Jin Guo, Assistant Professor of Software Engineering at McGill's School of Computer Science, was awarded $382,020 in research funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Better Software for Science program to study and improve the usability of large-userbase scientific open source software through early engagement of software users.
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Published on: 10 Aug 2021
McGill is the academic lead of a $2.7 million consortium project to build the first national food supply chain data platform with Canada’s food and beverage associations.
Published on: 10 Aug 2021
Applications for the Accelerate Grants are now open for those HBHL-funded researchers whose projects have successfully completed the Ignite Phase of the Neuro Commercialization Grants. The NeuroSphere team will be in touch with researchers whose projects have been determined by the HBHL Innovation Committee to be ready to move on to the Accelerate phase.
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Published on: 15 Jul 2021
Canada and Germany produce a combined 6.3 million tons of ammonia annually. Used primarily in the fertilizer, textile, and pharmaceutical industries, conventional ammonia production is energy-intensive and accounts for up to two per cent of primary energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Researchers at McGill and the Technical University of Munich (TUM), recently received a funding boost to undertake a collaborative project with the goal of producing renewable, “green” ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen by means of an innovative plasma-catalytic process.
Published on: 7 Jul 2021
Research + Innovation (R+I) is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Debra Titone of the Department of Psychology as Associate Vice-Principal, Research (AVPR).
Prof. Titone is a Full Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Language & Multilingualism. She is also an Associate Member of the School of Communication Sciences & Disorders.
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Published on: 28 Jun 2021
Dear Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives community,
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Published on: 23 Jun 2021
A new $1.7M collaboration between McGill University, Raya Therapeutic (Montreal) and Eikonizo Therapeutics (Cambridge, Massachusetts) will enable researchers to conduct clinical trials to assess the efficacy of six different drug candidates for the treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
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Published on: 21 Jun 2021
Today Genome Quebec announced the results of its Genomic Integration Program, Human Health Stream competition. Five McGill teams from a diverse array of fields were awarded funds, totaling nearly $1 million. One of the defining features of this program is the requirement that institutional applicants must also have an external non-academic partner, thus supporting program goals of stimulating the Quebec economy and encouraging the use of genomic technologies in the Quebec healthcare system.
Published on: 21 Jun 2021
Today, at l'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry announced investments of more than $635 million for science, research, and engineering in Canada.
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Published on: 15 Jun 2021
Four exploratory McGill-led projects funded by the New Frontiers in Research Fund 2020 Exploration Grants.
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Published on: 31 May 2021
Electrification of everything will dramatically increase demand for energy storage and conversion, from advanced batteries to green hydrogen and carbon-free fuels, highlighting need for accelerated innovation efforts
The climate crisis continues to attract global attention, and rightfully so, as dramatic incidents worldwide repeatedly underscore the growing severity of the situation. Governments are increasingly responsive to the issue, enacting legislations to eventually reduce the rate of global temperature rise.
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Published on: 25 May 2021
PLOS ONE publishes foundational article on the Biobanque québécoise de la COVID-19 (BQC19)
Published on: 20 May 2021
Announced today, the McGill-Douglas – Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry International Collaborative Initiative in Adversity and Mental Health is the first international effort devoted to understanding the biology behind how early-life adversity can increase the risk of psychiatric disorders over the course of an individual’s life.
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Published on: 11 May 2021
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Published on: 4 May 2021
Genome Canada launched the Canadian VirusSeq Data Portal today to track the evolving COVID-19 pandemic across Canada. McGill University researcher Guillaume Bourque, a professor in the Department of Human Genetics, along with his research team, led the development of the portal. They worked in collaboration with CanCOGeN VirusSeq and world-leading genomics scientists, including Drs.
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Published on: 27 Apr 2021
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