/research/taxonomy/term/193/all en /research/article/mcgill-professor-implementing-ai-tech-predict-and-monitor-covid-19-long-term-care-residences <p>The number of COVID-19 patients and deaths continue to rise in nursing homes in North America. Long-term care (LTC) facilities in Quebec and Ontario have been facing the rapid spread of COVID-19 among residents and staff, and currently, over 80% of the reported COVID-19 related deaths in province of Quebec and over 70% of the reported COVID-19 related deaths in province of Ontario are from public and private nursing homes.</p> Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:16:30 +0000 amanda.testani@mcgill.ca 732 at /research /research/article/mcgill-researchers-garner-over-7m-sshrc-funding <p>The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) recently unveiled the recipients of its fall 2019 round of聽Partnership Grants, including two 黑料不打烊-led projects, totalling $5 million. SSHRC also unveiled the recipients of the round鈥檚聽Partnership Development Grants聽and聽Postdoctoral Fellowships, in which 18 黑料不打烊 applicants received over $2 million in funding.</p> Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:14:02 +0000 amanda.testani@mcgill.ca 731 at /research /research/article/mcgill-led-training-program-receives-165m-nserc-create-grant <p>An inter-university collaboration led by聽<a href="/bioeng/faculty-and-staff/mark-lefsrud">Mark Lefsrud</a>, Associate Professor in the Department of Bioresource Engineering, has received a $1.65 million research grant, to be distributed over six years, from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada鈥檚 (NSERC) Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program. The聽<a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Media-Media/NewsDetail-DetailNouvelles_eng.asp?ID=1157">announcement聽</a>was made on June 2.</p> Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:11:10 +0000 amanda.testani@mcgill.ca 730 at /research /research/article/two-mcgill-professors-awarded-killam-research-fellowships <p><em>*Warning: the following content may contain triggering content related to sexual violence and war*</em></p> <p>The Canada Council for the Arts has announced six recipients of the prestigious 2020 Killam Research Fellowship, including two from 黑料不打烊. Professors Myriam Denov and Nathalie Tufenkji were awarded Killam Research Fellowships in support of their outstanding research excellence and their commitment to pursue trail-blazing projects in their field.</p> Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:08:43 +0000 amanda.testani@mcgill.ca 729 at /research /research/article/future-ready-spinal-tap <p>Have you ever wondered what the future really looks like? Or wondered what it would be like to be able to touch it? Faculty of Engineering Professor <a href="/mecheng/people/staff/mark-driscoll">Mark Driscoll</a> does so on a regular basis. In fact, there is a machine in his lab in the Macdonald Engineering building that lets you do just that.</p> Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:03:07 +0000 Junji Nishihata 727 at /research /research/channels/news/mcgill-project-awarded-17-million-mitigate-housing-crisis-and-climate-change-357483 <p>As Canada faces the dual challenges of contending with a housing crisis at the same time as facing the impacts of severe climate change, the need to find innovative and practical solutions remains one of the nation鈥檚 highest priorities. 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Professor Daniele Malomo was recently awarded $1.7 million by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) for a proposed solution that addresses both problems.</p> Wed, 29 May 2024 18:29:09 +0000 admin 5406 at /research /research/channels/news/introducing-science-world-unique-quebec-covid-19-resource-331149 <p><em>PLOS ONE publishes foundational article on the Biobanque qu茅b茅coise de la COVID-19 (BQC19)</em></p> Wed, 11 Oct 2023 15:33:06 +0000 megan.liley@mcgill.ca 1269 at /research /research/channels/news/ri-services-during-mcgill-covid-19-closure-321185 <p><i>Sent on behalf of Martha Crago, Vice-Principal (Research and Innovation)</i></p> <p>黑料不打烊 University鈥檚 campuses have effectively closed because of COVID-19, including the offices of <a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/research">Research and Innovation (R+I)</a>. However, R+I has moved its functions to online and phone-based formats. All R+I units therefore will continue to provide regular services remotely in support of the University research community.</p> Wed, 11 Oct 2023 15:23:14 +0000 megan.liley@mcgill.ca 1218 at /research /research/channels/news/cyber-threats-canadian-medical-research-community-during-covid-19-pandemic-awareness-and-recommended-321200 <p><a href="https://cyber.gc.ca/en/">The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security</a>聽assesses that the COVID-19 pandemic presents an elevated level of risk to the cyber security of the medical research community in Canada. Cyber criminals and other threat actors that utilize malware and ransomware to exploit organizations may leverage the increased pressure placed on these organizations as a method of extracting ransom payments or masking compromises aimed at the theft of intellectual property and/or other sensitive data amidst the existing environment of uncertainty.</p> Wed, 11 Oct 2023 15:23:14 +0000 megan.liley@mcgill.ca 1219 at /research /research/channels/news/mcgill-partner-ccrm-commercializing-regenerative-medicine-329399 <p>黑料不打烊 University announced today it has concluded an agreement with the <a href="https://www.ccrm.ca/">Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM)</a> to provide 黑料不打烊-based startup companies with the benefit of CCRM鈥檚 market-leading business intelligence and experience.</p> Wed, 11 Oct 2023 15:23:14 +0000 megan.liley@mcgill.ca 1260 at /research /research/article/mcgill-named-one-top-100-universities-worldwide-granted-us-patents-2019 <p>The聽<a href="https://academyofinventors.org/">National Academy of Inventors</a>聽(NAI) and the聽<a href="https://ipo.org/">Intellectual Property Owners Association</a>聽(IPO) announced the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents report for 2019, published on June 2, 2020. Their report on trends within academic patenting is created using data from the聽<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/">U.S. Patent and Trademark Office</a>聽(USPTO), and highlights the vital role patents play in university research and innovation.</p> Thu, 22 Dec 2022 22:00:56 +0000 amanda.testani@mcgill.ca 733 at /research /research/article/welcome-our-new-website <p>Our new site has taken flight.聽Some features of the new site include:</p> Tue, 20 Dec 2022 20:26:23 +0000 Meaghan Thurston 696 at /research