Congratulations! Dr Blair Schwartz has beenpromoted to Associate Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine!
It has long been understood that a parent’s DNA is the principal determinant of health and disease in offspring. Yet inheritance via DNA is only part of the story; a father’s lifestyle such as diet, being overweight and stress levels have been linked to health consequences for his offspring. This occurs through the epigenome - heritable biochemical marks associated with the DNA and proteins that bind it. But how the information is transmitted at fertilization along with the exact mechanisms and molecules in sperm that are involved in this process has been unclear until now.
Research led by 鶹AV and Queen’s University Belfast has found that viruses can ‘hijack’ an existing molecular process in the cell in order to block the body’s antiviral immune response to a viral infection.
The results of the study have been published in the journal .
The IHSP's Alissa Koski and her colleague Shelley Clark have been receiving some media attention from their recent article:
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Population and Development Review(2021).
Published January 8th, 2021
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Researchers from 鶹AV have discovered, for the first time, one of the possible mechanisms that contributes to the ability of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to increase social interaction. The findings, which could help unlock potential therapeutic applications in treating certain psychiatric diseases, including anxiety and alcohol use disorders, are published in the journal PNAS.
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Countries worldwide face challenges meeting the growing needs for long-term care services because of high costs. A led by researchers from 鶹AV and Université du Québec en Outaouais shows that introducing nurse practitioners can significantly reduce costs and improve patient safety.
A group of proteins called 4E-BPs, involved in memory formation, is the key to unlocking the antidepressant effect of ketamine in the brain, according to researchers from three Canadian universities. The could lead to better and safer treatments for certain patients suffering from major depression.
Finding could lead to potential therapies
MONTREAL, QUEBEC – Pfizer Canada has made a $600,000 gift to the 鶹AV Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) via 鶹AV and the 鶹AV Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation. The gift, which was announced today during the 2ndannual MI4 Scientific Symposium, will support innovation and life-changing research through the creation of thePfizerEarly Career Investigator Awards.
By Meaghan Thurston (Office of Research and Innovation)
By Shawn Hayward
Six 鶹AV Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences researchers — Boris Bernhardt, Mark Brandon, Yasser Iturria-Medina, Jean-Francois Poulin, Jo Anne Stratton and Masha Prager-Khoutorsky — have received grants to support their work in the early-career stage, after being chosen from 150 talented applicants.
Brain Canada’s Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Program, anchored by a $5M gift from the Azrieli Foundation, enables paradigm-changing research of the brain to improve the lives of all Canadians.
Five projects led by 鶹AV researchers are included among the 79 receiving a total of $28 million in research infrastructure support through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Exceptional Opportunities Fund. The announcement was made today by the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry during a news conference this morning.
Earlier today, a Quebec based consortium of research institutes (Génome Québec, Oncopole and IVADO) announced the winners of their first-ever “Omics Data Against Cancer” competition, and 鶹AV research teams were dominant. In fact, of the five selected teams no less than four of them included professors from 鶹AV.
Earlier today, the Quebec government announced the winners of its annual Prix du Quebec competition, a series of 15 awards in science and culture. Among them was Professor William Foulkes, Head of the Cancer Genetics Laboratory at the Lady Davis Institute, a member of the Cancer Research Program of the Research Institute of the 鶹AV Health Centre, and Director of the Program in Cancer Genetics at 鶹AV. Dr.