Media advisory: Excellence in Research a snapshot of ±«ÓãÖ±²¥â€™s leading work
Media opportunity to meet 24 teams presenting some of ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s unique and exciting discoveries
Media and the general public are invited to discover ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s research at the Excellence in Research exhibition, taking place Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Twenty-four teams, covering all of ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s faculties, will host special display areas. This is a great opportunity to meet university experts in an informal context, to learn more about world-leading research undertaken right here in Quebec, and, of course, to find out more about the fascinating work being done at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥.
Media should register with William Raillant-Clark at 514-398-2189.
WHO: 24 world-class research teams
WHAT: Excellence in Research Exhibition
WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
WHERE: Redpath Hall, 3461 McTavish St., Main Campus, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥
The themes are:
- Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
- Piglets Helping People - Models Advance Human Nutrition Research
- ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Goes to MARS : Arctic Microbiology and the Search for Life Beyond Earth
- Arts
- Social Statistics: what the numbers tell us (How families in Quebec are changing)
- Costume Illustration in the Digital Age
- Dentistry
- Can people living in poverty and health professionals understand each other?
- Education
- Muscle contraction: from molecules to cells to human movement
- The Truth Project: Promoting children's truth-telling in legal and applied settings
- Engineering
- Unleash the Power of Light in Nanostructures
- Minds that move Machines
- Cartilage: Use It or Lose It but Don't Abuse It
- Law
- We are all migrants. Do we have the same rights?
- Management
- Reinvention of Retirement: A Study of Baby-Boomer Managers in Two Nations
- CREATEing the future leaders of Healthcare
- Medicine
- Understanding the Molecular Brain to Cure Mental Disorders
- Fear and Loathing in the Brain - How the brain detects, analyzes and responds to danger
- Why your genes are not your destiny - Child abuse marks the DNA in the brain.
- Can Fruit Flies Help Us Understand Nervous System Diseases?
- Say What? Prevention of Hearing Loss - Research Makes It Possible
- The Mathematics of Visual Perception
- Music
- THE VIRTUAL HAYDN: Complete Works for Solo Keyboard in Virtual Acoustics
- Religious Studies
- New Horizons in the Study of South Asian Religions
- Science
- Toward Environmentally Sustainable Chemistry: Green Chemistry @ ±«ÓãÖ±²¥
- Humans and robots working together outdoors
- Economics Without Ecocide
On the Web: mcgill.ca/researchexpo/