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- Dr. Denice Bay, Associate Professor and Associate Head of Graduate Studies in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Max Rady College of Medicine, Adjunct Professor in Microbiology⁠

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- Hubert Sidarta, Undergraduate International Student in the Genetics Honours and Co-op program⁠
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- Mubashshir Bari (Shirsho), Graduate student, Department of Microbiology⁠
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- Dr. Az Klymiuk, Assistant Professor, Indigenous Scholar in Science, Department of Biological Sciences⁠
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- Dr. Sarah Veatch, Daniel Axelrod Collegiate Professor of Biophysics and Physics, and Director of the Biophysics Unit, University of Michigan⁠

Dr. Veatch will share a lecture titled "Using physics to function: How cells use phase transitions at membranes to sense and respond to changing environments."⁠

Right after the seminar, there's a panel discussion featuring Dr. Sarah Veatch and members of the UM 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

He is also involved in extracurriculars as the Vice President of the Microbiology Students’ Club (MiSC) and the University of Manitoba Synthetic Biology Club (UM SynBio). Outside of academics, he enjoys reading, playing board games, and cooking.

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Hubert is a fifth-year undergraduate student pursuing a B.Sc. (Honours Co-op) in Genetics with an interest in immunology, cancer research, and synthetic biology.

They also collaborate in research and acti related to Indigenous food sovereignty and cultural revitalization.⁠
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Prior to joining UM, they were responsible for managing the paleobotanical collection at the Field Museum in Chicago IL. Their research at the University of Manitoba focuses on ecological drivers and diversity of plant mycobiomes, particularly in wetland settings.

Klymiuk is an autistic nonbinary Two-Spirit asexual first generation scholar, who began their academic career as a paleontologist at the University of Alberta (BSc. Paleontology, MSc. Systematics and Evolution) and the University of Kansas, where they transitioned into microbial ecology.⁠
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Dr. Az Klymiuk is a Cree, Red River Metis, and Slavic citizen of the Metis Nation of Alberta with family connections in Saddle Lake Goodfish Lake First Nation (Treaty 6).

They also collaborate in research and acti related to Indigenous food sovereignty and cultural revitalization.⁠
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Register now, www.eventbrite.ca/e/breaking-b...
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#UMScience #UManitoba #UManitobaSci

Prior to joining UM, they were responsible for managing the paleobotanical collection at the Field Museum in Chicago IL. Their research at the University of Manitoba focuses on ecological drivers and diversity of plant mycobiomes, particularly in wetland settings.

Klymiuk is an autistic nonbinary Two-Spirit asexual first generation scholar, who began their academic career as a paleontologist at the University of Alberta (BSc. Paleontology, MSc. Systematics and Evolution) and the University of Kansas, where they transitioned into microbial ecology.⁠

Dr. Az Klymiuk is a Cree, Red River Metis, and Slavic citizen of the Metis Nation of Alberta with family connections in Saddle Lake Goodfish Lake First Nation (Treaty 6).