The 2020 QS World University Rankings by Subject has placed McGill's anatomy and physiology programs at 18th place globally. Very impressive! To read the news article, click here.
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Published on: 6 Mar 2020
The Department of Physiology is proud to announce that one of our PhD students, Stephanie Mouchbahani Constance, has been chosen to attend the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting this summer in Lindau, Germany. The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings convene annually to promote the exchange of scientific knowledge among Nobel Laureates and young scientists. Stephanie a second-year PhD student and is member of Dr. Reza Sharif's Lab. Congratulations Stephanie!
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Published on: 4 Mar 2020
On February 23, 2020, Physiology faculty member Dr. Reza Sharif was interviewed about the identification of a pain sensor on the Radio-Canada program Les années lumière (the French-language version of CBC's Quirks and Quarks). Click here to listen to the interview.
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Published on: 3 Mar 2020
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.
Published on: 28 Feb 2020
Physiology graduate student Alexander Kiepas was recently interviewed for being the first author on 'Optimizing live-cell fluorescence imaging conditions to minimize phototoxicity', published in the Journal of Cell Science. Alex is co-supervised by Dr. Claire Brown and Dr. Peter Siegel. To read the interview, click here.
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Published on: 24 Feb 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.
Published on: 5 Dec 2019
On July 17, 2019, Mr David Graham, Member of Parliament for the riding of Laurentides-Labelle, visited the Department of Physiology and had lunch with our graduate students.
Published on: 23 Sep 2019
On September 13, 2019, Campus Public Safety recognized Dr. Alvin Shrier with the 2019 Safety Ambassador Award for his work as Chair of the University Laboratory Safety Committee. To see the McGill Reporter article, click here.
Published on: 18 Sep 2019
The Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematical Society presented the Research Prize to Dr. Leon Glass for his contributions to research, education and community leadership. Click here for details.
Published on: 22 Jul 2019
Alexander Kiepas, a physiology PhD student, was selected for both a Gold and Gairdner Award for his poster presentation at the 2019 Canadian Student Health Research Forum and Gairdner Symposium.
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Published on: 17 Jul 2019
The Advanced BioImaging Facility (ABIF) has integrated a brand new LSM 800 microscope from Zeiss into the facility.
Featuring convenient and user-friendly software complete with custom-made shortcut buttons for experiment repetition as well as diode lasers for fast start-up and beautiful images.
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Published on: 1 Mar 2016
In times of environmental decline, scientific innovation must be implemented to replace old and inefficient technology. This can lead to positive academic, economic and environmental impacts. Fluorescence microscopy is a key element in many aspects of research throughout the physical, life and health sciences. Microscopes are found in virtually all research institutes, universities, hospitals, biotechnology companies and pharmaceutical companies.
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Published on: 1 Mar 2016
In times of environmental decline, scientific innovation must be implemented to replace old and inefficient technology. This can lead to positive academic, economic and environmental impacts. Fluorescence microscopy is a key element in many aspects of research throughout the physical, life and health sciences. Microscopes are found in virtually all research institutes, universities, hospitals, biotechnology companies and pharmaceutical companies.
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Published on: 10 Dec 2015
The Advanced BioImaging Facility (ABIF) has integrated a brand new LSM 800 microscope from Zeiss into the facility.
Featuring convenient and user-friendly software complete with custom-made shortcut buttons for experiment repetition as well as Airyscan for 1.7x more resolution in image acquisition.
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Published on: 10 Dec 2015
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