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’s 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.

Classified as: Research, coronavirus, covid-19
Published on: 30 Sep 2021

Fund will be one of Canada’s most significant university innovation programs awarding nearly $500k to spinoffs and technologies

September 28, 2021 (MONTREAL, Quebec) – Today McGill University announced the launch of the McGill Innovation Fund, a funding program that will support both the development of innovative technologies as well as the spinoff companies that emerge from the University. The fund will be open to all McGill members who have declared a Report of Invention to the Office of Innovation and Partnerships.

Classified as: entrepreneurship, innovation, funding announcement
Published on: 28 Sep 2021

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. and Canada, including researchers from McGill University, have now managed to create a reference genome for lake trout to support U.S.

Classified as: McGill Genome Centre
Published on: 24 Sep 2021

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

Classified as: Coenzyme Q10, mitochondria, Technologies for License
Published on: 16 Sep 2021

The Royal Society of Canada bestows the Sir John William Dawson Medal biennially to researchers who have made important and sustained contributions interdisciplinary research

Classified as: royal society of canada, rsc, Sir John William Dawson Medal, RSC Medal
Published on: 14 Sep 2021

Internationally renowned neuroscientist earned career award for sustained scientific contributions to knowledge of the brain

Classified as: Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro), neuroscience, royal society of canada, rsc
Published on: 14 Sep 2021

McGill University’s Research and Innovation announces the publication of With the World to Choose From: Celebrating Seven Decades of the Beatty Lecture at McGill University. This anthology of Beatty Lectures is published for Research and Innovation by McGill Queens University Press (MQUP). The Beatty Lecture, established in 1952 in honour of former Canadian Pacific Railway president and McGill chancellor Sir Edward Beatty, is McGill University’s most anticipated annual event.

Classified as: Beatty, Economics, india, lecture, McGill, medicine, Politics, science, Bicentennial, anthology, #MeToo, cold war
Published on: 10 Sep 2021

Today, the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announced 89 new Fellows and 51 new Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Among the 2021 RSC cohort are ten McGill researchers, including seven RSC Fellows and three Members, who will be inducted at the RSC Celebration of Excellence and Engagement, hosted by McGill on Friday, November 19, 2021. The new McGill cohort will join 228 McGill researchers who are currently RSC Fellows and Members of the College.

Classified as: fellowship, royal society of canada
Published on: 7 Sep 2021

The Beatty Lecture, established in 1952 in honour of former Canadian Pacific Railway president and McGill chancellor Sir Edward Beatty, is McGill University’s most anticipated annual event. Some of the series’ greatest lectures, delivered by Nobel Prize laureates, world leaders, and cultural icons, had been forgotten, carefully stowed away in the McGill Archives.

Published on: 18 Aug 2021

On August 6, the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development announced agreements that will see almost $200 million over two years flow to shelters, sexual assault centres and organizations supporting women and children experiencing violence. This will ensure these critical front-line organizations can continue to provide life-saving services and supports to those who need it most.

Classified as: domestic violence, Faculty of Education, gender, Indigenous, youth violence
Published on: 12 Aug 2021

The Office of the Vice-Principal (Research and Innovation) and McGill Library are happy to announce the launch of the McGill Research Data Management (RDM) Learning Program. This program focuses on building knowledge and skills to meet your RDM needs during your day-to-day research activities.

The initial program has 6 modules:

Classified as: Data, management, Research
Published on: 12 Aug 2021

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Each McGill recipient will also receive matching funds from the Quebec government for their research endeavours, contributing to the total project funding noted below. 

Complete list of CFI JELF-funded projects:

Oana Maria Balmau: Efficient Storage Systems for Real Time Edge Computing 

CFI funding: $100,000

Total project funding: $317,032

 

Classified as: Biology, microscope, robots, Quantitative Life Sciences, CFI-JELF, mitosis
Published on: 11 Aug 2021

McGill’s researchers will soon acquire the highly specialized tools they need to innovate in their fields thanks to funding from the Government of Canada through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF). The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, made the announcement today of $77 million across 50 institutions in Canada through the program. In total, twenty-one McGill research projects have received a combined $3.9 million in federal grants through three rounds of JELF.

Classified as: Government of Canada, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Research, funding, innovation
Published on: 11 Aug 2021

Jin Guo, Assistant Professor of Software Engineering at McGill's School of Computer Science, was awarded $382,020 in research funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Better Software for Science program to study and improve the usability of large-userbase scientific open source software through early engagement of software users.

Classified as: grant, School of Computer Science, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Better Software for Science program
Published on: 10 Aug 2021

McGill is the academic lead of a $2.7 million consortium project to build the first national food supply chain data platform with Canada’s food and beverage associations.

Classified as: food, Research, supply, food insecurity, AI-Powered Supply Chains, digital connectivity, food access
Published on: 10 Aug 2021

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