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Research and Innovation (R+I) is pleased to announce the appointment of Carole Goutorbe as the Director of Sponsored Research. She beganher new role on November 22.

Classified as: Director, Office of Sponsored Research, new appointment
Published on: 29 Nov 2021

A multidisciplinary team of researchers, including ɬ﷬'s Scott Weichenthal, an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health,hasbeen awarded tfrom the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

Classified as: climate change, air pollution, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Published on: 17 Nov 2021

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’s operations, will receive the 2022 .

Classified as: American Astronomical Society, astrophysics, Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) telescope, Vicky Kaspi
Published on: 17 Nov 2021

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 – and she has just earned national recognition for her research.

Classified as: NSERC, Polanyi Award, DNA nanotechnology
Published on: 17 Nov 2021

Innovative food production technologies for edible crickets and microalgae launch two ɬ﷬ student-led projects into the semifinals of the NASA/CSA Deep Space Food Challenge.

Classified as: blue-green algae, Canadian Space Agency, crickets, food, International Space Station, space travel, deep space
Published on: 11 Nov 2021

A new paper from researchers Jérôme Dockès Gaël 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.

Published on: 28 Oct 2021

Multidisciplinary unit to focus on rise of ‘superbugs’ identified by WHO as a leading threat to global health, responsible for 700,000 annual deaths worldwide

October 20, 2021 (Montreal, Quebec) – 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.

Classified as: Antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial resistance, superbugs AMR antimicrobial resistance bacteria fungi
Published on: 20 Oct 2021

Appointments to the Office of Research Integrity Officer

Classified as: Research, Research Integrity
Published on: 13 Oct 2021

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 Métis people.

Published on: 30 Sep 2021

Scientists are seeking answers to why SARS-CoV-2 variants are so transmissible and why they cause greater disease severity than the original strain. ɬ﷬’s 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.

Classified as: Research, coronavirus, covid-19
Published on: 30 Sep 2021

Fund will be one of Canada’s most significant university innovation programs awarding nearly $500k to spinoffs and technologies

September 28, 2021 (MONTREAL, Quebec) – Today ɬ﷬ announced the launch of the ɬ﷬ 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 ɬ﷬ members who have declared a Report of Invention to the Office of Innovation and Partnerships.

Classified as: entrepreneurship, innovation, funding announcement
Published on: 28 Sep 2021

Lake trout, once the top predator fish across the Great Lakes, reached near extinction between the 1940s and 1960s due to pollution, overfishing, and predation by the invasive lamprey eel. Once showing striking levels of diversity in terms of size, appearance, and ability to adapt to varied environments, now the only lake trout populations to have survived are to be found in Lake Superior and Lake Huron. An international team of researchers from the U.S. and Canada, including researchers from ɬ﷬, have now managed to create a reference genome for lake trout to support U.S.

Classified as: ɬ﷬ Genome Centre
Published on: 24 Sep 2021

Agreement to accelerate development of potential treatments for rare, endocrine, metabolic, and neurological conditions associated with primary and secondary ubiquinone deficiencies which belong to the wider class of mitochondrial diseases | An estimated 1 in 5,000 adults worldwide has a mitochondrial disease | Clarus to pay ɬ﷬ $350,000 upfront and up to $10.5 million in potential development and regulatory milestones

Classified as: Coenzyme Q10, mitochondria, Technologies for License
Published on: 16 Sep 2021

The Royal Society of Canada bestows the Sir John William Dawson Medal biennially to researchers who have made important and sustained contributions interdisciplinary research

Classified as: royal society of canada, rsc, Sir John William Dawson Medal, RSC Medal
Published on: 14 Sep 2021

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