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Primates, Genomics and Ecology Lab takes on COVID-19

• Pat Garraway says science saved his son Madden’s life.

UCalgary research and diagnostics collaboration to benefit families throughout Alberta

A five-year international study led by Faculty of Science biologists has identified a natural mechanism in caribou that preserves and ensures long-term genetic and behavioural diversity of the species in various habitats across western North America, from Alaska to the Southern Rockies. Photo by Mark Bradley

University of Calgary-led study finds natural mechanism that ensures long-term biological diversity in caribou

Sarthak Sinha was a Grade 9 student when he first worked as a volunteer in the University of Calgary lab of Jeff Biernaskie. Photo by Riley Brandt, University of Calgary

That ninth-grade science project really paid off

A new gene discovery by a team of University of Calgary researchers has the potential to help yield safer, less expensive synthetic opioid pharmaceuticals. Photos by Riley Brandt, University of Calgary

UCalgary-based team takes big step toward producing safer, less expensive pain-killing medications

From left: Peter Facchini, professor in biological sciences, Jill Hagel, research associate, and Scott Farrow, PhD student. They have characterized a novel gene that encodes the gateway enzyme in the formation of morphine and begun to understand how poppies synthesize the pain killing enzymes. Photo by Riley Brandt, University of Calgary

Scientists discover how opium poppies synthesize morphine