Thank you to Dr. Katherine Blackford for a wonderful invited group meeting discussion!

We were thrilled to have Dr. Katherine Blackford from UC Berkeley join us for our weekly group meeting! Dr. Blackford presented her research on metacognitive regulation in organic chemistry students, focusing on how and why students use metacognitive strategies when predicting reactivity. This work is part of her publication authored within the Baranger Group, Chemistry Education Group at UC Berkeley.

We had an engaging discussion about the publication and gained valuable insights from Dr. Blackford about her research in chemistry education and her current role at UC Berkeley.

Welcome Samuel and Priyanka to the group!

Meet our newest FRG members Samuel and Priyanka! Priyanka and Samuel are both in their 3rd year of Health Sciences. We look forward to all the great contributions they will make in the group!!

UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITY WITH DR. CRISTIAN ZAELZER

Dr. Cristian Zaelzer, a scientist and graphic designer, will be facilitating a virtual workshop where we will learn the foundational concepts to create infographics. If interested, please use the link below or the QR code on the attached flyer.

Registration link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/75TX6TR

Congratulations to Thalia and the uOttawa iGEM team!!!!

Thalia, as a member of the iGEM uOttawa team, represented our university in Paris, France, and was awarded a Gold medal at the International iGEM competition in Synthetic Biology innovation. With over 400 teams from around the world competing, her team was ranked top 5 in the Biomanufacturing category against 47 other universities at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and was also the runner-up for the Best Plant award.

Welcome Jolia to the group and congratulations!

Jolia is a second-year undergraduate student studying Biomedical Science. She joins the Flynn Research Group as an Undergraduate Science Research Opportunity Program (USRO) recipient, where she will be exploring educators' beliefs about concepts in the Growth and Goals modules.

Congratulations to Silvi performing in the uOttawa dance recital!

Silvi had a successful dance recital on March 9th held at Shenkman Arts Centre! uOttawa Dance Club

Check out a video of her performance using this link.

Group Potluck at Alisha's!

We had a potluck hosted at Alisha's. Otto happily greeted everyone. There was great food, conversation, lots of laughs and some friendly competition while playing Codenames.

New Publication on Students' Perspectives and Experiences on Systems Thinking

Our ST perspectives and experiences paper is up on ChemRxiv! Check it out using the following link:

https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/65ad3f3f66c1381729f2c2c9