2025

1. September 16-18, 2025. Marcia will present at the Bioflavour 2025: Biotechnology of Flavours, Fragrances and Functional Ingredients conference in Germany: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://dechema.de/en/bioflavour2025_programme/_/Programm_Bioflavour_2025_DINA5_V06.pdf
2. September 4, 2025. Congratulations Sophia on defending your thesis! Well done! Title: Evaluating fermentation effects on the quality attributes of chickpea flour for use in plant-based cheese and integrating Mechanistic Models and Machine Learning for predictive insights.
3. August 25, 2025. Congratulations Dorris on defending your thesis! Well done! Title: Evaluating the physico-chemical, nutritional composition, flavour and sensory properties of raw and grilled plant-based Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Analogues.
4. July 24, 2025. Congratulations Marcia, the new President of the Canadian Institute of Food Science & Technology. (https://mailchi.mp/cifst/cifst-student-newsletter-january-5145642?e=bc77cf96e1)
5. July 1, 2025. Congratulations Devyn on receiving your NSERC-USRA award. Devyn is an Honours student who is co-supervised by Dr. Marcia English and Dr. Jen Jamieson (https://www.stfx.ca/news/NSERC-USRA-2025).
6. March 28, 2025. Congratulations Enoch on receiving first-place and people’s choice awards at the StFX 3MT competition. Enoch will move on to the regional competition June, 4 at MUN. Well done! https://www.stfx.ca/news/3MT-2025
7. March 26 and March 29, 2025. Congratulations Alinta on presenting your directed studies research at Students’ Research Day and Science Atlantic Nutrition and Foods conference, 2025.
8. March 13 and 20, 2025, Congratulations Dorris and Isaac for presenting their work in the Biology Seminar Series. Well done!
9. February 25, 2025. Pulse Discovery Series: Addressing Flavour Challenges.https://events.pulsecanada.com/addressing-flavour-challenges/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=linkedin&utm_campaign=PDS+flavour+challenges
10. February 17, 2025. Globe and Mail News: Meet the flavour engineers working to make plant-based food taste more like meat: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/03cc848925d8e50c40bacaf5589adf583cb64fef3fa423a70d62bd40762eb52e/KDDAHMGYLFFT7JRZVBBOEXJQQY/
11. January 2, 2025. CBC News: Seafood without a catch: N.S. startups and scientists investigate plant-based fish: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/seafood-without-a-catch-n-s-startups-and-scientists-investigate-plant-based-fish-1.7401073

2024

1. October 2, 2024. Marcia invited speaker at the Canadian Center for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine. https://meetccarm.ca/speakers/
2. September 25, 2024. Congratulations Enoch and Yashodha, our work in Current Research in Food Science has been published, well done! https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crfs.2024.100860
3. September 5, 2024. Welcome to our new incoming MSc student, Isaac Olowojaiye! We are happy to have you join our research team.
4. August 22, 2024. Marcia participates in the Catalyzing Across Sectors to Advance the Bioeconomy (CASA-Bio): Food Protein Diversification Workshop. https://www.casa-bio.net/
5. July 23, 2024. We received new research tools from our recent CFI grant, A big thank you to our funding partners! https://www.innovation.ca/projects-results/research-stories/pulse-plant-based-protein-research?utm_source=Institutions&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=StoryPromo-PlantProteins-Institutions-EN-Jul2024
6. June 20, 2024. Congratulations Mackenzie on your success in the regional 3MT competition: https://www.stfx.ca/news/Mackenzie-LeVernois
7. June, 2024. We say goodbye to Lauren as she get ready to start her new role in Ontario in July.
8. May 8, 2024. Welcome to the new summer research students Alinta, Naima and Evan, and our summer research assistant, Yashodha!
9. May 5, 2024. Convocation. Congratulations to our new graduates Corinna and Sonia!
10. March 26, 2024. Marcia, Topic Coordinator for Frontiers in Nutrition, Research Topic: Interactions between Food Matrices and Flavor Compounds. https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/61015/interactions-between-food-matrices-and-flavor-compounds
11. March 19, 2024. Congratulations Dorris on presenting at the first 3MT competition at StFX! https://www.stfx.ca/news/three-minute-thesis
12. March 13, 2024. Congratulations to all the award winners including, Dr. Marcia English, CRC-Tier-2,  Protein and Flavour Chemistry. https://www.stfx.ca/news/stfx-receives-over-12-million-research-funding; https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/media-medias/lists-listes/2024/winter-hiver-eng.aspx
13. February 13, 2024. GFI Grantees page now Live. Congratulations everyone!: https://gfi.org/grants/alternative-seafood-flavors-in-storage/
14. February 12, 2024. Congratulations Alex and Sonia, who have both been accepted in the IDI program.
15. January 10, 2024. Welcome to Enoch Abotsi who is joining our team as a PhD student in the Boreal Ecosystems and Agricultural Sciences program, Memorial University of Newfoundland!

