Synthetic biology, Colloquium, A Voice Still Heard, Genomics,

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• Le Devoir reports on research in synthetic biology being conducted at Concordia and interviews several researchers including Vincent Martin, professor in the Department of Biology and Canada Research Chair in Microbial Genomics and Engineering. The article also mentions last week’s international conference on the topic of synthetic biology, hosted by Concordia.
  
  
• Le Devoir reports on a presentation given recently by Timothée Labelle, a master’s student at Concordia, to a colloquium organized by l’Institut d’études internationales de Montréal and l’Organisation universitaire interaméricaine. Labelle presented the benefits of undergraduate level research for the university system as well as the student researchers themselves.
  
  
• The algemeiner reviews A Voice Still Heard: Selected Esssays of Irving Howe, edited by Nina Howe, professor in the Department of Early Childhood Education and researcher with the Centre for Research in Human Development (CRDH).
  
  
• Le Devoir reports on research at the Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics that aims to create enzymes to aid in the digestion of feed by poultry and swine. The article quotes Adrian Tsang, professor in the Department of Biology and director of the Centre.

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