Lab News
July 2025
Lab’s latest review paper, led by Erin, Hannah and Austin, is accepted in Immunity, Inflammation and Disease.
June 2025
Colin’s first research paper is now available on BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.12.659211
May 2025
Colin and Priyanka attend the American Academy of Immunologists (AAI) Annual Meeting in Honolulu, HI. Both present posters.
Erin gives a research talk at the CBS Graduate Student Symposium in the Host-Microbe Dynamics and Therapeutics session. Hannah presents a poster.
Carly Kadonoff joins the lab as an NSERC USRA.
April 2025
Erin is on a roll - she wins second place in the 3MT University of Guelph Campus Finals!
Erin's first research paper, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and UTDallas, is accepted! https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40253700/
The lab attends the Canadian Society of Immunology (CSI) Annual Meeting in Quebec. Colin presents a poster; Erin gives a talk in the Host-Pathogen Interactions: From Innate to Adaptive Immunity & Vaccines workshop.
Colin wins CIHR-IGH Best Poster That Considers Sex and/or Gender As Variables.
Erin wins CSI Top Pick in the Area of Pathogens and Immunity Award.
Way to go, Colin and Erin!
March 2025
Erin is the first-place winner of the 3MT College of Biological Science heat!
Congratulations to Hannah for successfully completing her Brown Bag Seminar.
December 2024
Priyanka delivers a research seminar at the BBS Seminar Series, McMaster University. Thank you, Dr. Lindsay Kalan, for the invitation.
Congratulations to Colin on passing his qualifying exam - outstanding work!
November 2024
Colin’s review paper is published in Immunology and Cell Biology. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39377394/
Priyanka gives a research seminar at McMaster Health Sciences Respiratory Research Seminar Series. Thank you, Dr. Paul O'Byrne, for the invitation.
The lab attends the Infection and Immunity Research Forum at Western University.
Colin and Hannah present posters.
Erin gives a talk and wins first place in the oral presentation competition!
September 2024
Hannah Dychtenberg joins the lab as an MSc Student and is awarded a CBS Graduate Student Scholarship.
Colin is also awarded a CBS Graduate Student Scholarship.
The lab welcomes four undergraduate project students: Julia Froment, Yvette Guth, Carly Kadonoff, and David Tawse.
June 2024
Sukhmeen Gill joins the lab as Research Technician II. Welcome, Sukhmeen!
May 2024
Austin Pozniak joins the lab as an NSERC USRA.
April 2024
Colin and Priyanka attend the Canadian Society for Microbiology (CSM) Annual Meeting in London, ON. Colin gives a talk in the CSM Section Symposium: Infection and Immunity.
The lab attends the Canadian Society of Immunology (CSI) Annual Meeting in Banff, AB.
Colin presents a poster ; Erin gives a talk in Host-Pathogen Interactions: From Innate to Adaptive Immunity & Vaccines workshop.
Colin wins 1st place in the poster competition.
Congratulations to Erin on an excellent Brown Bag presentation.
November 2023
The lab publishes its first review paper!! View it here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37998359/
October 2023
The lab receives a New Investigator Research Grant from the SickKids Foundation and the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) - Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH) for “The Role of Mrgprs in Atopic Dermatitis Skin Inflammation”.
September 2023
The lab receives a Medical Research Grant from the J.P. Bickell Foundation for “Targeted Activation of Mast Cells for Treatment of Cutaneous Wound Biofilms”.
Erin Rudolph joins the lab as an MSc Student.
Hannah Dychtenberg joins as an undergraduate project student.
June 2023
Congratulations to Colin on an excellent Brown Bag presentation.
May 2023
Hannah Glowacki joins the lab as an NSERC USRA.
March 2023
The lab publishes a research article in collaboration with Kulka lab at UoAlberta. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36970068/
January 2023
Colin Guth joins the lab as an MSc Student.
November 2022
Priyanka gives a research seminar at the Department of Chemistry & Biology, Toronto Metropolitan University.
The Pundir Lab is a co-investigator on a funded Skin Investigation Network (SkIN) of Canada Team Development Grant for “Patient-Oriented Management of the First Canadian Dermatitis Database and Biobank”.
September 2022
The lab receives a CFI JELF Grant for “Mast Cells and Microbiome: The Mrgpr link”.
August 2022
Erin Rudolph and Serra Taban join the lab as Undergraduate Research Project Students.
June 2022
The lab receives an NSERC Discovery Grant and a Discovery Launch Supplement for “Molecular Basis of Host-Microbe Interactions”.
May 2022
Cameron Bosveld joins the lab as a technician.
April 2022
The lab receives a College of Biological Science Teams Building Grant for “The Role of Mrgprs in Skin Inflammation”.
March 2022
Priyanka participates in the CIHR New Investigators Forum.
The lab officially opens in the Summerlee Science Complex at the University of Guelph.