by Elena Verdu | Apr 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
Congratulations to Ana Beatriz for winning the 2026 Latin American Studentship from the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology! Below is a great picture of a (very deservedly) proud Bea showing off her name on the banner alongside all the other excellent award...
by Elena Verdu | Feb 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
Last week, under a pretty unforgettable backdrop of Northern Lights over Banff, Farncombe trainees and faculty had the opportunity to attend and present posters, oral papers and lectures at the Keystone Symposia on Microbiome Metabolism and Metabolites: Discovery and...
by Elena Verdu | Aug 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Last week was very special, as both Mark and Janet successfully defended their theses. Reach your peak, that’s the goal, and you both did it! Now, climb the next one. Congratulations to the new Janet Szeto, MSc, and Dr. Mark Wulczynski
by Elena Verdu | Jul 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Mark, UK, Janet, Kelly and Amber attending the Building Bridges Symposium, looking here sharp and wise!
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...
