October 24th, 2025

PUBLICATION ALERT! No, you aren't seeing double, MitoMetabLab got its second paper acceptance notice OF THE DAY! TMED MSc alumna Dalia Miller's state-of-the-field review of MASLD will be available soon in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism! Our Toronto field correspondent is awaiting comment from Ms. Miller.

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October 24th, 2025

PUBLICATION ALERT! In what has to be some kind of record, TMED PhD candidate Mia Wilkinson has had another paper accepted this week! Her first 1st author research manuscript will be available soon in Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, and is titled 'Platelet bioenergetics correlate with skeletal muscle respiration in a murine model of Type II Diabetes'. When asked for comment, she was speechless (another MitoMetabLab first!)! Congratulations to Mia and we are grateful for our collaborators in the School of Kinesiology & Health Studies here at Queen's - Dr. Chris McGlory and his crew worked very hard to help us push this study over the line.

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October 22nd, 2025

PUBLICATION ALERT! Never one to take her foot off the throttle, TMED PhD candidate Mia Wilkinson has dropped a comprehensive review in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences titled 'Redox homeostasis in metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes: role of skeletal muscle and impact of gold-standard treatments'. When asked for comment, she sang 'I get by with a little help from my friends'... kudos to all Team MitoMetabLab authors! 

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September 12th, 2025

DEFENSE ALERT! MitoMetabLab is thrilled to share (and can confirm it is NOT Groundhog Day!) that TMED MSc student Dalia Miller has successfully defended her Master's thesis! We look forward to celebrating her convocation in November and are excited to see where Dalia heads next (a little birdie told us that she caught the research bug and is applying to PhD programs... don't tell her that we know!).

 

September 1st, 2025

How is summer over already?! Team MitoMetabLab has been hard at work all summer - stay tuned for publication news! We are pleased to welcome incoming TMED MSc students Roan and Hannah, PATH499 students Korina and Ryan, our first Biomedical Informatics MSc student Erica, and a new Discovery Team. Have a safe and productive start to fall term.

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June 24th, 2025

Another year has passed and convocation has arrived! Team MitoMetabLab says Bon Voyage and congratulates Discovery 'Team Powerhouse' Megan (Univ. Limerick - Medicine/Surgery), Taas (USask - Dentistry), Abbie (Queen's - Exp. Med.), Jacob (UBC Oka - MSc), Mo (UOttawa - Health Professions), as well as Kiana (McMaster - MSc Population Health before Law School), Jamie (U of T - MSc), and Jayne (Oakville - medical assistant). They leave big shoes to fill in September.

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June 23rd, 2025

PUBLICATION ALERT! Shout out to almost-graduated TMED MSc student Dalia Miller on the publication of her review 'Preclinical models of mitochondrial dysfunction: mtDNA and nuclear-encoded regulators in diverse pathologies' available now (open access!) in Frontiers in Aging. 

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May 9th, 2025

AWARD ALERT! Team MitoMetabLab delivered the ultimate surprise ahead of this year's TMED Student Banquet. Dr. Dunham-Snary is this year's recipient of the Excellence in Graduate Supervision Award! When asked for comment, KDS is honored to receive this award, and thanks her stellar trainees for nominating her, and her mentors for their lessons. She hopes to continue doing it "mostly right".

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April 30th, 2025

FUNDING ALERT! We are thrilled to share that TMED PhD candidate Mia Wilkinson has secured a CGS-D Canada Graduate Scholarship to support her investigation of platelet mitochondrial function in CMD. Congratulations Mia!

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April 17th, 2025

AWARD ALERT! Dr. Dunham-Snary and Team MitoMetabLab attended the 3rd Annual TIME Symposium hosted by the Translational Institute of Medicine here at Queen's. PhD candidate Mia Wilkinson became the first back-to-back winner of the TMED Excellence in Research Award, and gave an outstanding presentation of her current research. TMED MSc student Dalia Miller was recognized with the TMED External Grant Award, celebrating her Abstract-Travel Award from SfRBM 2024. An outstanding day celebrating research and collaboration.

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April 17th, 2025

AWARD ALERT! Dr. Dunham-Snary and Team MitoMetabLab attended the 3rd Annual TIME Symposium hosted by the Translational Institute of Medicine here at Queen's. PhD candidate Mia Wilkinson became the first back-to-back winner of the TMED Excellence in Research Award, and gave an outstanding presentation of her current research. TMED MSc student Dalia Miller was recognized with the TMED External Grant Award, celebrating her Abstract-Travel Award from SfRBM 2024. An outstanding day celebrating research and collaboration.

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April 1-3, 2025

Team MitoMetabLab wishes good luck to all QHS undergraduates presenting their thesis research at their poster presentations this week! We are looking forward to cheering on HSCI thesis students Jayne and Kiana, PATH499 student Jamie, and our DISC 599 Team - Team Powerhouse!

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​​February 14th, 2025

PUBLICATION ALERT! Valentine's Day is extra sweet for Team MitoMetabLab - we are toasting our FIRST-EVER peer-reviewed publication of our data and findings! Huge congratulations to TMED alumnus Abhishek and the whole MML team. In this study, we explore how mtDNA signature and diet shape the metabolomic profiles in skeletal muscle and the circulation of mice with diet-induced cardiometabolic disease! 

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January 6th, 2025

Welcome back! Everyone has returned to campus after a pleasant holiday break. Dr. Dunham-Snary will be in the classroom this winter semester as both Co-ordinator and Instructor of the still very popular LISC 391 laboratory course. Graduate students are wrapping up course work, getting ready for spring committee meetings, and our undergraduates are starting their last lap! Wishing everyone a productive, healthy term!

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