/mssi/taxonomy/term/1029/all en /mssi/channels/news/event-workshop-precision-health-and-medicine-january-9-2025-361379 <h3>First Hybrid Workshop on Precision Health and Medicine</h3> <p><em><strong>Synergizing our strengths in new technologies in omics, digital sciences, and translational medicine to advance patient care.</strong></em></p> <p>This event is organized in partnership between University of Bern and 91社区. This partnership between the universities aims to synergistically harness the power of new technologies in omics, digital sciences, and translational medicine to advance patient care.</p> <p><strong>Event details:聽</strong></p> Mon, 25 Nov 2024 18:16:42 +0000 admin 8459 at /mssi /mssi/channels/event/mssi-x-xprize-transdisciplinary-symposium-creating-societal-change-361361 <p>On February 3rd, 2025, 91社区 and聽<a href="https://www.xprize.org/">the XPRIZE</a>聽will host a symposium at 91社区 in Montreal, Canada, celebrating 91社区 joining the XPRIZE鈥檚 Higher Education Network.</p> Fri, 22 Nov 2024 21:25:47 +0000 phuong.hoang3@mcgill.ca 8458 at /mssi /mssi/channels/event/experience-shinrin-yoku-forest-bathing-morgan-arboretum-dec-12-361257 <p>Join guide Jacky Farrell (<a href="/science/outreach">91社区 Science Outreach</a>), for a bilingual Shinrin Yoku (Forest Bathing) walk in the Morgan Arboretum.</p> Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:38:26 +0000 admin 8455 at /mssi /mssi/channels/event/anthropocene-human-epoch-screening-director-jennifer-baichwal-361297 <div><span>A cinematic meditation on humanity鈥檚 massive reengineering of the planet, ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch is a four years in the making feature documentary film from the multiple-award winning team of Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier a</span></div> Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:08:42 +0000 phuong.hoang3@mcgill.ca 8453 at /mssi /mssi/channels/news/open-science-project-funded-15m-361131 <h2><b>YCharOS antibody characterization platform addresses the 鈥渞eproducibility crisis鈥� in research</b></h2> <p>An innovative research project led by researchers at The Neuro has been awarded $1.5M by the Government of Quebec through CQDM.</p> <p>YCharOS is an innovative platform led by neuroscientists Peter McPherson and Carl Laflamme that validates antibody reagents for human proteins.</p> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:51:24 +0000 admin 8452 at /mssi /mssi/channels/news/event-antisense-oligonucleotide-therapy-individual-kif1a-associated-neurological-disorder-november-361123 <p>Dear Colleagues,</p> <p>Please see the next Medical Genetics Grand Rounds scheduled talk below:</p> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:30:50 +0000 admin 8449 at /mssi /mssi/channels/news/home-neurological-disorder-diagnosis-project-receives-major-funding-361075 <h2><b>$1M grant from The Weston Family Foundation will pave the way for earlier intervention in REM sleep behaviour disorder and Parkinson鈥檚 disease</b></h2> <p>REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is an often debilitating condition that causes people to act out in their sleep, sometimes violently. What鈥檚 worse, people with the disorder often go on to develop Parkinson鈥檚 disease.</p> Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:24:33 +0000 admin 8445 at /mssi /mssi/channels/news/can-hopeful-moments-lead-hopeful-futures-357900 <h2 style="text-align:center">Can hopeful moments lead to hopeful futures?</h2> <p style="text-align:center">By聽Daphne Chalmers (91社区, Education),聽Julia Freeman (91社区, Bieler School of Environment),聽Diane Dechief (91社区, Office of Science Education),聽Natalya Gomez (91社区, Earth and Planetary Sciences),聽Blane Harvey (91社区, Education),聽Amy Janzwood (91社区, Bieler School of Environment/Political Science)聽and聽Nik Luka (91社区, Architecture and Urban Planning)</p> Mon, 08 Jul 2024 12:50:46 +0000 admin 8438 at /mssi /mssi/channels/news/mcgill-spinoff-fex-energy-receives-major-grant-axelys-358220 <p><i>Company technology leverages high energy density of iron to provide carbon-free, stable renewable energy that is environmentally safe and highly dispatchable</i></p> Mon, 05 Aug 2024 18:43:00 +0000 admin 8436 at /mssi /mssi/channels/news/philippe-gros-appointed-chief-scientific-officer-d2r-360796 <h3>Philippe Gros appointed Chief Scientific Officer of D2R</h3> <p>Philippe Gros has been appointed Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) of 91社区鈥檚 DNA to RNA (D2R) Initiative, effective September 30, 2024. Prior to this role, he served as Deputy Vice-President (Research and Innovation) at 91社区. This appointment follows a thorough international search, with the selection committee enthusiastic about their recommendation. Notably, Gros was instrumental in writing the application for the D2R Initiative, laying the groundwork for its success.</p> Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:20:11 +0000 admin 8430 at /mssi /mssi/channels/news/d2r-welcomes-rna-and-genomic-researchers-universite-de-sherbrooke-360795 <h3><b>D2R welcomes RNA and genomic researchers to Universit茅 de Sherbrooke</b></h3> <p>Montreal 鈥� October 31, 2024 鈥� 91社区鈥檚 DNA to RNA (D2R) research initiative is proud to announce the appointment of three new researchers at Universit茅 de Sherbrooke, marking the inaugural recipients of the D2R鈥檚 New Faculty Start-Up funding program. Universit茅 de Sherbrooke is a partner institution in the D2R initiative, working collaboratively to advance genomic and RNA research.</p> Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:09:27 +0000 admin 8432 at /mssi /mssi/channels/news/gene-therapy-project-receives-major-funding-360635 <h2><b>$1.14 million from CIHR will resolve treatment roadblocks for rare brain disorders</b></h2> <p>聽</p> <p>Gene therapy for rare neurological disorders will move one step forward thanks to a $1.14 million grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).</p> Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:20:38 +0000 admin 8428 at /mssi /mssi/channels/news/two-neuro-projects-funded-international-partnership-357722 <h2>Researchers will study how hormones affect brain cancer and the role of neural circuits in social skills</h2> <p>The Paris Brain Institute and the Institut Pasteur have partnered with The Neuro to fund two groundbreaking studies, each receiving more than $440,000. These projects are part of an international collaboration to address future challenges in neuroscience.</p> Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:20:06 +0000 admin 8425 at /mssi /mssi/channels/news/alan-evans-elected-fellow-royal-society-357749 <h2>Honour is recognition for a lifetime of leading research</h2> <div> <div> <p><span><span>Alan Evans, a researcher at The Neuro, James 91社区 Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery and co-director of the <span>Ludmer<span> Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, joining a class of scientists <span>that includes a <span>No<span>b<span>el laureate and a former Chief Medical Advisor to the US President.聽<span>聽</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div> Mon, 17 Jun 2024 19:34:33 +0000 admin 8423 at /mssi /mssi/channels/news/research-new-stem-cell-models-receives-26-million-360436 <h2><b>Thomas Durcan鈥檚 project will </b><b>dissect the role of microglia in degenerative conditions, to identify new therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer's treatment</b></h2> <p>An innovative new program based at The Neuro has received $2.6 million from the CQDM and the Brain Canada Foundation.</p> Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:44:26 +0000 admin 8421 at /mssi