This week is International Laboratory Animal Technician Week, and I want to take a moment to recognize two people whose work is absolutely central to everything we do in the Coombes Lab. Aline  Fiebig and  Yeganeh Yousefi  are our animal technicians, and their expertise, care, and professionalism underpin a huge amount of the science that happens both within our lab and through collaborations, and in training and mentoring members of my research team.  Aline and Yeganeh have

After a full day of science, reflection, laughter, and a good dose of nature inspiration, I think we all felt a rejuvenated sense of purpose. We kicked things off with a group conversation about creativity in research, and about feelings of self-underappreciation that can sneak in, even for experienced scientists. That set the tone for a morning full of science discussions about big new ideas, new techniques, project troubleshooting, science impact in the community, and half-

I’m excited to share new research from the lab just published in PLOS Pathogens:  https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1...

Last week, we hit the lanes to briefly take our minds off of manuscript revisions, grant planning, experiment troubleshooting, data...

In October 2024, a delegation from the Coombes lab (Brian, Melissa, Marie-Ange, and Victoria) headed to Liverpool to participate in the...

The Halloween costume competition in the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences is a hotly contested contest. The lab has...

Coombes lab members channelled their inner warrior on the axe-throwing circuit, competing for bragging rights as Axe Thrower...

Team Coombes solved another mystery, which was who was going to win third place in the Department Halloween competition. The...

The Coombes lab had the pleasure to contribute to this awesome new story coming out of the lab of Jon Stokes at McMaster University and...

The Coombes lab is delighted to be welcoming Melissa Speagle to the lab. Melissa will be working in the lab this summer after receiving...