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Research drop-in session (data collection, storage, privacy and security)

claire.burrows@mcgill.ca — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:37:52 +0000

Do you have questions about sharing or managing research data, finding Cloud applications, or data privacy?

HBHL Symposium 2025: a week later, the energy still shines!

admin — Fri, 16 May 2025 23:53:31 +0000

Over 300 attendees gathered at ɬ�﷬ on May 6 and 7 for the HBHL Symposium 2025, a vibrant two-day celebration of cutting-edge neuroscience and brain health research.

This year’s event featured inspiring keynote talks by Damien Fair (University of Minnesota), Lucina Q. Uddin (UCLA) and Amélie Quesnel-Vallée (ɬ�﷬), who explored topics from neuropsychiatry and brain network dynamics to social determinants of brain health.

SSHRC invests over $7 million in ɬ�﷬ research

admin — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 19:48:37 +0000

Forty ɬ�﷬ researchers received funding from the 2024 SSHRC Insight Grants competition to support studies related to social sciences and humanities

Event | Breast Cancer & RNA Therapeutics: Exploring inclusive research and career opportunities

admin — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 20:53:13 +0000

Join D2R and the Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute (GCI) for an event in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Women's History Month, in collaboration with Fondation du cancer du sein du Québec and the association Audace au féminin.

Research | Viral DNA sequences in the human genome may help control gene activity, new study shows

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:40:53 +0000

Long dismissed as “junk,” viral fragments buried in human DNA may help regulate our genes, according to a new international study co-led by Guillaume Bourque, professor in ɬ�﷬’s Department of Human Genetics, D2R-funded researcher and member of the D2R Research Steering Committee and Executive (RSC). The findings offer new insights into what makes us human, 25 years after the human genome was first mapped.

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

admin — 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.

ɬ�﷬ researcher awarded Blood Cancer Quality of Life Grant to improve post-transplant care for blood cancer patients and caregivers

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:30:22 +0000

Supported by funding from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada and the Canadian Cancer Society, Professor Sylvie Lambert and her PhD student, Sarah Chehayeb, will explore how remote monitoring can improve recovery and quality of life for patients undergoing stem cell transplants and ease the burden on their caregivers.

Hybrid Event | Lunch and Learn with CASTL

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 14:34:08 +0000

Join D2R and CASTL for this hybrid Lunch and Learn about biomanufacturing and RNA therapeutics

In this presentation, D2R and CASTL will connect the world of research with industrial applications! This Lunch and Learn will provide a practical way introduce participants to how mRNA-LNP based biotherapeutics are manufactured, and showcase opportunities and career pathways in the biomanufacturing sector.

Professor Emeritus Prakash Panangaden elected as Fellow of the Royal Society

admin — Tue, 20 May 2025 16:59:15 +0000

News | David Bujold (C3G) appointed Co-Lead of GA4GH Discovery Work Stream

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 12:46:52 +0000

The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) has announced new leadership across several initiatives, including the appointment of David Bujold, Data Team Lead at the Canadian Centre for Computational Genomics (C3G)and Bioinformatics Manager at ɬ�﷬’s Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Institute of Genomic Medicine, as Co-Lead of the Discovery Work Stream.

Chemistry professor Eric McCalla awarded Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future grant

admin — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 15:37:08 +0000

Eric McCalla, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, has received a Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) grant, a joint program of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF).

ɬ�﷬ now accepting expressions of interest for the 2026 Earthshot Prize

admin — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 19:36:26 +0000

ɬ�﷬ is once again proud to be an Official Nominator of the Earthshot Prize. As an Official Nominator, we are part of a global community invited to submit nominations, selected for our ability to identify the most impactful solutions across all sectors worldwide.

The Earthshot Prize is a global environmental prize and platform for impact, dedicated to finding and growing solutions that will repair our planet this decade, in five categories or Earthshots.

Event | RNA-Seq Bootcamp

admin — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:42:24 +0000

From October 20–24, 2025, the Computational and Data Systems Initiative, in partnership with Quantitative Life Sciences-ɬ�﷬ initiative in Computational Medicine and the D2R-HeDS Platform (Health Data Science), will host an RNA-seq Bootcamp. This hands-on workshop series will equip participants with both the theoretical foundations and practical skills needed for RNA-seq data analysis.

D2R awards over $5.3 million in Foundational and Research in Motion funding programs

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 18:13:29 +0000

Montreal – November 6, 2025 | The DNA to RNA (D2R) initiative at ɬ�﷬ is proud to announce the recipients of the second cycle of the Foundational and Research in Motion (RIM) funding programs.

From common diseases affecting millions, such as lung cancer, to rare disorders like lipodystrophy, this investment of over 5.3 million dollars reflects D2R’s commitment to advancing bold ideas and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration across the discovery-to-implementation spectrum.

School of Information Studies Professors Awarded $5.6M Grant to Propel Canada to the Forefront of Cybersecurity Data Analytics Research

admin — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:00:53 +0000

Professor Benjamin Fung, Canada Research Chair in Data Mining for Cybersecurity, and Professor Steven Ding, both of the School of Information Studies in the Faculty of Arts, are part of a team that has recently been awarded a $5.6 million grant, funded under the NSERC Alliance Grants-CSE. The project, the only one to receive funding from NSERC Alliance Grants-CSE, will provide a multimodal, comprehensive solution for exploratory analysis of unstructured data, with a strong focus on cybersecurity applications.