/research/taxonomy/term/204/all en /research/article/quebec-covid-19-biobank-essential-weapon-against-covid <p>“Know your enemy,” is perhaps one of the most well-known proverbs, often quoted by military buffs and corporate leaders alike. And yet in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic this ancient saying by the strategist and philosopher Sun Tzu, takes on a vital and important meaning. The virus that causes COVID-19 present many mysteries, and new reports of its effects and transmission seem to surface daily. There is so much yet to learn about this virulent pathogen.</p> Wed, 21 Dec 2022 23:51:41 +0000 Junji Nishihata 724 at /research /research/articles/future-ready-professor-sabrina-leslie <p>In a cavernous space in Professor Sabrina Leslie’s lab, recent PhD graduate Dr. Daniel Berard is analyzing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3U1BTFxuBU&feature=youtu.be">live videos of fluctuating single oligonucleotides</a>—short molecules of DNA—as they are trapped in three-micron-wide "wells”. To the untrained eye, the images he is inspecting on the computer screen look much like static on antiquated television sets, yet he perceives the entire trajectory of the molecules as they search for and bind to a target.</p> Tue, 20 Dec 2022 21:10:12 +0000 Meaghan Thurston 706 at /research