​​​​​​​Predicting the transmission of rare, genetically based diseases

Published: 7 December 2018

There are only 25 people in the whole of Quebec at the moment who have a rare recessive genetic disease called chronic atrial and intestinal dysrhythmia (CAID). It is a serious disease that affects...

World Polio Day – October 24

Published: 24 October 2014

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Neuro researchers awarded $10.5 M from CFI

Published: 29 May 2015

Today the Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology) announced an investment of $333 million for research infrastructure through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)....

Alan Evans awarded major brain disorders prize

Published: 21 August 2014

Dr. Alan Evans, a pioneering scientist who has helped map the human brain, has been awarded the Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize by the University of British Columbia. Dr. Evans is a...

Using patients’ own cells to accelerate research into neurological disease

Published: 31 March 2015

$1 M gift from Mr. J. Sebastian van Berkom launches translational research into neurological disease ...

Timing is everything: scientists control rapid re-wiring of brain circuits using patterned visual stimulation

Published: 27 May 2014

In a new study, published in this week’s issue of the journal Science, researchers show for the first time how the brain re-wires and fine-tunes its connections differently depending on the...

Students to perform ‘brain’ surgery

Published: 19 February 2015

Come witness young students perform brain surgery for the first time ...

Neuro awarded over $15 M in CIHR funding

Published: 28 July 2015

Researchers get inaugural Foundation grants for high-impact, long-term programs...

World experts join forces on rare genetic disease

Published: 11 November 2014

Scientists shed light on ARSACS a genetic disease affecting Quebecers in regions of Charlevoix and Saguenay-Lac Saint-Jean

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