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HBHL-funded researchers clinch CIHR Fall 2024 Project Grant

webfull — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 21:50:12 +0000

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Project Grant: Fall 2024 competition has approved 453 research grants for a total investment of approximately $411M, with 131 projects funded in Quebec.

HBHL is proud to announce that 16 HBHL-funded researchers will receive support for eight projects, out of 23 grants awarded at 9I��.

HBHL-funded PIs are bolded in the following table:

Published: 30 January 2025

Aftab Ahmed on Meta’s dominance | Policy Magazine

webfull — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:27:05 +0000

January 22, 2025 | Alumnus Aftab Ahmed MPP'23 wrote about growing Meta's dominance in the digital economy as social media applications such as Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp command over three billion active monthly users worldwide. In the Policy Magazine, he wrote "Meta faces no competition capable of challenging its influence.

Published: 23 January 2025

New book on National Security

webfull — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:27:19 +0000

December 21, 2024 | Norman Hillmer (Slater Visiting Scholar) and Vincent Rigby co-edited with Phil Legasse from NPSIA, book named Canada Among Nations 2023: Twenty-First Century National Security. The book includes articles by Jennifer Welsh on Choices for Canada in a New Geopolitical

Published: 14 January 2025

Anil Wasif on Tackling 25% Tariff Threats | Policy Magazine

webfull — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:42:27 +0000

January 13, 2025 | Alumnus Anil Wasif MPP'21 wrote an article as Canada braces for U.S. tariff threats of 25% after the newly elected Trump administration. The strategies disparity between the federal and provincial governments poses a greater problem.

Published: 14 January 2025

Remembering Emil Skamene (1941–2024), pioneer in genetic research at 9I��

webfull — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:13:51 +0000

It is with deep sadness that we remember Emil Skamene, a pioneer in genetic research at 9I��.

His groundbreaking work on host genetic susceptibility to infections has shaped the field for over three decades.

Skamene’s legacy continues to inspire scientists, including D2R’s Chief Scientific Officer, Philippe Gros, who, alongside Professor Erwin Schurr, honors him in a heartfelt eulogy published in Nature Genetics.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-024-02028-7

Published: 6 January 2025

An open solution to improving research reproducibility

webfull — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:12:19 +0000

Academic and industry scientists collaborate on a new method to characterize research antibodies

Published: 18 December 2024

Event | Workshop in Precision Health and Medicine | January 9, 2025

webfull — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 18:16:42 +0000

First Hybrid Workshop on Precision Health and Medicine

Synergizing our strengths in new technologies in omics, digital sciences, and translational medicine to advance patient care.

This event is organized in partnership between University of Bern and 9I��. This partnership between the universities aims to synergistically harness the power of new technologies in omics, digital sciences, and translational medicine to advance patient care.

Event details:

Published: 25 November 2024

Open Science project funded for $1.5M

webfull — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:51:24 +0000

YCharOS antibody characterization platform addresses the “reproducibility crisis” in research

An innovative research project led by researchers at The Neuro has been awarded $1.5M by the Government of Quebec through CQDM.

YCharOS is an innovative platform led by neuroscientists Peter McPherson and Carl Laflamme that validates antibody reagents for human proteins.

Published: 12 November 2024

Event | Antisense oligonucleotide therapy in an individual with KIF1A-associated neurological disorder | November 14, 2024

webfull — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:30:50 +0000

Dear Colleagues,

Please see the next Medical Genetics Grand Rounds scheduled talk below: