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Welcome to the Department of Physiology at McGill University

From Molecules to Complex Systems

Our goal is to understand how physiological systems encode, transmit, and act upon information from the level of single molecules to integrated systems of the cell, organ and organism –as they must in order to ensure human health. We meet this challenge through educating the next generation of flexible and critical thinkers; through development of cutting edge optical, electronic, molecular, genetic and mathematical tools; and through our research into information exchange between our body’s systems. Existing faculty expertise currently spans not only the contemporary fields of physiology but also emerging multidisciplinary areas that incorporate optogenetics, advanced bioimaging, biomathematics, computational modeling and artificial intelligence. We invite you to join our team, take up our arsenal of modern tools, and deepen your understanding of the dynamics of living systems.
 

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Meet Our Faculty

Our faculty is composed of a team of renowned researchers from diverse backgrounds who bring their expertise to the forefront of physiological research and education.

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Physiology Research Instruments: A 20th Century Sample from McGill

The study of physiology is intimately associated with instruments and the measurements that can be made with them. This exhibit shows some of those used and made at McGill during the past, ranging from a late 19th century myograph that graphically recorded changes in a stimulated frog muscle to a 20th century analogue computer – “the squid box” – able to simulate the electrical activity of a single neuronal axon. 

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Land acknowledgement

McGill University is on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence marks this territory on which peoples of the world now gather.

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