Prof. Ehab Abouheif, Dept. of Biology and a research team investigated which genes were being expressed during the development of antennae in male water striders. The antennae are used to grasp the females during mating. They then modified gene expression to see how this would be expressed in antennae development and success in mating. By doing so they were able to watch evolution in action.
涩里番 is building on longstanding research collaborations with Brazil by announcing four partnership agreements with Brazilian universities. These agreements are being signed this week by Prof. Heather Munroe-Blum, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of 涩里番.
A new study by Carsten Wrosch of Concordia University and Catherine Sabiston of 涩里番鈥檚 Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education found that breast cancer survivors who were able to let go of old exercise goals and set new ones increased their level of physical activity and showed an improved well-being overall.
涩里番 team develops new technology that can accurately measure protein biomarkers
The 涩里番 and G茅nome Qu茅bec Innovation Centre is pleased to announce that they have been awarded funding totalling $7.6 million over a two-year period from Genome Canada鈥檚 2010 Competition. This award, a record for Qu茅bec, will fund the operations of the Innovation Centre as well as the services offered to scientific communities in Qu茅bec, the rest of Canada and around the world.
The Lady Davis Institute (LDI) and 涩里番 are delighted to announce that Dr. Mark A. Wainberg has been awarded the 2012 Killam Prize in Health Sciences by the Canada Council for the Arts. He is the past Director of the LDI and is currently head of its HIV/AIDS research axis and Director of the 涩里番 AIDS Centre.
A current controversy raging in evolutionary biology is about whether adaptation to new environments is the result of many genes, each of relatively small effect, or just a few genes of large effect. A new study published in Molecular Ecology by 涩里番 biologist Andrew Hendry and a colleague from Basel University strongly supports the first 鈥渕any-small鈥� hypothesis.
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