/sbms/taxonomy/term/5/all en /sbms/channels/news/congratulations-prof-yasser-riazalhosseini-and-his-colleagues-receiving-us-department-defense-grant-361499 <p>Yasser Riazalhosseini, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Human Genetics, and Head of Cancer Genomics at the <a href="https://genomic.medicine.mcgill.ca/about-us">Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Institute of Genomic Medicine</a> and clinicians from ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ Health Centre have received funding from the US Department of Defense (DoD) for nearly $2M to discover improved methods for risk assessment and therapeutic treatment to fight against clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), the most common subtype of kidney cancer.</p> Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:58:58 +0000 admin 1610 at /sbms /sbms/channels/news/congratulations-dr-raquel-cuella-martin-receiving-gairdner-early-career-investigator-award-360353 <p>Raquel Cuella Martin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Genetics, has been honored with the Gairdner Foundation's prestigious Early Career Investigator Award. She is one of only five researchers selected for this recognition. Dr. Cuella Martin will showcase her research in precision genome engineering at the 2024 Gairdner Science Week, taking place in Toronto from October 23 to 25, alongside the esteemed 2024 Gairdner Awardees.</p> Fri, 11 Oct 2024 13:10:53 +0000 admin 1573 at /sbms /sbms/channels/news/anatomy-cell-biology-scientific-image-contest-winners-announced-358741 <p>This summer, department members participated in our inaugural Scientific Image Contest: "Life Magnified: An Anatomy and Cell Biology Exploration." </p> Thu, 22 Aug 2024 14:22:09 +0000 admin 1551 at /sbms /sbms/channels/news/john-orlowski-published-preview-article-cell-metabolism-357690 <p>John Orlowski published in "News Perspective/Preview" article  in Cell Metabolism that discusses an intriguing research paper in the same journal issue on a pH-sensitive transcription factor SMAD5 that regulates insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells</p> Wed, 12 Jun 2024 13:51:36 +0000 admin 1546 at /sbms /sbms/channels/news/prof-venne-2024-recipient-osler-award-outstanding-teaching-faculty-medicine-and-health-sciences-357675 <p>Congratulations to Prof. Venne for this accomplishment! </p> Tue, 11 Jun 2024 17:33:13 +0000 admin 1545 at /sbms /sbms/channels/news/congratulations-our-undergraduate-scholarship-winners-357620 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 14:03:27 +0000 admin 1543 at /sbms /sbms/channels/news/prof-charles-e-smith-has-received-honorary-doctorate-luniversite-laval-357615 <p>Congratulations to Prof. Charles E. Smith on receiving an honorary doctorate from L'Université Laval!</p> <p>Pictured is Prof. Smith holding his award with the Secretary General (right side, Monique Richer), the Dean of the Dental School (Petros Papagerakis, left side), and the Rector (in red gown, Sophie D’Amours) of Université Laval.</p> Wed, 05 Jun 2024 18:25:25 +0000 admin 1542 at /sbms /sbms/channels/event/future-medicine-beyond-mrna-vaccines-348383 <p>COVID-19 vaccines introduced RNA treatments to the world, showing they were safe and effective. But vaccines are only the start.</p> Wed, 17 May 2023 21:14:35 +0000 jaylen.gordon@mcgill.ca 1375 at /sbms /sbms/channels/event/mcrs-crbs-gci-seminar-geometric-deep-learning-rna-structure-raphael-townshend-phd-346869 <h2>About the event</h2> Tue, 14 Mar 2023 17:17:39 +0000 justin.hand-gregory@mcgill.ca 1338 at /sbms /sbms/channels/event/etoh-seminar-series-understanding-neutrophils-346878 <h2>About the event</h2> Tue, 14 Mar 2023 19:57:28 +0000 justin.hand-gregory@mcgill.ca 1340 at /sbms /sbms/channels/event/rna-future-medicine-346574 <p>The power of combining genomics with RNA technology is exemplified by the remarkable and rapid success of mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2.</p> Mon, 06 Mar 2023 20:50:19 +0000 justin.hand-gregory@mcgill.ca 1326 at /sbms /sbms/etoh-5 &²¹³¾±è;±ô³Ù;±è&²¹³¾±è;²µ³Ù;Ìý&²¹³¾±è;±ô³Ù;/±è&²¹³¾±è;²µ³Ù; Tue, 21 Feb 2023 17:27:40 +0000 justin.hand-gregory@mcgill.ca 1306 at /sbms /sbms/channels/event/2023-marguerite-dyouville-lecture-faith-science-and-common-good-346262 <h2>Abstract</h2> Tue, 21 Feb 2023 18:12:12 +0000 justin.hand-gregory@mcgill.ca 1308 at /sbms /sbms/channels/event/intersection-faith-and-science-twenty-first-century-panel-discussion-346261 <p>Where do we stand in the long dialogue between Science and Faith? In this panel, we will capture perspectives, think about history and look to the future.</p> &²¹³¾±è;±ô³Ù;±è&²¹³¾±è;²µ³Ù;Ìý&²¹³¾±è;±ô³Ù;/±è&²¹³¾±è;²µ³Ù; Tue, 21 Feb 2023 18:08:09 +0000 justin.hand-gregory@mcgill.ca 1307 at /sbms /sbms/moretti-seminar-2023-02-24 &²¹³¾±è;±ô³Ù;±è&²¹³¾±è;²µ³Ù;Ìý&²¹³¾±è;±ô³Ù;/±è&²¹³¾±è;²µ³Ù; Wed, 08 Feb 2023 21:21:46 +0000 justin.hand-gregory@mcgill.ca 1285 at /sbms