by Elena Verdu | Jul 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
This week, Verdu lab traded pipettes for pottery tools during a much-needed creative retreat at a ceramics workshop. The results? A beautiful mess of mugs, vases, candle holders, donuts, unknown creatures… and yes — someone sculpted a mouse and a phage! Happy for the...
by Elena Verdu | Mar 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
What a wonderful end to a fantastic joint CDDW-CLM conference where we learned about the great basic, translational and clinical science in gastroenterology that Canadian teams are doing. Farncombe Institute trainees and faculty alongside academic partners, patient...
by Elena Verdu | Feb 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
It is an honour to welcome the newest member to the lab, Wyatt Glenn Swayze! Congratulations to the proud parents Heather and Adam, as well as to his rather furry big brother. Wyatt’s thesis topic has yet to be decided.
by Elena Verdu | Feb 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
PhD students Kyle Jackson and Amber Hann represented the Farncombe Institute at the Chron’s and Colitis Foundation Congress, presenting their cutting-edge research on phage therapy in IBD and microbial protease pathogenesis. Making us proud! Also, Kyle seems to...
by Elena Verdu | Sep 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
I’m thrilled to congratulate Sara on successfully defending her PhD in the Verdu lab — and her defense went incredibly well! After years of dedication, she’s Ph.inally D.one! It has been a privilege to be her supervisor, and I’m excited to see all the amazing things...
