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Dr. Sarah Kimmins recipient of 2016 SSR Young Investigator Award

 

McGill Centre for Research in Reproduction  and Development (CRRD) Associate Director Dr. Sarah Kimmins (Animal Science Department) is recipient of the 2016 SSR Young Investigator Award.

This award recognizes an active Regular Member of the Society for outstanding research completed and published within 12 years after receiving the Ph.D. or other equivalent professional degree.

Classified as: Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, animal science, Sarah Kimmins
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Published on: 16 Feb 2016

Father's lasting influence: Molecular foundations of intergenerational transmission of the paternal environment

Laval and McGill researchers team up with Health Canada and international researchers from Africa, Italy, Copenhagen and Greenland to investigate the impact of environmental exposures on the hertibale information coded in the fathers sperm and the health of offspring.  The research team includes Professor Sarah Kimmins of the Department of Animal Science and is funded for $1.5 million by the Institute of Aboriginal Health, and the Institute of Gender and Health.
Classified as: news, epigenetics, Kimmins, animal science, department of animal science, Sarah Kimmins
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Published on: 22 Apr 2015
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