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December 22, 2020

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Argel Aguilar-Valles Discuss the Workings of Novel Antidepressants

More than 1/3 of patients diagnosed with major depression do not respond to traditional antidepressant treatments, such as serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Recently, ketamine was approved for the treatment of those... More

December 8, 2020

Online Science Café – Join Sean Landsman for an Exploration of Migratory Fishes as Ecosystem...

Online Science Café – Join Sean Landsman for an Exploration of Migratory Fishes as Ecosystem Service Providers

When we think of migratory fish, most conjure up images of bright red sockeye salmon darting past grizzly bears in the Pacific Northwest. And while sockeye salmon, and indeed all... More

October 21, 2020

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Erling Rud explain approaches and challenges with developing a...

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Erling Rud explain approaches and challenges with developing a vaccine to prevent COVID-19

COVID-19 is a novel, highly pathogenic viral infection caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that originated in Wuhan City, China in late 2019. As of July... More

October 14, 2020

Online Science Café – Watch Erin Vanzyl discuss her research on understanding how defects in...

Online Science Café – Watch Erin Vanzyl discuss her research on understanding how defects in pre-mRNA splicing affect cancer cells

Cancer is a class of related diseases that are associated with the uncontrolled growth of cells in different parts of the body. Changes in cells leading to cancer are caused... More

October 1, 2020

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Matthew Holden discuss how to improve patient outcomes in...

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Matthew Holden discuss how to improve patient outcomes in surgery using machine learning

When a patient undergoes surgery, the operating room contains many devices to help perform and monitor the operation. For example, medical imaging devices allow us to see the patient's anatomy,... More

September 20, 2020

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Vivian Nguyen discuss the afterlife of science

Science has always been portrayed as molecules, beakers, lab coats and math symbols. We often don’t think about how people actually interact with scientific information, and where the ‘science’ goes... More

August 7, 2020

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Kyle Biggar discuss the anti-cancer potential of a novel...

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Kyle Biggar discuss the anti-cancer potential of a novel KDM5C inhibitor

Cancer is caused by unregulated cellular growth, leading to catastrophic consequences for the tissues and organs in which these cells uncontrollably multiply. Research over the past 15+ years has revealed... More

July 15, 2020

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Alex Wong discuss ultraviolet decontamination of medical masks

Adequate personal protective equipment is critical for ensuring the safety of nurses, doctors, and other frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, personal protective equipment supply chains are stretched, with... More

June 18, 2020

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. David Miller explain how fungal toxins affect our food...

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. David Miller explain how fungal toxins affect our food supply

Although most people worry about man-made chemicals, far more serious are four important fungal toxins or mycotoxins. These compounds were discovered because they affected humans or domestic animals, not theoretical... More

May 28, 2020

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Edana Cassol explain how our immune systems fight viruses

Immune systems are suddenly top-of-mind as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to change the way we live and work. The pandemic has also increased public awareness of newly emerging viruses. Our... More

July 26, 2019

Science is for Everyone: How Carleton’s Faculty of Science is bringing community together one Café...

Science is for Everyone: How Carleton’s Faculty of Science is bringing community together one Café at a time

By Lauren Hicks The Science Café In 2008, the Dean of Science kick-started the Science Café—an outreach initiative aimed at connecting Carleton University’s researchers to the greater Ottawa community through... More

March 13, 2019

Encrypt, Decode: The Role of Math in Information Security Throughout History

Daniel Panario, School of Mathematics and Statistics For centuries, mathematics has provided methods and ideas to hide information. These mathematical methods enable us today to communicate with some degree of... More