The first high-throughput genomics lab in BC outside of the Lower Mainland is now open at Thompson Rivers University, thanks to nearly $750,000 in federal…

They’re community builders, athletes, volunteers and scholars. In our TRU Trailblazers series, we’re profiling some of our 2017 major scholarship winners. Read on to meet…

[caption id="attachment_2503061" align="alignright" width="372"] Dr. Naowarat Cheeptham, Associate Professor, Biology[/caption] A team of Canadian researchers  are developing a new preventative treatment to combat a deadly disease that is…

[caption id="attachment_2482708" align="alignright" width="418"] Lyn Baldwin, Kim Naqvi, Nancy Flood, Elizabeth Templeman and Ginny Ratsoy, authors of the 15th Green Guide, Place-Based Education: An Inter…

They’re community builders, athletes, volunteers, and scholars. In this series titled TRU Trailblazers, we’re profiling some of our 2017 major scholarship winners. Read on to…

[caption id="attachment_2381661" align="alignleft" width="465"] Richenda McFarlane with some cultures grown from cave bacteria.[/caption] Each time she looks through a microscope to better understand cave bacteria,…

Dr. Matt Reudink, Associate Professor of Biology, has been awarded the prestigious Northcote and Brink Professorship. The Professorship may be held for up to three…

As an on-campus and community-based volunteer, fourth-year chemical biology major Braedon Paul has an action-packed schedule.  Much of Braedon’s connectedness with the community is through…

Nearly 20 years ago, Dr. Wendy Gardner set up two test plots on old tailings at a nearby mine that were amended using Metro Vancouver biosolids. Today,…

[caption id="attachment_2025283" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Drawings by biology faculty member Stephen Joly are sketched on a whiteboard in the Faculty of Science break room.[/caption]   A small…

Witnessing profound poverty in Roorkee, India this summer forever changed Jagdeesh Uppal's view of the world. He also saw how he can make a difference.…

The Faculty of Science is gearing up for what could be its best Science and Technology Program Information Night ever. The Nov. 24 event runs…

On Aug. 1, we celebrate BC’s birthday and here at TRU there is a lot to celebrate—including all of the ground-breaking research being done by…

Genome BC’s Geneskool Summer Camp is underway this week. High school students from Kamloops, Delta, Nanoose Bay, Sun Peaks, Langley, Surrey and Calgary are on…

Six Thompson Rivers University researchers received nearly $200,000 through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grants program, announced today by the Government…

Dylan Ziegler has had an impressively busy spring. The fourth year biology student first tackled the Undergraduate Research and Innovation Conference in March, where he…

Jagdeesh Uppal is many things — as captain of the TRU swim team, he is a gifted athlete and leader, and as a fourth-year chemical…

The Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia (REFBC) has granted $150,000 to TRU in support of the creation of a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research…

TRU presented its annual merit awards and years of service awards April 20, 2016. About 200 colleagues and supporters attended the ceremony held in the Grand…

It was stiff competition, but Elizabeth Watt from the University of Calgary took top spot at the Western Canadian Three Minute Thesis (3MT) for her presentation, “Permanent Breast…