The Department of Biology celebrated its second annual Graduate Research Day on Thursday, December 4. It was a rousing success with over 35 students presenting their research through oral and poster presentations.

An invited alumnus, John Howe, provided the keynote address describing his journey from McMaster to Merck Research Laboratories.

The top three award winners for best oral presentation and best poster are listed below:

ORAL
First Place – Lindsay Keegan, PhD Candidate supervised by Dr. Jonathan Dushoff
Second Place – Tamzin Blewett, PhD Candidate supervised by Dr. Chris Wood
Third Place – George diCenzo. PhD Candidate supervised by Dr. Turlough Finan

POSTER
First Place – Shamaila Fraz, PhD Candidate supervised by Dr. Joanna Wilson
Second Place – Angus Ho, M.Sc. Candidate supervised by Dr. Xu-Dong Zhu
Third Place – Shaiya Robinson, PhD Candidate supervised by Dr. Juliet Daniel