Sir Arnold Burgen celebrates 100th Birthday
Congratulations to Sir Arnold Burgen, a former Physiology Professor, on celebrating his 100th birthday on March 20!
Birthday card courtesy of Prof. T.M.S. Chang
Dr. Pouya Bashivan receives the William Dawson Award
Congratulations to Physiology Faculty Member Dr. Pouya Bashivan on receiving the William Dawson Scholar award.
Dr. Gergely Lukacs awarded the Distinguished James McGill Professorship
Congratulations to Physiology Faculty Member Dr. Gergely Lukacs on receiving the Distinguished James McGill Professor award.
Prager-Khoutorsky Lab publishes paper in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
Congrats to the Prager-Khoutorsky Lab on their recent paper published in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience entitled "Anatomical Organization of the rat subfornical organ.”
PhD Candidate Stephanie Mouchbahani-Constance wins three awards at the 2021 CSHRF
Congratulations to physiology PhD candidate Stephanie Mouchbahani-Constance on her outstanding research and poster presentation at this year's Canadian Student Health Research Forum (CSHRF) held virtually from June 14-18, 2021. Stephanie was selected to receive three awards: a Gold Award, a Gairdner Award and the Lindau Award!
Orlowski Lab publishes paper in Nature Communications
Congrats to the Orlowski Lab on their recent paper published in Nature Communications entitled "Structure and mechanism of the human NHE1-CHP1 complex."
Members of the Cerebral Systems Lab publish article in Acoustics Today
Congratulations to Dr. Steve Lomber and the members of the Cerebral Systems Lab for the recent publication of their article "Ultrasonic Hearing in Cats and Other Terrestrial Animals" in Acoustics Today.
In Memory of Dr. Harry Goldsmith (1928 - 2021)
Harry Leonard Goldsmith May 11, 1928 - March 10, 2021
In Memory of Dr. Kresimir Krnjevic (1927-2021)
Krešimir – Krešo (later in life Kris and KK) Krnjević was born on September 7, 1927 in Zagreb, Croatia in the family of Dr Juraj Krnjević, then Secretary of the Croatian Peasant Party, and Nada Hiršl. The political situation in Yugoslavia very much influenced his early years and the next 20 years of peripatetic lifestyle. The family was forced into exile 1930 and, until establishment of Croatian Banovina in 1939, they lived in Switzerland where Kris completed junior high school in French.
Physiology Undergraduate Awards & Information Session held online Apr. 9, 2021
The Department of Physiology held its first online Undergraduate Awards & Information Session on Friday, April 9, 2021.
The students completing PHGY 461 were presented with participation certificates and the following award recipients were announced:
Major boost to brain research with new $4M grant to help advance the field of neuroscience
Congratulations to Dr. Reza Sharif for being part of the Brain Canada grant led by Dr. Yves de Koninck: The Canadian Optogenetics and Vectorology Foundry. Reza and other team members from across the country form a consortium of research sites that aims to accelerate the development and dissemination of optogenetic and viral tools.
Dr. Anmar Khadra editor of new book
Congratulations to Dr. Anmar Khadra on his role as editor of the new book Diabetes Systems Biology, published in December 2020 through IOP Publishing.
Dr. Sharif Naeini awarded CFI grant
Congratulations to Dr. Reza Sharif Naeini, Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology, and his colleagues at McGill University, Drs. Ed Ruthazer, Stuart Trentholm, Myriam Srour and Rob Koenekoop, for their success as co-PIs on a grant entitled Neurodevelopmental basis of nervous system disorders (NeuroBasis) awarded by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation. This grant involved 5 additional neuroscientists and clinicians from the Université de Montréal: Drs.
Physiology student receives inaugural Teaching Innovation Award
Congratulations to physiology student Mégane Pépin, one of six learners to receive the inaugural Teaching Innovation Award within the McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
McGill CBD research collaboration helping develop new therapies for treating chronic pain
Important pain research from the Sharif Lab is helping develop cannabidiol (CBD) therapies to treat chronic pain.