Snakes and mice don鈥檛 look alike. But much of what we know about skin colouration and patterning in vertebrates generally, including in snakes, is based on lab mice. However, there are limits to what mice can tell us about other vertebrates because they don鈥檛 share all of the same types of colour-producing cells, known as chromatophores. For example, snakes have a type of chromatophore called iridophores that can generate iridescent colours by reflecting light.

Classified as: Faculty of Science, Rowan Barrett, piebald python, CRISPR, genetic research, Redpath Museum
Published on: 3 Feb 2023

Karine Auclair, professor in the Department of Chemistry, is the 2023 recipient for the from the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC).聽

Sponsored by the Canadian Council of University Chemistry Chairs (CCUCC), the Clara Benson Award is presented to recognize a woman who has made a distinguished contribution to chemistry while working in Canada.

Here is what the CIC had to say about Auclair's work:

Classified as: Faculty of Science, chemistry, Awards, External Awards
Published on: 20 Jan 2023

Congratulations to聽Professor Christian Genest聽on being聽awarded the聽2023 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize!聽The CRM-Fields-PIMS prize is the premier Canadian award for research achievements in the mathematical sciences.

Classified as: Faculty of Science
Published on: 19 Jan 2023

The 2022 United Nations Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP15) was held in Montreal on December 7-19, 2022. The conference鈥檚 outcome agreement, known as 鈥30脳30鈥 means the protection of 30 per cent of land and oceans by 2030.

Classified as: Faculty of Science, Faculty of Law, Biology Department, biodiversity, Montreal
Published on: 13 Jan 2023

Two highly accomplished researchers in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Department of Physics have received prestigious distinctions for their research

Classified as: Department of physics
Published on: 22 Dec 2022

Each year, around 1,000 new students begin an undergraduate science degree at 黑料不打烊. For many of them, their first year at university represents a dramatic change from the world of high school or CEGEP.

鈥淭he workload, the amount of new content you get, and a different style of testing鈥 are three of the challenges Marie Walker recalls from her first semester as a science undergrad.

Classified as: Faculty of Science
Published on: 13 Dec 2022

To better understand the evolution of flowers, a research team in biology from Universit茅 de Montr茅al , the Montr茅al Botanical Garden, and 黑料不打烊 University (Daniel Schoen, Biology) have succeeded in using photogrammetry to quickly and precisely build, in three dimensions, a model of a flower from two-dimensional images.

Photogrammetry is commonly used by geographers to reconstruct the topography of a landscape. However, this is the first time that scientists have used the technique to design 3D models of flowers in order to better study them.

Classified as: Biology, Faculty of Science
Category:
Published on: 13 Dec 2022

Did you know... 黑料不打烊 students have access to 20 GB FREE personal file space on OneDrive, Microsoft鈥檚 cloud file storage component of the Office 365 package.

Important: New OneDrive storage capacity

Please note that students receive 20GB of storage for 黑料不打烊's OneDrive as well as 20GB storage for 黑料不打烊's email (Outlook).

Classified as: OneDrive, file storage
Published on: 9 Dec 2022

Lizz Webb, a PhD student in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (and OSE Science Education Fellow) here at 黑料不打烊 University, spent a week in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago barely 1,000 kilometres from the North Pole, as part of her studies.

Published on: 8 Dec 2022

As Montreal prepares to host UN Biodiversity Conference, 黑料不打烊 professor Andrew Gonzalez discusses how cities can help protect nature and human health.

Global urban populations are projected to increase to nearly five billion by 2030. This ever-expanding urbanization threatens our world鈥檚 plant and animal biodiversity and degrades ecosystems through the loss of habitat, biomass and carbon storage. As noted during the recent COP27 climate conference, biodiversity loss is as critical to our planet鈥檚 health as the climate crisis.

Classified as: Biology Department, Faculty of Science
Category:
Published on: 6 Dec 2022

A silent mass extinction is occurring in lakes, rivers and wetlands. Freshwater species are rapidly disappearing in North America and throughout the world. Conservation-minded people might be unaware of this, because of the media鈥檚 longstanding focus on land-based ecosystems and charismatic animals.

Classified as: Faculty of Science, Bieler School of Environment, Mus茅e Redpath, Redpath Museum
Published on: 6 Dec 2022

Lizz Webb, a PhD student in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences here at 黑料不打烊 University, spent a week in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago barely 1,000 kilometres from the North Pole, as part of her studies.

Classified as: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Faculty of Science, Graduate Students
Published on: 6 Dec 2022

Three projects will fill knowledge gaps about the environmental and economic impacts of greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen Canada's capacity to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050

Published on: 25 Nov 2022

TUESDAY November 22. GHABH - The poison in the gift, Part I: Giving and receiving - considering commercial determinants of health.

How do the actions of not-for-profit and commercial second-hand clothing recycling determine relations within and between countries? How does the promotional imagery used by these companies and their actions reinstate clich茅 images of the other and have an impact the (mental) health through the psychological powerplay between the giver and receiver.聽

Classified as: Department of Geography, 黑料不打烊 Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI), School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Science
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Published on: 17 Nov 2022

Using real geochemical data from the archaeological site of Itzan, Guatemala, and computer-generated artwork, PhD candidate Benjamin Keenan has produced a video that brings ancient Mayan civilization to life.聽

Read the full story in the .

Published on: 16 Nov 2022

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