Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht, head of the Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Medicine in the U of M’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, once again allows TV cameras into his lab to disprove a myth about the effects of cold weather on the body.
Tonight, as part of a Nature of Things segment on “Myth or […]
Tonight on TV: Oops! Professor Popsicle Does It Again!
November 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Advisory, Biology, Environment and Geography, Health, Kinesiology, Media, Medicine, Outreach, Research, Science, Sports, Video
Tags:climate·cold·heat loss·Media·myths·physiology·rescue·survival·weather
News Release: Biomedical Youth Summer Camp
July 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Biology, Chemistry, Health, Medicine, News Release, Outreach, Pharmacy, Research, Science
University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine hosts free Biomedical Youth Summer Camp
More than 220 Aboriginal, new Canadian and inner-city students will participate in hands-on science experiments and activities at the Faculty of Medicine’s week-long Biomedical Youth Summer Camp.
Students will conduct science experiments to detect cancer, study physiology of vision and sound, learn about soil analysis […]
Tags:biomedicine·camp·cancer·Education·genetics·kids·physiology·Science·summer·youth
Campus Cast: Mammoth Resurrection
May 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Campus Cast, Podcast, Research, Science
In this edition of Campus Cast, University of Manitoba physiologist Kevin Campbell explains how he and his team were able to ‘resurrect’ authentic woolly mammoth hemoglobin - the blood protein responsible for delivering oxygen from the lungs to the tissues.Campus Cast is semi-weekly podcast produced by the University of Manitoba that allows researchers to talk […]
Tags:blood·Campus Cast·Chemistry·hemoglobin·mammoth·physiology·Podcast·Science·woolly mammoth
