McGill's iGEM team wins 1st Place at 2023 iGEM Grand Jamboree

12 Dec 2023

We're proud to announce that McGill iGEM won Grand Prize at the 2023 iGEM Grand Jamboree –- the top world-wide student competition in synthetic biology. Our outstanding iGEM team won against 400+...

New diagnostic platform uses nanotechnology and machine learning to identify infectious diseases quickly

9 Jun 2023

Infectious diseases and respiratory infections in particular are a leading cause of global mortality. As such, there is an urgent need for rapid, large-scale diagnostic tools that can detect these...

McGill Engineering Research Showcase - MERS

Monday, September 25, 2017 03:00to06:00

Join us for the 5th annual McGill Engineering Research Showcase, a forum for industry to connect with our graduate students and faculty and a celebration of our Faculty of Engineering graduate...

Applying engineering know-how to global health problems

22 Feb 2022

Bioengineering seeks to apply the engineer’s expertise and problem-solving approach to the very building blocks of life – biomolecules (such as DNA, RNA, and proteins), cells, and tissues – to...

Unbreakable glass inspired by seashells

28 Sep 2021

Scientists from McGill University develop stronger and tougher glass, inspired by the inner layer of mollusk shells. Instead of shattering upon impact, the new material has the resiliency of...

Rules of the road: the navigational "strategies" of bacteria in motion

11 May 2021

Bacteria that move around live on the edge. All the time. Their success, be it in finding nutrients, fending off predators or multiplying depends on how efficiently they navigate through their...

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