Trifecta of awards for McGill Physics professors
The Canadian Association of Physicists recognizes achievements for McGill professors across many branches of research in physics
New Type of Earthquake Discovered
International team including McGill researchers has discovered a new type of seismic event. The existence of these hydraulic fracturing-induced earthquakes听supports a scientific theory that until now had not been sufficiently substantiated by measurements.
Carole Goutorbe appointed as Director of Sponsored Research (OSR)
Research and Innovation (R+I) is pleased to announce the appointment of Carole Goutorbe as the Director of Sponsored Research. She began听her new role on November 22.
McGill's Scott Weichenthal wins NSERC Brockhouse prize with cross-disciplinary, multi-institution team
A multidisciplinary team of researchers, including McGill's Scott Weichenthal, an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health,听has听been awarded the Brockhouse Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering听from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
CHIME Fast Radio Burst Team to Receive 2022 Berkeley Prize
The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment fast radio burst (CHIME/FRB) team, which discovered more than 500 new fast radio bursts in the first year of the detector鈥檚 operations, will receive the 2022 Lancelot M. Berkeley 鈭� New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy.
McGill鈥檚 Hanadi Sleiman wins 2021 Polanyi Award
Recognized for her ground-breaking advancements in the field of DNA nanotechnology and precision medicine to combat major diseases
McGill Celebrates 14 Researchers on Highly Cited Researchers 2021 List
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Deep Space Dine
Innovative food production technologies for edible crickets and microalgae launch two McGill student-led projects into the semifinals of the NASA/CSA Deep Space Food Challenge.
Something wicked this way comes: new centre to confront antimicrobial resistance
Multidisciplinary unit to focus on rise of 鈥榮uperbugs鈥� identified by WHO as a leading threat to global health, responsible for 700,000 annual deaths worldwide
Recent Changes Concerning Research Integrity at McGill
Appointments to the Office of Research Integrity Officer
Unmasking the mechanisms of emerging variants
Scientists are seeking answers to why SARS-CoV-2 variants are so transmissible and why they cause greater disease severity than the original strain. McGill鈥檚 Qian (Vivian) Liu, together with researchers from the University of British Columbia and the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, have launched a study to understand this question, investigating how SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins are organized and moved on the cell or virus surface by using single-molecule imaging technology.
Searching for the next Google: launch of McGill Innovation Fund to make history
Fund will be one of Canada鈥檚 most significant university innovation programs awarding nearly $500k to spinoffs and technologies
Mapping the genome of lake trout to ensure its survival
Lake trout, once the top predator fish across the Great Lakes, reached near extinction between the 1940s and 1960s due to pollution, overfishing, and predation by the invasive lamprey eel. Once showing striking levels of diversity in terms of size, appearance, and ability to adapt to varied environments, now the only lake trout populations to have survived are to be found in Lake Superior and Lake Huron. An international team of researchers from the U.S.
Clarus Therapeutics and 香蕉视频 Announce Licensing Agreement to Develop and Commercialize Technology to Treat Coenzyme-Q10 Deficiencies
Agreement to accelerate development of potential treatments for rare, endocrine, metabolic, and neurological conditions associated with primary and secondary ubiquinone deficiencies which belong to the wider class of mitochondrial diseases | An estimated 1 in 5,000 adults worldwide has a mitochondrial disease | Clarus to pay McGill $350,000 upfront and up to $10.5 million in potential development and regulatory milestones
Catherine Potvin awarded prestigious Sir John William Dawson Medal
The Royal Society of Canada bestows the Sir John William Dawson Medal biennially to researchers who have made important and sustained contributions interdisciplinary research