UPGRADE SUCCESSFUL:
Please be advised that the firewall upgrade was successful.
We thank you for your patience during this process.
ORIGINAL MESSAGE posted on July 14, 2026:
IT Services will upgrade McGill’s Data Center firewall on Saturday, July 18, 2026, from 6:00 a.m. to 6:30 a.m.
This change is not expected to impact Internet access. However, users may experience brief interruptions when accessing systems hosted in the McGill Data Center.
Update:
The REDCap system (Administration & Research) is now back online and fully operational.
The necessary updates and security measures have been completed, and service has been restored. We continue to monitor the system to ensure stability and security.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Original message posted yesterday:
The REDCap system (Administration & Research) has been temporarily shut down following the identification of critical vulnerabilities by the vendor.
Ruth Morgan, the 2024-25 TISPP visiting fellow, argues that trust between science and society depends on sustained, open dialogue. She highlights that knowledge is disruptive and uncertain, and that progress starts with asking better questions especially in an era of misinformation.
November 17, 2025 | A co-authored article by Jennifer Welsh, based on an international conference organized at McGill in December 2024 on IDP participation, has been published in the Journal of Refugee Studies. The article, titled "IDP perspectives on IDP participation," shares key arguments from the workshop.
Join D2R and the Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute (GCI) for an event in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Women's History Month, in collaboration with Fondation du cancer du sein du Québec and the association Audace au féminin.
The McGill University Research Centre for Complex Traits, the Wainberg Centre for Viral Diseases and the McGill Infectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program are joined to host a Symposium on Advances in Viral Diseases: From Mechanisms to Therapies.
From October 20–24, 2025, the Computational and Data Systems Initiative, in partnership with Quantitative Life Sciences-McGill initiative in Computational Medicine and the D2R-HeDS Platform (Health Data Science), will host an RNA-seq Bootcamp. This hands-on workshop series will equip participants with both the theoretical foundations and practical skills needed for RNA-seq data analysis.
Montreal, September 24, 2025 – Moderna, in partnership with RNA Canada, has awarded three prizes this year to RNA researchers in Canada for their outstanding contribution to the field. D2R is proud to announce that Professor Maria Vera Ugalde has received the Discovery of the Year Award for her seminal 2024 publication in Nature Communications (Alecki et al.,). This award recognizes groundbreaking RNA discoveries made by Canadian researchers (either as a group or individually) during the past year.
Update | The DNA to RNA (D2R) website has a new section dedicated to Training. From Master's to Postdoctoral, this space provides graduate students at all levels with access to workshops, events, and resources aligned with D2R’s interdisciplinary mission. Topics include RNA therapeutics, genomic medicine, equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), commercialization, data science, and career development beyond academia.
To begin, how would you describe yourself as a scholar? What themes and values guide your work and research?
That's a wrap for the 2025 edition of IMPRESS—the Indigenous Mentorship and Paid Research Experience for Summer Students, presented by Branches, McGill's Community Outreach Program at Enrolment Services!
This year's program culminated in the IMPRESS Research Day, where 24 student-interns presented their summer's work to family, friends, faculty and community members. The celebration also featured a communal lunch and a traditional hoop dancing performance.
Long dismissed as “junk,” viral fragments buried in human DNA may help regulate our genes, according to a new international study co-led by Guillaume Bourque, professor in McGill’s Department of Human Genetics, D2R-funded researcher and member of the D2R Research Steering Committee and Executive (RSC). The findings offer new insights into what makes us human, 25 years after the human genome was first mapped.
