Oct 31, 2024 — Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween from the Jones Lab! We had a fun and festive time dressing up as the Twilight Baseball scene for MCB departmental trick-or-treating.
Oct 2, 2024 — Jones Lab at Vancouver Invadosome Consortium
Hayley Smith and Erka Shata are attending this year's Invadosome Consortium in Vancouver. Today, Erka presented her work on Nck adaptor proteins!
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Sept 29, 2024 — Jones Lab at the Kidney Walk
Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's Kidney Walk!
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Sept 24, 2024 — Kidney “Bake” Sale Fundraiser
Our continuously evolving annual kidney "bake sale" fundraiser is happening today to support the Kidney Foundation of Canada. We had lots of treats, appetizers, and even stickers! At our bake sale, we made just over $800 - wow!
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Sept 20, 2024 — Alice wins MCB Pharmacia Award
Congratulations to Alice Wang for receiving the MCB Pharmacia Poster Award…
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September 5, 2024 — Welcome New Students
The Jones lab is very excited to have Matt Hibbert and Nate Petersen back for an MSc and PhD, respectively. The Jones Lab also welcomes new undergraduate student, Ali Nielissen, and welcomes back Abby Vyn as fourth year project students!
Aug 22nd, 2024— Congratulations Nate!
Congratulations to Jones/Zhang lab's Nate Petersen, for his successful defense on Modulation of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases Using Ubiquitin Variant Induced Proximity!
Aug 13, 2024 — Jones Lab at Ontario Cell Biology Symposium
Jones Lab attended and help hosted the Ontario Cell Biology Symposium at the University of Guelph this year. Many of our students, including Alice, Cassie, Erka, Hayley, and Hyeyun were on the student organizing committee and led several initiatives such as setting up networking BINGO, a photobooth, and lab-equipment based guessing games!
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Aug 9, 2024 — 17th Annual CBS Undergraduate Poster Day
Congratulations to all of the undergraduate students who participated in the College of Biological Science Annual Undergraduate Poster Day today and presented their summer research projects! From the Jones lab, Abby, Nikoo, and Matt presented posters.
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Aug 1, 2024 — Lab Research Published in Endocrinology
Reduced Nephrin Tyrosine Phosphorylation Enhances Insulin Secretion and Increases Glucose…
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July 11, 2024 — Jones Lab Receives CIHR Funding
The Jones Lab is elated to receive $879,750 in federal funding from CIHR to study the molecular mechanisms behind podocyte health and disease.
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July 18, 2024 — Congratulations Erka
Congratulations to Erka Shata for nailing her qualifying exam! The Jones…
July 11, 2024 — Jones lab gets creative
The Jones lab took an afternoon away from the bench to get creative at Play with Clay in downtown Guelph! Who knew we had this many artists in the lab?
July 10, 2024— Congratulations Una!
Congratulations to a beloved lab member, Una Pantic, for her…
July 1, 2024 — Jones Lab Awarded Kidney Foundation Grant
The Jones Lab is excited to announce that we have been awarded…
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June 14, 2024 — Congratulations Jones Lab Graduates
Congratulations to Jones Lab members Justin Chamberlain, Kara Cook, and Dr. Casey Williamson!
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June 14, 2024 — Dr. Jones Appointed to Tier I Canada Research Chair
The Jones Lab is thrilled to announce that Dr. Nina Jones has been…
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June 14, 2024 — Jones Lab Receives CRC Funding
The Jones Lab is elated to receive funding from the Canada Research Chairs program as a new Tier I CRC!
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May 6, 2024 — Congratulations Hayley
Congratulations to Hayley Smith for her very successful qualifying exam! Our…
May 1, 2024 — Alice and Cassie awarded CGS-M and OGS
M.Sc. students Alice Wang and Cassandra Clausen were successful in…
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May 1, 2024 — Welcome New Students
The Jones Lab welcomes new undergrads Mathew Hibbert, joining the lab with a USRA scholarship, and Abby Vyn, joining with a CBS-SRA scholarship. We also welcome Nikoo Mansourian, joining us for a fourth-year project!
April 23, 2024— Congratulations Casey
Congratulations to the new Dr. Casey Williamson on her extremely…
April 18th, 2024 — Happy end of W24
As another academic year comes to an end, the Jones lab celebrates with ice cream at the Boathouse! Even if it was almost freezing outside...
Mar 14th, 2024 – World Kidney Day
World Kidney Day (WKD) is celebrated internationally every second Thursday in March to raise awareness of the importance of our kidneys. This year, the theme of WKD is: Kidney Health for All - Advancing equitable access to care and optimal medication practice.