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Arthur Wynne Gold Medal Awarded to Reinhart Reithmeier

4 February 2022|

The Canadian Society for Molecular Biosciences (CSMB) Arthur Wynne Gold Medal is presented by the CSMB to an individual who has made a major contribution to molecular biosciences in Canada over their career.  LINK

All CSMB award winners will present lectures at the 65th CSMB Meeting: Membrane Proteins in Health and Disease, which will take place April […]

Degrees of Success

30 April 2021|

Reinhart Reithmeier was a member of an Expert Panel convened by the Council of Canadian Academies on “The Labour Market Transition of PhD Graduates”.  The key findings include:

  • PhD graduates bring valued skills to a wide range of sectors, although these skills are often not fully recognized outside academia
  • The number of PhD graduates in Canada is increasing, yet lags behind other OECD countries who have more robust R&D investment
  • […]

Red Cell Anion Exchanger Makes the Cover of Biophysical Journal

1 October 2019|

Dario De Vecchis, a post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Antreas Kalli at Leeds, University, in a collaborative project with Reinhart Reithmeier used molecular dynamics simulations to build the first atomic scale model of the red cell anion exchanger in a complex lipid bilayer that mimics the native membrane. This work appeared in the latest edition of the Biophyisical Journal.  The modelling revealed the dynamic nature […]

10,000 PhDs Project Highlighted in Science

15 March 2019|

A March 12th article in Science Careers on the changing career landscape for PhD graduates highlighted the 10,000 PhDs Project and the importance of determining the career outcomes of PhD graduates.

The 10 founding universities in the Coalition for Next Generation Life Sciences, including UCSF, Johns Hopkins and Cornell, have now released data on their PhD students, including times to completion and their career choices within 1 year after graduation, 5 […]

10,000 PhDs Project Published in PLOS ONE

16 January 2019|

Where do today’s PhDs find work?  Do they all become professors?  The 10,000 PhDs Project at the University of Toronto (U of T) answers these questions as highlighted in an article published January 16, 2019 in the open-access science journal PLOS ONE.

The 10,000 PhDs Project used publically-available information to determine the current employment positions of the 10,886 individuals who graduated with a PhD from U of T in all […]

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Our Politicians Need to Understand Why Science Matters

18 July 2018|

Reinhart Reithmeier and Peter Love, Vice-Chair and Chair respectfully, of the Royal Canadian Institute for Science (RCIScience) published an Op-Ed piece in the July 14 issue of the Toronto Star entitled “Our Politicians Need to Understand Why Science Matters”.

The article highlights the importance of science in driving innovation, in our educational system, and in the public and political arenas.  It raises concerns about the dismissal of Ontario’s Chief […]

Snapshot from the end of one of the atomistic simulations in which mdAE1 is embedded in a complex asymmetric bilayer (Band3_AT-1). The different lipid types are shown in different colors and the water is shown in ice-blue.

Molecular Dynamics of a Blood Group Antigen

18 July 2018|

In a collaborative project started during a sabbatical leave at Oxford, Reinhart Reithmeier and Antreas Kalli (Leeds) used computer simulations to characterize the dynamics of the human red blood cell anion transport protein Band 3 in a complex lipid bilayer.

The study was published on-line July 16th in PLOS Computational Biology.

The simulations showed that the signalling lipid, PIP2, binds to specific sites on the Band 3 protein, a hub […]

The 10,000 PhDs Project

2 February 2018|

The 10,000 PhDs Project, an initiative of the School of Graduate Studies, used internet searches to determine the current (2016) employment positions of the 10,886 individuals who graduated from the University of Toronto from 2000 to 2015 in all disciplines.

An Op-Ed article by Reinhart Reithmeier on the 10,000 PhDs Project was published in University Affairs on February 1, 2018 along with a news […]

Dr. Reinhart Reithmeier – featured in UofT podcast, Raw Talk

6 November 2017|

Dr. Reinhart Reithmeier talks on “student engagement” on the U of T podcast Raw Talk: http://www.rawtalkpodcast.com/2017/03/10/episode-11-dr-reinhart-reithmeier/

 

 

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Hot off the press!

22 September 2016|

Success After Graduate School” is NOW available.

Drs. Nana Lee and Reinhart Reithmeier are the co-authors of this guidebook for graduate professional development designed to help create the pathway to your dream career. Special thanks to Nikko Torres for his illustrations and book design work. Thank-you to all students and faculty who helped shape this creation!

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Mentorship Matters: The Case for Graduate Professional Development

2 February 2016|

Professor Reinhart Reithmeier and Christopher Kelleher, a PhD Candidate in English, published an article entitled “Mentorship Matters: The Case for Graduate Professional Development” in the on-line version of Academic Matters, OCUFA’s Journal of Higher Education.

http://www.academicmatters.ca/2016/01/mentorship-matters-the-case-for-graduate-professional-development/

An image of Professor Reithmeier with students.

Are You My Mentor?

2 December 2015|

An invited article by Professor Reinhart Reithmeier entitled “Are You My Mentor?” has been published in the Career Advice section of University Affairs:

(http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/are-you-my-mentor/)

The article highlights the critical role a well-chosen mentor can play in a graduate student’s success in academia and beyond.