Update | The DNA to RNA (D2R) website has a new section dedicated to Training. From Master's to Postdoctoral, this space provides graduate students at all levels with access to workshops, events, and resources aligned with D2R’s interdisciplinary mission. Topics include RNA therapeutics, genomic medicine, equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), commercialization, data science, and career development beyond academia.


D2R launches a call for applications for the Postdoctoral Scholar Awards funding program.
A foundational goal of D2R is to help cultivate the next generation of researchers. Being a D2R Scholar is the highest recognition available to D2R trainees and the awards recognize outstanding and active trainees performing research across all of D2R’s Foundational Axes.
The Postdoctoral Scholar Awards both financially support and leading-edge interdisciplinary and intersectoral training through the D2R Training Program.

D2R launches a call for applications for the Master’s and Doctoral Scholar Awards funding program.
A foundational goal of D2R is to help cultivate the next generation of researchers. Being a D2R Scholar is the highest recognition available to D2R trainees and the awards recognize outstanding and active trainees performing research across all of D2R’s Foundational Axes.

We know first-hand that managers are facing more disruptions than ever before. One of the biggest questions that companies are asking themselves today is how they can adapt to today's new reality—a challenge we have also had to face.
McGill Executive Institute has been working hard not only to offer our most popular programs online but also to create an impactful virtual experience for our participants. With that in mind, we are pleased to announce that our Mini-MBA Series will be offered online!

Keesha Ness’s family certainly knows farming – they’ve been doing it for nearly 100 years and plan to celebrate when they reach that milestone next summer.
Ness is passionate about farming, loves her cows, and plans to follow the family’s tradition.
“I’m definitely hoping to help out with the management side,” says Ness of her family’s Ayrshire dairy farm in Howick, Quebec.
“I really love the management side of it.”

Eurofins Food Safety Systems (EFSS) and the Food Safety and Quality Program (FSQP) at McGill University are excited to announce a signed agreement to provide co-branded public training for the Canadian food manufacturing industry. The courses include the highly sought-after FSMA Preventive Controls Qualified Individual Training as well as GFSI benchmarked standard training to SQF and BRC. The partnership is an exceptional pairing as Eurofins and McGill University share a common interest in the success of the Canadian food manufacturing industry.

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.
FIS 351 Crystal Reports for Finance Users – Level 1 - Registration is now open in Minerva - REMINDER
Dear Colleagues,
Spaces are still available for course FIS 351 Crystal Reports for Finance Users Level I. If interested, register for this course through the Employee menu in Minerva (IT Customer Service (ICS) Training Menu > Banner/Minerva > select FIS 351). Based on registration numbers, we may reduce the number of sessions offered between February and April.
Dear Colleagues,
January to April sessions for course FIS 351 Crystal Reports for Finance Users Level I are now open for registration in Minerva. This course covers basic functions to modify text and field objects in existing crystal report templates pulling data from the FIS data warehouse. The complete course description along with prerequisites is available in the IT Knowledge Base.

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.
Dear Colleagues,

Study fuels nature versus nurture debate
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? New research on the brain’s capacity to learn suggests there’s more to it than the adage that “practise makes perfect.” A music-training study by scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital -The Neuro, at McGill University and colleagues in Germany found evidence to distinguish the parts of the brain that account for individual talent from the parts that are activated through training.

You can now find research teams and individual faculty members more easily in our NEW Research and Training section. In addition McGill-based Global Health team can apply for funding! Learn more here.

Shaping leaders and managers to be at their best
Key modifications urged for Québec energy policy