Nominated Scientists
The following scientists have been nominated for listing on www.science.ca but have not yet been profiled. If you would like to nominate someone, or question the nomination of anyone listed here, please email info@science.ca.
Charles Beer
Organic ChemistryCo-discoverer of vinblastine (from the Madagascar periwinkle plant) with Robert Noble at the University of Western Ontario in 1958. Vinblastine is a major chemotherapy drug used to treat cancers such as Hodgkin's disease, testicular and breast cancers.
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Paul Corkum
Fluid Mechanics, Power Systems, Electromagnetics, Photonics, ElectronicsDeveloped attosecond (10^-18 or a billion billionths of a second) light pulses for molecular imaging.
DetailsEusebius J. Doedel
Mechanical, Aeronautical and Automotive EngineeringHis contributions to continuation and bifurcation theory, and his code AUTO are well known throughout the world in the fields of engineering and dynamical systems.
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Christian Marois
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space ScienceFirst to image planets orbiting a star system other than our solar system using speckle/noise suppression for direct exoplanet imaging using advance image processing techniques.
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Molecular BiologyDiscovered that stem cells could be harvested from human adult skin and that they could be used to grow nerve cells that could potentially help people with spinal cord injuries or Parkinson's disease.
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Molecular BiologyHelped to decode the genome for yeast. Is working on the molecular and genetic mechanism for meiosis, the special type of cell division that permits sexual reproduction.
DetailsWilliam (Bill) Rowan
Zoology, Animals, Physiology, MetabolismEarly Canadian ornithologist who discovered that photoperiodism, the length of days, was one of the main triggers of migration in birds.
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General Physics, Subatomic Particles, Optics, Biophysics, Theoretical PhysicsDriving force at Canada's Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
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BiochemistryElucidated the underlying biochemical principles that allow animals to make transitions to and from dormant states
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