Congratulations to Dr. Reza Sharif Naeini, Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology, and his colleagues at 鶹AV, 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.
Congratulations to physiology studentMégane Pépin, one of six learners to receive the inaugural Teaching Innovation Awardwithin the 鶹AV Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Important pain research from the is helping develop cannabidiol (CBD) therapies to treat chronic pain.
We are pleased to announce that our corefaculty member Dr. Reza Sharif has been nominatedas the new Director of the . Dr. Sharif will succeed Dr. Jeffrey Mogil, whose second term will end on April 30, 2021
Congratulations to physiology faculty memberDr. Reza Sharif, winner of the .The Early Career Award recognizes outstanding achievements in pain research and/or management by an individual at the early stage of his or her career. Dr.
The Faculty of Science is celebrating 鶹AV’s 200th anniversary with a student art exhibition on the theme of “Science!”. 鶹AV students at all levels and all faculties are invited to submit works in any medium, expressing what science means to them.
Faculty of Science bicentennial committee member, Torsten Bernhard, says the aim of the exhibition is to celebrate science in all its forms.
- Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Art Exhibit
- Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
- Dept. of Biochemistry
- Dept. of Biology
- Dept. of Chemistry
- School of Computer Science
- Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS)
- Dept. of Geography
- Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics
- Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology
- Dept. of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Dept. of Physics
- Dept. of Physiology
- Dept. of Psychology
- Redpath Museum
- Faculty of Science
Congratulations to physiology faculty member Dr. Claire Brown, one of 22 recipients of the. These funds are to supportthe advancement of biomedical imaging technologies and provide increased training and access to imaging scientists, leading to enhanced views of the inner workings of cells for a better understanding of what causes diseases and how to treat them.
Congratulations to physiology faculty member Dr. Masha Prager-Khoutorsky, one of 20 Canada-widerecipients of the award. This grant program providesearly-career neuroscience researchersthe opportunity to develop new lines of research and gather preliminary data to apply for larger grants.
Research performed in one of our physiology labs has led to a scientifically-backedproduct that directly helps humans.
Congratulations to physiology faculty member Dr. Leon Glass, one of three winners of the 2020鶹AV Medal for Exceptional Academic Achievementin recognition of his outstanding contributions to his discipline, to 鶹AV, and to society at large.
The Department of Physiology would like to congratulatethe Mandl Lab on their recent publication in Nature Immunologyentitled "Migration-induced cell shattering due to DOCK8 deficiency causes a type 2–biased helper T cell response." The study, lead by Dr. Judith Mandl,sheds light on cellular processes that may lead to allergic immune responses and identifies a possible link between cell death and allergic disease.Great work!
Image (left):Shattering mononuclear phagocyte lacking Dock8 expression (made by PhD student Connie Shen using confocal microscopy)
The Department of Physiology is proud to announce thatone of our PhD students, Stephanie Mouchbahani Constance, has been awarded the prestigious in recognition of her high standard of scholarly achievement. Stephanie is a second-year PhD student and is a member ofDr. Reza Sharif's lab. Well done, Stephanie!
Synopsis of her research:
Physiology faculty member Dr. Melissa Vollrath was recently named to the 2020-2021 Faculty Honour List for Educational Excellence in recognition of her outstanding contributionto teaching and educational leadership. Dr. Vollrath plays an essential role in the development and delivery of our undergraduate physiology program. To read the Med e-news article, Congratulations, Melissa!
Understanding how bats cope with viruses could help us develop COVID-19 therapies, according to in Knowable Magazine. One of our faculty members, Dr. Judith Mandl, was interviewed for the article and is currently studying the immune response of bats in her lab.