Between March 6th and March 10th 2018, the Matthews Lab (Alex, Hiro, Susmita, and Dr. Matthews) attended the 65th Annual Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI) in San Diego, California. The meeting is provides a a platform for some of the leading scientists in the world to share their research in reproductive sciences and women's health. It also provides a tremendous opportunity for trainees to share their own research and learn from the leaders in their respec...

Pictured left to right: Dr. Shoo Lee, Dr. Stephen Lye, Dr. William Fraser, Dr. Cindy-Lee Dennis, Dr. Arthur Slutsky, Bill Blair (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and to the Minister of Health), and Dr. Stephen Matthews. November 20, 2017 A press conference held this morning at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St. Michael's Hospital - appropriately held on National Child Day - marked the launch of the Healthy Life Trajectories Initi...

  Publication title: Prenatal Glucocorticoid Exposure Modifies Endocrine Function and Behaviour for 3 Generations Following Maternal and Paternal Transmission. Congratulations to Vasilis and Andrea on the publication of their manuscript. The article can also be accessed here.

On Friday April 28th, the Matthews Lab attended the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology's Annual Research Day, held at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. Everyone had a great time learning about exciting research being conducted, as well as sharing their own work. Congratulations to Andrada and Susmita for doing a fantastic job during their first scientific poster presentations! A list of the project titles are as follows: Predictive Modelling of Behaviour Through Gene Expressi...

The Matthews Lab enjoyed a nice lunch at Matahari Bar & Grill (one of our favourite spots) in order to congratulate Vasilis Moisiadis in advance for his upcoming Doctoral Oral Defence. Vasilis is the longest-tenured trainee in our lab and has conducted extraordinary research, in addition to providing guidance and mentorship to his peers. We have no doubt that he will successfully defend his thesis and go on to demonstrate excellence in his future career. Best of Luck, Vasilis!

The Matthews lab enjoyed a nice lunch at Matahari Bar & Grill to celebrate Alice's birthday, today! Our lab would undoubtedly be chaos without her daily source of wisdom. We hope she enjoyed it! Happy birthday, Alice! We wish you all the best!