/channels/news_feeds/all/term/group_research_news/rss en /channels/channels/news/new-publication-science-bernard-lab-former-and-current-cell-biology-graduate-students-emilie-brule-364383 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Myostatin is a paracrine myokine that regulates muscle mass in a variety of species, including humans. In this work, they report a functional role for myostatin as an endocrine hormone that directly promotes pituitary follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) synthesis and thereby ovarian function in mice. Previously, this FSH-stimulating role was attributed to other members of the transforming growth factor-尾 family, the activins. Their results both challenge activin's eponymous role in FSH synthesis and establish an unexpected endocrine axis between skeletal muscle and the pituitary gland.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">20 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:56:32 +0000 webfull 208099 at /channels /channels/channels/news/project-create-ai-model-als-receives-genome-quebec-funding-364258 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2><b>$400,000 will fuel public-private collaboration to discover new disease biomarkers</b></h2> <p>聽</p> <p>A new project co-led by Thomas Durcan, PhD, Director of The Neuro's Early Drug Discovery Unit, and overseen by Mathilde Chaineau, PhD, the EDDU鈥檚 program manager, will receive $400,000 in support from G茅nome Qu茅bec. In partnership with Nardin Nakhla and Armstrong Murira from the Montreal-based company Simmunome, Durcan and聽Chaineau will develop a computational model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) on which to test for new biomarkers and therapeutic targets.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/mixcollage-14-mar-2025-10-58-am-476.jpg?itok=5LykQUl6" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">17 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 17 Mar 2025 15:29:17 +0000 webfull 207918 at /channels /channels/channels/news/jennifer-welshs-article-future-un-peacekeeping-364189 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>March 7, 2024 | Director聽<a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/jennifer-welsh">Jennifer Welsh</a>聽and Marie-Jo毛lle Zahar wrote a new article on The Future of UN Peacekeeping, which was published by <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ethics-and-international-affairs/article/what-future-for-peace-operations/9B10D0C74981F34A5E2DB45364FB96E6">Ethics and International Affairs</a>. The authors discuss the challenges UN peace operations are facing and the rising expectations.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/ethicsinternational_banner_2025.png?itok=F9NH-7ea" width="160" height="81" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">12 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:42:21 +0000 webfull 207831 at /channels /channels/channels/news/prescribing-anti-swelling-drug-reduces-immune-response-weeks-after-last-dose-363884 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2><b>Mapping immune cell diversity reveals dexamethasone鈥檚 impact on brain cancer immunotherapy</b></h2> <p>聽</p> <p>Swelling caused by brain cancer is a problem that can lead to serious side effects and even death. While controlling swelling is important, a new study shows that a commonly prescribed anti-swelling drug suppresses the immune system for weeks after dosage, inhibiting the body鈥檚 ability to fight the cancer.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/histopathology_of_glioblastoma_high_magnification.jpg?itok=fhAiNWvl" width="160" height="120" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">26 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:05:58 +0000 webfull 207459 at /channels /channels/channels/news/aftab-ahmed-humanitarian-aid-under-trump-administrations-policy-magazine-363602 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>February 6, 2025 |聽Alumnus Aftab Ahmed MPP'23 wrote about the <a href="https://www.policymagazine.ca/as-trump-targets-usaid-humanitarian-fallout-looms/">Trump Administration and the growing uncertainty of foreign aids</a>. "Trump presents a vision of America as weak, exploited, and in need of tougher negotiation. His solution is a hostile realignment to extract more from allies and adversaries alike while offering them less," writes Aftab. He raises concerns about the cost of inaction becoming dreadful as public health and education systems will suffer in aid-dependent nations.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/policy_magazine_banner.png?itok=1GokkFs5" width="160" height="23" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">12 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:42:21 +0000 webfull 207099 at /channels /channels/channels/news/six-principal-investigators-neuro-receive-cihr-grants-363535 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2>Projects include important research on Parkinson鈥檚, glioblastoma and dementia</h2> <p>聽</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/mixcollage-06-feb-2025-04-21-pm-1341.jpg?itok=xvuMEGTX" width="160" height="160" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">10 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:44:57 +0000 webfull 207036 at /channels /channels/channels/news/hbhl-funded-researchers-clinch-cihr-fall-2024-project-grant-363026 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Canadian Institutes of Health Research's <a href="https://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54191.html?hsid=12ea4fc6-028e-4a94-8d38-d71240e406ab&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_source=cihr_irsc">Project Grant: Fall 2024 competition</a> has approved 453 research grants for a total investment of approximately $411M, with 131 projects funded in Quebec.</p> <p>HBHL is proud to announce that 16 HBHL-funded researchers will receive support for eight projects, out of 23 grants awarded at 麻豆AV.</p> <p>HBHL-funded PIs are bolded in the following table:</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">30 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 30 Jan 2025 21:50:12 +0000 webfull 206452 at /channels /channels/channels/news/aftab-ahmed-metas-dominance-policy-magazine-362893 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>January 22, 2025 |聽Alumnus Aftab Ahmed MPP'23 wrote about growing <a href="https://www.policymagazine.ca/when-meta-met-maga/">Meta's dominance in聽the digital economy</a> as social media applications such as Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp聽command聽over three billion active monthly users worldwide. In the Policy Magazine, he wrote "Meta faces no competition capable of challenging its influence.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/policy_magazine_banner.png?itok=1GokkFs5" width="160" height="23" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">23 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:27:05 +0000 webfull 206299 at /channels /channels/channels/news/new-book-national-security-362565 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>December 21, 2024 |聽Norman Hillmer (Slater Visiting Scholar) and <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/vincent-rigby"><strong>Vincent Rigby</strong></a> co-edited with Phil Legasse from NPSIA, book named聽<em><a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-67015-2">Canada Among Nations 2023: Twenty-First Century National Security</a>.聽</em>The book聽includes articles by <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/jennifer-welsh"><strong>Jennifer Welsh</strong></a> on聽<em>Choices for Canada in a New Geopolitical </em></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/canada_among_nations_23_banner.png?itok=xrvt_iLx" width="160" height="63" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">14 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:27:19 +0000 webfull 205936 at /channels /channels/channels/news/anil-wasif-tackling-25-tariff-threats-policy-magazine-362561 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>January 13, 2025 |聽Alumnus Anil Wasif MPP'21 wrote an聽<a href="https://www.policymagazine.ca/premiers-tear-down-these-internal-trade-walls/">article</a> as Canada braces for U.S. tariff threats of 25% after the newly elected Trump administration. The strategies disparity between the federal and provincial governments poses a greater problem.聽</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/policy_magazine_banner.png?itok=1GokkFs5" width="160" height="23" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">14 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:42:27 +0000 webfull 205932 at /channels