The Karimi
Laboratory
Lab News
2026
- Congratulations to Elisabet Jakova on;
1) receiving a fellowship from Multiple Sclerosis Canada!
2) receiving 1st place poster award at the 2026 Manitoba Neuroscience Network.
- Congratulations to Shubh Ubbi on:
1) receiving a Research Completion Award from the University of Manitoba!
2) receiving HSGSA Poster Award at the 2026 Manitoba Student Health Research Forum.
2025
- Congratulation to Mojtaba Hosseini on:
1) receiving the prestigious Drewry Memorial Award! Well-deserved!
2) receiving the Neurobiology Award from Health Sciences Centre Foundation!
3) a Professional Development Travel Award from the Canadian Association of Neuroscience.
- Congratulations to Elisabet Jakova on:
1) receiving the top poster prize in PDF category at the 2025 MSHRF meeting!
2) receiving a Travel Award from Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM)
- Congratulations to Shiva Nemati on receiving the top poster prize in RA/PDF category at the 2025 MNN meeting!
- Congratulations to Shivangi Sharma on:
1) receiving a fellowship from Multiple Sclerosis Canada!
2) being selected to attend the 2025 endMS Summer School in Edmonton.
- Congratulations to Shubhpreet Ubbi on receiving a Research Manitoba Studentship Award. Well done!
2024
- Soheila Karimi is recognized by a Merit Award for her outstanding achievements in Research, Teaching and Service at the University of Manitoba.
- Mojtaba Hosseini received the Ed Kroeger Award of Excellence in Cellular Physiology.
- Amir Ziaee Received the Larry Jordan Award of Excellence in Neurophyaiology.
- We are pleased to receive a 3-year grant from Multiple Sclerosis Canada.
- We are delighted to receive another 5 year CIHR Project Grant ($1,147,067). This project will examine a treatment strategy for progressive multiple sclerosis.
- Soheila Karimi is a co-applicant in a successful Interdisciplinary IGNITE Grant from the University of Manitoba (>$1 M over 3 years).
- Congratulations to Mojtaba Hosseini on receiving a poster prize at the 2024 Manitoba Students Health Research Forum.
- Congratulations to Mojtaba Hosseini and Elisabet Jakova for winning Best Poster Prize in PhD and PDF categories at the 2024 Manitoba Neuroscience Research Meeting. Our lab did very well!
- Congratulations to Mojtaba Hosseini on renewing his Doctoral Studentship from the Wings For Life Spinal Cord Injury Foundation in Austria.
- Congratulations to Amir Ziaee for winning a Gold Poster Prize at the 2024 International Congress on Academic Medicine in Vancouver. Well done!
- Mojtaba Hosseini received an IBRO Travel Award from the Canadian Association of Neuroscience
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