Blog Posts
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Sustainable ancestral fisheries across millennia
Interview to our January 2025 AaRC TikTalk speaker Jesse Morin
Vancouver is currently the major city across the Canadian Pacific coast, and the third biggest urban area in Canada after Toronto and Montreal. Located along the Burrard Peninsula, i...
Post · November 01, 2025
Achieving better techniques for DNA preservation and recovery
Interview to our February 2025 AaRC TikTalk speaker Alexander Salis
Natural History Museums around the world hold vast collections of plants and animals, seized, catalogued, preserved and stored in an attempt to capture a snapshot of their livin...
Post · November 01, 2025
Resolving the taxonomic puzzle of bush babies
Interview to our February 2025 AaRC TikTalk speaker Anna Penna
“When I reached England in the spring of 1862, I found myself surrounded by a room full of packing-cases, containing the collections that I had from time to time sent home for my pri...
Post · November 01, 2025
🎉 This week marks 10 years since I defended my PhD!
It’s hard to believe how much has happened since that moment: the excitement of every discovery, the incredible mentors, and fantastic colleagues who shaped my path.
In the ten years since, I’ve had the chance to keep exploring the questions that...
Post · October 31, 2025
🧑🧑🧒🧒🧬Parenthood and science, two journeys rooted in patience and care.
Parenthood has changed how I see science. In the lab, I plan, test, and wait for results I cannot fully control. At home, I do the same. Both remind me that growth takes time and that curiosity thrives when we create space for it.
Balancing resea...
Post · October 31, 2025
The Courage to Stand for Diverse Schools
My name is James Noonan. I live in Roxbury. I’m an associate professor of education and parent of two students at the Nathan Hale School.
I’d like to speak to you about the values you bring to your work on this committee. I hope and trust that e...
Post · October 30, 2025
Self-Project: Classifying Brain Tumors with Deep Learning and MRI Scans
As a bioengineering student with a passion for neuroscience and neuro-imaging, I'm constantly exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and medicine. One of the most promising frontiers is using deep learning to analyze medical images,...
Post · October 29, 2025
Universidad y estrés: aprender a parar también es aprender
A veces, en la universidad hablamos mucho de rendimiento, de plazos o de exámenes, pero muy poco de cómo nos sentimos mientras atravesamos todo eso.
El estrés forma parte de la vida académica, tanto de los estudiantes como de los docentes, y apre...
Post · October 29, 2025