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We got away with 13 seconds to spare during our most recent Escape Room night out. Rumours say next time will be scary...muhahahaha...!

Congratulations to Nikita and Mengzhen. Their manuscript "Effects of Media Composition and Light Exposure on the Electrochemical Current Response during Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy Live Cell Imaging" was accepted in Analyst. This study discusses important experimental parameters for accurate SECM imaging of biological samples.

Sabine was awarded the UMFA/UM Merit Award for outstanding achievements in Research and Service.

Learn more here.

Shubhneet caught the attention of UMToday and her work on the electrochemical detection of cytochrome c oxidase deficiency was featured in July 2024. Congratulations, Shubhneet!

Find the article here. The feature video can also be accessed under the tab "Gallery".

Congratulations to Dhesmon who will start his own research group in September 2024 at Mount Saint Vincent University. Dhesmon is an expert in electroanalytical chemistry and a people person. Dhesmon, you will be an amazing group leader and supervisor! We can't wait to see you and your students at conferences.

Our Katherine was named a McCall MacBain Scholar. Over 700 students applied and 30 were selected (20 Canadians and 10 international students). We are overwhelmed with joy and are cheering for Katherine, who will start at McGill University in September. Read more here.

Congratulations, Yaser, who successfully defended his M.Sc. degree! We are very proud of him and wish him all the best for his future career (he already has a job offer in his pocket).

Luma competed in the 2024 Faculty of Science 3 Minute Thesis competition and was selected to advance to the final on April 10th at the Robert Schultz Theatre. Good luck, Luma!

Katherine receives an unheard of number of awards at the 2023 Chemistry Department Awards Night.

Congratulations to Michael, who got accepted into the Amgen Scholars Canada Program. What a recognition! Michael will fly to Toronto this summer to participate in the program.

At the annual awards night of the Department of Chemistry, The Kuss team impressed with several award winners. Congratulations, Nikita, Luma, Mengzhen, Kolby, Katherine, Yaser, and Fangqing!

Congratulations to Shubhneet and Dhesmon on their published article in PNAS! This work demonstrates how SECM can quantify the inherited disease Cytochrome C Oxidase Deficiency in young infants.

Chasz is a student at the Winnipeg MET school and has been with us for two years for his science graduation project. Today he got accepted into the Undergraduate Science Program at the University of Manitoba. Congratulations, Chasz!

Today we celebrate PhD Student Nikita Thomas and her publication in Analytical Chemistry. This paper demonstrates how even slight temperature variations alter the cellular activity during SECM live cell imaging.

We celebrate many birthdays throughout the year, but this month was Yaser's turn. Happy birthday, Yaser! We are glad to know you as a group member, colleague and friend.

Unstoppable Roy received the Best Undergraduate Poster Award at the Manitoba Materials Conference on May 9th, 2023. Well deserved, Roy! You are on a roll.

Michael was awarded the Best Poster Prize in Analytical Chemistry at the Western Canada Undergraduate Research Conference. Congratulations, Michael!

Congrats to Nikita, Nafisa and Vikram! Their paper "Single Cell Scanning Photo-electrochemical Microscopy using Micro-Optical-Ring Electrodes" was just accepted for publication in Biosensors and Bioelectronics.

After 2.5 highly productive and fun years, we are saying goodbye to Vikram, who is taking on a second postdoc position at McGill University. All the best, Vikram!

Wonderful news for Luma, who is the recipient of the 2022 Bert and Lee Friesen Graduate Scholarship in Chemistry, which recognizes excellence in research and academic achievements.
  

What a year for Nikita, who just won another scholarship. The Faculty of Graduate Studies Research Completion Scholarship is based on her excellent dissertation proposal.

Sabine is the recipient of the 2022 Falconer Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award in the Applied Science category. A big thanks goes to all students and researchers involved in our team over the last years.

Luma, Shubhneet, Nikita, Melak, Dhesmon and Sabine attended the 241st ECS Meeting in Vancouver. Congrats on their successful oral and poster presentations.

Sabine received a 2022 Student's Teacher Recognition award by the University of Manitoba Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning.

Congrats Nikita, who was awarded a Postgraduate Scholarship (PGS-D) by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). This is a wonderful recognition of Nikita's hard work and achievements and we are proud to have her as a member in our team.

Congrats to Shubhneet, who was selected for The Jack Prior Memorial Undergraduate Summer Research Prize 2022. Another great example that hard work usually pays off. Well done and well-deserved!

Anantjot and Armaandeep won gold medals at the annual Manitoba Schools Science Symposium and were designated as provincial delegates to advance onto the Canada Wide Science Fair. Congratulations to both!

We welcome Annie Jiang, Justin Liba, Ali Kandil, Roy Daou and Michael Zarychta as new group members! Michael received an NSERC Undergraduate Research Award, Justin, Annie and Roy were selected for Undergraduate Research awards from UofM, and Ali is the recipient of a Phil Hultin Award. Congrats to all on these prestigious recognition!

Congrats to Melak and Vikram on the publication of their manuscript in Electroanalysis!