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Six principal investigators from The Neuro receive CIHR grants

Published: 10 February 2025

Projects include important research on Parkinson’s, glioblastoma and dementia  

Seth Bumagat on Canada's Water Resilience and Security Strategy | Policy Magazine

Published: 27 March 2025

March 26, 2025 | MPP Seth Bumagat wrote about the need for water resilience and security strategy. "Wildfires and droughts – two other frequent natural disasters that strike Canada annually –...

Aftab Ahmed on Humanitarian Aid under the Trump Administration's | Policy Magazine

Published: 12 February 2025

February 6, 2025 | Alumnus Aftab Ahmed MPP'23 wrote about the Trump Administration and the growing uncertainty of foreign aids. "Trump presents a vision of America as weak, exploited, and in need...

Jennifer Welsh's Special Issue on 'Localization in World Politics' | Oxford Academic

Published: 1 April 2025

Director Jennifer Welsh co-edited a special issue of Global Studies Quarterly on Localization in World Politics. Welsh co-edited the collection of articles and co-authored the introductory essay....

Prescribing anti-swelling drug reduces immune response weeks after last dose

Published: 26 February 2025

Mapping immune cell diversity reveals dexamethasone’s impact on brain cancer immunotherapy...

Isabella Coronado Doria on Taxis vs. Ridesharing in Colombia | Policy Magazine

Published: 3 April 2025

March 26, 2025 | MPP Isabella Coronado Doria wrote about the growing tensions between Uber and traditional taxis in Columbia. "In some ways, hindering Uber’s activity in Colombia is comparable to...

Jennifer Welsh's Article on The Future of UN Peacekeeping

Published: 12 March 2025

March 7, 2024 | Director Jennifer Welsh and Marie-Joëlle Zahar wrote a new article on The Future of UN Peacekeeping, which was published by Ethics and International Affairs. The authors discuss the...

New publication from the Bui Lab in Current Biology on cilia tip structure

Published: 14 July 2025

Motile cilia are specialized organelles essential for cell movement and fluid flow, driven by the beating of their internal cytoskeleton called the axoneme. At the core of the axoneme lies the...

New publication in Science from the Bernard lab with former and current Cell Biology graduate students Emilie Brûlé and Hailey Schultz

Published: 20 March 2025

Myostatin is a paracrine myokine that regulates muscle mass in a variety of species, including humans. In this work, they report a functional role for myostatin as an endocrine hormone that...

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