At UVic, Shaeleen Mihalynuk worked to develop alternatives to antibiotics for poultry diseases using naturally occurring proteins.
For Shaeleen Mihalynuk, winning one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious scholarships is still sinking in.
She’s the third recipient from UVic in the last six years, and one of 13 overall from the university. Biochemistry graduate Rory Hills won the scholarship in 2019 and computational chemist Julia Levy became Canada’s first trans woman to win the two-year prize in 2023. At UVic, Mihalynuk become involved in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, working as part of the PeptAID project to develop alternatives to antibiotics for poultry diseases using naturally occurring proteins, called antimicrobial peptides, that are produced by a number of species to fight microbial infections.
A long-time dancer with the Veselka Ukrainian Dance Association, she helped create a semi-professional dance troupe, taught ballet classes for youth and Ukrainian dance classes for seniors, and served on the association’s board.
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