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Congraulations, Nijiati Abulizi!

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Post date March 29, 2016
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Congratulations Nijiati Abulizi on Golden Key awards!

MSc student Nijjiati Abulizi has been selected as the winner of the 2015 QS World Grad Tour Scholarship, with a scholarship award of $5,000.00 USD. This scholarship awards Golden Key members who have proven academic excellence combined with a solid range of extracurricular activities. The scholarship supports members’ post-baccalaureate study at accredited universities anywhere in the world. This is Nijiati’s second GK award!

Congratulations!

Awards & Scholarships

Congratulations, Candice Quin!

Post author By leahdal
Post date March 21, 2016
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Congratulations Candice Quin on CAG award!

Candice Quin received the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology- PhD studentship award.

The award will be for two years of funding to be applied during her PhD training over a period of at least two years at a value of up to $30,000; $15,000 in the first year and $15,000 in the second year.

Congrats Candice!

Gibson Team

Read About Dr. Gibson’s Story

Post author By leahdal
Post date September 1, 2015
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Read Dr. Gibson’s story on UBCO Our Stories!

UBCO’s Our Stories portal

Publications

Gibson Lab Updates

News updates from Gibson Lab

It’s been an exciting summer at the Gibson Lab with interviews, awards and publications. Here are some highlights:

Have a look at our latest publications Prolonged antibiotic treatment induces a diabetogenic intestinal microbiome that accelerates diabetes in NOD mice and Methods for improving human gut microbiome data by reducing variability through sample processing and storage of stool
Read this interview with Dr. Deanna Gibson on diet and IBD
Congratulations to undergraduate student and Gibson lab member on receiving awards for best oral presentation for her project titled Impact of environmental microbes on the mammalian gut microbiota

Gibson Team

Happy birthday, Dr. Gibson!

Post author By leahdal
Post date June 14, 2015
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It’s time to celebrate! Happy birthday to Dr. Deanna Gibson.

Love,

Your students

Gibson Team

Congratulations to our 2015 graduates!

Post author By leahdal
Post date June 12, 2015
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Congratulations to Daniella DeCoffe (MSc), Nishat Tasnim (BSc Hon.), and Sandeep Gill (BSc Hon.) on their graduation! Here are some photos of their big day:

Gibson Team

Kelowna’s First Gutsy Walk!

Post author By leahdal
Post date June 8, 2015
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Celebrating Kelowna’s first ever Gutsy Walk!

On Sunday, June 7th, 2015 we came together to walk in the first annual Gutsy Walk in Kelowna.

233,000 Canadians live with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. This fundraising effort will help stop the chronic pain and shame that comes with this disease. The event was about coming together for a common cause: to make the urgent bathroom visits, hospital stays and multiple surgeries stop.

We raised close to $23,000! This was made possible by the organizers from our lab, Bod, Nijiati, and Sandeep, along with volunteers and participants from our lab. Dr. Deanna Gibson walked with her family and spoke to participants about research at the Gibson Lab.

Here are some photos capturing the magic of the day:

Awards & Scholarships

Awards Update!

Nishat Tasnim and Sandeep Gill awarded at Undergraduate Research Conference!

Undergraduate students Sandeep Gill and Nishat Tasnim were awarded prizes for poster presentation and oral presentation respectively. Congratulations to both!

IMG_0940 (21) — Sandeep Gill won 2nd Prize for Poster Presentation

CCQYEXoUAAAfyTQ — Nishat Tasnim won 1st prize for Oral Presentation

Awards & Scholarships

Congratulations, Nijiati Abulizi!

Post author By leahdal
Post date April 13, 2015
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Congratulations to graduate student, Nijiati Abulizi for winning the Golden Key Graduate Scholarship!

Nijiati has been selected as a winner of the 2014 Graduate Scholar Scholarship, Fall Selection, with a scholarship award of $10,000.00 USD by Golden Key International Honour Society. Golden Key’s scholarships and awards program is one of the many ways that Golden Key recognizes the outstanding achievements in academics, leadership and services to the community of its members every year.

Awards & Scholarships

Congratulations, Candice Quin!

Post author By leahdal
Post date April 2, 2015
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Congratulations to our graduate student, Candice Quin!

Candice Quin received the CIHR Canadian Graduate Scholarship – Masters’s (CGS M) for her project titled “Fish Oil Supplementation to Maternal Diets Rich in Unsaturated Fats Increase Offspring Susceptibility to Infectious Colitis”.

Summary:
Clinical evidence is conflicting on the beneficial outcomes of fish oil supplementation during pregnancy and its effects on the offspring. It is unknown how fish oil supplementation impacts the offspring’s gut microbiome and immunity. Considering that diet influences microbiota and maternal microbiota is passed from mother to infant, we hypothesize that maternal fish oil supplementation will affect their offspring’s gut microbiota and immunity. To approach this, I will investigate gut microbiota and immune responses during infectious colitis from the offspring of mothers fed various fat diets supplemented with fish oil. This research could result in strategies to manage immune susceptibility by regulating maternal dietary intake during gestation and breastfeeding.

Amount:
$17,500 over 12 month