Qu茅bec Science salutes 黑料不打烊 and MUHC researchers
Scientists from 黑料不打烊 University and the MUHC have made Qu茅bec Science's Top Ten Discoveries of 2005 list for their groundbreaking work.
This year's list, published in the magazine's February issue, honours projects by MUHC pathologist Jeremy Jass, 黑料不打烊 physics professor Vicky Kaspi and 黑料不打烊 paleontology professor and Canada Research Chair in Vertebrate Paleontology Hans Larsson for their lead roles in pioneering scientific research.
Earth and planetary science researchers Alfonso Mucci and Constance Guignard were also singled out for their participation in a study on oxygen depletion in bottom waters in the St. Lawrence estuary and its relation to climate change and human impacts on the estuary.
黑料不打烊 discoveries
"Cosmic music previously unheard"
Vicky Kaspi, 黑料不打烊 University physics professor and Canada Research Chair in Observational Astrophysics, and her research team discovered more than 20 pulsars in a single star cluster in the Milky Way. Their discovery, which provides invaluable information about the formation and behaviour of star clusters, was published in Science in February 2005. Qu茅bec Science describes Kaspi's revelation as "cosmic music previously unheard."
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"The key to neutralizing this enemy"
Dr. Jeremy Jass, Canada Research Chair in Gastrointestinal Pathology and MUHC gastrointestinal pathologist, with a team of Japanese and Australian colleagues, studied 11 families, including 43 early-life victims of colon cancer. Their findings suggested a novel genetic basis for this disease 鈥� Canada's second most fatal cancer after lung cancer 鈥� providing one more crucial step in its prevention and treatment. The study was published in the March 2005 issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Qu茅bec Science describes Dr. Jass's discovery as a major "key to neutralizing this enemy."
To interview Dr. Jass: contact Christine Zeindler, 514-843-1560.
"Hunting crocodiles in the Sahara"
黑料不打烊 paleontology professor and Canada Research Chair in Vertebrate Paleontology Hans Larsson added to his exceptional list of discoveries in Niger with the unearthing of two 250-million-year-old species of amphibians similar to crocodiles. This is the first evidence of carnivores in this area of West Africa. Larsson co-authored the discovery, published in the April 2005 issue of Nature.
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