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Inaugural Moderna-RNA Canada ARN awarded to D2R-funded researcher Professor Maria Vera Ugalde

webfull — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 02:26:22 +0000

Montreal, September 24, 2025 – Moderna, in partnership with RNA Canada, has awarded three prizes this year to RNA researchers in Canada for their outstanding contribution to the field. D2R is proud to announce that Professor Maria Vera Ugalde has received the Discovery of the Year Award for her seminal 2024 publication in Nature Communications (Alecki et al.,). This award recognizes groundbreaking RNA discoveries made by Canadian researchers (either as a group or individually) during the past year.

Cracking the Code of Pre-Harvest Sprouting

webfull — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:44:13 +0000

Pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) is a major global issue affecting cereal crops like wheat and barley. It occurs when grains begin to germinate on the plant before harvest due to environmental triggers like moisture and humidity, combined with genetic factors such as low seed dormancy. This premature sprouting degrades starch, reducing grain quality and leading to significant economic losses—estimated at $1 billion globally, and $100 million annually in Canada.

Physiology Seminar: Dr. Andrea K. Radtke "Spatial mapping of protein composition and tissue architecture in health and cancer"

webfull — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:52:29 +0000

ACB Seminar Series: Andrew Kruse, PhD "Activation of the angiotensin and relaxin receptors by chemically divergent drugs"

webfull — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:53:37 +0000

Special BIC Lecture: Charting Cortical Axes of Plasticity and Environmental Sensitivity: From Animal Critical Periods to Human Development

webfull — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 19:00:48 +0000

Registration coming soon.

Host: Boris Bernhardt

ACB Seminar Series: Alicia Ebert, PhD "Looking forward and reverse: Sema6A/PlexinA2 signaling in the developing zebrafish retina"

webfull — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:45:50 +0000

Don’t Panic: Population Projection is not a Crystal Ball

webfull — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:47:03 +0000

In response to the growing alarmism around the so-called "demographic cliff," Clark and colleagues explain population projections and why most demographers are not panicking.

Read the article here: Don’t Panic: Population Projection is not a Crystal Ball

$10 million for Neuro-led project seeking new Alzheimer’s biomarkers

webfull — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:27:40 +0000

Weston Family Foundation grant will fund the first ultra-high-sensitivity whole body PET/CT scanner in Canada

A groundbreaking project led by Dr. Pedro Rosa-Neto at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) of ɬ�﷬ has received a major boost thanks to a $10-million grant from the Weston Family Foundation.

The funding is part of a $20-million initiative by the foundation to support highly ambitious scientific endeavors under its Healthy Aging Strategy, comprised of the Weston Brain Institute and the Weston Family Microbiome Initiative.

Neuro Epilepsy Day and Pierre Gloor Lecture 2026

webfull — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:57:16 +0000

New Publication : Between precedent autonomy and the patient's best interests: a reasonable path for advance medical assistance in dying requests

webfull — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:45:56 +0000

This chapter, written by Jocelyn Maclure and Naïma Hamrouni, was published in Research Handbook on Voluntary Assisted Dying Law, Regulation and Practice edited by Ben White. Access the work here

Dingke Tang (University of Ottawa)

webfull — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 19:30:12 +0000

Title: Sparse Causal Learning: Challenges and Opportunities

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Harold Williams (USC)

webfull — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:05:31 +0000

Title: Dimer Models and Tropical Lagrangian Coamoebae

Event | Cancer Translational Research Horizons 2025

webfull — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:42:25 +0000

Join the ɬ�﷬ Centre for Translational Research for CTR Horizons 2025

Brown Bag Talk – AI in Private Equity

webfull — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 14:34:32 +0000

How is artificial intelligence reshaping private equity?

Zhaoshen Zhai (ɬ�﷬)

webfull — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 14:10:48 +0000

Title: Extension properties and separability of groups: a connection between model theory and profinite topologies