2023

1. November 15, 2023. Study embraces plant-based salmon protein. https://saltwire.pressreader.com/the-casket/20231115 (by Steve Gow).
2. October 25, 2023. Congratulations, our GFI grant application was successful! New GFI funding to conduct research on alternative seafoods. https://www.stfx.ca/news/Dr-Marcia-English (https://www.springboardatlantic.ca/our-stories/stfx-professor-leading-international-research-into-the-use-of-plant-proteins-in-alternative-seafood/; https://researchns.ca/newsletter/#news)
3. October, 2023, Marcia, Topic Coordinator for Frontiers in Nutrition, Research Topic: Molecular Basis of Taste: Taste-Active Molecules, Taste Receptors and their Interactions (https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/58665/molecular-basis-of-taste-taste-active-molecules-taste-receptors-and-their-interactions#overview)
4. September 21, 2023. Congratulations Ola on receiving one of the NSERC USRAs. Well done! https://www.stfx.ca/news/black-scholars-initiative-stfx-students-charting-new-opportunities-undergraduate-research
5. September 18-20, 2023, Marcia presents at Good Food Institute Conference | San Francisco, CA | Fort Mason Center.
6. September 14, 2023, Congratulations Alex on receiving one of the UCR summer research awards: https://www.stfx.ca/news/summer-research-opens-new-opportunities-stfx-ucr-award-recipients
7. July 17, 2023, Marcia joins as Associate Editorial Board Member for the Journal: Letters in Functional Foods.
8. June 20, 2023. Marcia, Moderates session at the inaugural Atlantic Economic Forum: Agri-Food, Fisheries, & Food Security: new markets, new products, new players. https://www.mulroneyinstitute.ca/events/the-atlantic-economic-forum#20
9. June 15, 2023. Food in Canada write-up: CIFST honours food science professionals, celebrates student achievements. https://www.foodincanada.com/food-in-canada/cifst-honours-food-science-professionals-celebrates-student-achievements-154917/?oly_enc_id=0128A0692790E4T
10. June 8, 2023. Congratulations, Marcia presents at CIFST Canadian Food Summit: Title of Presentation: Flavour chemistry: relevance and opportunities for the food industry. https://cifst.ca/2023-canadian-food-summit-conference-schedule/
11. June 6, 2023. Congratulations Marcia, Chair of the CIFST Canadian Food Summit 3MT competition and member of the conference planning committee. https://cifst.ca/2023-canadian-food-summit-three-minute-thesis-competition-3mt/
12. May 25, 2023. Congratulations Sophia on receiving a NS Graduate Scholarship. Well Done!
13. May 8, 2023. Welcome to our new summer research students: Alexandra Beaton, (UCR); Olajesu Abioye, (NSERC USRA); Sonia Rondon (Summer research grant); Corinna Sahu (Summer research grant); Lynae Rioux (Co-supervised with Dr. Alex Foo)!
14. March 17, 2023. Marcia and Sophia present at the Human Nutrition Seminar Series. Congratulations!
15. March 2, 2023. Congratulations, our review paper has been accepted for publication in the journal: Frontiers in Nutrition: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1019211
16. February 9, 2023. Congratulations to Brighid on her new paper accepted in the Journal PeerJ.  https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14980
17. February 2, 2023. Our Team NSERC Promoscience application has been funded, Congratulations everyone!

2022

1. December 9, 2022. Congratulations to Sophia on her new paper accepted in the Journal, Frontiers in Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.1043655
2. September 15, 2022. Welcome to our new student Research Assistant, Sonia Rondon!
3. August 16, 2022. Alumni News, Ask a Scientist Dr. Marcia English and her team Tackling Food Waste: https://www.stfx.ca/why-stfx/publications/alumni-news/alumni-news-summer-2022
4. September, 7, 2022. Congratulations, Marcia starts her term as Chair of the StFX University Senate for the 2022-2023 academic term.
5. June 16, 2022. Congratulations to Lauren on her new paper accepted for publication in the journal, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems! https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.855788
6. May 2, 2022. Welcome to our new summer Research Assistants! Brighid Mckay (NSERC, USRA), Ana Bejarano Martinez (Centre for Employment Innovation Research Mentorships), and Corinna Sahu (Summer Research Grant).
7. April 29, 2022. Congratulations Brighid on presenting your research at the Nutrition and Foods Science Atlantic Conference: Title of Presentation: Examining the functional and nutritional impact of mixed Lactic acid bacteria fermentation on the Nova Scotia Soldier Bean. (https://event.fourwaves.com/sanf2022/schedule)
8. April 7, 2022, Brighid and Chantel will be participating in the 2022, StFX Student Research Day Conference!
9. April 6, 2022. Congratulations Brighid and Chantel on successfully completing your Honours Thesis Presentations!
10. April 1, 2022, welcome to our newest MSc student, Sophia Antoniello!
11. March 29, Research NS announces 2021/22 Scholar UG awards. https://researchns.ca/2022/03/29/research-nova-scotia-announces-2021-22-scotia-scholars-undergraduate-awards/
12. March 25, congratulations Brighid on receiving the Dr. Marian Naczk award. Well done!
13. March 4, 2022. Congratulations Kristen on your first successful seminar presentation, well done!
14. January 4, 2022. Welcome to Sophia, a new Research Assistant in our lab!
15. January 20, 2022. Marcia presents webinar on Research Over Coffee, a series that aims to bring researchers and government decision makers together to discuss new research findings of bearing to Nova Scotia. Topic of webinar: Strengthening our food security: Opportunities and challenges.

2021

1. November 5, 2021. Dr. Marcia English. Research that Matters: NS prof finding new ways to reduce food waste, packaging: Saltwire https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/lifestyles/research-that-matters-nova-scotia-prof-finding-new-ways-to-reduce-food-waste-packaging-100653938/
2. September 13, 2021. Research NS Podcast: Episode 2- Season-2 Food Waste. Guests: Dr. Marcia English and Dr. Darren Burke:https://researchns.ca/beyond-research-food-waste/
3. September 7, 2021: Congratulations Lauren on successfully defending your thesis! Well done!
4. September 1, 2021: Welcome to our newest MSc student, Kristen Stephens!
5. August, 2021: Welcome to our new research assistant, Sophia Antoniello!
6. Congratulations, Marcia is serving as one of the Board Members of CIFST:https://www.cifst.ca/about-us/board-of-directors
7. Congratulations Brighid and Megan, on receiving NSERC USRAs, well done! https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/NSERC-USRA-2021
8. Congratulations Fiona, one of the Irving Research Mentorship Award Recipients! https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/Irving-Research-2021
9. Congratulations Kristen on receiving a NS Graduate Scholarship. Well Done!
10. June, 2021. Lauren’s paper was accepted in the Journal, LWT- Food Science and Technology, Congratulations!
11. June 2021, we have been awarded an NSERC Discovery grant and a Discovery Launch Supplement! https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/StFX-Research-Funding
12. Research NS Research spotlight: Congratulations everyone!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjxuuj_UN_c
13. May 12, 2021 Marcia will participate in the panel for the launch of the paperback of the book: ‘Plant-based diets for succulence and sustainability’.
14. May 10, 2021, Tori Pelletier will join our research team. Welcome Tori!
15. April 26 and 27, 2021, Lauren and Thalia participated in the 3rd Science Atlantic Nutrition and Foods Conference! Marcia was also the Conference Chair. Congratulations everyone!
16. April 7 & 14, 2021, Marcia was invited to speak at the Plant Protein Virtual Conference: Exploring the value of plant proteins in Atlantic Canada.
17. April 26 and 27, 2021, Lauren and Thalia participated in the 3rd Science Atlantic Nutrition and Foods Conference! Marcia was also the Conference Chair. Congratulations everyone!
18. Congratulations to our new Summer Research Student award recipients: Brighid McKay, Fiona Amos, and Megan Davies. Well Done!
19. January, 2021, Chantel Yakimets and Kristen Stephens joined our research team!

