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Natural Resource Sciences grad students reduce lab plastic waste by nearly 50%

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:24:58 +0000

Single-use plastics are everywhere—but two 91�� researchers are redefining the norm and championing sustainability.

"Although plastic pollution wasn’t the main focus of our research, safeguarding water bodies is essential to our work, and we knew we had to address the disconnect between our values and laboratory practices."

Macdonald Grad Studies Office earns silver in 91��'s Sustainable Workplace Certification program

admin — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:11:20 +0000

From left to right: Academic Associate Laura Wittebol, Graduate Program Coordinators Maude Bélanger, Erin Minnett, and Simone Clamann, and Associate Dean (Graduate Education) Jean-Benoit Charron

D2R announces new round of funding, investing $1.5 million to advance research in RNA therapeutics and to support 91�� Centres and Institutes

admin — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:21:58 +0000

Montreal – December 19, 2024 – The D2R (DNA to RNA) Initiative is proud to announce the recipients of its latest round of funding, awarding a total of $1.5 million to four principal investigators and five 91�� Centres and Institutes. These awards are designed at advancing research in RNA therapeutics by facilitating industry collaboration and supporting the next generation of scientific leaders as well as research Centres and Institutes.

Seth Bumagat on Canada's Water Resilience and Security Strategy | Policy Magazine

admin — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:52:42 +0000

March 26, 2025 | MPP Seth Bumagat wrote about the need for water resilience and security strategy. "Wildfires and droughts – two other frequent natural disasters that strike Canada annually – present a complex link between water and climate change events. When considering the complex links between climate change and water, the issues of water resilience and security arise.

Project to create AI model for ALS receives Génome Québec funding

admin — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 15:29:17 +0000

$400,000 will fuel public-private collaboration to discover new disease biomarkers

A new project co-led by Thomas Durcan, PhD, Director of The Neuro's Early Drug Discovery Unit, and overseen by Mathilde Chaineau, PhD, the EDDU’s program manager, will receive $400,000 in support from Génome Québec. In partnership with Nardin Nakhla and Armstrong Murira from the Montreal-based company Simmunome, Durcan and Chaineau will develop a computational model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) on which to test for new biomarkers and therapeutic targets.

HBHL-funded researchers clinch CIHR Fall 2024 Project Grant

admin — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 21:50:12 +0000

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Project Grant: Fall 2024 competition has approved 453 research grants for a total investment of approximately $411M, with 131 projects funded in Quebec.

HBHL is proud to announce that 16 HBHL-funded researchers will receive support for eight projects, out of 23 grants awarded at 91��.

HBHL-funded PIs are bolded in the following table:

Remembering Emil Skamene (1941–2024), pioneer in genetic research at 91��

admin — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:13:51 +0000

It is with deep sadness that we remember Emil Skamene, a pioneer in genetic research at 91��.

His groundbreaking work on host genetic susceptibility to infections has shaped the field for over three decades.

Skamene’s legacy continues to inspire scientists, including D2R’s Chief Scientific Officer, Philippe Gros, who, alongside Professor Erwin Schurr, honors him in a heartfelt eulogy published in Nature Genetics.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-024-02028-7

Jennifer Welsh's Special Issue on 'Localization in World Politics' | Oxford Academic

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 20:13:26 +0000

Director Jennifer Welsh co-edited a special issue of Global Studies Quarterly on Localization in World Politics. Welsh co-edited the collection of articles and co-authored the introductory essay. The article tackles four questions: (1) Why has localization become a focus of scholarly and policy attention? (2) What are the historical precursors of localization?

Six principal investigators from The Neuro receive CIHR grants

admin — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:44:57 +0000

Projects include important research on Parkinson’s, glioblastoma and dementia

Anil Wasif on Tackling 25% Tariff Threats | Policy Magazine

admin — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:42:27 +0000

January 13, 2025 | Alumnus Anil Wasif MPP'21 wrote an article as Canada braces for U.S. tariff threats of 25% after the newly elected Trump administration. The strategies disparity between the federal and provincial governments poses a greater problem.

Isabella Coronado Doria on Taxis vs. Ridesharing in Colombia | Policy Magazine

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:43:02 +0000

March 26, 2025 | MPP Isabella Coronado Doria wrote about the growing tensions between Uber and traditional taxis in Columbia. "In some ways, hindering Uber’s activity in Colombia is comparable to telling people to abandon the internet and go back to encyclopedias. It highlights the perpetual tension between the status quo and disruptive technology," writes Isabella.

Event | Workshop in Precision Health and Medicine | January 9, 2025

admin — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 18:16:42 +0000

First Hybrid Workshop on Precision Health and Medicine

Synergizing our strengths in new technologies in omics, digital sciences, and translational medicine to advance patient care.

This event is organized in partnership between University of Bern and 91��. This partnership between the universities aims to synergistically harness the power of new technologies in omics, digital sciences, and translational medicine to advance patient care.

Event details:

New publication in Science from the Bernard lab with former and current Cell Biology graduate students Emilie Brûlé and Hailey Schultz

admin — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:56:32 +0000

Myostatin is a paracrine myokine that regulates muscle mass in a variety of species, including humans. In this work, they report a functional role for myostatin as an endocrine hormone that directly promotes pituitary follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) synthesis and thereby ovarian function in mice. Previously, this FSH-stimulating role was attributed to other members of the transforming growth factor-β family, the activins. Their results both challenge activin's eponymous role in FSH synthesis and establish an unexpected endocrine axis between skeletal muscle and the pituitary gland.

Aftab Ahmed on Humanitarian Aid under the Trump Administration's | Policy Magazine

admin — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:42:21 +0000

February 6, 2025 | Alumnus Aftab Ahmed MPP'23 wrote about the Trump Administration and the growing uncertainty of foreign aids. "Trump presents a vision of America as weak, exploited, and in need of tougher negotiation. His solution is a hostile realignment to extract more from allies and adversaries alike while offering them less," writes Aftab. He raises concerns about the cost of inaction becoming dreadful as public health and education systems will suffer in aid-dependent nations.

New book on National Security

admin — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:27:19 +0000

December 21, 2024 | Norman Hillmer (Slater Visiting Scholar) and Vincent Rigby co-edited with Phil Legasse from NPSIA, book named Canada Among Nations 2023: Twenty-First Century National Security. The book includes articles by Jennifer Welsh on Choices for Canada in a New Geopolitical