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Global Undergraduate Awards- Glen Loo

Published: 15 December 2023

Recently, Glen Loo from the Lumb Group received an award from the Global Undergraduate Awards (GUA) for the work he did during a 5-month research internship. Glen had come to McGill from Nanyang...

Stuck in traffic: Researchers identify cellular traffic jams in a rare disease

Published: 12 December 2023

Researchers zero in on spinocerebellar ataxia type 6, a disease that disrupts brain function...

Pallavi Sirjoosingh: Winner, Principal’s Prize for Teaching Excellence (Faculty Lecturer)

Published: 7 December 2023

A packed Leacock 132 can be an intimidating place when you’re down in front and looking back up at more than 600 undergrads about to study university-level chemistry for the first time....

What skin piercings can teach us about environmental change

Published: 5 December 2023

In a new study from McGill University, researchers bring science into an unexpected setting: a tattoo parlor. In this first characterization of the human piercing microbiome, the uniquely human...

A first look inside Li-ion batteries

Published: 28 November 2023

What if you could charge your electric vehicle in the same amount of time it takes to fill a tank of gas?  ...

The Amazing Brain Science Talks: recordings out now!

Published: 22 November 2023

Presented in collaboration with Brain Canada Foundation, the Amazing Brain Science Talks took place at McGill University on October 14, 2023....

Rustum Choksi: Winner, Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Full Professor)

Published: 20 November 2023

Students coming from high school often arrive with specific – and mistaken – expectations of the mathematics classroom. In Rustum Choksi’s courses he emphasizes a pedagogical paradigm shift,...

Martin Grant earns Morty Yalovsky Lifetime Achievement Award

Published: 20 November 2023

Early in his career in physics, Martin Grant thought he had it all figured out....

The Hackathon returns to McGill campus

Published: 20 November 2023

On November 3-5th, the McGill Physics Hackathon held its eighth annual event in person at the Rutherford Physics Building. The event attracted around 150 hackers, from CEGEP and undergraduate...

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