Farncombe Family Research Day

The Farncombe Institute hosted its annual research day on Tuesday, September 19th, 2023 at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, ON. Trainees (including masters, PhD, and post-docs) and staff presented their research through oral and poster presentations selected...

Another award for Mark… yet again!

Congratulations to PhD student Mark Wulczynski for receiving the 2023 Dr. J.A. Campbell Young Investigator Award for Celiac disease research! Here is the moment we received the good news from the Canadian Celiac Association. Smiles all...

More Awards for Amber and Mark!

Congratulations to Amber Hann for being awarded a 2023-2024 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), as well as to Mark Wulczynski for being awarded a 2023-2024 Ontario Graduate Fellowship! These students are truly incredible!!! Everyone at the Verdu Lab is very proud of...

Farncombe Innovation Grant goes to Heather

Dr. Heather Galipeau is awarded a Farncombe Innovation Grant to develop gnotobiotic animal models in which to study bacteriophage effects on known microbial communities and the macroscopic host. Heather will lead this project in the Verdu Lab in collaboration with...