��ɫTV News - Research and innovation

Provost honours 31 ��ɫTVl professors for exceptional research achievements

webfull — Thu, 01 May 2025 16:23:55 +0000

��ɫTVl announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James ��ɫTVl Professors, James ��ɫTVl Professors and William Dawson Scholars

Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 ��ɫTVl professors as Distinguished James ��ɫTVl Professors, James ��ɫTVl Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.

Published: 1 May 2025

SEX CELLS! On the importance of sex and gender in brain health

webfull — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:26:42 +0000

Last week, we welcomed neuroscientists Liisa Galea (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) and Robert-Paul Juster (Université de Montréal) for SEX CELLS!, a vital conversation on implementing Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis Plus (SGBA+) in health research.

Published: 14 April 2025

Panagiotis Prinos appointed as Director of Réseau DePTAQ

webfull — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 18:41:58 +0000

��ɫTV, the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) and Université de Sherbrooke, partners in the RNA Network for Therapy Development & Production (Réseau DePTAQ), are pleased to announce the appointment of Panagiotis (Takis) Prinos, PhD, as Director of Réseau DePTAQ.

Published: 11 April 2025

HBHL gets solid representation at 2025 Bravo Gala

webfull — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:55:42 +0000

The 2025 Bravo Gala was a celebration of ��ɫTV's research community, and HBHL is proud to have been so well represented.

Congratulations to the following HBHL-supported researchers for these outstanding awards:

Published: 8 April 2025

March Neurogenesis talks explore brain mechanisms in food choice and computational modelling

webfull — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 19:43:01 +0000

Last week, HBHL hosted the third talk of the 2024-2025 Neurogenesis Speaker Series at the Neuro, featuring Dana Small and Yashar Zeighami.

Dana Small’s presentation, "The Interoceptive Origins of Reward," explored how biological signals are integrated to determine food choice, while Yashar Zeighami’s talk, "Fine-Tuning Neuroimaging Analysis to Reveal Hidden Insights," highlighted his research into the development of multi-scale computational models of brain anatomy.

Published: 1 April 2025

D2R awards $10 million to accelerate RNA-based therapies for rare diseases and cancer

webfull — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:03:15 +0000

Montreal, March 26, 2025 – ��ɫTV’s DNA to RNA Initiative (D2R) has awarded over $10 million in funding to support three groundbreaking research projects that will advance RNA-based therapies for cancer and rare genetic diseases. The awards were initially announced at the D2R Research Symposium on March 13, 2025.

Published: 26 March 2025

Genetic sequencing project receives more than $8 million in funding

webfull — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:55:14 +0000

NeuRo Genomics Initiative will help better understand rare and aging-related neurological disorders affecting Canadians

A project led by Ziv Gan-Or, MD, PhD, at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) of ��ɫTV and Martine Tétreault, PhD, at Université de Montréal has received more than $8 million to sequence the genomes of 8,700 people, to map the role of genetics in neurological disorders.

Published: 18 March 2025

Eleven new or renewed Canada Research Chairs awarded to ��ɫTVl

webfull — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:08:29 +0000

On March 13, the Government of Canada, announced more than $308 million to advance science and research across the country. More than $153 million will support 179 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at 38 research institutions.

Published: 17 March 2025

��ɫTVl researchers receive funding from the Canadian Cancer Society for cancer equity research

webfull — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 20:31:39 +0000

Co-Principal Investigators Manisha Pahwa, CIHR Research Excellence, Diversity, and Independence Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, and Professor Ananya Banerjee, from ��ɫTVl's Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, have been awarded $449,604 from the Canadian Cancer Society’s Health Equity Research Grant

Published: 17 February 2025

��ɫTVl awards $500,000 to accelerate Mpox research and vaccine development

webfull — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:07:55 +0000

Montreal, February 13, 2025 – ��ɫTV’s DNA to RNA Initiative (D2R) and ��ɫTVl Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) have awarded $500,000 to fund five high-impact research projects aimed at advancing the understanding of Mpox through its Rapid Response for Mpox Research funding program.

Published: 13 February 2025