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Congratulations to Prof. Yasser Riazalhosseini and his colleagues on receiving the US Department of Defense grant

admin — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:58:58 +0000

Yasser Riazalhosseini, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Human Genetics, and Head of Cancer Genomics at the Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Institute of Genomic Medicine and clinicians from �� Health Centre have received funding from the US Department of Defense (DoD) for nearly $2M to discover improved methods for risk assessment and therapeutic treatment to fight against clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), the most common subtype of kidney cancer.

ACB Seminar Series: Maureen McKeague Ph.D. (Programmable RNA Tools to Probe and Modulate Cell State in Live Systems)

admin — Fri, 09 May 2025 15:22:12 +0000

Congratulations to Prof. Davis!

admin — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 15:04:10 +0000

Last week, ACB had the opportunity to celebrate the retirement of Professor Elaine Davis, who has worked in the department for over twenty years. Congratulations to Prof. Davis!

Pictured from left to right: Carlos Morales, Hojatollah Vali, Elaine Davis, Chantal Autexier, Craig Mandato, and Gabriel Venne.

Prof. Venne awarded the 2024 President's Prize for Excellence in Teaching

admin — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 18:20:52 +0000

Prof. Gabriel Venne, Director of the Division of Anatomical Sciences, has been awarded the 2024 President's Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Pictured here is Prof. Venne receiving his award from �� President Deep Saini at the Fall Convocation ceremony on Dec. 2nd.

New publication in Science from the Bernard lab with former and current Cell Biology graduate students Emilie Brûlé and Hailey Schultz

admin — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:56:32 +0000

Myostatin is a paracrine myokine that regulates muscle mass in a variety of species, including humans. In this work, they report a functional role for myostatin as an endocrine hormone that directly promotes pituitary follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) synthesis and thereby ovarian function in mice. Previously, this FSH-stimulating role was attributed to other members of the transforming growth factor-β family, the activins. Their results both challenge activin's eponymous role in FSH synthesis and establish an unexpected endocrine axis between skeletal muscle and the pituitary gland.

Congratulations to Sabrina Romanelli, who received a prestigious Graduate Student Award from Parkinson Canada (205-2027 cycle)

admin — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:58:26 +0000

Congratulations to Sabrina Romanelli, who received a prestigious Graduate Student Award from Parkinson Canada (205-2027 cycle). This competitive 2-yr $40,000 award was given to 11 exceptional doctoral trainees across Canada working on Parkinson’s disease. Sabrina’s project aims to elucidate the mechanism of PINK1 activation on damaged mitochondria via interactions with the translocation machinery. Her work will help us understand how Parkinson-associated genetic variants impair PINK1’s function.

Avantor Science Product Show - Squid Game Edition

amanda.perozzo@mcgill.ca — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:24:45 +0000

Join in the Avantor games to find out what's new on the science supplies and equipment market!

Biotech Connect Exhibition (Postponed from Feb 13)

amanda.perozzo@mcgill.ca — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:53:34 +0000

Biotech Connect invites you to its Life Sciences Exhibition! ��, Bellini LSC When?

Tuesday March 18, 2025

11:00 am to 1:00 pm

Avantor Product Show

amanda.perozzo@mcgill.ca — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 19:35:17 +0000

Avantor is hosting a life science product show in the Bellini LSC Atrium!

Come and have an open discussion with lab equipment/supplies specialists.

The Future of Medicine: Beyond mRNA vaccines

jaylen.gordon@mcgill.ca — Wed, 17 May 2023 21:14:35 +0000

COVID-19 vaccines introduced RNA treatments to the world, showing they were safe and effective. But vaccines are only the start.

RNA & the Future of Medicine

justin.hand-gregory@mcgill.ca — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 20:50:19 +0000

The power of combining genomics with RNA technology is exemplified by the remarkable and rapid success of mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2.

Science POP Competition

justin.hand-gregory@mcgill.ca — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 14:32:24 +0000

Calling all graduate students and post-docs doing research in health sciences!

Abstract submission deadline: Science POP Competition

justin.hand-gregory@mcgill.ca — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 14:03:28 +0000

Calling all graduate students and post-docs doing research in health sciences!

SBMS Town Hall (Online)

justin.hand-gregory@mcgill.ca — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 21:12:44 +0000

General information session for the SBMS staff and faculty community.

Please contact Leigh Dickson for the Zoom link.