Adithi Sundarakrishnan won the Best Graduate Student Poster Presentation Award at a symposium held by the Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology (CSBN) at Concordia University
Adithi Sundarakrishnan from the Clarke lab won the Best Graduate Student Poster Presentation Award at a symposium held by the Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology (CSBN) at Concordia University. Additionally, she secured the Best 3-Minute Thesis Presentation Award at the recent School of Biomedical Sciences (SMBS) Grad Talks event.
Seline Vancolen is awarded 1st Place Senior Poster Presentation Award
Seline is awarded the 1st Place Senior Poster Presentation Award at the Child Health and Human Development Research Day 2024 of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. Congratulations Seline!
Zixuan Li received the McGill MedStar Award for her publication that appeared in the August 2023 issue of Endocrinology (doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqad119.)
Zixuan Li received the McGill MedStar Award for her publication entitled “The Organophosphate Esters Used as Flame Retardants and Plasticizers Affect H295R Adrenal Cell Phenotypes and Functions”, in recognition of the excellent research carried out in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University.
Congratulations to Tara Shomali, who received the prestigious Graduate Student Award from Parkinson Canada (2024-2026 cycle)!
Congratulations to Tara Shomali, who received the prestigious Graduate Student Award from Parkinson Canada (2024-2026 cycle). This is a competitive 2-yr $40,000 award given to only 7 outstanding doctoral trainees doing research on Parkinson’s disease across Canada. This will help Tara works towards developing compounds targeting PINK1, a kinase implicated in early-onset familial Parkinson’s.
The Admin. staff of Pharmacology & Therapeutics at FMHS Community Celebration Breakfast
The Admin. staff of Pharmacology & Therapeutics department participated at the FMHS Community Celebration Breakfast, Wednesday, June 14, at the Percival Molson Stadium.
Pharmacology & Therapeutics Admin. team escaped from A/MAZE military facility
The admin. office team escaped from A/MAZE military facility on May 29, 2023.
Lama Iskandarani wins Best Poster or Oral Presentation Award in the Postdoctoral Fellow category
Lama won Best Poster or Oral Presentation award (Postdoctoral Fellow category) for her poster entitled "The effects of bisphenols A and its structural analogs on the expression of gene transcripts involved in the regulation of steroidogenesis in KGN human granulosa cells" at the Pharmacology Research Day on May 11, 2023. Kudos to Lama!
Braeden Giles wins Best 3-minute Flash Talk Award
Braeden won the Best 3-minute Flash Talk Award at the Pharmacology Research Day on May 11, 2023. His talk was entitled "Environmentally Relevant Mixtures of Organophosphate Esters Suppress THP-1 Macrophage phagocytosis". Congratulations Braeden!
Congratulations to Irem Ulku, received a Junior Faculty Award at the ADPD 2023
Congratulations to Irem Ulku, from Prof. Gerhard Multhaup’s lab, who received a Junior Faculty Award at the ADPD 2023, Advances in Science & Therapy. International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases and related neurological disorders. The Conference was held from March 28th – April 1st, in Götheborg, Sweden. There were over 4000 attendees and Irem was one out of 20 recipients.
Congratulations to our Pharmacology Integrative League of Students (PILS)!
We are proud to announce that they won Large Departmental Council of the Year at the Science Undergraduate Society Appreciation Night (SUSANs) that was held on Tuesday, March 28th 2023 . They were awarded this prize for bringing the department together, hosting events, and supporting their community, and they’re looking forward to an even bigger and better year in 2023-2024!
Congratulations - SOT RASS Top 10 Best Published Paper Advancing the Science of Risk Assessment Award winners
Xiaotong (Vicky) Wang's paper (below) was selected by The Society of Toxicology Risk Assessment Specialty Section as one of the top 10 Best Papers Advancing the Science of Risk Assessment.
Congratulations to the PHAR 562 recipients of the top three video presentations
Congratulations to the PHAR 562 recipients of the top three video presentations. The event was held on Nov. 23rd2022 during the PHAR 562 poster and video presentations.
The recipients are:
Professor emerita Dusica Maysinger talks about the future of neuromedicine
Dusica Maysinger, PhD, Professor Emerita in the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, reflects on her journey to Canada and McGill, her research on nanotechnology and her thoughts on the future of biomedical research.
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Best wishes to Prof. Multhaup and Prof. McKinney!
Gerhard Multhaup, PhD - Former Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (2011-2021) and Anne McKinney, PhD - Former Associate Dean, Academic Affairs (2019-2022) were honoured by Dr. David Eidelman, Vice-Principal (Health Affairs) and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Outgoing Faculty Leaders Reception recognizing their outstanding contributions to the Faculty of Medicine and to McGill University.
Jennifer Chen received the McGill MedStar Award for her publication
Jennifer Chen received the McGill MedStar Award for her publication entitled “Spt5 phosphorylation and the Rtf1 Plus3 domain promote Rtf1 function through distinct mechanisms “, in recognition of the excellent research carried out in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University. The submitted papers demonstrates the breadth and excellence of research being accomplished by the graduate student, postdoctoral and resident trainees.