University of Saskatchewan

Losing a close family member to kidney failure inspired Amira Abdelrasoul to pivot her research direction and use her expertise in membrane science and nanotechnology to pursue a life-saving innovation: a wearable kidney. Kidney…

The funding, to be invested over five years, will support the establishment of the Bangabandhu-Pierre Elliott Trudeau Agriculture Technology Centre (BP-ATC) as a centre of excellence at the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute in…

In the second-ever QS world sustainability rankings, USask has risen to 89th in the world from a rank of 91 in the inaugural rankings in 2022. USask also maintained its position in the top 100 in the rankings, despite the pool…

Dr. Gabriel Ribeiro (PhD) is an assistant professor in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science at the College of Agriculture and Bioresources. (Photo: Submitted) With winter upon them, Canadian beef and cattle producers are…

According to the Public Health Agency of Canada’s 2021 surveillance data, there was an 11.3 per cent increase in cases nationwide over one year. As the United Nations and World Health Organization highlighted the importance of new…

From a top journal in the field of environmental toxicology, this prestigious international award marks a significant accomplishment for Brinkmann, whose early career research is characterized by creative approaches, new ideas,…

The University of Saskatchewan (USask) has placed among the best universities in the world in two newly released international subject rankings. After increasing its ranking in the 2023 THE and ShanghaiRanking university tier…

Over two million people worldwide depend on dialysis or a kidney transplant, according to the National Kidney Foundation. Globally, the number of individuals facing kidney failure has climbed 35 per cent since 2009 and nearly half…

Dr. Thomas Jurrissen (PhD) was the successful recipient of the 2023 Misiwêskamik International Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded by USask. The two-year fellowship aims to attract strong international researchers to USask as part of the…

The fund, run through the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), supports research and research infrastructure for innovative projects in Canada. The funding for Todd and other USask researchers was part of more than $113 million…