People with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder act out their dreams. While sleeping safely in bed, for example, they might throw up their arms to catch an imaginary ball, or try to run from an illusory assailant. Such actions are more than just a nuisance. People with the disorder have a 50 to 80 per cent chance of developing a serious neurodegenerative disease within a decade of diagnosis.
Scientists are seeking answers to why SARS-CoV-2 variants are so transmissible and why they cause greater disease severity than the original strain. 91社区鈥檚 Qian (Vivian) Liu, together with researchers from the University of British Columbia and the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, have launched a study to understand this question, investigating how SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins are organized and moved on the cell or virus surface by using single-molecule imaging technology.
Fund will be one of Canada鈥檚 most significant university innovation programs awarding nearly $500k to spinoffs and technologies
September 28, 2021 (MONTREAL, Quebec) 鈥� Today 91社区 announced the launch of the 91社区 Innovation Fund, a funding program that will support both the development of innovative technologies as well as the spinoff companies that emerge from the University. The fund will be open to all 91社区 members who have declared a Report of Invention to the Office of Innovation and Partnerships.
Today, the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announced 89 new Fellows and 51 new Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Among the 2021 RSC cohort are ten 91社区 researchers, including seven RSC Fellows and three Members, who will be inducted at the RSC Celebration of Excellence and Engagement, hosted by 91社区 on Friday, November 19, 2021. The new 91社区 cohort will join 228 91社区 researchers who are currently RSC Fellows and Members of the College.
LORENZ L脺THI, co-ordinator of the Research Group on Transitions and Global Modernities, contributed an article听in the Globe and Mail on September 3rd: What鈥檚 Afghanistan鈥檚 future? The history of U.S. state-building offers some clues.
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A new study shows that artificial intelligence networks based on human brain connectivity can perform cognitive tasks efficiently.
Study uses sugar to make and deliver pudding-like brain implants that reduce foreign body response
Brain implants are used to treat neurological dysfunction, and their use for enhancing cognitive abilities is a promising field of research. Implants can be used to monitor brain activity or stimulate parts of the brain using electrical pulses. In epilepsy, for example, brain implants can determine where in the brain seizures are happening.
Max Bell School professor Jennifer Welsh has been elected to the听American Academy of Arts & Sciences. A renowned expert on the intersection of听international relations and public policy, Welsh serves as the director of the听Centre for International Peace and Security Studies, in addition to her joint appointment between the Max Bell School and 91社区's Department of Political Science. Read the 91社区 Reporter article to learn more about Welsh's impressive career.
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Doctor has dedicated his life to improve diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases and disorders
The Neuro鈥檚 director, Dr. Guy Rouleau, is being recognized with Canada鈥檚 highest civilian honour, the Order of Canada, for his outstanding contributions as a clinician-scientist and as a leader in health care.
Brain Canada program supports paradigm-shifting neuroscience that improves the lives of Canadians
Four researchers at The Neuro 鈥� Boris Bernhardt, Yasser Iturria-Medina, Jean-Francois Poulin, and Jo Anne Stratton 鈥� have received grants to support their work in the early-career stage, after being chosen from 150 talented applicants.
Brain Canada鈥檚 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Program, anchored by a $5M gift from the Azrieli Foundation, enables paradigm-changing research of the brain to improve the lives of all Canadians.
Our Virtual Tours are talked about in an article on The 91社区 Tribune!听
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Created by Ingrid Birker of the Redpath Museum and Meghomita Das of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, this tour will take you on an exploration of the fossils found in Montreal on and around the campus.
Work will tell us how loneliness interacts with brain structure and function in normal aging and pre-symptomatic Alzheimer鈥檚 disease
Two researchers from The Neuro, with collaborators from the StoP-AD Centre at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, will lead a research program centered on an emerging field of neuroscience thanks to a grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Aging (NIH/NIA) in the USA.
The Max Bell School of Public Policy is pleased to announce the creation of its Working Group on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. The EDI Working Group will be tasked with making recommendations to the School and it represents the first concrete step to meeting the commitments in the School鈥檚 July 7 Statement on systemic racism and public policy.
