Appointments to the Office of Research Integrity Officer
Dear Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives community,
Only 23 years ago, Canada closed Kivalliq Hall in Rankin Inlet. It was the last of 140 federally-run Indian Residential Schools created to deliberately and systematically destroy the languages, cultures and sovereignty of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people.
Scientists are seeking answers to why SARS-CoV-2 variants are so transmissible and why they cause greater disease severity than the original strain. Â鶹AV’s Qian (Vivian) Liu, together with researchers from the University of British Columbia and the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, have launched a study to understand this question, investigating how SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins are organized and moved on the cell or virus surface by using single-molecule imaging technology.
Fund will be one of Canada’s most significant university innovation programs awarding nearly $500k to spinoffs and technologies
September 28, 2021 (MONTREAL, Quebec) – Today Â鶹AV announced the launch of the Â鶹AV Innovation Fund, a funding program that will support both the development of innovative technologies as well as the spinoff companies that emerge from the University. The fund will be open to all Â鶹AV members who have declared a Report of Invention to the Office of Innovation and Partnerships.
Lake trout, once the top predator fish across the Great Lakes, reached near extinction between the 1940s and 1960s due to pollution, overfishing, and predation by the invasive lamprey eel. Once showing striking levels of diversity in terms of size, appearance, and ability to adapt to varied environments, now the only lake trout populations to have survived are to be found in Lake Superior and Lake Huron. An international team of researchers from the U.S. and Canada, including researchers from Â鶹AV, have now managed to create a reference genome for lake trout to support U.S.
Agreement to accelerate development of potential treatments for rare, endocrine, metabolic, and neurological conditions associated with primary and secondary ubiquinone deficiencies which belong to the wider class of mitochondrial diseases | An estimated 1 in 5,000 adults worldwide has a mitochondrial disease | Clarus to pay Â鶹AV $350,000 upfront and up to $10.5 million in potential development and regulatory milestones
The Royal Society of Canada bestows the Sir John William Dawson Medal biennially to researchers who have made important and sustained contributions interdisciplinary research
Internationally renowned neuroscientist earned career award for sustained scientific contributions to knowledge of the brain
Â鶹AV’s Research and Innovation announces the publication of With the World to Choose From: Celebrating Seven Decades of the Beatty Lecture at Â鶹AV. This anthology of Beatty Lectures is published for Research and Innovation by Â鶹AV Queens University Press (MQUP). The Beatty Lecture, established in 1952 in honour of former Canadian Pacific Railway president and Â鶹AV chancellor Sir Edward Beatty, is Â鶹AV’s most anticipated annual event.
Today, the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announced 89 new Fellows and 51 new Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Among the 2021 RSC cohort are ten Â鶹AV researchers, including seven RSC Fellows and three Members, who will be inducted at the RSC Celebration of Excellence and Engagement, hosted by Â鶹AV on Friday, November 19, 2021. The new Â鶹AV cohort will join 228 Â鶹AV researchers who are currently RSC Fellows and Members of the College.
The Beatty Lecture, established in 1952 in honour of former Canadian Pacific Railway president and Â鶹AV chancellor Sir Edward Beatty, is Â鶹AV’s most anticipated annual event. Some of the series’ greatest lectures, delivered by Nobel Prize laureates, world leaders, and cultural icons, had been forgotten, carefully stowed away in the Â鶹AV Archives.
On August 6, the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development announced agreements that will see almost $200 million over two years flow to shelters, sexual assault centres and organizations supporting women and children experiencing violence. This will ensure these critical front-line organizations can continue to provide life-saving services and supports to those who need it most.
The Office of the Vice-Principal (Research and Innovation) and Â鶹AV Library are happy to announce the launch of the Â鶹AV Research Data Management (RDM) Learning Program. This program focuses on building knowledge and skills to meet your RDM needs during your day-to-day research activities.
The initial program has 6 modules:
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Each Â鶹AV recipient will also receive matching funds from the Quebec government for their research endeavours, contributing to the total project funding noted below.Ìý
Complete list of CFI JELF-funded projects:
Oana Maria Balmau: Efficient Storage Systems for Real Time Edge ComputingÌý
CFI funding: $100,000
Total project funding: $317,032
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Â鶹AV’s researchers will soon acquire the highly specialized tools they need to innovate in their fields thanks to funding from the Government of Canada through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF). The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, made the announcement today of $77 million across 50 institutions in CanadaÌýthrough the program. In total, twenty-one Â鶹AV research projects have received a combined $3.9 million in federal grants through three rounds of JELF.