Cowen Lab
@CowenLab
Research team at the University of Toronto working to better understand fungal pathogens and how to treat them! Account managed by @NM_Robbins
Newest Opinion to come out of the Cowen Lab: Interdisciplinary approaches for the discovery of novel antifungals sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Congrats to @jessiemacalpine who recently published DYRK-family kinases regulate Candida albicans morphogenesis and virulence through the Ras1/PKA pathway @mbiojournal |journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…
Some more amazing research posters with a splash of photo fun @MoGen_Grad annual retreat
Our grad students showing off their research posters at @MoGen_Grad annual retreat
Happy belated birthday to our fearless leader!!! An incredible afternoon celebrating with our wonderful team (past and present). 🧬🥳🎂
I’m ✨yeast-static✨ to share that my first first-author research paper is officially out in @CellReports! 📚 Huge thank you to my incredible co-authors and mentors for their hard work and support in making this research possible. 🔬Check it out here: tinyurl.com/ymjww6yp
One of the latest manuscripts published by our group that uses the GRACE collection to uncover novel regulators of filamentation. The spliceosome impacts morphogenesis in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans | mBio journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.11…
Our team of summer undergraduate students did a fantastic job presenting their summer research projects at a busy poster session this afternoon. Congrats to all of you on all your hard work!! 🍄🧫🔬🥼
Looking back at some of our trainees who attended @CSM_SCM last week. A wonderful event 🧬🧫 Looking forward to next year already
Thank you @CanFunNet for inviting us to talk about our work that leverages chemical genomics to advance the development of antifungal drugs. A wonderful afternoon with some great research talks 🍄🧪
More research posters from @UofTEPIC 2024 Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research Day focused on chemical biology and functional genomic approaches to understand and combat the fungal pathogen Candida albicans
Some of our talented trainees @UofTEPIC 2024 Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research Day highlighting some of our chemical biology projects focused on characterizing novel antifungal compounds
Congratulations to the Cowen Lab’s most recent PhD graduate Nikki on an incredible defence 🧫🧬🔬🥼🧪
One of our talented PhD candidates Bonnie Yiu sharing the potential of targeting the casein kinase Yck2 as a strategy to develop novel antifungals 🍄
So many wonderful memories @HFP2024 🍄🫶 A wonderful conference where we learned about all kinds of exciting research and engaged with incredible scientists. Special congratulations to Cowen lab PhD student Sara Fallah for receiving a poster award 🍄👩🔬🧪
Cowen lab members LOVING their time at #HFP2024 🍄🧪👨🔬👩🔬🥼🫶♥️
Some of our talented trainees presenting their work at #HFP2024 that focuses on chemical biology and functional genomic approaches to further our understanding of Candida biology and identify novel therapeutic targets. Looking great team!
An exciting day for the amazing and soon to be Dr. Emma Lash who is currently defending her PhD 🍄🧬🔬🥼👩🔬🌡️
A fantastic review authored by two of our senior graduate students. Congrats Sara and Emily on this wonderful body of work. Advancements and challenges in antifungal therapeutic development | Clinical Microbiology Reviews journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/cm…
Earlier this week the Cowen Lab kicked off the Holiday season with our annual holiday party and gift exchange. Always a wonderful time celebrating the accomplishments of such a wonderful group of young scientists 🧫🧬🥼👩🔬🧑🔬 #tisthescience
