/sbms/articles/rss en /sbms/article/more-23m-awarded-sbms-researchers-latest-canadian-institutes-health-research-cihr-project-grant <p>On February 2, 2023, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) announced the results of the Fall 2022 Project Grant competition, which provided 382 research grants, plus 93 bridge grants, for a total investment of approximately $325M across Canada. Of these, 72 projects are based at ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ or an affiliated institution, for a total investment of more than $45M. </p> Thu, 09 Mar 2023 21:48:53 +0000 Justin Hand-Gregory 1333 at /sbms /sbms/article/win4sciences-caregiver-travel-grants-help-women-scientists-flourish <p>Responsibility for the caregiving of children, an elderly family member, and/or family members with an illness or disability falls overwhelmingly onto women in Canada. <a href="https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/221108/dq221108b-eng.htm" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Recent data</a> from Statistics Canada shows that women spend the most time providing care on top of their regular working hours, and suffer the most mental and physical distress as a result.  </p> Wed, 08 Mar 2023 21:04:56 +0000 Justin Hand-Gregory & Lindsay Matthews, PhD 1329 at /sbms /sbms/article/meet-claude-bherer-mcgill-professor-who-using-population-genetics-research-treatment-rare-diseases <p>Claude Bhérer, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Genetics at the School of Biomedical Sciences, is fusing her passion for population genetics and evolutionary biology with her expertise in computational genomics to shed new light on genetic variations among French Canadians of Quebec for drug discovery and development.</p> Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:00:06 +0000 Lindsay Matthews, PhD 1315 at /sbms /sbms/article/professor-emerita-dusica-maysinger-talks-about-future-neuromedicine <p>Dusica Maysinger, PhD, Professor Emerita in the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, reflects on her journey to Canada and ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ, her research on nanotechnology and her thoughts on the future of biomedical research.</p> Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:20:48 +0000 Lindsay Matthews, PhD & Justin Hand-Gregory 1314 at /sbms /sbms/article/new-interdisciplinary-seminar-series-cross-cuts-biomedical-sciences <p>Following the social solitary confinement caused by COVID-19, Judith Mandl, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology, and her colleague Irah King, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, saw an opportunity to reinvigorate a sense of community through a new in-person, cross-departmental seminar series. </p> Wed, 22 Feb 2023 18:27:26 +0000 Justin Hand-Gregory 1309 at /sbms /sbms/article/meet-atia-amin-mcgill-phd-candidate-who-setting-bar-high <p>Atia Amin, a PhD candidate in the Langlais Lab at the Department of Human Genetics and trainee at the Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Institute of Genomic Medicine, is a budding changemaker and an engine that seemingly doesn’t stop running.</p> Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:04:38 +0000 Lindsay Matthews, PhD 1288 at /sbms /sbms/article/sbms-fmhs-awards-2023 <p>Visionary and innovative. Both of these words aptly describe the inspiring winners of this year’s <a href="https://healthenews.mcgill.ca/announcing-the-winners-of-the-third-annual-learner-and-faculty-teaching-innovation-awards/" target="_blank">Learner and Faculty Awards for Teaching Innovation</a>. The awards, part of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences’ (FMHS) ongoing Proud to Teach campaign, aim to recognize innovative teaching strategies that are learning- and learner-focused.</p> Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:01:12 +0000 Justin Hand-Gregory 1282 at /sbms /sbms/article/mcgill-researchers-studies-offer-promise-lung-and-brain-cancer-treatment <h2>Single-cell spatial landscapes of the lung tumour immune microenvironment</h2> <p>Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Quebec and Canada, killing more individuals than prostate, colon and breast cancers combined.</p> Mon, 06 Feb 2023 19:31:27 +0000 Anamaria Cardona 1279 at /sbms /sbms/article/igem-lunch-2022 <p>On December 9th, 2022, the School of Biomedical Sciences hosted a luncheon to celebrate the accomplishments of the ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ iGEM team, a group of undergraduate students, doing interdisciplinary research, who <a href="/sbms/article/mcgill-undergrads-place-top-ten-worldwide-synthetic-biology-competition">placed in the top ten</a> in the 2022 edition of the iGEM world-wide competition.</p> Fri, 13 Jan 2023 15:24:23 +0000 Justin Hand-Gregory 1252 at /sbms /sbms/article/discovery-made-mcgill-umontreal-research-collaboration-named-among-top-10-year-quebec-science <p>A groundbreaking discovery made by researchers at the Université de Montréal and ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ has just been named one of the top 10 of the year by Québec Science magazine. </p> <p>The team found a new mechanism of genetic information exchange by which Leishmania parasites exchange DNA encoding antibiotic resistance genes via nanoscale cargo vessels called extracellular vesicles. This allows the parasites to rapidly spread resistance to treatments, causing devastating consequences in human and canine patients.  </p> Thu, 12 Jan 2023 16:27:18 +0000 Christopher Fernandez-Prada 1250 at /sbms