�鶹��ý��վ News - Research and innovation

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

webfull — 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.

Published: 3 October 2025

Event | Symposium on Advances in Viral Diseases

webfull — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:33:08 +0000

The �鶹��ý��վ Research Centre for Complex Traits, the Wainberg Centre for Viral Diseases and the �鶹��ý��վ Infectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program are joined to host a Symposium on Advances in Viral Diseases: From Mechanisms to Therapies.

Published: 3 October 2025

Biochemistry professor Ian Watson awarded Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network’s Data Sharing & Use Pilot program funding

webfull — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:54:27 +0000

Published: 1 October 2025

�鶹��ý��վ researchers win Brain Canada’s Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award

webfull — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:19:25 +0000

Jérôme Fortin, Paul Masset, and Simon Thebault have received the Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award from Brain Canada for their research in brain cognition, brain cancer, and neurological disabilities.

The �鶹��ý��վ researchers are among 22 successful applicants from across the country. They will each receive $100,000 in research funding distributed over a period of two years.

Published: 30 September 2025

Event | RNA-Seq Bootcamp

webfull — 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-�鶹��ý��վ 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.

Published: 26 September 2025

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.

Published: 24 September 2025

Event | AReNA "From Mission to Action"

webfull — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:40:36 +0000

AReNA, Québec’s RNA Hub, is inviting everyone involved in the field of RNA in Québec—researchers, innovators, institutions, partners, anyone curious about the field, as well as experts—to attend the event "From Mission to Action" on October 16, 2025 at the BAnQ in Montréal.

This event is intended to celebrate a year of collective impact with presentations, discussions and networking, as well as to reconnect and collectively reflect on RNA therapies in Québec.

Published: 18 September 2025

Cancer Translational Research Horizons 2025 | Extended Abstract Deadline

webfull — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:24:50 +0000

The �鶹��ý��վ Centre for Translational Research is organizing the Cancer Translational Research Horizons 2025, that will take place on December 3–4, 2025 at the evo Hotel in Montreal.

This annual event brings together researchers and entrepreneurs to accelerate solutions from the lab to clinical practice across the cancer care continuum.

Published: 18 September 2025

�鶹��ý��վ researcher awarded Blood Quality of Life Grant to improve post-transplant care for blood cancer patients and caregivers

webfull — 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.

Published: 17 September 2025

D2R awards nearly $1.5 million to Master's and Doctoral Scholars across Canada

webfull — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:14:17 +0000

Montreal, September 10, 2025 – The DNA to RNA (D2R) initiative at �鶹��ý��վ is proud to announce the recipients of its Master's and Doctoral Scholar Awards, recognizing outstanding and active trainees working on diverse D2R-aligned research projects.

Published: 10 September 2025