Adithi Sundarakrishnan from the Clarke lab won the Best Graduate Student Poster Presentation Award at a symposium held by the Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology (CSBN) at Concordia University. Additionally, she secured the Best 3-Minute Thesis Presentation Award at the recent School of Biomedical Sciences (SMBS) Grad Talks event.
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Seline is awarded the听1st听Place Senior Poster Presentation Award听at the Child Health and Human Development Research Day 2024 of the Research Institute of the 91社区 Health Centre. Congratulations Seline!
Zixuan Li received the 91社区 MedStar Award for her publication entitled 鈥�The Organophosphate Esters Used as Flame Retardants and Plasticizers Affect H295R Adrenal Cell Phenotypes and Functions鈥�, in recognition of the excellent research carried out in the Faculty of Medicine at 91社区. The findings from this paper demonstrate that organophosphate esters have chemical-specific effects on cortisol and aldosterone production and thus the adrenal may be an important target for these endocrine-disrupting chemicals.
Congratulations to Tara Shomali, who received the prestigious Graduate Student Award from Parkinson Canada (2024-2026 cycle). This is a competitive 2-yr $40,000 award given to only 7 outstanding doctoral trainees doing research on Parkinson鈥檚 disease across Canada. This will help Tara works towards developing compounds targeting PINK1, a kinase implicated in early-onset familial Parkinson鈥檚.
The Admin. staff of Pharmacology & Therapeutics department participated at the FMHS Community Celebration Breakfast,听Wednesday, June 14, at the Percival Molson Stadium.
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The admin. office team escaped from on May 29, 2023.
Lama won Best Poster or Oral Presentation award (Postdoctoral Fellow category) for her poster entitled "The effects of bisphenols A and its structural analogs on the expression of gene transcripts involved in the regulation of steroidogenesis in KGN human granulosa cells" at the Pharmacology Research Day on May 11, 2023. Kudos to Lama!
Braeden won the Best 3-minute Flash Talk Award at the Pharmacology Research Day on May 11, 2023. His talk was entitled "Environmentally Relevant Mixtures of Organophosphate Esters Suppress THP-1 Macrophage phagocytosis". Congratulations Braeden!
Congratulations to Irem Ulku, from Prof. Gerhard Multhaup鈥檚 lab, who received a Junior Faculty Award at the ADPD 2023, Advances in Science & Therapy. International Conference on Alzheimer鈥檚 and Parkinson鈥檚 Diseases and related neurological disorders. The Conference was held from March 28th听鈥� April 1st, in G枚theborg, Sweden. There were over 4000 attendees and Irem was one out of 20 recipients.
We are proud to announce that they won Large Departmental Council of the Year at the Science Undergraduate Society Appreciation Night (SUSANs) that was held on Tuesday, March 28th听2023 . They were awarded this prize for bringing the department together, hosting events, and supporting their community, and they鈥檙e looking forward to an even bigger and better year in 2023-2024!
Xiaotong (Vicky) Wang's paper (below) was selected by The Society of Toxicology Risk Assessment Specialty Section as one of the top 10 Best Papers Advancing the Science of Risk Assessment.
Wang X, Luu T, Beal MA, Barton-Maclaren TS, Robaire B, Hales BF. The Effects of Organophosphate Esters Used as Flame Retardants and Plasticizers on Granulosa, Leydig, and Spermatogonial Cells Analyzed Using High-Content Imaging. Toxicol Sci. 2022 Mar 28;186(2):269-287. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfac012. PMID: 35135005; PMCID: PMC8963303.
Vicky is a PhD trainee in Drs. Robaire and Hales labs.
Congratulations to the PHAR 562 recipients of the top three video presentations. The event was held on Nov. 23rd2022 during the PHAR 562 poster and video presentations.
The recipients are:
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Dusica Maysinger, PhD, Professor Emerita in the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, reflects on her journey to Canada and 91社区, her research on nanotechnology and her thoughts on the future of biomedical research.
Gerhard Multhaup, PhD鈥� - Former Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (2011-2021) and Anne McKinney, PhD - Former Associate Dean, Academic Affairs (2019-2022) were honoured by Dr. David Eidelman, Vice-Principal (Health Affairs) and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Outgoing Faculty Leaders Reception recognizing their outstanding contributions to the Faculty of Medicine and to 91社区. The event was held on Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. at Holmes Hall.
Researchers at 91社区 have made an important step forward in understanding the cause of a rare neurodegenerative disease noted for its occurrence in the Charlevoix and Saguenay鈥揕ac-Saint-Jean regions of Quebec.
Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS) is a genetic condition that affects coordination and balance from early childhood. Most ARSACS patients require a wheelchair by the time they reach their 30s or 40s. There is no cure and current treatments provide only limited symptomatic relief.
