Canada launches serological testing initiative to help manage COVID-19

Published: 23 April 2020

The Government of Canada is launching a task force to measure the scope of coronavirus infection in Canada and rapidly provide information needed to manage the COVID-19 pandemic and safely get...

McGill Genome Centre to share in $20M funding for COVID-related DNA research

Published: 23 April 2020

The McGill Genome Centre today announced it has received funding from the Canadian government to sequence the genomes of people affected by COVID-19. The Federal Government is committing $40...

The placebo effect and psychedelic drugs: tripping on nothing?

Published: 30 March 2020

There has been a lot of recent interest in the use of psychedelic drugs to treat depression. A new study from McGill suggests that, in the right context, some people may experience psychedelic-like...

FRQ to create a province-wide COVID-19 Biobank

Published: 27 March 2020

The Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) and Genome Québec today announced the launch of the Québec COVID-19 Biobank, a Province-wide initiative to enable the collection, storage and sharing of...

Ambitious local company partners with McGill to tackle global competition

24 Feb 2020

By many measures, the Quebec economy has never had it so good. Unemployment is at its lowest level in over 40 years, while GDP is at its highest. The province is repaying its debt, and on the...

Montreal’s English dramatic tradition comes to life in showcase of free staged readings

12 Feb 2020

Audiences are invited to attend a series of free staged readings, which unearth plays from English Montreal’s not-so-distant past. The event will spotlight influential writers like Leonard Cohen,...

Is it possible to reduce political polarization?

Published: 5 February 2020

In the run-up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, an unusual experiment suggested that it might be possible to influence American voters to adopt less polarized positions....

New technique nets scientists haul of key proteins

Published: 9 January 2020

Using a new microscopic "fishing" technique, scientists from the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM), Université de Montréal and McGill University have successfully snagged thousands of...

Cities and their rising impacts on biodiversity - a global overview

Published: 9 December 2019

Cities and their rising impacts on biodiversity versity. To gain a clearer picture of the situation, an international group of scientists, including Professor Andrew Gonzalez from McGill’s Biology...

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