Faculty of Science

Western brings home three awards from Ontario Biology Day

The 29th annual Ontario Biology Day conference held on March 19-20 at Ryerson University in Toronto had 160 fourth year Biology students from across the province attending including thirty Western Biology and Environmental Science students.  We are proud to announce that three of our students came home with awards!

Congratulations to:

Sanila Akhtar, Best Oral Presentation in Molecular Sciences
(Supervisor: Dr. Patrick Lajoie, Anatomy & Cell Biology )

Claire Newman, Best Poster Presentation in Genetics and Evolution
(Supervisor: Dr. Tony Percival-Smith, Biology)

Ali Melanie Pensamiento, Best Interdisciplinary Poster
(Supervisor: Dr. Julio Martinez-Trujillo, Physiology & Pharmacology)