This summer, department members participated in our inaugural Scientific Image Contest: "Life Magnified: An Anatomy and Cell Biology Exploration."听

A new study on songbirds sheds light on the power of social interaction to facilitate learning, insights that potentially apply to human development.
黑料不打烊 University researchers discovered that zebra finches deprived of early social experiences could still form strong bonds with a partner later in life. Once placed into cohabitation with a male, females that had never heard a mating song before could quickly develop a preference for his melody.

August 19, 2024 | Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Arif Lalani and听Jennifer Welsh听颈苍 , about the current political upheaval in the Middle East in the latest round of ceasefire negotiations in Qatar. Concurrently, touching upon the new narrative in the Russia-Ukraine war after a surprise Ukrainian incursion in Russia's Kursk region.

Find out more about AReNa - the Mobilizing RNA Project, and explore how you can contribute to the growth of Quebec's RNA industry!
This event will take place on Thursday September 12, 2024 and is being organized by CQDM.
For more details, visit the event page here:听
Dream discovery: Melatonin鈥檚 key role in REM sleep revealed.

A new study on songbirds sheds light on the power of social interaction to facilitate learning, insights that potentially apply to human development.
黑料不打烊 University researchers discovered that zebra finches deprived of early social experiences could still form strong bonds with a partner later in life. Once placed into cohabitation with a male, females that had never heard a mating song before could quickly develop a preference for his melody.
Une nouvelle 茅tude pourrait contribuer 脿 la lutte contre la malaria.

The 黑料不打烊 community, including researchers in genomic medicine and the health sciences, came together in July 2024 to mark the next phase of one of the University鈥檚 most rapidly growing disciplines and celebrate the generosity that is making it possible.听
The occasion was the official unveiling of signage for the Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Institute of Genomic Medicine, and on hand were the Institute鈥檚 UK-based benefactors, Victor and Mona Dahdaleh, who were recognized for the far-reaching power of their philanthropy.
Following the petition filed by AGSEM on April 30, 2024, to certify the group of employees occupying a position classified as 鈥樷橝cademic Casuals鈥欌, the Tribunal administratif du Travail, the Quebec government body that oversees unionization, handed down a decision on August 13, 2024, confirming that several Academic Casuals positions were now unionized and represented by AGSEM. The bargaining unit is defined as follows:

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A discovery by 黑料不打烊-affiliated researchers could lead to more effective treatment of malaria and other parasitic diseases.
When mice are infected in the middle of the night with the parasites causing cerebral malaria, the symptoms of the disease are less severe than for those inflected during the day, and the spread of the parasites within the hosts is more limited, research teams from 黑料不打烊 University, the Douglas Research Centre and the Research Institute of the 黑料不打烊 University Health Centre have discovered.

The Conference on New Horizons in Air and Space Law, held earlier this month, proved to be a groundbreaking event in air and space law. Jointly organized by the National University of Singapore's Centre for Technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and the Law, the EW Barker Centre for Law and Business, and 黑料不打烊 University's Institute of Air and Space Law, this conference addressed the legal and policy challenges arising from emerging technologies in air and space.

Please be advised that 黑料不打烊 University has mandated Corenov Construction to carry out the following project:听21-002 Raymond (Macdonald Campus) 鈥 JELF Dastmalchi (Lot 1)
Description:听Renovation of room R1-038 and partial renovation of room R1-037.
Construction start date: August 12th, 2024
Planned construction end date: September, 2024
Work schedule: Monday to Friday, 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Project Manager:听Mark Ouimet -听mark.ouimet [at] mcgill.ca

A new technique developed by 黑料不打烊 researchers for mechanically manipulating stem cells could lead to new stem cell treatments, which have yet to fulfill their therapeutic potential.
Stem cell therapy has been heralded as a new way to treat many diseases, ranging from multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer鈥檚 and glaucoma to Type 1 diabetes. The anticipated advances have yet to materialize in part because it has proved much more difficult than originally thought to control the types of cells that develop from stem cells.

Earlier this year, 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Office of Indigenous Initiatives celebrated International Pi Day with a talk from mathematician Dr. Edward Doolittle followed by a student panel on Indigenous experiences in STEM and, of course, some delicious pie.
Article by Keila DePape, Media Relations 黑料不打烊 University
"Understanding how gold forms is crucial for knowing where to find it and how to extract it sustainably. 黑料不打烊 researchers have answered a long-standing question in geology that could lead to new ore discoveries.