Updates

Congratulations!!!

Congratulations to Simrika Thapa, Runner up prize for best Graduate Student Research Day 2019 oral presentation.

  • To Dr. Basant A Abdulrahman and team for selection of their  article, “Autophagy regulates exosomal release of prions in neuronal cells,”  to appear in a special virtual issue on “Genome editing” at JBC (http://www.jbc.org/site/vi/genome_editing/)
  • To Simrika Thapa for receiving  the  "AIHS-graduate studentship "  award -  Aug, 2017
  • To Cheng Ching (May) Ho  for receiving 1st  poster prize at " Canadian Undergraduate Neuroscience Conference ", UNC- Aug, 2017

Meetings & Workshops (2016 - 2017)

  • Dr. Basant A. Abdulrahman, Dr. Rupali Walia, Simrika Thapa and Crsitobal M.Winkens represented the Schatzl lab at PRION 2017 ,Edinburgh , 23rd -26th MAY, 2017 (http://prion2017.org).
  • Dr. Rupali Walia participated in  a 5-day workshop on CRISPR/Cas-technology at UC Berkley from  11th -15th JULY 2016. 
  • Dr. Basant A. Abdulrahman, Dr Dalia H, Abdelaziz and Simrika Thapa represented the Schatzl lab at PRION 2016 ,TOKYO, 10th -13th MAY, 2016 (http://prion2016.org).
  • Dr. Basant A. Abdulrahman and Dr. Rupali Walia attended the ASBMB Annual meet, SAN DIEGO ,  2nd-7th APRIL , 2016 .(http://www.asbmb.org/meeting2016/). Dr. Basant received the ASBMB travel grant and presented her work - "Autophagy Controls Exosomal Release    of Prions and Lateral Prion Infection".

Awards (2016 - 2018)

  • UCVM travel grant (2018) : Dr. Rupali Walia 
  • AIHS-graduate studentship Award (2017): Simrika Thapa 
  • Undergraduate Neuroscience Conference (2017-poster): Cheng Ching (May ) Ho
  • UCVM travel grant (2017) : Dr. Rupali Walia 
  • APRI travel award (2017): Simrika Thapa and Dr. Basant A. Abdulrahman
  • Summer Student Research Day Winner (2016): Tony Gu
  • Killam predoctoral award (2016): Simrika Thapa
  • Berlin and Burns Summer studentship (2016): Tony Gu
  • APRI travel award:(2016) Simrika Thapa and Dr. Dalia H, Abdelaziz ($2500 each)
  • Neuroprion Young Researcher Training Award (Prion 2016): Simrika Thapa
  •  ASBMB Travel Award (2016-Postdoctoral): Dr. Basant A. Abdulrahman