/medhealthsci-gradstudies/taxonomy/term/43/all en /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/event/banting-application-2024-internal-review-deadline-fmhs-356717 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 13:47:05 +0000 yang.chen6@mcgill.ca 4003 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/news/fmhs-minimum-funding-packages-20242025-353912 Wed, 03 Jan 2024 15:47:33 +0000 yang.chen6@mcgill.ca 3833 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/event/senior-seminar-emily-wilsonphd-candidate-pharmacology-therapeutics-362364 <p style="text-align:center">Senior Seminar Announcement</p> <p style="text-align:center">Emily Wilson<br /> Ph.D Candidate<br /> Prof. Carolyn Baglole</p> Fri, 03 Jan 2025 20:26:00 +0000 admin 4381 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/news/fourteen-mcgillians-appointed-order-canada-362232 <div><em><strong>Governor General recognizes McGill community members for exceptional accomplishments and service </strong></em></div> <div> <p><span>Fourteen members of the Ď㽶ĘÓƵ community have been appointed to the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honours. <span> </span></span></p> <p><span>Among the honourees are <span>the University’s Chancellor and three professors<span>:<span> </span></span></span></span></p></div> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 23:15:11 +0000 admin 4373 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/news/open-solution-improving-research-reproducibility-362210 <h2><b>Academic and industry scientists collaborate on a new method to characterize research antibodies</b></h2> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:12:19 +0000 admin 4371 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/event/caring-conversations-conflict-between-caregivers-362207 <p><a href="/dementia/support-groups/caring-conversations"><em><strong>Caring Conversations</strong></em></a> is an online forum for care partners of people living with dementia to learn from experts, share concerns and ask quest</p> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:14:54 +0000 admin 4369 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/event/techidea-pitch-competition-extended-submission-deadline-360679 <p>The TechIdea Pitch competition encourages McGill students, working in teams, to propose new technologically-based ideas/solutions that solve real world problems.</p> Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:53:46 +0000 admin 4368 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/event/hbhl-symposium-2025-362158 <h2><span>HBHL Symposium 2025 </span></h2> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:24:41 +0000 admin 4365 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/event/90th-symposium-362135 <p>Join us as The Neuro celebrates 90 years of groundbreaking contributions to neuroscience with a forward-looking symposium.</p> Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:06:59 +0000 admin 4364 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/news/quebec-government-awards-16-million-mcgill-researchers-providing-innovative-solutions-industry-362124 <div> <p><em><strong><span><span><span>McGill-led projects in genomics, imaging,<span> and manufacturing<span> <span>serve<span> businesses across Quebec<span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></em></p></div> Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:55:57 +0000 admin 4362 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/event/6th-national-course-sleep-medicine-362067 <p><span>This two-day training course is designed to provide and enhance a basic working knowledge of sleep medicine.</span></p> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:46:27 +0000 admin 4361 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/news/recreating-hallmark-parkinsons-disease-human-neurons-360245 <h2><b>Scientists use stem cells to follow development of protein bodies characteristic of neurological disease</b></h2> Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:47:43 +0000 admin 4356 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/news/bilingualism-makes-brain-more-efficient-especially-when-learned-young-age-360355 <h2><b>MRI data from large sample shows increased whole-brain connectivity in people with a second language</b></h2> <p>Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to build connections within itself, adapting to the surrounding environment. The brain is most plastic in childhood, forming new pathways in reaction to stimuli such as language.</p> Fri, 11 Oct 2024 13:44:33 +0000 admin 4354 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/news/research-new-stem-cell-models-receives-26-million-360436 <h2><b>Thomas Durcan’s project will </b><b>dissect the role of microglia in degenerative conditions, to identify new therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer's treatment</b></h2> <p>An innovative new program based at The Neuro has received $2.6 million from the CQDM and the Brain Canada Foundation.</p> Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:44:26 +0000 admin 4352 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/news/home-neurological-disorder-diagnosis-project-receives-major-funding-361075 <h2><b>$1M grant from The Weston Family Foundation will pave the way for earlier intervention in REM sleep behaviour disorder and Parkinson’s disease</b></h2> <p>REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is an often debilitating condition that causes people to act out in their sleep, sometimes violently. What’s worse, people with the disorder often go on to develop Parkinson’s disease.</p> Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:24:33 +0000 admin 4348 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies