Canada鈥檚 most prestigious French-language鈥痩earned society announced the recipients of its research awards today, and two 涩里番 professors are among the winners.
At its 77th virtual gala ceremony, the non-profit organization , l鈥橝ssociation francophone pour le savoir, awarded 涩里番 Professor Michel Biron the Prix Andr茅-Laurendeau and Professor Susanne Lajoie the Prix Jeanne-Lapointe.
The Canadian Association of Physicists recognizes achievements for 涩里番 professors across many branches of research in physics
Dear Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives Community,
For nearly two years, researchers and trainees have had to adjust to the new realities of remote teaching and learning, limited laboratory and facility access and have made a collective effort to protect each other by masking and social distancing. As 涩里番 resumes in-person activities, we are optimistic that the worst of the pandemic is behind us; however, we are also aware that individual experiences during this time have varied considerably across members of our community.
International team including 涩里番 researchers has discovered a new type of seismic event. The existence of these hydraulic fracturing-induced earthquakes听supports a scientific theory that until now had not been sufficiently substantiated by measurements.
Research and Innovation (R+I) is pleased to announce the appointment of Carole Goutorbe as the Director of Sponsored Research. She began听her new role on November 22.
A multidisciplinary team of researchers, including 涩里番's Scott Weichenthal, an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health,听has听been awarded t听from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment fast radio burst (CHIME/FRB) team, which discovered more than 500 new fast radio bursts in the first year of the detector鈥檚 operations, will receive the 2022 .
Recognized for her ground-breaking advancements in the field of DNA nanotechnology and precision medicine to combat major diseases
Hanadi Sleiman, Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in DNA Nanoscience, has transformed the field of DNA nanotechnology and revolutionized precise medical treatments for major diseases, like cancer 鈥� and she has just earned national recognition for her research.
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Innovative food production technologies for edible crickets and microalgae launch two 涩里番 student-led projects into the semifinals of the NASA/CSA Deep Space Food Challenge.
A new paper from researchers J茅r么me Dock猫s Ga毛l Varoquaux and Jean-Baptiste Poline (Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives and NeuroDataScience ORIGAMI laboratory) explores generalization of machine learning algorithms using data from the and the impact of strategies to improve the performance of predicting biomarkers on new cohorts.
Multidisciplinary unit to focus on rise of 鈥榮uperbugs鈥� identified by WHO as a leading threat to global health, responsible for 700,000 annual deaths worldwide
October 20, 2021 (Montreal, Quebec) 鈥� Globally, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) causes approximately 700,000 deaths annually, a number projected to reach over The prevalence of AMR in Canada is projected to reach 40% by this time, a plausible scenario if no interventions successfully curb their rise.
Appointments to the Office of Research Integrity Officer
Dear Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives community,
Only 23 years ago, Canada closed Kivalliq Hall in Rankin Inlet. It was the last of 140 federally-run Indian Residential Schools created to deliberately and systematically destroy the languages, cultures and sovereignty of First Nations, Inuit and M茅tis people.
Scientists are seeking answers to why SARS-CoV-2 variants are so transmissible and why they cause greater disease severity than the original strain. 涩里番鈥檚 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.
