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Tackling climate change and preserving biodiversity a key priority for Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ and Quebec

The Fonds de recherche du Québec its latest rounds of funding earlier this month in support of research, training, and initiatives to tackle major societal challenges—including climate change and biodiversity loss.

Classified as: agricultural practices, agriculture, biodiversity, FRQSC, Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science, Fonds de recherche du Québec – santé (FRQS), Liber Ero Chair in Biodiversity Conservation, Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT), polymer
Published on: 30 Jun 2022

Four-panel composite image of researchers presenting on stage at 2022 Symposium

On May 19 and 20, Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives (HBHL) welcomed over 150 attendees to the first HBHL Symposium since 2019. Held at the Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre at the Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital), the HBHL Symposium 2022 featured two days of talks and networking opportunities.

Published on: 6 Jun 2022

On June 23, is becoming . All links to the current Scholars Portal Dataverse site will be redirected to the new site - borealisdata.ca.

Classified as: Research, research data, Research & Innovation
Published on: 1 Jun 2022

Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ professors receive grant to explore the correlation between technology dependence, youth loneliness and the risk for exploitation.

Classified as: Computer, education, technology, Youth, dependency
Published on: 19 May 2022

Earlier this year, the Government of Canada and its partners announced that they will invest $31.1 million over six years to support the training and development of students and early career researchers. The Health Research Training Platform (HRTP) will form 17 collaborative health research teams of participants across Canada with the goal of increasing their career prospects and building on Canadian research capacity at large.

Published on: 28 Apr 2022

Montreal-based centre unites strengths of Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾, ÉTS, Mila, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, and CentraleSupélec

Classified as: international, artificial intelligence (AI)
Published on: 26 Apr 2022

An HBHL-funded lab at the Douglas Research Centre, led by Martin Lepage, Professor of Psychiatry at Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ and Deputy Scientific Director at the Douglas, has recently published a study in JAMA Psychiatry to determine the effectiveness of metacognitive training for psychosis (MCT) in treating individuals living with schizophrenia.

Published on: 25 Mar 2022

A team of researchers from The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) and the Department of Biomedical Engineering of Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾, the Broad Institute at Harvard/MIT, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and Mila – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute have shown how drug-induced changes in subjective awareness are linked to specific neurotransmitter receptor systems in the largest study of its kind on psychedelics and the brain, funded by HBHL. 

Published on: 25 Mar 2022

Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ has joined Moderna’s program, which aims to accelerate innovation and enable new vaccines and medicines for emerging and neglected infectious diseases through collaborative research and preclinical development. Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ is the first university in Canada to join this program as it ramps up its international rollout.

Classified as: Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾, Moderna, mrna, Vaccines, medicines, Research, anne gatignol, Momar Ndao, mRNA Access program
Published on: 24 Mar 2022

On March 22, Martha Crago, Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, was presented with the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. The award was handed over by Germany’s Ambassador to Canada, Ms. Sabine Sparwasser, at a special ceremony at Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾. The Order of Merit is awarded to Germans as well as foreigners for outstanding achievements in the political, economic, social, or intellectual realms.

Classified as: Martha Crago, German Order of Merit, Research, science, collaboration, Canada, germany
Published on: 22 Mar 2022

Eight projects funded through the Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) and the Government of Quebec acquire new tools and infrastructure to generate new knowledge, from improving breast cancer treatments to understanding the lives of parasitoid insects.

Classified as: atmosphere, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Cancer, Insects, plant science, Research, robotics, science
Published on: 22 Feb 2022

NeuroSphere is pleased to continue to support Neurasic Therapeutics and Dr. Philippe Séguéla since our involvement in the launch of Neurasic therapeutics in 2020 and announce a new $965,000 collaboration between Neurasic Therapeutics, CQDM, the Louise and Alan Edwards Foundation, and Neurosphere.

Published on: 13 Jan 2022

Plastics, textiles, and electronics have revolutionized our modern world, but their massive production has led to the accumulation of non-biodegradable and toxic wastes. This is a problem Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ researcher Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne hopes to have a hand in solving. Today she was named a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Biologically-Derived Materials, in recognition of the importance of her research for Canada’s future.

Classified as: Canada Research Chairs, federal government, science, Research, investment, funding, Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne, Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Ignacio Cofone, Diana Keown Allan, Murray Humphries
Published on: 12 Jan 2022

On January 12, the Federal Government announced more than $295 million for science, research, and engineering in Canada through the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) 2020-2 cycle, the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) 2020 Transformation results, and the Tri-agency Scholarships and Fellowships.

Read the full story on the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Newsroom or the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Reporter.

Below is a list of all CRCs awarded in the 2020-2022 Cycle and Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Co-PIs and Collaborators NFRF-T 2021-2027:

Classified as: Anthropology, arts, Biology, chemistry, CRC, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, engineering, investment, jewish general hospital, Law, medicine, science, Social Work, NFRF, hs-commmunications, Communications sciences and disorders
Published on: 12 Jan 2022

Martha Crago, Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation (VP-RI), is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Roman Szumski to the role of Special Advisor to the VP-RI in Public and Life Science Policy and Business Development. His appointment will commence on January 17, 2022 for a two-year term.

Classified as: Business, Development, innovation, public policy, science, special advisor
Published on: 11 Jan 2022

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