±«ÓãÖ±²¥ News - Inst. of Parasitology /channels/news_feeds/all/term/parasitology/rss en ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ researchers awarded $5.5 million in CFI funding /channels/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-awarded-55-million-cfi-funding-359755 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Twenty ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ researchers have received infrastructure awards from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to support their innovative projects, for a total federal investment of $5.5 million.  </p> <p>These grants will be matched by the Quebec government, doubling their value.  </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/mcgill-arts-sunset-2024-alex-tran-1536x1025.png?itok=LBKXUOb0" width="160" height="88" 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">18 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:55:28 +0000 webfull 202760 at /channels NSERC awards Discovery Grants funding to eight ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Agricultural and Environmental Sciences projects /channels/channels/news/nserc-awards-discovery-grants-funding-eight-mcgill-agricultural-and-environmental-sciences-projects-358155 <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 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 101 ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $23.5 million, including $639,500 for eight projects submitted by researchers in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.</p> <p>The Discovery Grants support ongoing programs with long-term goals, recognizing the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances.</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">July </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 30 Jul 2024 19:10:20 +0000 webfull 201006 at /channels MI4 announces new Early Career Investigator Awards /channels/channels/news/mi4-announces-new-early-career-investigator-awards-351422 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>With this donation from Pfizer Canada, early career scientists and researchers across the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ and MUHC community have an opportunity to carry out research across three broad thematic areas: Pandemic Threats, Antimicrobial Resistance, Microbes that Shape Human Health.</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">27 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 19:25:27 +0000 webfull 193270 at /channels New and renewed government funding for research in ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences /channels/channels/news/new-and-renewed-government-funding-research-mcgills-faculty-agricultural-and-environmental-sciences-350374 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Today, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry, and the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced an investment of more than $960 million in support of research and innovation through a suite of programs. These programs include the John R.</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">August </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 30 Aug 2023 20:42:02 +0000 webfull 191701 at /channels Newly discovered chemical is a highly targeted killer of parasitic worms /channels/channels/news/newly-discovered-chemical-highly-targeted-killer-parasitic-worms-348472 <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 most abundant animals on farms—and everywhere on land, in fact—are microscopic worms called nematodes. Some kinds benefit the soil, but others parasitize crops, inflicting more than $100 billion in losses worldwide each year. Although pesticides can get rid of harmful nematodes, they inflict collateral damage on other life.</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">26 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 26 May 2023 18:32:36 +0000 webfull 189831 at /channels Bennett and Xia among Highly Cited Researchers /channels/channels/news/bennett-and-xia-among-highly-cited-researchers-343891 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>On November 15, Clarivate Analytics, a company specializing in citation data, published the Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list. Many citations mean a paper has had great influence among scientific peers. A group of 16 ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ researchers made the cut, recognized as some of the most frequently cited scientists and social scientists in the world over the last decade. The 2022 list captures the period from 2011 to 2021.</p> <p><a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/mcgill-celebrates-its-highly-cited-researchers/">Read</a> the article in the <i>±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Reporter</i>.</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">28 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 28 Nov 2022 20:07:43 +0000 webfull 184901 at /channels Liu named MI4 Pfizer Early Career Investigator Award Winner /channels/channels/news/liu-named-mi4-pfizer-early-career-investigator-award-winner-342520 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="/parasitology/faculty/vivian-liu">Qian Liu</a>, PhD, an Assistant Professor at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥â€™s Institute of Parasitology, received the award for her project, <i>Single-molecule interactions between Nipah virus and the interferon-induced transmembrane proteins</i>.</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">29 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 29 Sep 2022 20:59:31 +0000 webfull 183226 at /channels Cestari: research offers hope in treating more than COVID-19 /channels/channels/news/cestari-research-offers-hope-treating-more-covid-19-339780 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div> <div> <p>Until two years ago, mRNA vaccines had never been approved. Now, Faster to produce than conventional vaccines, the potential applications of synthetic mRNA to prevent illness and treat diseases seem nearly limitless.</p></div></div></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">6 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 06 Jun 2022 17:03:55 +0000 webfull 180410 at /channels Robin Beech named ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s new Dean of Students /channels/channels/news/robin-beech-named-mcgills-new-dean-students-325253 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Congratulations to Professor<strong> Robin Beech</strong> (Parasitology) who will become ±«ÓãÖ±²¥â€™s Dean of Students on November 1.  </p> <p>Robin joined the Institute of Parasitology in 1992 and has served as the Associate Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies since 2015.  In addition to his extensive experience in student advising, supervision, discipline and policy, he is skilled in conflict resolution, mediation and creative problem solving. </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/beechr-thumbnail.jpg?itok=72XBuGl9" width="160" height="160" /></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">9 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 09 Oct 2020 13:06:32 +0000 webfull 164149 at /channels Professor Salavati appointed the next Director of the Institute of Parasitology /channels/channels/news/professor-salavati-appointed-next-director-institute-parasitology-323040 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Professor <strong>Reza Salavati</strong> has been appointed Director of the Institute of Parasitology for a 5-year term starting July 1, 2020. Professor Salavati is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Parasitology and an Associate Member of the Department of Biochemistry at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥. His research programs focus on the biology of the protozoan parasites of global importance and drug discovery. He has developed computational and experimental methods to determine the functions of the poorly annotated parasite genomes to target unique pathways for drug discovery.</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/reza_salavati_parasitology_2020.jpg?itok=u34kiLd8" width="160" height="187" /></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">29 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:59:50 +0000 webfull 161712 at /channels