/newsroom/taxonomy/term/524/all en /newsroom/channels/news/federal-government-announces-17-canada-research-chairs-mcgill-336139 <p>Plastics, textiles, and electronics have revolutionized our modern world, but their massive production has led to the accumulation of non-biodegradable and toxic wastes. This is a problem ±«ÓăÖ±˛Ą researcher NoĂ©mie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne hopes to have a hand in solving. Today she was named a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Biologically-Derived Materials, in recognition of the importance of her research for Canada’s future.</p> Tue, 11 Jan 2022 21:11:37 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 283775 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/six-new-canada-research-chairs-and-three-renewals-mcgill-331542 <p>Today, at l'UniversitĂ© du QuĂ©bec Ă  Trois-Rivières, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry announced investments of more than $635 million for science, research, and engineering in Canada.</p> Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:16:37 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 269869 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/twenty-five-canada-research-chairs-awarded-mcgill-327105 <p>In its twentieth year, the Canada Research Chairs Program (CRCP) is awarding 25 ±«ÓăÖ±˛Ą researchers with eleven new and fourteen renewed chairs. The projects supported by this round of CRC funding tackle a variety of topics, including, racial inequality in democratic societies, arctic ecology and data mining for cybersecurity.</p> Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:54:34 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 253436 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/canada-research-chairs-program-announces-new-and-renewed-chairs-mcgill-profs-323229 <p>The Canada Research Chairs Program (CRC) stands at the centre of a national strategy to make Canada one of the world's top countries in research and development. The CRCs aim to achieve research excellence in engineering and the natural sciences, health sciences, humanities, and social sciences. This season’s cohort reflects Canada’s diverse research talent and ushers on a new era of discovery.</p> Fri, 10 Jul 2020 02:44:09 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 222996 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/nine-mcgill-experts-named-new-canada-research-chairs-287016 <p><em>By Meaghan Thurston</em></p> <p>New chair holder Sarah Harrison, who holds joint appointments in the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics, and Physics, will continue her investigations in string theory, a theoretical framework that proposes a unified description of all particles and forces in nature, including gravity. Among the questions Professor Harrison explores, the mysterious relationship in mathematics between finite groups and modular forms (ominously named “monstrous moonshine”), which appears to have deep connections to physics and string theory.</p> Thu, 03 May 2018 20:50:39 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 39104 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/call-nominations-canada-150-chairs-268845 <p> Thu, 06 Jul 2017 17:26:44 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 32043 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/vulnerability-depression-linked-noradrenaline-258606 <p><em><strong>By Bruno Geoffroy, <a href="https://www.ciusss-ouestmtl.gouv.qc.ca/en/home/">Centre intĂ©grĂ© universitaire de santĂ© et de services sociaux de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-MontrĂ©al</a></strong></em></p> <p><em>First-ever connection between noradrenergic neurons and vulnerability to depression</em></p> Mon, 15 Feb 2016 15:56:32 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25292 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/25-canada-research-chairs-mcgill-258441 <p>Twenty-five outstanding ±«ÓăÖ±˛Ą researchers are being awarded Canada Research Chairs (CRC), as announced today by the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, at the University of British Columbia.</p> Tue, 09 Feb 2016 19:41:45 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25262 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/fight-tumors-and-infections-targeted-drugs-257962 <p><i>By Cynthia Lee</i></p> <p>Some drug regimens, such as those designed to eliminate tumors, are notorious for nasty side effects. Unwanted symptoms are often the result of medicine going where it’s not needed and harming healthy cells. To minimize this risk, researchers in Quebec have developed nanoparticles that only release a drug when exposed to near-infrared light, which doctors could beam onto a specific site. Their report appears in the <em>Journal of the American Chemical Society</em>.</p> Tue, 19 Jan 2016 18:17:23 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25106 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/four-new-canada-research-chairs-mcgill-245857 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 15:49:35 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 22379 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/six-new-canada-research-chairs-mcgill-239586 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:47:33 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 21261 at /newsroom