This week, new lab member Scott Ford published a first authored paper in the Journal of Phycology from his senior thesis project in the lab of Prof. Rob Ness. Congratulations, Scott. S Ford, R Craig, R Ness “A novel method for identifying Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Chlorophyta) and closely related species from nature” Journal of Phycology
Three students from the Philips lab gave oral presentations at the 2022 CSPB Eastern Regional meeting hosted at the University of Toronto – Scarborough campus on Saturday, December 3. Many thanks to the organizers Profs. Adam Mott, Eliana Gonzales-Vigil, and Sonia Gazzarrini for a well organized and well executed conference.
This constitutes Matthew Bergman’s 7th first authored paper and 8th paper overall and new student Anya Frank’s first paper with the lab. Full citation: “Biosynthesis, natural distribution, and biological activities of acyclic monoterpenes and their derivatives” Bergman, Franks, and Phillips, Phytochemistry Reviews (2022 online) doi: 10.1007/s11101-022-09849-6
Another important recognition for Matthew, who shared the honor with his co-winner Ahmed Hasan from the lab of Prof. Rob Ness
On Saturday, 24 September, I launched a new website for the Phillips lab, terpenemetabolism.com
Visiting PhD student Yve de Silva Magedans has published more work from her time in the Phillips lab. Appearing as a chapter in the Methods in Molecular Biology book series, this work details her sterol and triterpene analysis from the soapbark tree, Quillaja brasiliensis. Congratulations, Yve, on your latest publication. The full citation: Magedans Y.V.S., …
Sara Yoshimi, a fourth year UTM Biology student who recently completed a successful undergraduate thesis project (BIO481) in the Phillips lab, has been honored with two awards recently. First, she received the Principal’s Award of Excellence in Student Leadership on April 18 of this year. This past week, she was recognized with a best speaker …
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All star undergraduate student Anya Franks, who recently completed a research opportunity project in the Phillips lab, will continue her research on geranium essential oil biosynthesis during the summer of 2022. To recognize her significant academic accomplishments, she has just been awarded a University of Toronto Excellence Award. This coveted award entails a cash prize …