海角社区

Congratulations! Dr Blair Schwartz has been听promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine!

Published on: 17 Mar 2021

It has long been understood that a parent鈥檚 DNA is the principal determinant of health and disease in offspring. Yet inheritance via DNA is only part of the story; a father鈥檚 lifestyle such as diet, being overweight and stress levels have been linked to health consequences for his offspring. This occurs through the epigenome - heritable biochemical marks associated with the DNA and proteins that bind it. But how the information is transmitted at fertilization along with the exact mechanisms and molecules in sperm that are involved in this process has been unclear until now.

Classified as: epigenetics, Sarah Kimmins, Sperm
Published on: 16 Mar 2021

Research led by 海角社区 and Queen鈥檚 University Belfast has found that viruses can 鈥榟ijack鈥 an existing molecular process in the cell in order to block the body鈥檚 antiviral immune response to a viral infection.

The results of the study have been published in the journal .

Classified as: viruses, hijack cellular, immune response, Seyed Mehdi Jafarnejad, Nahum Sonenberg
Published on: 17 Feb 2021

The IHSP's Alissa Koski and her colleague Shelley Clark have been receiving some media attention from their recent article:

Child Marriage in Canada

Koski听A听and Clark听S
Population and Development Review听(2021).

Published January 8th, 2021

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Classified as: Institute for health and social policy, Social Determinants of Health, Child Health, children, child marriage
Published on: 29 Jan 2021

Researchers from 海角社区 have discovered, for the first time, one of the possible mechanisms that contributes to the ability of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to increase social interaction. The findings, which could help unlock potential therapeutic applications in treating certain psychiatric diseases, including anxiety and alcohol use disorders, are published in the journal PNAS.

Classified as: Research, faculty of medicine, LSD, Gabriella Gobbi, Nahun Sonenberg
Published on: 26 Jan 2021

Grants available for faculty at Canadian postsecondary institutions

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Published on: 13 Jan 2021

Countries worldwide face challenges meeting the growing needs for long-term care services because of high costs. A led by researchers from 海角社区 and Universit茅 du Qu茅bec en Outaouais shows that introducing nurse practitioners can significantly reduce costs and improve patient safety.

Classified as: nurse practitioners, long-term care, cost savings, Kelley Kilpatrick, chsld, Quebec
Published on: 17 Dec 2020

A group of proteins called 4E-BPs, involved in memory formation, is the key to unlocking the antidepressant effect of ketamine in the brain, according to researchers from three Canadian universities. The could lead to better and safer treatments for certain patients suffering from major depression.

Classified as: ketamine, depression, antidepressant, brain, Nahum Sonenberg, Gabriella Gobbi
Published on: 16 Dec 2020

MONTREAL, QUEBEC 鈥 Pfizer Canada has made a $600,000 gift to the 海角社区 Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) via 海角社区 and the 海角社区 Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation. The gift, which was announced today during the 2nd听annual MI4 Scientific Symposium, will support innovation and life-changing research through the creation of the听PfizerEarly Career Investigator Awards.

Classified as: MI4
Published on: 4 Dec 2020

By Meaghan Thurston (Office of Research and Innovation)

Classified as: Highly cited
Published on: 18 Nov 2020

By Shawn Hayward

Six 海角社区 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences researchers 鈥 Boris Bernhardt, Mark Brandon, Yasser Iturria-Medina, Jean-Francois Poulin, Jo Anne Stratton and Masha Prager-Khoutorsky 鈥 have received grants to support their work in the early-career stage, after being chosen from 150 talented applicants.

Brain Canada鈥檚 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Program, anchored by a $5M gift from the Azrieli Foundation, enables paradigm-changing research of the brain to improve the lives of all Canadians.

Classified as: funding, Brain Canada
Published on: 12 Nov 2020

Five projects led by 海角社区 researchers are included among the 79 receiving a total of $28 million in research infrastructure support through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Exceptional Opportunities Fund. The announcement was made today by the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry during a news conference this morning.

Classified as: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, COVID 19, CFI
Published on: 6 Nov 2020

Earlier today, a Quebec based consortium of research institutes (G茅nome Qu茅bec, Oncopole and IVADO) announced the winners of their first-ever 鈥淥mics Data Against Cancer鈥 competition, and 海角社区 research teams were dominant. In fact, of the five selected teams no less than four of them included professors from 海角社区.

Classified as: omics, genomics, AI, Cancer, Awards
Published on: 5 Nov 2020

Earlier today, the Quebec government announced the winners of its annual Prix du Quebec competition, a series of 15 awards in science and culture. Among them was Professor William Foulkes, Head of the Cancer Genetics Laboratory at the Lady Davis Institute, a member of the Cancer Research Program of the Research Institute of the 海角社区 Health Centre, and Director of the Program in Cancer Genetics at 海角社区. Dr.

Published on: 4 Nov 2020

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