted for publication!<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, September 15, 2021<\/h5>\n

A new undergrad student has joined the lab! Welcome, Dylan.<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, August 10, 2021<\/h5>\n

A new M.Sc student has joined the lab! Welcome aboard, Ishvin.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, July 3, 2021<\/h5>\n

Congratulations to Ivan, Taryn, Christy, and Andis for publishing a review about understudied microglial neurotoxins in Neurochemistry International. Way to go!<\/p>\n

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Thursday, May 6, 2021<\/h5>\n

A new undergrad just joined the lab! Welcome, Victoria.<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021<\/h5>\n

Seamus received an Oral Presentation Runner-Up award at the UBCO Biology Undergraduate Research Conference last week! Well done!<\/p>\n

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Saturday, May 1, 2021<\/h5>\n

Congratulations to Taryn for finishing the last classes of her undergraduate degree. Also, today is the first official day of grad studies for Shirley. Good luck, both of you!<\/p>\n

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Thursday, April 15, 2021<\/h5>\n

Today, Andis published a paper called Targeting Neuroprotective Functions of Astrocytes in Neuroimmune Disease in the journal Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets. Congratulations!<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, March 16, 2021<\/h5>\n

All three of our continuing undergrads received summer research awards! Congrats to Anna, Christy, and Seamus.<\/p>\n

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Thursday, January 28, 2021<\/h5>\n

Today our lab published a paper about extracellular cardiolipin as a regulator of microglia-mediated inflammation. Congrats to the authors: Tyler, Athena, Seamus, and Andis.<\/p>\n

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Thursday, November 19, 2020<\/h5>\n

Tyler’s thesis was approved and submitted today! Congratulations, Dr. Wenzel!<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, October 2, 2020<\/h5>\n

After defending and submitting her thesis, Ellen has graduated from the M.Sc program. Way to go!<\/p>\n

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Thursday, June 4, 2026 Congratulations to Fern, Mason, and Braam for graduating from their B.Sc. and Noah for graduating from his M. Sc.! TUESday, May 26, 2026 Congratulations to Emma, Mitchell, Sam, Fern and Andis for publishing \u201cExtracellular matrix-derived matrikines as emerging modulators of neuroinflammation and central nervous system signaling\u201d in Reviews in the Neurosciences! … <\/p>\n

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