/newsroom/taxonomy/term/438/all en /newsroom/channels/news/six-early-career-researchers-receive-leadership-grants-326217 <p><em>By Shawn Hayward</em></p> <p>Six Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences researchers — <strong>Boris Bernhardt, Mark Brandon, Yasser Iturria-Medina, Jean-Francois Poulin, Jo Anne Stratton and Masha Prager-Khoutorsky</strong> — have received grants to support their work in the early-career stage, after being chosen from 150 talented applicants.</p> <p>Brain Canada’s 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.</p> Thu, 12 Nov 2020 17:56:51 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 248040 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/nurses-care-young-mothers-leaves-traces-babies-dna-286970 <div><span>Researchers have known for a couple of decades that early life adversity can affect the way that particular genes function through a process called epigenetics - a bit like a dimmer switch on a light, pushing gene activity up or down. What they haven’t been able to show until now is that POSITIVE early life experiences can have a similar effect, and that these effects can be seen over thirty years later.  </span></div> <div> </div> Tue, 01 May 2018 19:24:32 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 38901 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/top-award-spinal-cord-injury-research-256749 <p>Innovative research aims to improve the quality of life for those living with spinal cord injuries Mon, 16 Nov 2015 20:21:45 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 24763 at /newsroom