2020

1. September 14, Thalia Puac joined our research team, welcome Thalia!
2. August 13, Melissa MacFarlane joined our research team. Welcome Mel!
3. Congratulations to our new grads Cassie and Amanda!
4. Walk & Talk with StFX President – Episode 19: Human Nutrition: Well done Lauren and Cassie, you made us proud! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUQQZFT3p84
5. Congratulations Cassie on receiving the Dr. Marian Naczk award. Well done!
6. Congratulations Lauren on receiving an NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship at StFX University. Well done!
7. Summer Research Student. Congratulations Brighid McKay, one of the 2020 NSERC-USRA recipients. Welcome to our lab group Brighid!
8. Nutrition and Foods Science Atlantic Conference at UPEI, March 13-14th, 2020. Congratulations Lauren on receiving one of the Poster awards!
9. Undergraduate part-time student research assistant Amanda Last, Jan-March, 2020. Amanda was recently accepted into the Integrated Dietetic program. Congratulations Amanda!

2019

1. Research Infrastructure Funding awarded to Dr. Marcia English: Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), John R Evans Leaders Fund and The Nova Scotia Research and Innovation Trust (NSRIT). https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/Marcia-English. Congratulations!
2. Winter 2019, Alumni News. National Funding for Food Chemistry Research: https://www.stfx.ca/why-stfx/publications/alumni-news/alumni-news-winter-2019
3. Lauren’s thesis work has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Food Science. Congratulations Lauren!
4. Congratulations to our new summer research students: Cassandra Fenlon (UCR, Student Award) and Benjamin Herringer (part-time research assistant)!
5. Congratulations Heather-Ann, one of the 2019 Morgan Award Winners: https://www.dietitians.ca/About-Us/Awards-and-Recognition/Morgan-Awards.aspx

2018

1. Neutrons and Foods Conference:Marcia attends Neutrons and Foods Conference in Sydney, Australia, to give a talk on ‘Interaction of native and modified clupeine with Gram-negative model membranes‘. (October 16-19, 2018).
2. Summer Research Students:Heather-Ann Burrell, NSERC, USRA. Title of Project: Characterization of edible seaweed films: Impact of seaweed type on shelf life. https://www.stfx.ca/about/news-NSERC-USRA-2018
3. Claire Edington, UCR. Title of Project: Optimizing fermentation strategies to limit off-flavour compounds in Nova Scotian bean varieties. https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/ucr-2018
4. May 6, 2018: StFX Spring Convocation 2018:Congratulations to our new graduates: Heather-Ann, Mike, and Amanda. https://livestream.com/accounts/735962/events/8185715/videos/174434963
5. February 6, 2018: First Annual Faculty Research Day: https://www.facebook.com/stfxuniversity/videos/10155825486969892

2017

1. May Convocation 2017. Congratulations to our new graduates: Lauren, Jacqueline and Alixis!
2. Congratulations Heather-Ann on receiving one of the 2017 Irving Research Mentorship Awards:  https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/irving-mentorship-awards-2017

2016

1. Congratulations Raphaele and Phil for participating in the Hong Canada Business pitch competition, in Calgary in June! You made us all proud!
2. Congratulations Olivia on receiving one of the best poster awards at the 14th Annual Student Research Day!
3. Congratulations Courtney on your write-up in the Casket (Wednesday, April 6, 2016)!
4. May Convocation 2016. Congratulations to our new graduates: Courtney and Olivia!