<![CDATA[Marczenko Lab - News]]>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:09:37 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[OCCI Day 2026]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:16:18 GMThttps://www.marczenkolab.com/news1/occi-dayVictoria and Tristan presented at OCCI day. Both did a great job. Victoria was awarded a prize for one of the best 15 minute talks. Congratulations to all that presented!
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]]><![CDATA[Winter 2026 Updates]]>Fri, 01 May 2026 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.marczenkolab.com/news1/winter-term-updatesLots has been going on these past few months. Kate was awarded the 2025 Polanyi Prize in Chemistry. Victoria was awarded an NSERC CGRS-D. Congratulations Victoria! The lab is also getting lots of new equipment! A new glovebox recently arrived and has been keeping us busy. 
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  • January 2025: The Marczenko Lab is moving to a bigger space! We are now located in SC426 (Steacie Building).  
  • March 2025: Our CFI-JELF application was successful. Lots of new infrastructure to be purchased in the very near future.
  • May 2025: Congratulations to Victoria for being awarded an NSERC-CGS-M!
  • June 2025: We are hosting the Canadian Chemical Crystallography Workshop (CCCW) on Carleton University campus this year. We are all very excited for a week full of crystal structures and lots of learning. 
  • June 2025: Victoria and Kate are in Quebec City, QC, for the Can-UK symposium on Inorganic chemistry. The whole group is attending CSC in Ottawa, ON, this month. Lots of oral and poster presentations - check us out!
  • August 2025: Congratulations to James for defending his M.Sc. thesis. James is the first Marczenko lab graduate. Go James!
]]><![CDATA[Updates (2024)]]>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.marczenkolab.com/news1/updates-2024
  • Jan-April 2024: There was lots of great new this semester when it comes to awards and scholarships!
    • Congratulations to James and Victoria for winning the Fluorosense Inc. Scholarship.
    • Congratulations to Adriana, who was awarded an NSERC USRA to conduct research through the McGill Biomedical Research Accelerator (MBRA) summer program this summer. 
    • Kate was awarded funding through a CU Research Development Grant, NSERC DG, and NRC New Beginnings Initiative. 
  • April 2024: Congratulations to Marshall and Jerry on excellent poster presentations of their I-CUREUS (Marshall) and Honours (Jerry) research!
  • May 2024: James and Victoria did a great job presenting their research at OCCI (Ottawa Carleton Chemistry Institute) day. Victoria was awarded one of the prizes for best talk. Congratulations! 
  • May/June 204: James attended the 15th Canadian Chemical Crystallography Workshop in Winnipeg, MB. 
  • May 2024: Tristan Lacasse joins the group as a M.Sc. student. He is working on a collaborative project with the National Research Council of Canada. Souyma joins as a MITACS exchange student from India. Kailey joins as an ICE student from York U, and is co-supervised with Prof. Barry here at Carleton. Welcome!
  • June 2024: Kate, Victoria, and James, are attending the Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CSC 2024) in Winnipeg this year. Kate's talk is Monday at 10:40am in Room 2G East. Victoria and James will be presenting posters during the Tuesday evening poster session. 
    Update: Presentations are complete!
  • July 2024: The group's recent Chem. Comm. publication has been highlighted in their blog (https://blogs.rsc.org/cc/2024/07/10/chemcomm-milestones-kate-marczenko/). Check it out to learn more about research in the Marczenko lab and what we hope to accomplish over the next few years!
  • August 2024: Kate starts maternity leave and welcomes a baby girl to her family. 
  • Dec 2024: Congratulations to Victoria for a successful comprehensive exam and transfer to the Ph.D. program!
]]><![CDATA[Updates (2023)]]>Sun, 31 Dec 2023 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.marczenkolab.com/news1/updates-2023
  • Kate starts at Carleton University on June 1, 2023. We are hiring motivated students for start dates within the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 academic years.
  • June 2023: James and Victoria came to visit the new lab, and the Marczenko lab and Barry lab had their first joint social.
  • September 2023: The Marczenko Lab welcomes James, Jerry, and Marshall to the lab! James is our first M.Sc. student, Jerry is our first Honors project student, and Marshall is our first I-CUREUS project student. We are all very exciting for the upcoming semester. ​ Update: We also welcome Adrianna to the lab, who is our second I-CUREUS project student. 
  • December 2023: The Marczenko Lab celebrates the holidays with pizza in Little Italy. 
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