51�Թ�� News - Research

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

webfull — 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.

Published: 3 October 2025

Event | Symposium on Advances in Viral Diseases

webfull — 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.

Published: 3 October 2025

Event | RNA-Seq Bootcamp

webfull — 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.

Published: 26 September 2025

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

webfull — 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.

Published: 24 September 2025

Update | D2R launches Training section

webfull — 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.

Published: 17 September 2025

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

webfull — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 19:43:02 +0000

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

Published: 13 September 2025

Celebrating Research, Connections and Culture at IMPRESS Research Day

webfull — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:23:44 +0000

That's a wrap for the 2025 edition of IMPRESS—the Indigenous Mentorship and Paid Research Experience for Summer Students, presented by Branches, McGill's Community Outreach Program at Enrolment Services!

This year's program culminated in the IMPRESS Research Day, where 24 student-interns presented their summer's work to family, friends, faculty and community members. The celebration also featured a communal lunch and a traditional hoop dancing performance.

Published: 18 August 2025

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

webfull — 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.

Published: 29 July 2025

Strengthening the Participation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs): Obstacles and Opportunities

webfull — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:58:45 +0000

Protecting the internally displaced: Sovereignty, agency and the localization of international norms

Published: 14 April 2025

SEX CELLS! On the importance of sex and gender in brain health

webfull — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:26:42 +0000

Last week, we welcomed neuroscientists Liisa Galea (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) and Robert-Paul Juster (Université de Montréal) for SEX CELLS!, a vital conversation on implementing Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis Plus (SGBA+) in health research.