Congratulations to the Sharif Lab for the recent publication of their paper, TACAN Is an Ion Channel Involved in Sensing Mechanical Pain, in the prestigious journal Cell. Their identification of a mechanical pain sensor lays the groundwork for designing new drugs to treat pain. Great job! 

Photo (left to right): Marine Christin, co-first author and Reza Sharif-Naeini, senior author.

Classified as: dept. of physiology, faculty of medicine, Sharif Lab
Published on: 28 Feb 2020

Study suggests humans have developed complementary neural systems in each hemisphere for auditory stimuli

Speech and music are two fundamentally human activities that are decoded in different brain hemispheres. A new study used a unique approach to reveal why this specialization exists.

Classified as: music, Dr. Robert Zatorre, Research, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Neuro
Published on: 27 Feb 2020

Earlier today, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) announced the results of the competition for the Canada-UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Initiative, and three McGill teams were among the selected projects. The initiative supports the development of collaborations in AI projects between researchers in Canada and in the UK. Each winning project will receive up to $173,333 per year up to three years, for a total of $520,000 CAD per project.

Classified as: faculty of medicine, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
Published on: 24 Feb 2020

Ranked 1st, Dr Daskalopoulou, Principal Investigator, received the largest grant at McGill University, which was in the top 2% of the total grant value of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fall 2019 Competition.  She received more than $1.8 m to support her project, early Prediction of preeclampsia Using arteriaL Stiffness in high-risk prEgnancies; a multinational study (PULSE).  This study aims to determine the ability of arterial stiffness, other vascular measurements and biomarkers to predict early the development of preeclampsia in high-risk pregnant women.

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Published on: 11 Feb 2020

Dr Natalie Dayan, et al's article, Infertility treatment and risk of severe maternal morbidity: a propensity score--matched cohort study, was listed as one of the 25 most read articles in CMAJ in 2019.

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Published on: 11 Feb 2020

Open source app helps predict brain tumour malignancy and patient survival

The power of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine lies in its ability to find important statistical patterns in large datasets. A study published today is an important proof of concept for how AI can help doctors and brain tumour patients make better treatment decisions.

Classified as: Meningioma, brain tumour, Artificial intelligence, Sylvain Baillet, Jeremy Moreau, Neuro
Published on: 30 Jan 2020

New technique could be used to choose best therapies for patients and measure their effectiveness

Evaluating the effectiveness of therapies for neurodegenerative diseases is often difficult because each patient’s progression is different. A new study shows artificial intelligence (AI) analysis of blood samples can predict and explain disease progression, which could one day help doctors choose more appropriate and effective treatments for patients.

Classified as: Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, genetics, Artificial intelligence, AI, Gene Expression, neurodegenerative diseases, Yasser Iturria-Medina, Ludmer Centre, Neuro
Published on: 28 Jan 2020

Kudos to the Prager-Khoutorsky lab for publishing their first paper, Effects of Salt Loading on the Organization of Microtubules in Rat Magnocellular Vasopressin Neurons, in the Journal of Neuroendocrinology. Special congratulations to Amirah-Iman Hicks, graduate student, and Zsuzsanna Barad, post-doctoral fellow, the co-first authors of the paper. Well done!

To view the paper, click here.

Classified as: dept. of physiology, faculty of medicine, Research, Prager-Khoutorsky lab, Journal of Neuroendocrinology
Published on: 5 Dec 2019

Congratulations to Daniel Almeida for being named in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Science list, and for being the only listmaker from a Canadian university! As a PhD student at the Douglas Research Centre, Almeida studies the molecular impact of childhood maltreatment on the brain in the lab of HBHL-funded prof. Gustavo Turecki. 

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Published on: 4 Dec 2019

With a total funding envelope of $1.65 million, the new HBHL International Partnerships Program supports large-scale, multi-year projects that build and advance partnerships with leading institutions that will help McGill University to:

- Compete with the best in the world for talent, for partnership opportunities, and to make breakthrough discoveries
- Seize emerging opportunities and strategically advance its greatest strengths on the global stage
- Implement large-scale, transformational and forward-thinking institutional strategies

Published on: 2 Dec 2019

HBHL-funded researcher Dr. Kieran O'Donnell recently appeared on CTV News Montreal to discuss the HBHL-funded Montreal Antenatal Well-Being Study. Watch the full interview here, where Dr. O'Donnell discusses the project's goals, initial findings, and more.

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Published on: 25 Nov 2019

Food can trigger overconsumption similar to alcohol and drugs, but it is not the whole story

A large analysis of personality studies has found that people with obesity behave somewhat like people with addictions to alcohol or drugs. But obesity is also a complex condition that cannot be fully explained by the addiction model.

Classified as: alain dagher, Uku Vainik, obesity, phenotype, psychology, food, weight, Neuro
Published on: 30 Oct 2019

Congratulations to Prof. Kristy Ironside, who was recently been awarded a SSHRC Insight Development Grant and a grant of the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Societé et culture. The grants will help Prof. Ironside to start her new research project International Copyright Law in the Political Economy of Russia and the Soviet Union.

Published on: 26 Sep 2019

The Digital Ecosystem Research Challenge has awarded 18 Research Awards ranging from $3,000 to $75,000 to research teams from Canada and abroad. The Digital Ecosystem Research Challenge is a collaborative effort between Dr. Taylor Owen, Associate Professor in the Max Bell School of Public Policy, McGill University and Dr. Elizabeth Dubois, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and a Centre for Law, Technology and Society Faculty Member at the University of Ottawa. 

Classified as: taylor owen, Taylor Owen on Digital Governance, max bell school of public policy
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Published on: 15 Aug 2019

Paul Lefebvre, Member of Parliament for Sudbury, on behalf of the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, today announced an investment of over $1.5 million for a project led by McGill’s Professor Hani Mitri, Director of Mining Engineering at McGill University, and founder of McGill Mine Design & Numerical Modelling Laboratory. Professor Mitri’s research project will validate and test a new method for rock breakage, improving mining and tunneling practices, while reducing blast-induced fumes from traditional explosives.

Published on: 7 Aug 2019

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