This research school is organized by the Maud Menten Institute and part of a series of events that emerges from the collaboration of three bodies: The 3MC program (South Africa), PIMS (Canada) and ICMS (UK).
The school will be held on the Fort Gary Campus of the University of Manitoba. Lectures, project work, coffee breaks and meals will take place at St John’s College (SJC).
Supported non-local students will be housed at the St John’s College Residence (17 Sifton Road). Breakfasts, lunches and dinners will also be provided for the duration of your time at the Daily Bread Café, within the St John’s College building. Each room is supplied with linens and towels, but please remember to bring your own toiletries.
When you arrive at 17 Sifton Road, please call the Don on duty at 204-291-5687, who will assist you with your check-in and help you get settled. A Don is on duty 24/7.
Lunches and dinners will be provided for the duration of the school at the Daily Bread Café.
Instructors will be housed at the Pembina Hall Residence (30 Maclean Crescent). Check in at Arthur Mauro Residence (120 Dafoe Road), where you will receive keys. Please email Conference.Residence@umanitoba.ca at least 4 days in advance with your expected arrival time so that the residence office (204-474-9922) can ensure rooms are prepared.
Breakfasts, lunches and dinners will be provided for the duration of the school at the Daily Bread Café.
St John’s College (Google Map link)
The school will be held on the Fort Garry (main) Campus of the University of Manitoba, located in the south end of the city.
Fast direct bus service is available from downtown to the Fort Garry Campus using the Blue Rapid Transit Line. Be careful to take a University of Manitoba destined bus, not one headed to Saint Norbert. Other bus lines connecting downtown to the campus are the 47 and the 60 lines.
You can use Google Maps or the Winnipeg Transit website to obtain bus information. Bus fares are $3.55 in cash (drivers do not give change) or $3.00 using tickets or e-cash (the latter requires to buy a $5.00 card, peggo e-passes).
To reach the UofM Fort Garry Campus, there are taxis, Uber or buses.
For taxi: Taxi service from the airport is provided by Unicity Taxi. Taxis are available on Arrivals Level 1 near Door 3 of the terminal. It will likely cost around $45.
For Uber: Rideshare services will pick you up on Arrivals Level 1 outside of Door 1.
For bus: Winnipeg Transit offers bus service to and from the airport from 5:24 a.m. to 1:17 a.m. The bus terminal is located on the median between the two lanes of traffic outside on Arrivals Level 1, closest to Door 3.
Take Bus 15 or 20 from the airport and then connect to Blue, obtain your itinerary with Navigo. It costs $3.35 in cash.
The summer school aims to equip students with essential tools and methodologies for investigating complex molecular and cellular questions. Courses will cover techniques relevant to structural, molecular and cellular biology, all driven by specific biological questions. Cancer will be used as an integrative example throughout the program.
The schedule with rooms can be accessed here.
Each day includes four to three 1.5-hour sessions by mathematicians and biologists, covering biological problems, theoretical concepts, applications and computational tools.
To ensure the access to the material, lecture notes, slides and codes will be uploaded to a shared drive. Link to access the shared drive will be circulated at the begining of the school.
Students will work in small groups on assigned research projects, applying the concepts covered in the lectures. Project topics will be presented on June 16th from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. A Google form will be circulated afterward, asking students to indicate their first, second, and third choices for project topics.
Groups will be formed based on students’ preferences, academic backgrounds, and geographic diversity to foster collaborative learning and research.
Instructors will provide guidance during the “Supervised Project” sessions held every weekday from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm.
Each group will present their findings in an oral presentation on Friday, June 27th, and submit a written report by Thursday, June 26th.
Winnipeg is the capital of the Province of Manitoba, in central Canada and is home to close to 800,000 people.
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Delegate discounts are available for attendees.
Special thanks to E. Novak, Tourism Winnipeg.
Please contact Alison Skopalek with 3MC-PIMS-ICMS-WINNIPEG-2025 in the email subject for any information regarding the school.