The Jones Lab welcomes our 2020-2021 undergraduate 4th year project students Paityn Major, Claire-Marie Peck, and Stephanie Rosen.
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The Jones Lab welcomes our 2020 Summer Students and congratulates them on their awards. Congratulations to Claire-Marie Peck (CBS-CIBC scholarship), Sarah Cumberland (CBS-CIBC scholarship), and Stephanie Rosen (CBS-USRA scholarship)!
The Jones Lab is excited to receive NSERC RTI support alongside the Gillis Lab for a cell stretcher to advance our mechanobiology work.
To mark today's World Kidney Day 2020, we are pleased to share our latest podocyte research in this month's issue of the Journal of Cell Science! Multivalent nephrin-Nck interactions define a threshold for clustering and tyrosine-dependent nephrin endocytosis.
Read more about "Mar 12, 2020 — Lab Research Published in Journal of Cell Science"
Localization of phosphotyrosine adaptor protein ShcD/SHC4 in the adult rat central nervous system has been published in BMC Neuroscience. Congratulations to Hannah, Hayley, and Laura, and thank you to the contributing members of the Lalonde Lab.
Read more about "Dec 17, 2019 — Lab Research Published in BMC Neuroscience"
Happy holidays from Jones Lab members past and present!
Congratulations to Manali Tilak on her successful PhD defense of A comprehensive proteomic and transcriptomic approach to understand novel features of adaptor protein ShcD! Thank you to Costin Antonescu from Ryerson for serving as the external examiner.
The annual Jones Lab bake sale fundraiser is taking place today to support the 2019 Kidney Walk this weekend in Guelph. Thanks for your support!
Read more about "Sept 26, 2019 — Bake Sale Fundraiser for the 2019 Kidney Walk"
Jones Lab members along with the Coppolino Lab and others attended the inaugural Ontario Cell Biology Symposium in Toronto today. Thank you to all the speakers for sharing your research and ideas.
Read more about "Aug 27, 2019 — Jones Lab at Inaugural Ontario Cell Biology Symposium"
Congratulations to Adam for giving a great presentation without any slides on the Jones Lab’s Cancer Research Society funded research at this year’s Canadian Society for Molecular Biosciences conference.
Congratulations to Nikkita Dutta for successfully defending her MSc thesis Investigation of Dok1 and Dok2 as novel modulators of focal adhesion dynamics in kidney podocytes. Thank you to the Kidney Foundation of Canada for your support of podocyte research in the Jones Lab.
Characterization of a novel disease-associated mutation within NPHS1 and its effects on nephrin phosphorylation and signaling has been published in PLOS One. This paper describes the molecular characterization of a newly identified mutation in the protein nephrin that causes congenital nephrotic syndrome, a disorder of the kidney. Congratulations Jim, Nikkita and Claire!
Read more about "Nov 20, 2018 — Lab Research Published in PLOS One"
Happy Halloween from the Jones Lab. Thank you Casey for your work carving this beautiful podocyte pumpkin for the College of Biological Science’s annual pumpkin carving content.
Thank you to everyone who came out today to participate in Guelph’s annual Kidney Walk and thank you to those who supported our bake sale fundraiser earlier this week. We raised over $800 for the Kidney Foundation of Canada!
Read more about "Sept 30, 2018 — Annual Kidney Walk and Bake Sale"
Nephrin Signaling in the Podocyte: An Updated View of Signal Regulation at the Slit Diaphragm and Beyond has been published in Frontiers in Endocrinology. Congratulations Claire and Nina!
Read more about "June 5, 2018 — Nephrin Signaling Review Article Published"
Dr. Jones was pleased to share the Jones Lab’s podocyte research at the 12th International Podocyte Conference in Montreal this week.
Read more about "May 31, 2018 — Lab Research Presented at Podocyte Conference"
Congratulations to Claire Martin for receiving a YWCA Women of Distinction Award, and thank you to everyone who came out to show your support.
Read more about "May 4, 2018 — Dr. Claire Martin Honoured as YWCA Women of Distinction"
The Jones Lab was pleased to host a lab tour and stakeholder forum today for the Kidney Foundation of Ontario. Thank you to all the volunteers from several MCB labs.
Read more about "April 24, 2018 — Kidney Foundation Lab Tour"
Congratulations Manali on receiving a CIHR travel grant to present her research at the 11th Conference on Signalling in Normal and Cancer Cells in Banff, Alberta.
Read more about "April 15, 2018 — Manali Receives CIHR Travel Grant"
Congratulations to Jones Lab PhD candidate Adam Golding on passing his qualifying exam today!
Thanks to an NSERC RTI grant awarded to purchase a new microscope for U of G’s Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Department of Psychology, the Jones lab will soon be performing new neuroscience and kidney imaging research.
Read more about "April 5, 2018 — Jones Lab part of team awarded NSERC RTI Grant for Microscope"
Congratulations to Jones Lab PhD candidate Hayley Lau on passing her qualifying exam today!
Congratulations to Jones Lab members Hayley Lau and Casey Williamson for both receiving NSERC PhD awards.
Read more about "April 2, 2018 — Congratulations Hayley and Casey"
Congratulations to the latest graduates from the Jones Lab: Dr. Claire Martin and Afreeda Mahesaniya (MSc).
Read more about "Feb 21, 2018 — Congratulations Claire and Afreeda"
