Graduate Students

Event | Cancer Translational Research Horizons 2025

admin — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:42:25 +0000

Join the 51�Թ��Centre for Translational Research for CTR Horizons 2025

Inaugural Moderna-RNA Canada ARN awarded to D2R-funded researcher Professor Maria Vera Ugalde

admin — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 02:26:22 +0000

Montreal, September 24, 2025 – Moderna, in partnership with RNA Canada, has awarded three prizes this year to RNA researchers in Canada for their outstanding contribution to the field. D2R is proud to announce that Professor Maria Vera Ugalde has received the Discovery of the Year Award for her seminal 2024 publication in Nature Communications (Alecki et al.,). This award recognizes groundbreaking RNA discoveries made by Canadian researchers (either as a group or individually) during the past year.

Research | Viral DNA sequences in the human genome may help control gene activity, new study shows

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:40:53 +0000

Long dismissed as “junk,” viral fragments buried in human DNA may help regulate our genes, according to a new international study co-led by Guillaume Bourque, professor in McGill’s Department of Human Genetics, D2R-funded researcher and member of the D2R Research Steering Committee and Executive (RSC). The findings offer new insights into what makes us human, 25 years after the human genome was first mapped.

Event | RNA-Seq Bootcamp

admin — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:42:24 +0000

From October 20–24, 2025, the Computational and Data Systems Initiative, in partnership with Quantitative Life Sciences-51�Թ��initiative in Computational Medicine and the D2R-HeDS Platform (Health Data Science), will host an RNA-seq Bootcamp. This hands-on workshop series will equip participants with both the theoretical foundations and practical skills needed for RNA-seq data analysis.

Event | Symposium on Advances in Viral Diseases

admin — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:33:08 +0000

The 51�Թ�� Research Centre for Complex Traits, the Wainberg Centre for Viral Diseases and the 51�Թ��Infectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program are joined to host a Symposium on Advances in Viral Diseases: From Mechanisms to Therapies.

Update | D2R launches Training section

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:55:49 +0000

Update | The DNA to RNA (D2R) website has a new section dedicated to Training. From Master's to Postdoctoral, this space provides graduate students at all levels with access to workshops, events, and resources aligned with D2R’s interdisciplinary mission. Topics include RNA therapeutics, genomic medicine, equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), commercialization, data science, and career development beyond academia.

Event | Breast Cancer & RNA Therapeutics: Exploring inclusive research and career opportunities

admin — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 20:53:13 +0000

Join D2R and the Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute (GCI) for an event in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Women's History Month, in collaboration with Fondation du cancer du sein du Québec and the association Audace au féminin.

QLS Seminar - Robert H. Austin

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 03:16:31 +0000

When Random Beats Routine: Stochastic Hormone-Sensitive Cancer Deprivation Therapy

Robert H. Austin, Princeton University
Tuesday November 4, 12-1pm

QLS Seminar Series - Peter J. Mucha

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:11:57 +0000

Community Detection in Networks: Pruning and Picking Parameters

Peter J. Mucha, Dartmouth College
Tuesday November 11, 12-1pm

QLS Seminar - Mingyao Li

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:01:01 +0000

AI-Powered Tissue Maps: Uniting Spatial Omics with Pathology Imaging

Mingyao Li, University of Pennsylvania
Tuesday November 25, 12-1pm

Interview with Leire Cancio Orueta, 2025 Chair Holder Etxepare Basque Institute Elbira-Zipitria Chair in Basque Studies

helene.laurin@mcgill.ca — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 19:43:01 +0000

To begin, how would you describe yourself as a scholar? What themes and values guide your work and research?

Interview with Aitor Zuberogoitia, Elvira-Zipitria Chair in Basque Studies 2024

helene.laurin@mcgill.ca — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 15:07:07 +0000

Welcome Aitor Zuberogoitia, new Etxepare Euskal Institutua Elbira-Zipitria Chair in Basque Studies!

Griffintown, quartier littéraire. Meet author Marie Hélène Poitras

helene.laurin@mcgill.ca — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 14:42:40 +0000

As part of McGill's Francofête, Prof.

L’histoire publique et les enjeux de cohabitation à Montréal : mémoires, récits et identités

helene.laurin@mcgill.ca — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 21:06:06 +0000

For this last conference of the season, CIRM has programmed a joint lecture by Mary Anne Poutanen and Paul-Étienne Rainville, the two heads of the “Immigration, everyday life and religion” axis.

Ce que les festivals off apportent à la vie culturelle de Montréal - Lecture by Anouk Bélanger

helene.laurin@mcgill.ca — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:47:31 +0000

Our member and axis director Anouk Bélanger, along with her colleague Martin Lussier (UQAM) and their UQAM research team (Hélène Legault (PhD), Lucile Ouriou (PhD), Lé