The Tobin Lab at Trent University
From the Archives
2024-2022
March 2024: The Tobin Lab has received funding from the NSERC Alliance International Catalyst Grant ($25,000). This project will investigate the role of TRIT1 in skeletal muscle. It will be done in collaboration with Prof Ulrich Schweizer, University of Bonn, Germany.
The lab's recent work as also been highlighted in an article by Trent University News.
Congratulations to Risha and Sam for participating in the Three Minute Project Competition! Sam even won first place! Risha and Julio also participated at Ontario Biology Day 2024 at TMU.
December 2023: Our new paper on cytokinins in skeletal muscle cells is out now!
November 2023: Thank you to Trent University for awarding our lab with a Theall Research Grant!
Dr. Tobin represents Trent University at the Global Royal Society of Canada G7 Research Summit on Healthy Aging
September 2023: Welcome to the Tobin lab graduate students Jack Campbell and Farnoush Kabiri and 4th year honors thesis students, Samantha Caudle, Lorna Phan, Risha Guta, Ben Witmer, and Julio Cisneros Medrano!
August 2023: Dr. Tobin presents some of the lab's work at the 2023 Ontario Cell Biology Symposium in Guelph.
April 2023: Thank you to NSERC for funding the lab's first major grant! This 5 year Discovery Grant will investigate cellular memory in muscle stem cells.
March 2023: The Tobin Lab is hiring a summer research assistant to work on cellular aging. See JOB ID: 31216 at https://ccr.trentu.ca/home.htm
March 2023: Congratulations to Abbey and Sabastian for participating in the Three Minute Project Competition! Abbey also won third place!
September 2022: Four undergraduates join the Tobin lab for their thesis projects. Welcome Alex, Abbey, Sabastian and Vivien!
August 2022: New paper - The importance of biological sex in cardiac cachexia. Published in AJP - Heart and circulatory physiology
March 2022: Thank-you to the Trent University Office of Research and Innovation for funding our project on Inflammatory Memory in Muscle Stem Cells with a Research and Development Grant!