499 Projects | Office of the Associate Dean | Life Sciences & Biochemistry

The 499 projects in Anatomy, Cancer, Epidemiology (now Public Health Sciences), Microbiology, Neuroscience, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology and Reproductive Development represent the capstone of several degrees offered by the Life Science program.

The following is the list of the sub-plan Coordinators of the 499 Projects (and their email contacts):

ANAT 499 and REPD 499: Dr. Madhuri Koti
CANC 499 and PATH 499: Dr. Xiaolong Yang
EPID 499: Dr. Ana Johnson
MICR 499: Dr. Sam Basta
NSCI 499: Dr. Sebastien Talbot
PHAR 499: Dr. Nikki Philbrook
PHGY 499: Dr. Neil Magoski for 2024-2025. For 2025-2026 Dr. Shetuan Zhang will be the PHGY 499 Coordinator. Queries for the next academic year should be sent to Dr. Zhang.

How To Get Started on a 499

Please note that this website will be updated for the 2025-2026 year. The key information is for the current academic year.

Life Science Bachelor of Science Honours Specialization students interested in pursuing a 499 project in their fourth year should contact professors late fall of their third year unless a professor indicates a specific date. Please refer to the following websites for faculty associated with 499 projects (note: sometimes students will go outside of these but they will require approval - email lifesci@queensu.ca.
Students are expected to provide an unofficial transcript to their potential supervisor, thus confirming their eligibility for a 499 project.
Once an agreement has been made between you and a supervisor, please email lifesci@queensu.ca from your Queen's email (and include your student number) letting us know who your supervisor is (and copying them on the email) and which 499 project you will be completing (for example, ANAT, CANC, EPID, MICR, NSCI, PATH, PHAR, PHGY or REPD).
Please note that some research grants will be announced later in the winter term, so faculty will not know until later in the term if they will be taking a 499 student. We can add 499 projects into September to a students schedule.

Life Science Bachelor of Science Honours Major students are not eligible to do a 499 project. If you are a Major student interested in completing research, you may complete an Independent Project or apply for the Discovery Lab team-based research course.